Gobi Desert & Mountain Steppes Horse Trek

Highlights

• Is this horse trek suitable for me?
• This is a 5-day tour that includes three and half-day horseback riding. The tour is suitable for both beginners and advanced riders. Are you traveling with your family or friends like to do horse trekking, but you are not a horseback adventurer? No worries. You can ride the horses at your pace with the help of a local equestrian. You can enjoy some hiking and sit in your support vehicle which follows you every day if long or fast riding is not your interest. We planned the tour to have a maximum of 25 to 30 km riding a day. Even though you can have your optional riding after settling the camp if the 25 to 30 km is not enough for you. Alternatively, we could customize the itinerary shortening the riding distance or change the terrains, etc. We may require specific horse riding abilities for your safety, comfort, favor of you and other tour members if you join our group tour departure. Local riding techniques, the best ways to treat Mongolian horses and their character, etc. will be taught at the beginning of the tour. We ride at walking speed in burden areas. Cantering and trotting will help us to cover the distance faster. You can gallop on the steppes and flatter areas if you wish. The tour includes 1 overnight stay in a ger camp at the end of your countryside tour. Two nights in the tent among outstanding nature and under starry skies, one night with a nomad family, and one night in a hotel in Ulaanbaatar.
• Meals
• Tour meals are included according to the itinerary. In the countryside, ger camps meals are both European and Mongolian. Meat is the main ingredient for meals and is served for lunch and dinner along with vegetables, salads, and soups. There will be more meat in traditional Mongolian meals. A typical breakfast is tea or coffee, bread, jam, butter, eggs and sausage. There are some cookies, cheese, cereals, pancakes and more at some of the ger camps for breakfast. For lunch, meals include salads, Mongolian soups and a main course (pasta, rice, vegetables, beef/mutton/chicken/fish near lakes/rivers), and dessert and tea. Salads, a main course, a dessert, and tea will be served for dinner. With nomads, you will try authentic Mongolian meals. Different types of meals offered simultaneously are not customary in Mongolian tradition. If you are a vegetarian or have other dietary restrictions, please inform us in advance, and we will make arrangements accordingly. About lunch, it will be packed as a picnic. More information on Mongolia meals
• Accommodation
• Mongolian tourism depends highly on the season, and seasonal accommodation ger camps are fully open between 15 May and 25 September. It could be earlier or late. However, we will be traveling in central Mongolia and most ger camps start earlier and close late autumn. Nomad family home stays are available if you are a keen traveler and would like to discover more about the nomadic life. The company will provide good quality camping gear. Bringing your sleeping bags suitable for as low as -10°C is recommended. Alternatively, we can provide sleeping bags. For more detailed information about the main accommodation ger camp, please visit Mongolia Ger camps, Mongolia nomad family stay, and Mongolia hotels
• Guides
• Most of our company guides are English speaking. We also have some guides who speak German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Japanese. They are all friendly, helpful and most of them were born and grown in the countryside. Therefore, they have good knowledge about every aspect of Mongolia, good at horse trekking and have at least three years or more years of guiding experience. Except for your interpreter-guide, one or more nomad men will be your equestrian depends on the riders’ number. Your guide will be a cook for a small group of 2-4 people, and we will provide a cook if the group has more than 4 PAX.
• Transportation
• Most of our tours were designed with four wheels driving Japanese or Korean vans driven by experienced, friendly and good mechanic-drivers. For bigger groups, the Russian van will be used due to its capacity and load capacity. Different types of vehicles are available on request. You may check the travel vehicle details at Mongolia transportation
• The best time to do Mongolia horse trek
• The most suitable time to take the tour is between 15 May and 15 September. The day temperature in July and beginning of August could rise to +38°C. Therefore, consider your health issue of horse riding in hot. Or on the contrary, July and beginning of August could be the wettest time of the year. Therefore, be prepared for some occasional rains. May, June, August, and September are the most suitable months for riding. Mongolian weather fluctuates a lot seasonally, daytime, and at night. Therefore, be ready for sudden weather changes such as hot, warm, cool, rain, and wind. It sometimes happens on the same day. Weather in May and September is cold in the evenings and at night. It could even snow in mountainous areas. For your pre-departure preparation and an idea to prepare for this inflexible weather condition, you may check our detailed packing list of the horse riding tour.
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