In order to get a real feel for the pace and lifestyle of the local people, you need to travel as they do, using the same modes of transport as the Mongol herdsmen themselves. During this nomadic journey you will wander by foot into the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area, a beautiful wilderness close to the Khentii Mountains. If you are an experienced rider, we can organise for you to ride a horse. We are equipped as a true expedition, with yak pulling the luggage and gear alongon wooden carts. We bring a ger (yurt) to house our mobile restaurant unit, and you may take part in assembling this comfortable Mongol-style dwelling with our local herdsmen. Accommodation while on trek is in tents.

These trips run with a minimum of 2 passengers.

Countries visited

• Mongolia

Places visited

• Ulaanbaatar

Transportation

Mongolian families frequently move from one pasture to another using traditional wooden carts. These are hitched to the animals available in the region. Here we will use yaks and horses. The services of some herdsmen will be hired by the expedition and they will provide us with their animals.

Included In Price

Guide and all meals outside Ulaanbaatar. Tents, comfortable hotel (2n.), camping equipment and all local transport. Local Medevac coverage is also included.

Meals Included

This tour includes 13 meals; 5 breakfasts 4 lunches 4 dinners

Not Included In Price

Any air or train tickets, imported drinks, laundry, rent of riding horse, transfers in Ulaanbaatar. Please bring your own sleeping bag.

Important Information

Meals: Our cook will prepare the meals. We pride ourselves in having cooks adept at both western and Mongolian cooking on our trips. There are always vegetables available and we have no problem accommodating vegetarians on our trips. For breakfast we can usually buy fresh yoghurt from the herdsmen in the local area.

Please note that groups having less than 5 people will carry no ger (yurt). Just tents.

Private departures: On request, and if available, the Yak Trek may operate on any day. Before or after the season an additional ger (instead of tent) is added, in order to provide warmth on the cold nights.

Family Treks: If you are a family with children, book early, but we are happy to set aside any date as a specific family departure.

Day 1: Ulaanbaatar

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Evening get together in a Ulaanbaatar restaurant. Dinner.

Accommodation

Ulaanbaatar hotel

Meals Included

none

Day 2: Upper Tuul River Valley

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After breakfast we leave Ulaanbaatar for the Upper Tuul River Valley in the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area some 110 km away; a three-hour drive by bus or car. We drive one hour on tarmac road, one hour through a beautiful steppe valley where there are many herdsmen with their livestock. The last hour we cross the ridge at Zamtiin Davaa, and, travelling through forests, we reach the Upper Tuul River Valley. Pitch camp next to the Tuul River. 3 hours

Accommodation

Overnight in tents next to the Tuul River.

Meals Included

1 x Lunches
1 x Dinners

Day 3: Khan Khentii

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We load our luggage onto the carts. Our first campsite is in a steppe valley, surrounded by the Hentii hills, which are covered with larch and birch forests. Herdsmen keep their livestock in the southern areas, following a lifestyle that has essentially been the same since the time of Genghis Khan.

Accommodation

Overnight in tents.

Meals Included

1 x Breakfasts
1 x Lunches
1 x Dinners

Day 4 & 5: Khan Khentii

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We trek toward the Hentii wilderness area and soon we touch the limits of human habitation. We will use yaks to pull the traditional wooden carts on which all our equipment will be loaded and transported. Our Mongol staff will accompany us on horseback. No support vehicles will be required, nor are they practical in the area where we are to trek. The yaks will set the pace of our nomadic journey over easy terrain (max. 20 km per day). A cook who knows western and Mongolian cooking will be with us in the field. Members will be able to learn how to build a ger. This can be done very quickly if several people join in. On the final afternoon, we return to the road.

Accommodation

Overnight in tents.

Meals Included

2 x Breakfasts
2 x Lunches
2 x Dinners

Day 6: Ulaanbaatar

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After breakfast transfer back to Ulaanbaatar (3½ hrs). In the afternoon there is free time to explore the city. Ulaanbaatar has some wonderful cultural sites to visit such as the Gandan Monastery and many small museums. Take time to enjoy the atmosphere of this town which reflects its unique history. 3½ hrs hours

Accommodation

Ulaanbaatar hotel

Meals Included

1 x Breakfasts

Day 7: Ulaanbaatar

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Departure day. Please let us know if you wish us to arrange a transfer to the airport.

Meals Included

1 x Breakfasts