Mongolia

The Gobi, the steppe, nomad families and the Naadam festival.

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Flight timeAround 13 hours via Beijing or Istanbul

Time differenceGMT +8

CurrencyMongolian tugrik

Best monthsJune to September

Ideal trip length10 to 14 days

Overview

Why go to Mongolia

Mongolia is landscape and people. The Gobi’s dunes and the flaming cliffs where dinosaur eggs were found. The central steppe where nomad families move with the seasons and welcome you into their gers. Lake Khovsgol in the north, clear as glass with reindeer herders in the forests around it.

Travel is by 4×4 and small plane, nights are in ger camps, and the reward is a silence and a scale that exists almost nowhere else. Naadam in July, with wrestling, archery and horse racing, is the time to go if you can.

Highlights

The Khongor dunes of the Gobi
The Naadam festival in July
A night with a nomad family in the steppe
Lake Khovsgol and the reindeer herders
Wild horses in Hustai National Park
The Erdene Zuu monastery at Karakorum

Things to do

What you'll remember about Mongolia

The experiences worth building a trip around, chosen by consultants who've done them.

Ride the Trans-MongolianTravel by train through Russia and Mongolia, then on to Beijing.

Stay in a nomad's gerMeet nomadic herders and taste local cheese, boiled meat and salty tea.

Explore Hustai National ParkLook for antelope, wolves and wild horses in Hustai National Park.

Visit ancient KarakorumSee the remains of Genghis Khan's capital and Erdene Zuu Monastery.

Go with a group

Small group tours in Mongolia

Travel with a small group and a local leader, with the route and experiences already brought together for you.

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Make it yours

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Use these group tours as inspiration. We can take the routes, activities and places you like and build a private tailor-made Mongolia holiday around you.

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