On horseback with nomads 1 : 4 days/3 nights
Ulaanbaatar / Bayan-Enjuul / Ulaanbaatar
Day 1 Drive from UB for 150kms to a place called \"Ulahiin bulan\". It is located on the bank of the river Tuul and is combination of semi-desert and grassy valleys. Visit local family and spend a night in tent. We will stay overnight with brothers and sisters of a person who runs the Ecotravel Mongolia who still live there as nomads in the countryside. You can try yourself in the nomadic life by helping them in dayly duties such as herding, milking sheeps and goats, milking the mare etc.
Day 2 Take horseback riding lessons. Local herdsmen will help you to adjust to Mongolian horse. After lunch ride to a hill called \"Badrah\" in 10-15kms. Visit locals on the way. Overnight in tent.
Day 3 Ride to a place called \"Elsen am\" in 10kms. It is a small piece of desert in the middle of grassy valley and nearby mountains and river. There are quite a few camels in the this area. Spend a day in this area.
Day 4 Ride to a place called \"Sar\". Visit locals. In the afternoon ride to a mountain called \"Zotol hairhan\". \"Zotol hairhan\" has a strange rocky shape and usually attracts a quite a few mountaneers. Ride and hike around \"Zotol hairhan\". Drive back to UB. I bet that it would feel very nice to be in the comfort of flushing toilet, TV and soft beds after few days in the coutnryside. In one word - civilization. |