Travel Module: Horse Riding in Chentii National Park Mongolia

Introdcution

If you have experience in horse riding and are looking for a unique adventure in unspoilt nature we can highly recommend this horse riding adventure in northern Mongolia.
You will be riding your horse for three to five hours daily and will be crossing through a variety of landscapes: From the vast steppes the route takes you through rolling hills and the tundra near Siberia. During the trek stay overnight in tents and are accompanied by your escort-team who looks after your needs.

Highlights

• 5-days horse riding on mongolian horses, far away from common tourist areas

• Enjoy a variety of landscapes including vast steppes, rivers, pine tree-forests, rolling hills and tundra

• Gain insights into the life of nomadic families and the Buriat people.

• Enjoy bathing in a remote, natural hot spring

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrive at Ulaanbaatar International Airport. Meet your guide at the Airport Exit and check-in to your hotel. Enjoy an optional city tour in accordance to your personal interests. For example visit a museum, meet a shaman or take a stroll through the “black market” with your guide. Enjoy dinner in a restaurant of your choice. Go for Mongolian BBQ, vegetarian Indian , Japanese, Korean or Italian cuisine. Overnight in hotel.

Day 2 : Today experience Ulaanbaatar sightseeing as per your personal interests. For example after discussing your options with your local guide you may opt to visit Gandan Monastery - the center of Mongolia’s Buddhism. Later visit the old imperial Bogd-Khan palace. Overnight in hotel.

Day 3 : Transfer to Khan Chentii National Park. Visit a local nomad family here and stay overnight by the shores of a river. Overnight in tent (no ger tourist-camp).

Day 4 : Experience a day in the life of a nomad family. Get to know your horse and enjoy your first ride-out.In the evening see the sheep and goats returning back to the nomad camp and watch as the sheep and goat return to the nomad camp.Overnight in tent (no ger tourist-camp).

Day 5 - 9 : Horse Trekking in Khan Chentii National Park. A beautiful experience for all horse- and nature enthusiasts. This area is still wild and hardly frequented by tourists. Overnight in tent (no ger tourist-camp)

Day 10 : In the afternoon ride back to the nomad family and enjoy a farewell dinner around the campfire. Overnight in tent (no ger tourist-camp)

Day 11 : Transfer back to Ulaanbaatar and more sightseeing as per your interest. In the evening enjoy a fantastic folklore performance in the Opera. Overnight in Hotel.

Day 12 : Transfer to Ulaanbaatar Airport or continue on with Travel Module "Classic Mongolia Tour"

Beste Time to Travel

June to August

Contact us to finalize your personalized itinerary  terralaya@sikkim.ch, info@sikkim.ch