Mongolia Travel Blog

Spend blissful days with Kazakh hunters to soak in their ancient wisdom and the way of life in western Mongolia. Amazing Photographic opportunity to experience Local Golden Eagle Festival in Altai town and Reindeer Tribe Mongolia. Plenty of opportunity to shoot these Eagle Hunters in the snow capped mountain, in the training and of  course […]

In each year, this Tsaatan Reindeer herder tribe moves at least 6 times allowing their reindeer best pasture land as possible. As Nomadic Trails, we take our clients in all season. These pictures have been taken in Reindeer Tribe in 2018 by Tulga Photos. This extraordinary trip is run by Nomadic Trails since 2007 successfully. […]

While roads may be slippery, wintertime transport in Mongolia is fine for the most part, as there is little snowfall. Walking outside for more than 20 minutes at a time can become difficult due to the cold, but it’s easy to hail a taxi within Ulaanbaatar. If travelling further into the countryside, utilising a travel […]

On this dog sled expedition you will be exploring Mongolian nature, nomadic way of life and observe the wild fauna and flora in winter season in Terelj and Khentii National Parks. With an experienced Alaskan dog team you will slide on the ice, through endless and peaceful landscapes, in a perfect silence and under the […]

  “Reindeer Tribe of Taiga” Foundation ”Тайгын Цаачид Сан” To support Reindeer Tribe of Taiga an initiative by Nomadic Trails Mongolia Organizational Background “Reindeer Tribe of Taiga” is a registered non-government entity operating on the level. We are an operational NGO, meaning we plan and carry out boots-on-the-ground projects to accomplish our objectives. This requires a […]

Getting to Mongolia or How to Get to Mongolia How to Get to Mongolia Travellers who wish to come to Mongolia, take flights, trains or vehicles. Mongolia is landlocked country neighboring only China & Russia. There is tiny Russia gap between Mongolia and Kazakhstan. There is no sea port. meanwhile there are ports around Mongolia […]

Gobi Desert is massive, measures over 1,600 km (1,000 mi) from southwest to northeast and 800 km (500 mi) from north to south from Tibetan plateau to Gobi Altay Mountain range. Gobi means Desert in English.           Tectonic creation made beautiful blue pearl Khuvsgul Lake in 25 million year ago. We […]

info@nomadictrails.com Gobi Means Desert in Mongolian. So it means, “Desert” Desert in English. Gobi Desert is massive, measures over 1,600 km (1,000 mi) from southwest to northeast and 800 km (500 mi) from north to south from Tibetan plateau to Gobi Altay Mountain range. Picture 1. Gobi Road Gobi is a cold desert, with frost and occasionally snow occurring […]

Golden Eagle Festival 2020 Photo Tour Like traditional practices elsewhere in the world, hunting with eagle is on the verge of extinction, but Kazakh culture, in Mongolia the tradition is alive and well kept. We organize smaller Photo group for this fantastic live festival. Our experienced tour crew organizes this especial tour by our local […]

19-20 September 2020 (Actual date for Golden Eagle Festival) in Tolbo Lake. This post explains about smaller Golden Eagle Festival in western Mongolia. All about Festival, games, competitions, daily program in Tolbo Lake, Bayan-Ulgii province. info@nomadictrails.com There are 3 different Golden Eagle Festivals in Mongolia 1. 15-16 September 2020 – “Nomadic Games 2020”- Golden Eagle […]

Golden Eagle Hunters or Masters of Golden Eagle Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia, Golden Eagle Festival Eagle hunting has been practiced in Central Asia for a thousands of years. Like traditional practices elsewhere in the world, hunting with eagle is on the verge of extinction, but Kazakh culture, in Mongolia the tradition is alive and well […]

Horse Archery Competition The competition of Horse Archery Mongolia organized by Horse Archery Association of Mongolia in 28 Oct 2018 in Ulaanbaatar. There were 34 horse archers compete for trophy for this year. Here are some photos of competition: Picture 1: Before competition Horse Archery Mongolia Picture 2: The competition started Horse Archery Mongolia Picture […]

Who are Tsaatan Dukha Reindeer herder’s Tribe? Tsaatan or Dukha Reindeer Tribe Mongoliais one of the Tuva people who live in both Mongolia and Russia nowadays. After a long history, most of Tuva people are left in Russian side. They are genetically connected to these Uigur people, one of the branches of many Turkic origin […]

List of the Tours I can join here in Mongolia!    Join Our Local Naadam Festival 9-16 July 2017 Local Naadam Festival, Safary tour fore Mountain sheep, cranes and etc. Local home stay We have our own Nomad day – Catching horses- locals will show us how to catch horses, milking the mares, kids wrestling […]

One of well known festivals of Mongolia, Naadam Festival is celebrated though out Mongolia in 2 days in mid July. It is most enjoyable season for Mongolians, after hard winter and spring. Women start preparing their best costumes for the festival for everyone in the family, meanwhile men start training their fastest horses for horse […]

Mongolia Tailor Made Holidays Our expert consultants will help you plan an itinerary based around where you want to go, what you want to see and when. They will use their expert knowledge and years of experience to select accommodation and activities to suit your tastes and budget. Tailor-made holidays offer you the opportunity to create […]

After travelling to Shamans in Mongolia more than 12 years, Tulga,  one of our tour leaders has shown us his some of his photos of Shamans for the first time. Amazing images, so we have decided to show them in public in here. He started taking some simple pictures to some of great pictures. These are […]

Horse Archery in Mongolia | Horse Archery Tour 2020 Nomadic Trails Mongolia is organizing this authentic Horse Archery tour called “Mounted Archers” in 2020.  This tour allows you to experience whole new activity in Mongolia. There will be plenty of horse riding, archery shooting practices, mounted archery shooting. Also, if you are confident, you can […]

