Cross the Gobi with Nomads

Day1. Ulaanbaatar
Upon your arrival to Ulaanbaatar, meet and assist by our representatives in Mongolia. Transfer to your hotel.
Day 2. Ulaanbaatar / Ulgii Town / Tavan Bogd National Park
Take a morning flight to Ulgii town, the most western town of Mongolia. Start driving to the countryside heading to the Tavan Bogd National Park for your transfer to your local home.
Day 3. Tavan Bogd National Park
After breakfast, visit a 3000-year-old rock painting in Petroglyph, these interesting drawings including snow leopards, ancient carts and many more. You will also see the human-like stones in this area, where you'll find mountains over 4000m (12000 ft) and a 15km long glacier.
Day 4. Tavan Bogd National Park / Hoton & Hurgan Lake
This beautiful morning we start driving to another part of the National Park, where you'll enjoy the beautiful snowcapped mountains which are over 3500m high with its beautiful lakes and mountains.
Day 5. Khoton & Khurgan Lake
After breakfast, we visit to the Baga Turgen Waterfall by walking or horse back riding through the mesmerizing mountains and larch trees along the way.
Day 6. Hoton Lake/ Ulgii town
After breakfast, drive back to Sagsai village to visit the local Golden Eagle Master’s family. Spend a day with family and enjoy the Golden Eagle training. Then drive to Ulgii town which is a colorful spectrum of some of the other smaller ethnic groups that also reside in the province.
Day 7. Ulgii/ Sagsai Village –Golden Eagle Festival Sagsai 
This morning attend the Golden Eagle Festival, starting with the parade of Golden Eagle Hunters, competitions will then follow. After that festival is finished, drive to Ulgii town for another full day at the festival, a Golden Eagle will released from the top of the hill to catch a bait or land on the master's arm! And as the Golden Eagle competition continues, you will watch other national games such as Kuz-kuu, where a woman chases a man on her fastest horse to whip the man when she catches him, or Kuk-bar, an amazing horse game where 2 teams will compete to snatch a goatskin and deliver it to the point. Here is the list of the games we enjoy:

• Calling eagle and landing on arm of the master (called Berkuchi)
• Calling eagle and landing on dragged bait
• Tenge Ilu – equestrian competition of snatching coin from ground
• Kiz- Kuar- another equestrian competition of girl catching a man on her horse and whipping the man, and embarrassing him with a kiss
• Kuk- Bar- whole goat skin competition. Another equestrian competition, that each horseman picks up goat skin and another horseman tries to grab it from him. Whoever gets the skin at the end wins

Day 8. Ulgii/ Sagsai Village – Golden Eagle Festival Sagsai
After breakfast, enjoy the second day of the festival. More of games and award giving ceremonies will take place.
Day 9. Ulgii/ Ulaanbaatar
After breakfast, transfer to the local airport and take your flight back to Ulaanbaatar city. Enjoy a free afternoon, before your farewell dinner.
Day 10. Departure
After breakfast, transfer to the airport, for your departure back home. 
 
Other options you can do in Mongolia:

• Gobi March in Mongolia, one of Asia's toughest race of the year. A 250 km from Khar Bukh Balgas to Erdene Zuu Monastery, a seven day race across the wastes on foot with emperatures are expected to range between 15 to 35°C (59 to 95°F) during the day and could get as low as freezing at night. The race starts at approximately 1,000 meters above sea level and climbs to 1,500 meters for the rest of the race.
• Go Skiing in the Altai Mountains, Mongolia may not be the first place that comes to mind when you’re thinking of ski destinations, but although there is only one real ski resort, a tiny place near Ulaanbaatar, the country is home to some impressive mountain ranges and clean, untouched lines. 
• Walk a section of the Great Wall and trace Kublai Khan’s footsteps through the hutongs of Beijing in China. 
• Share perspectives with a Buddhist lama at a monastery.