Praising the “gusto of its embrace of liberal democracy,” The Economist recently described Mongolia as “The Last Best Place,” where “you can still ride the 1,900 miles from west to east without encountering a single man-made impediment.” A vast, lonely treasure—it has fewer people than Mauritania, scattered across 80 times the square mileage of Massachusetts—Mongolia has had us under its sway for a long time.
We are firm partisans of this lovely country; in partnership with our world-class Mongolian associates, Geographic Expeditions arranges a variety of magnificently supported trips: dinosaur hunting in the Gobi Desert, horsebacking and ger camping in the green highlands of the Altai Mountains, visits to the fabulous Nadaam festivals in Ulaanbaatar and remote towns. We hike alpine meadows near the Orkhon Waterfall, swim in Lake Khuvsgul, visit Mongolia’s Buddhist temples and Genghis Khan’s capital at Karakorum (once the most important place in the world), and listen to the famed throat singers of nearby Tuva.
Festivals of Mongolia - Golden Eagle Festival
Highlights: Ulaanbaatar, Tsambagarav Mountains, Golden Eagle Festival, Gorkhi Terelji National Park
Festivals of Mongolia - Mini Naadam Festival
Highlights: Ulaanbaatar, Lake Khovsgol, Gobi, Flaming Cliffs, Horse Herders Day, Yol Valley
Festivals of Mongolia - Naadam Festival
Highlights: Ulaanbaatar, Lake Khovsgol, Gobi, Naadam festival
Mongolia and Siberia
Highlights: Lake Baikal, Irkutsk, Listvyanka, Ulan Ude, Ulaanbaatar, Karakorum, Orkhon Waterfall
Shadow Over Mongolia: A Journey for the Total Solar Eclipse
Highlights: Tavan Bogd National Park, Khoton Nuur, ger encampments, nomadic Kazakhs, eagle hunters, total solar eclipse
The Mongolia Explorer
Highlights: Ulaanbaatar, Gobi, Bayanzag’s Flaming Cliffs and dinosaur bones, visit nomad family, ride camels, Yol Valley, Lake Khovsgol, Gorkhi Terelj National Park
Trekking in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains
Highlights: Ulaanbaatar, Tavan Bogd National Park, Pantonin Glacier, day hikes, Malchin Peak, horseback riding, Shivreet Khairkhan Mountains, Tuvan families, Khoton Lake, Kazakh eagle hunters
Custom Journeys in Mongolia & Tuva
Highlights: Naadam festival (July); nomad families; fishing; Tuvan throat singers