This Reindeer Special event took a place in Tsagaan nuur town, Khuvsgul Province, most north town in Mongolia. There are mostly Reindeer and Darhad Tribe live in this region for over centuries. After celebration of 1000 reindeer festival in 2012, number of reindeer reached more than 2000 and locals wanted to celebrate another festival called […]

Reindeer Herders on the Move- Nomadic Migration 2017 Nomadic Migration- Reindeer herder’s tribe is on the move. This endless journey is a part of Nomadic Culture and fascinating experience to witness. These pictures were taken in Taiga, North region of Mongolia by Tulga, our tour leader during reindeer herders movement from winter base to spring […]

Now starting from 500 USD per.person – was 2420 USD. Only in June and July 2020 9-20 June 2020 Departure is closed 20 June- 2 July  Departure is closed 2-13 July Departure is open About Reindeer Tribe Tour: In this special 2 week (13 days / 12 nights) expedition is based on jeep supported, tented […]

Horse riding in Mongolia is one of the best ways to Explore Mongolia. Our Central Mongolia – Ride Mongolia horse riding trip offers unique riding experiences. Having saddled up onto our Mongolian steeds, we will ride off into the mountains and lush green meadows, passing through nomadic Mongolian family encampments where we shall stop and enjoy their […]

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From 1100 USD Shorter Gobi Tour Highlights *6 Days and 5 nights * Bayanzag, Flaming Red Cliffs * Kongor Sand Dunes * Yoliin Am Gorge with beautiful walk * Camel Riding near sand dunes * Khermen Tsav-Red Canyon This shorter Gobi Tour allows to visit Gorgeous Gobi of emptiness and even adding Khermen Tsav- Red […]

Mongolian Spiritual & Shamanic Healing Tour 2019 This Special-Spiritual and Shamanic Healing Tour firstly has designed by Nomadic Trails in order to help Rupert Isaacson’s autistic son Rowan in year of 2007. After this successful trip Rupert Isaacson has written his best selling book and released a popular movie called The Horse boy. We organize rather […]

  MAGICAL MONGOLIA | TRAVEL DEEPER Why is it the experiences that move us most deeply are the hardest to put into words? Perhaps it’s because experiences of the soul don’t need to be broadcast, filtered and hash-tagged, they just are. And so Mongolia goes about being magnificent, in the quietest and humblest of ways, surprising vistors with it’s immense […]

A lovely short story by Natalie Rani, who travelled with a group of women and sent her memorial experience with “Tsaatan” Reindeer Herder Tribe in Mongolia in summer of 2018.  This summer myself and some dear friends traveled with Nomadic Trails for two consecutive journeys through Mongolia. We didn’t know quite what to expect, but […]

The Art of Hunting with Golden Eagles In central Asia, the area around the lake of Issyk Kul is known for its hunters with falcons and golden eagles.  The Kyrgyz, Kazakh and Mongol traditions dates back 900 years to the time of the Mongol invasion in the area.  Hunting with one of nature’s most formidable […]

Things to know before you going to Mongolia on horseback riding tour; Mrs.Fiona Cowie, who traveled to Mongolia previously, is sharing her experiences on Horse back riding tour to Mongolia with Nomadic Trails. She has been ridden a horses in North Mongolia to reindeer herders, Central Mongolia for 10 days and western Mongolia. All of […]

You may wonder what’s in Mongolia or what to do in there. There are plenty to do in this beautiful country. So here is TOP 10 THINGS TO DO or TO SEE IN MONGOLIA. 1.Watching Horse Racing in Naadam Festival   The whole country enjoys the Naadam Festival and showing full pride of Mongolia during July […]

Basing on our local knowledge of our experienced tour guides, we recommend Reindeer Herders Tribe Mongolia Tour;  Golden Eagle Festival and Khuvgsul Lake Photography tours to Mongolia. Our experienced tour crew organizes these especial tours by our local knowledge and experiences by; setting up people, animals for photo shooting and more logistics on day plans, […]

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By Nara, March, 2019 Reindeer Herders, living in most remote corner of Mongolia, only 300 of them exist today. Most of them are under 15 year old, considering young generation. Life expectancy in here is pretty low, for men 51-55 and women 55-57 year old. But children is more happy in here. Picture 1. Girl in Taiga ♥ Book […]

What You Should Know Before Coming to Mongolia What Should You know Before Coming to Mongolia The following are some top 5 things to remember before visiting Mongolia, written by Mia Clarke of Invertpro. From picturesque landscapes and breathtaking natural scenery to unforgettable festivals and hospitable natives, there is more than one way to experience […]

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Tulga, Nomadic Trails Tour Leader. From the soul of steppe nomads, Tulga grew up in the Gobi area where giant sand dunes, camels and the most hospitable people in the world live! Tulga likes to cheer up his “Wind Horse” (spiritual mind) by riding tough Mongolian horses through the open steppe rather than going to […]

Nomads in Mongolia, has been living in an extreme conditions for over thousands of years. They have their own survival ability which passed by their ancestors. These are some pictures of winter nomads.   Picture 1. Single “Ger” or “Yurt” in winter mode Picture 2. Host is checking outside Picture 3. Inside “Ger”. Warm and […]

From 420 USD We are inviting you in this authentic extraordinary Winter on the Mongolian Steppe! The winter in Mongolia considered to be long and cold, which gives an opportunity to enjoy fun activities from November to February those adventurers. Nomadic life style differs from season to season. We will get to experience unique hospitality […]