Mongolia is not just a place – it’s a mindset. Travel across vast, untouched landscapes where time slows down, and you find space to think, breathe, and become. And to experience it fully? You’ll do it the way nomads have for centuries – on horseback.
Visit significant historical sites, explore the ancient capital and experience authentic nomadic life with overnight stays in yurts and meals with local families.
Set out on a horseback journey through the picturesque Orkhon Valley, reaching the Tovkhon Monastery with breathtaking views of the surrounding forested mountains.
Ride through Naiman Nuur Park with yak guides, exploring stunning lakes and forested mountains.
Witness the geological marvels and volcanic landscapes of Orkhon Valley and Orkhon Falls.
Chinggis Khaan Airport, Ulaanbaatar
Arrival in Mongolia.
English-speaking guide picks you up at Chinggis Khan Airport and takes you to your hotel.
Your guide is waiting for you at the hotel front desk and will have lunch (not included).
We will visit Gandantegchinlin Monastery and the National Museum of Mongolian History.
Dinner (not included).
Overnight: Hotel (2* – twin or triple room), in Ulaanbaatar
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Breakfast and drive to Kharkhorin, the old capital city of Mongolia
Picnic lunch on the road
You will spend from 6 to 7 hours traveling by car. This is surely a long trip. By the evening, you will be at Orkhon Valley entrance, ready for your horse riding adventure for the next day!
Visit Erdene Zuu Monastery.
We will meet the equestrian guides and horses in the evening and set up our camp under the open sky near the Orkhon Valley.
Dinner and stay overnight.
Overnight: In Tents
Breakfast
We will start the adventure in the Orkhon Valley.
The picnic lunch and everything else will be brought by our support vehicles, not carried on horses so that you can ride more comfortably.
We set up our camp.
Dinner and stay overnight.
Overnight: In Tent
Breakfast
We head to Tovkhon Buddhist Monastery which has about 400 years of history.
Picnic lunch.
We reach the monastery with the horses situated at over 2600m above sea level.
The views are magical where you can see the enormous valley with forest mountains in the background while riding down the mountains to the Orkhon Valley
We set up the camp in the wilderness after the ride.
Dinner and stay overnight.
Overnight: In Tents
Breakfast
We ride deeper into the Khangai Mountains.
Picnic lunch.
We set up our camp in the wilderness.
Dinner and stay overnight.
Overnight: In Tents
Breakfast.
Ancient lava flow marks colliding with the Orkhon River makes the entire valley astonishingly beautiful. It says all about the volcanic leaks and eruptions which changed the valley eons ago.
Picnic lunch.
We roam through Orkhon Valley on horseback.
After the ride, we set up our camp near the Naiman Nuur Park entrance.
Dinner and stay overnight.
Overnight: In Tents
Breakfast
The yak guides will join us.
We load the equipment and the personal items on pack yaks.
We arrive at the yak breeder family and stay there for 2 nights in separate yurts (4-5 persons per yurt)
Lunch with the family
We ride around the area near the lakes.
Dinner with the family.
Overnight: In yurts
Breakfast
This is the day we ride through beautiful forest mountains heading to the lakes of Naiman Nuur Park.
Picnic lunch in the Park.
Dinner and stay overnight.
Overnight: In yurts
Breakfast
Time to say goodbye to our welcoming host family.
We head back to the Orkhon Valley leaving Naiman Nuur Park and traveling through a steep mountain road thanks to our tough horse and skilled yak guides.
Picnic lunch
We move forward and set up our camp near the forest which is located in between the Naiman Nuur Park and Orkhon Valley.
Dinner and stay overnight.
Overnight: In tents
Breakfast and we ride to the nomadic family in the Orkhon Valley.
Picnic lunch on the road.
We experience and enjoy Orkhon Falls.
Dinner and stay overnight in the separate yurt of a nomadic family.
Overnight: In yurts
Breakfast
We leave Orkhon Valley as well as the equestrian guides and the family. Thanks to our skillful guides and welcoming family who have been our companions during our adventurous trips!
We travel to Khogno Khan Park.
Picnic lunch.
Khogno Khan region consists of desert-like landscapes.
Visit of the Ovgon Khiid Monastery.
Dinner and stay overnight with a nomadic family (single beds, 4 to 5 persons per yurt).
Overnight: In yurts
Breakfast and we leave for Ulaanbaatar early and arrive in the afternoon.
Picnic lunch.
You’ll be offered to go shopping with a guide for the rest of the afternoon.
In the evening, you will attend Mongolian traditional shows which cover traditional dances, music, and songs.
Dinner not included to leave you a wide range of choices of Ulaanbaatar cuisine.
Overnight: at a hotel (2* – twin or triple room).
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Breakfast.
Transfer to the airport is included
ADDITIONAL
SMALL GROUP SUPPLEMENT
Groups of 2 or 3 : + 280 € / pers.
A supplement is refunded for all travelers after the 4th traveler is booked.
SINGLE ROOM
+ 150 € / pers. (2 nights in Ulaanbaatar only). This single room supplement applies if you want a single room in Ulaanbaatar.
INCLUDED
✔ Transfers airport / hotel / airport
✔ English or French speaking guide
✔ 2 nights in 3* hotel in Ulan Bator, breakfast included
✔ Journeys in Japanese 4WD jeep or Russian 4×4 UAZ + driver
✔ Petrol
✔ All breakfast, lunch, and dinner during the tour
✔ Cook for the groups > 5 persons
✔ Equipment for meals (mess tent, camping tables and chairs) and nights (tent, ground mattress), sanitary tent
✔ Tour and visits
✔ Horse riding
✔ Nomadic equestrian guides
✔ Pack yaks for the equipment during the self-sufficient trek
✔ Entrance fees for parks and museums indicated in the program
✔ Traditional show
NOT INCLUDED
X International flights
X Visa (if necessary)
X Travel insurance
X Repatriation insurance
X Drinks /alcohols, water, etc/
X Meals in Ulan Bator
X Phone calls
X Any excursion that is not indicated in the program
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