Mini Gobi and Steppes

Overview

• Two landscapes in one trip: the Mini Gobi and the steppe
• Ride through the Orkhon Valley and the Bayan Gobi sand dunes
• Stay with nomad families and camp in beautiful spots
• 9 days on horseback with nomadic horse guides

Route

Numbers mark where you spend each day. The route starts and ends in Ulaanbaatar.

1. Day 1Ulaanbaatar+

   • Arrive in Mongolia. Your English-speaking guide meets you at Chinggis Khaan Airport.
   • Visit Gandantegchinlin Monastery and the National Museum of Mongolian History.

   Meals

   Not included

   Overnight

   4* hotel (twin or triple room)

2. Day 2Ulaanbaatar to the Orkhon Valley+

   • Drive to the Orkhon Valley by 4x4, with lunch on the road.
   • Visit a nomad family and share dinner with them.
   • Optional first ride.

   Meals

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner

   Overnight

   A ger of your own with a nomad family

3. Day 3Nomad family to BuurugOn horseback+

   On horseback

   • The riding starts: cross beautiful country to Buurug, within the Orkhon Valley.

   Meals

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner

   Overnight

   Tent

4. Days 4–5Buurug to the Naiman Nuur lakesOn horseback+

   On horseback

   • Ride to the Naiman Nuur (Eight Lakes) and explore the region for two days.
   • Dinner with a nomad family.

   Meals

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner

   Overnight

   Yurt beside a nomad family (4–5 people per yurt), then tent

5. Days 6–8Naiman Nuur to the Orkhon ValleyOn horseback+

   On horseback

   • Three days riding through the Orkhon Valley's changing landscapes, camping in beautiful spots.
   • Visit Tuvkhun Monastery and the Orkhon Waterfall on horseback.

   Meals

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner

   Overnight

   Tent

6. Day 9Orkhon Valley to KharkhorinOn horseback+

   On horseback

   • Leave the Orkhon Valley on your last day with the horse team, and say goodbye to them and your horses near Kharkhorin.

   Meals

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner

   Overnight

   Tent near Kharkhorin

7. Days 10–11Kharkhorin to the Bayan GobiOn horseback+

   On horseback

   • Visit Kharkhorin, then drive by 4x4 to the Bayan Gobi.
   • Ride through the dunes, a completely different experience.
   • The next day, ride to Uvgun Monastery on the Khugnu Khan cliffs.

   Meals

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner

   Overnight

   Tent, then Khugnu Khan ger camp

8. Day 12Bayan Gobi to Ulaanbaatar+

   • Leave early and arrive in Ulaanbaatar in the afternoon, with lunch in the city.
   • Go shopping with your guide.
   • Evening show of traditional Mongolian music, song and dance.

   Meals

   Breakfast and lunch; dinner is yours to choose in Ulaanbaatar

   Overnight

   4* hotel (twin or triple room)

9. Day 13Ulaanbaatar+

   • Transfer to the airport after breakfast.

   Meals

   Breakfast

   Overnight

   Departure

Where you sleep

• 6 nightsTents
• 3 nightsGuest yurt with a nomad family
• 1 nightGer camp
• 2 nights4* hotel in Ulaanbaatar

What's included

Good to know

Meeting point

Chinggis Khaan Airport, Ulaanbaatar

Guides speak

English, French

Group size

3–10 people

• Small group: +€300 Per person for groups of 2 or 3, refunded once a 4th traveller books.
• Single room: +€200 Per person, for your 2 nights in Ulaanbaatar.

What travellers say

• “My dream true horse riding in stunning Mongolia!”

  LOVED The friendly, warm attentive service from the team - Babu, Dimbay, Ulzee, Toma were invaluable, kind, funny, experienced people that helped create a fantastic trip I will never ever forget and I’m eternally grateful for receiving! So many amazing memories made, constant laughter out riding and at camp! Everything exceeded my expectations, from the horseriding, the camping and visiting nomad families and getting a sense of nomadic life. Stunning landscape and views - mongolia is BEAUTIFUL! I wish i could have stayed longer and didn’t want to leave and go home!

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• “Dream come TRUE.”

  Mongolia: the Huge countryside, the tour guides and operators, the famous “little” horses … I enjoyed the whole 13 days! As a child I read Mongolia had more horses than people. A place I wanted to visit, 50+ years of dreams. The vastness of the Steeps can not be described with word or captured with photos, this is a place to be experience from the back of a Mongolia horses: an endurance animal swift, sure footed and kind.

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• Me and my friend had an amazing trip with Nomadrider. We were welcomed at the airport by our translator and driver en they took us on an amazing adventure. We felt cared for and comfortable trougout our stay. Every question, concern,... was immediatly adressed and we fot to focus on the ectivity we came to do. The horses were amazing and were easy to handle. they carried us safely over mountains and ran over the steppes. A beautifull fealing to go so fast! The people in mongolia were very welcoming to us. We ate with them in their ger, visited a festival,... it was truly an amazing experience. I really enjoyed everyting about the trip and with the packing list we received we felt more than prepared. I would recommend anyone to take a trip with the nomadrider team!

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