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Discovering the Mongolian Altai on horseback. The Mongolian Altai mountains of western Mongolian offer a beautiful landscape coupled with three unique cultures - Mongolians, Kazakhs, and Tuvans. Doing horse riding in western Mongolia and visiting this area's nomadic people between the snow covered peaks of the Altai Mountains means experiencing something that cannot be repeated anywhere else in the world. Come and will feel the beauty of unexplored wilderness and experience the freedom of nomadic life 
 

Trip Name

Ride with Kazakhs

Lenght:

Trip dates:

18 days

From june to mid-September

Program


Day1. Welcome at your arrival at the Ulaanbaatar airport. Transfer to your hotel (Standard category). City tour. Visit of Nogd Khaan summer palace. Lunch in a restaurant of the city. Visit of the Natural history museum. Briefing on the trip. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2. Transfer to the airport and flight towards the Mongolian farwest (4 hours). Welcome in Olgii by our local team. Visit the local museum of Olgii town with comprenhensive information of flora and fauna of Bayan Olgii aimag as well as it colourfull traditional costumes. Diner and night in gers camp.

From day 3 to day  6. Drive to Chigertei Lake of Altai,where we will meet horserangers and packing horses and camels. Next two days we trek by Jolt Area towards to Dayan Nuur. Jolt is full of lush valleys. After Jolt,we will come to DayanNuur, one of the crystal clear lakes of Altai Tavan Bogd National Park.Two nights by Dayan Nuur. You will have the chance to try the fishing for the Altai grayling ,lenok and others. By chance, we will have grade opportunity to stay with Tuvan Shaman. Dinner in bivouac and night under the tent.

From day  7 to day 9. The remote area of Syrgaal, divided from China by the high snow capped mountains, has the two stunning lakes of Hoton Nuur and Hurgan Nuur. Both of them are the source of the Hovd River. Along the lakes you will see a wooden Kazakh Old Mosque and the chance to visit Nomadic Kazakh and Eaglehunter families and feel their wonderfull hospitalities. There are some fine trekking possibilities on the North West of Hoton Nuur. Dinner in bivouac and night under the tent.

From day 10 to day 13. Trekking one and half day, we reach Green Lake, which is small mountain lake with crystal clear water. Good to swim. After Green Lke we go by beautifull valley. Here are dramatic landscapes of small lake and patches of larch forests. This is wild and remote place with many white water springs. We will allocate two days to cross the Altai Mountains range which is a total of 32km. You will be able to see remote and spectacular country from 3600m high. We will pitch camp after the snows or in the snows near the pass. Beautiful and wide views. Dinner in bivouac and night under the tent.

Day 14. Come down approximatively 16km and put camping next to the small lake on the south-east of Shiveet Hairhan Mountian / sacred mountain for Local Tuvan people , where the vehicles arrive to pick up us. Near you camp, you will see the biggest rock printing(petro-glyphs) belonged to Huns. Huns made Chinese to build The Great Wall of China. Dinner in bivouac and night under the tent.

Day15. Drive back to Olgii town. Diner and night in gers camp.  170 Km

Day 16. Transfer to the airport and flight back to Ulaanbaatar. Transfer to your hotel. Free diner and night at the Hotel.

Day 17. Breakfast. Visit of Gandantegchilen monastery and introduction to Buddhism in the Buddhist center of Mongolia. Lunch in local restaurant. Shopping in the afternoon. visit of the black market and cashmere factory. Farewell diner in on of the best restaurant of the capitale. Night at the hotel.

Day 18. Breakfast. Transfer to the airport. Departure.

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Our set departures - 2007


From 9 to 15 people maximum for each group. Fixed prices:
 1,750 US$      1,400 €

25th  of June  - 12th of July
(can be combined with the Naadam festival)

PRICE per person - all taxes included: 

US$

2 pax groups:

3 - 5 pax groups:

6 - 8 pax groups:

9-15  pax groups:

3,000

2,500

2,000

1,750

 2,400 

2,000

1,600

1,400 

Included in our price:

  • All transfers airport / hotel / airport
  • Flight Ulaanbaatar/Olgii/Ulaanbaatar
  • 3 nights accomodotion (standard category), breakfast and lunch in Ulaanbaatar
  • Full pension during the trip
  • 2 nights in confortable gers camps with hot shower
  • 4x4 ou mini mini van + driver
  • Gasoline
  • English speaking guide or other language upon request
  • Cooker and cooker assistant
  • Horse riding Guide
  • Horse renting +  additional horses in case your horse doesn't suit you or injury.
  • Horse riding equipment including Russian military saddles
  • Pack camels
  • Organization of a mini naadam festival the eclipse observation day
  • All park and museum entrance fees as mentioned in the program 
  • Camping materials (Tent, mattress, sleeping bag, gaz stove, cooking tools, mess tent, camping table, portable shower)

Not included in our price:

  • International transport
  • Passport and Visa costs
  • Repatriation insurance
  • Travel insurance
  • Airport taxes
  • Luggage over weight
  • Extra drinks - alcohol
  • Phone calls
  • Dinner in Ulaanbaatar
  • All excursion not mentioned in the program

Optional:

US$

  • 4 stars Hotel

  • Local insurance
  • + 170 / room

    60 / person

     

    + 140 / room

    50 / person

     

     

     

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