All our tours will give you opportunities to meet the local people and to see sights you may miss without a good local guide.
Even with the best planning, unexpected things happen. This is what makes the trip, just like this magical, unplanned concert.
Mongolians call themselves the "nation of five animals", those being horses, camels, cows or yaks, sheep and goats.
Find the unexpected in Mongolia. It is a country of contrasts and you should come prepared, with an open mind.
Important sites within Tibetan Buddhism are found in Mongolia, where little has changed since the time of Chinghis Khan.
Naadam is a historic sporting event featuring the 'three noble sports': horse racing, traditional wrestling and archery.
All the tours we do will give visitors an insight into Mongolia's fascinating culture, but the trips we specifically label "Cultural" aim to show all these different aspects by meeting with local nomadic people and visiting places of cultural significance. Perhaps you will get the chance to ride horses or camels, help to milk the
sheep, goats, horses or cow and walk around some of the beautiful Buddhist temples and monasteries. Apart from the religious community, the population of Mongolia was nomadic until the twentieth century and most of the architectural sights are Buddhist monasteries built in either Tibetan or Manchurian style.
The culture of a country is defined by its traditions, music, dress, history, art, festivals, language.... in fact everything about that country. So many aspects of Mongolian culture relate to the land itself: the wild and dramatic landscape and the extreme climate, which have led to the development of a nomadic culture which has been possible despite the harsh conditions.
This trip is a chance to enjoy some of the best bits of Mongolian culture and scenery. The summer Naadam festival is celebrated in every city, town and village and is a sporting event with horse racing, wrestling and archery competitions.The occasion is an opportunity for everyone to dress up, ride their best horse & make the most of the 2-day Naadam.
Historical tour in the central region of Mongolia covers many of the most important sites in the country, including valleys inhabited by Mongolia’s most famous hero, Genghis Khan, and by Zanabazar, the first in a line of reincarnate Lamas who were religious and secular leaders until the Mongolian Revolution in 1921.
Naadam is the biggest annual festival among Mongols, and is believed to have existed for centuries in one form or another. Naadam festival begins with an elaborate introduction ceremony featuring dancers, athletes, horse riders, and musicians. After the ceremony, the
competitions begin. Naadam has its origin in the activities that followed the celebration of various occasions like weddings or spiritual gatherings. The activities would typically include military parades and sporting competitions - archery, horse riding and wrestling.
The main summer Naadam festival is held on 11th and 12th July in Ulaanbaatar. Other towns and villages are usually around this time, but the exact date is decided at the beginning of the summer by the local Governor and can be changed right up to the last moment. The people and horses prepare well in advance with a very strict training regime. It is a great honour to be a winner at the Naadam festival and the prizes nowadays are quite substantial, for example a jeep !
Mongolian horse racing as featured in Naadam is a cross-country event, with races 15–30 km long. The length of each race is determined by age class. For example, two-year-old horses race for ten miles and seven-year-olds for seventeen miles.
Mongolian traditional wrestling is an un- timed competition in which wrestlers lose if they touch the ground with any part of their body other than their feet or hand. When picking pairs, the wrestler with the greatest fame has the privilege to choose his own opponent.
In this competition both men and women participate. It is played by teams of ten. Each archer is given four arrows; the team must hit 33 "Surs". Men fire their arrows from 75 meters away while women fire theirs from 65 meters away.
▪ Total Days: 9 days
▪ Riding Days: 7 days
▪ Accommodation: Ger Camp
▪ Support Vehicle: YES
▪ Total Days: 10 days
▪ Riding Days: 8 days
▪ Accommodation: Ger Camp
▪ Support Vehicle: YES
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Khan-Uul District
1st Microdistrict
Ulaanbaatar
MONGOLIA
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