Horseback 12 Nights, 13 Days

This horse riding tour is combined historically, explore the northern Mongolian wilderness on reindeer back and capture the many different features of natures. Great opportunity to  get new experience from this tour. Because of the tour contains of wild nature, extraordinary life style, and old temple’s complex in one itinerary. The riding to the Northern, where, you can explore  the vast expanses of Taiga and plentiful natures of north part of Mongolia. The people of  taiga is real friendship and loyalty to the tradition of their ancestors. Once you visit there, you will never forget these people.  It means that you so close to this unique life and culture and also you will feel as though you have visited to another planet. It will be miracle for you, to seeing the Glacier peaks with thick forests on the horse riding.

Highlights:    Visit  the reindeer family 

                          Ride the horse

                          Taste the reindeer’s milk and try to milk them

                          Ride the two humble with a camel

 Day 1  Your travel guide and driver who will pick you up the hotel, and we’ll head off to the Amarbaysgalant monastery which is one of the biggest monasteries of Mongolia. It was established in 1725-1737 which was dedicated to Zanabazar, who was the first leader of the Mongolian Buddhist religion. Next to the Amarbasgalant monastery, there is a stupha called “Lost the promise”. There is one legend related to the stupha’s name. To accumulate the merit, a good-hearted old woman wished to build a stupha. Then she first asked the king for permission. The king permitted that she could do what she wished. The she started building the stupha with the help of 4 boys and 1 servant. The local ministries refused it and pleaded to the king that building a stupha would be harmful to the king’s reputation. The king replied that he had already given the permission to her, so he would not break the promise. So the stupha is called “lost the promise”. The other site is a 13-m-tall Bogd Zonkhoba image with his 2 disciples and 108 stairs.  

Accommodation: Ger guest house

Meals: lunch, dinner

Day 2   Early in the morning we set off a journey to our nomad family. Before visiting family, we stop in Erdenet, which is the third biggest city in Mongolia, where there’s time to admire the local museum (which is related to copper mining joint venture ) and have lunch in the town, then we go to visit the nomad family. We connect with family members, join the family for a delicious meal of traditional Mongolian cuisine at a special guest, followed by a visit to traditional accommodation.

Accommodation: Nomad family

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 3 In the morning we are going to Urantogoo ( volcanic). It is a small protected area of Bulgan province and named by 9 wonderful places of this province. We hike up the volcano, its height is 1686 m above sea level and 500-600 m wide and 50-60 m deep. After a short hike there, we have lunch and then get to the Murun town. And then directly go to Khuvsgul lake. We are going to go hiking along the shore surrounding the lake. The view is so beautiful and is the largest fresh water lake in Mongolia by volume and the 2nd largest by area. The surrounding of the lake and the mountain is so gorgeous.

Accommodation: Ger guest house

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 4  Drive to the Darkhad valley for a horse ride. It is a large valley in the northwestern and between the Ulaan taiga (red taiga) and Khordilsaridag ranges at an altitude of about 1600 m, about 160 km long and 40 km wide, the area 4270 km.

Accommodation: family

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 5:  Today we are going to ride a horse to the reindeer place. To reach there, we have to stay in a tent because it’s so far away, and on the first day you ride a horse.

Accommodation: tent

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6.: The Reindeer Tsaatan people live in the depths of the taiga forest. A few reindeer are the primary resource of their livelihood. In summer months, some reindeer families move down from the Taiga mountains close to the lake to supplement their income. We will visit the tsaatan family, and if we reach the family early, you can enjoy hiking around the place and take a nice picture.

Accommodation: tippy

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

 Day 7:   Stay one more night here, you might meet incredible things, for example, ride reindeer and herd it, try to milk them.

Accommodation: tippy

 Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 8 :  Ride back to stay with the family we had passed the path but no stay on the way because you have kept balance on the horseback, that’s why you might be able to gallop more on open steppe.   

Accommodation: nomad family

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

 Day 9  Drive to go to the Khuvsgul lake. We will hike along the shore surrounding the lake, view is so beautiful. This lake is the largest fresh water lake in Mongolia by volume and the 2nd largest by area. The surroundings, the mountains are so gorgeous.

Accommodation: ger guest house

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 10  Drive to the Baibalik fortress, it was a flourishing city and one of the cultural centers in central Asia of that period. There were two fortress built of clay in the city. The fortress was a flourishing city and one of the cultural centers and trade in central Asia of that period. Most part of the fortress collapsed and only the east and north section of the northern fortress remained currently. After the opportunity to tell the story about it, we have lunch over there and continuous to go to Bulgan town.

Accommodation: local hotel

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

 Day 11  Before we go on a drive to the Elsentasarkhai (mini Gobi), stop next to the Orkhon valley where there are 8 pieces of deer stone and see them and continue the journey. We are going to ride a camel with a local guide to the small sand dunes, and then after that, you can hike around the place if you want. Where a place combines two kinds of land for geographical features.

Accommodation: Ger guest house

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

 Day 12   A short drive to the high mountain for hiking and also to visit an old small temple, and then we go back to UB.Photoshop deer ekh bektgel khiine. Minii utas: 91405544

12 nights, 13days horse trekking tour