Horse Riding in Western Mongolia
Top trekking destinations are available in western Mongolia
14 days horse trekking, Potanian Glacier, eagle hunter’s experience all combined tour.
The Most Western Mongolian Province, Bayan Olgii Province is specific with its well preserved Nature, snow capped mountains, alpine lakes, fresh and wild rivers and glaciers. In this province people from some ethnic minorities live having different traditions.
Tavan Bogd mountain range is the main attraction with it’s snow, glaciers and signs of ancient ice rivers from bronze and iron age been well preserved due to a cold weather and strong winds.
Enjoy the 14 days horse trek with Bek Travel and its amazing team. Minimum Group Size; 2 PAX
Day – 1
Flight from Ulaanbaatar to Olgii on MIAT domestic flight, Arrival in Olgii after 2 hrs flight, welcomed by Bek Travel team and have lunch, drive out to South West of Olgii heading towards Altai village, hosted by a Kazakh eagle hunter family. Stay in yurts.
Day – 2
Riding on horseback with eagle hunter , taking his golden eagle and ride to closer mountains to show you how a real hunting is done with golden eagle. Today we will spend rest of the time seeing how an eagle is fed, trained and taken care of etc. We will have a local nomadic five finger’s feast and Overnight in yurts.
Day – 3
We will start riding on our horses today heading towards black lake summer place. Arrival at Black lake summer place and hosted by another nomadic family and stay in yurts or in tents. ( 40kms)
Day – 4
We will keep riding towards khar Chuluu bridge nearby Dayan lake. After about 40 kms we will reach our destination. And Camp by the river in tents.
Day – 5
We will keep riding towards Khurgan lake area and arrival at our base Kazakh nomadic family. We will have shower here and rest day.
Day – 6
Today we will ride to Baga Turgen waterfall. And ride back to our base family. Free afternoon and have rest.
Day- 7
We will keep riding on horses heading towards Khairakhti valley and see rock arts from Bronze age. We will keep riding towards Aral Tolgoi National Park. Arrival at Aral Tolgoi NP. Camp there in tents. Do Some fishing on a river. Camp in tents.
Day – 8
We will keep riding on our horses and arrival in Aksu valley. Once we are deep into the valley we will camp by Uyshik in our tents by White river. ( we are now in the wildest valley in Western Mongolia by China and Mongolia border) We will camp in our tents
Day – 9
We will keep riding into the valley and arrival at the Death pass after Bear valley and heart lake. And we will do the pass and reach Stay at Khar Ayrag valley where Tuvan Shamans live. We will camp in our tents.
day – 10
We will ride to the ranger station and have lunch there. Continue riding towards base camp along with our camel team. We will reach base camp. We will set up our campsite and stay in tents at the base camp.
Day – 11
We can climb to Malchin peak today, some can just hike onto potanin glacier. So climbing is optional. We will stay in tents at the base camp again.
Day – 12
We will ride back to the ranger station, meet with our driving team and drive down today and heading down to fish lake ger camp. Stay there in gers.
day – 13
We will drive to Tsengel village and listen to Tuvan throat singer if he will be available at his place at that time. If he is not available then we will invite another throat singer from Khovd province. Attend Kazakh wedding ceremony and stay at hotel.
Day – 14
after the breakfast , drive to airport and flight to ulaanbaatar. end of the tour
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Domestic flight tickets and relevant information.
There are 2 aviation companies called Hunnu Airways and Aeromongolia flying between UB (Ulaanbaatar) and Olgii on daily basis during summer season.
Tickets can be purchased online on the following Aeromongolia and Hunnu air websites. Or upon request, Bek Travel can book the tickets for you.
www.aeromongolia.mn
www.HunnuAir.com
Price per PAX
Tour Price includes
Groups Size: 2-12
Booking: Booking need to be done at least 20 days before tour starts.
Meals: Our cook will prepare the meals mix of Western and Mongolian. We can also cater for vegetarians, vegans and gluten free upon request. There will be enough vegetables, fruits during our trips.
P.S Aeromongolia has not been reliable nowadays with frequent delays and flight cancellations. Would suggest not to book with them at this moment.
Some recommendations: Weather in Mongolia in summer is not very stable, sometimes it can be as cold as degrees at nights on the mountains sometimes very hot. So it is always better to pack for the worst.