Journey through the Mongolian wilderness
This special trip takes you to barely traveled Mongolia, where the unspoiled wilderness on the vast plateaus beckons. The starting point is Ulaan Bataar , a metropolis where beautiful old temples and palaces alternate with functionalist architecture. The industrialized capital is the last stop before you go into desolate nature. Like a nomad, you will roam from ger to ger through the most photogenic landscapes ranging from flaming rock formations and desolate steppes to imposing glaciers. Along the way, there are plenty of opportunities to capture special wildlife species.
Naadam Festival 2025
The highlight of the trip is the Naadam Festival, Mongolia's annual national festival where families from here and there gather in traditional dress and wrestling, horse racing and archery take center stage. An unparalleled setting where your camera will be working overtime! The Nadaam Festival in 2025 will take place from July 11 to 15.
Tips & tops Nadaam Festival trip
- Your experience of the Naadam festival includes Karakorum, the ancient capital of Mongolia. Capture the wrestlers as they do a lap dance with their arms spread out after their victory, like the flight of an eagle
- Accommodations are part of your Mongolia experience; for most of the trip you will stay in gers, traditional Mongolian tents
- A statue in honor of the Mongolian world ruler and national folk hero Genghis Khan has been erected outside Ulaanbataar. Climb the statue for a phenomenal view of the area and scan the horizon towards the East. Do you see in the distance the image of his mother waving to him?
- The bearded vulture, Yol in Mongolian, gave its name to the Yoliin Am Valley . In the valley of the bearded vulture, permanent glaciers, endemic plants and rare animals such as Siberian ibex, argalis or bearded vultures and even the mystical snow leopard can be discovered.
- Khongoryn Els are among the largest and most spectacular sand dunes in Mongolia and are known as the Singing Dunes for the almost howling sound when the wind whistles through the fine sand.
- Try your luck at Bayanzag - one of the world's largest dinosaur graveyards - to search for fossil remains and stay until sunset when the red sandstone cliffs turn into 'Flaming Cliffs'.
- Cut the rugged eroded rock formations of Tsagaan Suvarga or 'the white stupa' from a distance and see a ruined city in the image.
- The Ongi temple is beautifully situated on a small but panoramic cliff, on a bank of the Ongi River.
- Lake Ögii is a picturesque freshwater lake where birdwatchers can indulge themselves and you can photograph enchanting sunsets.
- In Hustai NP you have the chance to spot Prezwalski horses , red deer, black-black vultures and other numerous birds of prey such as eagles and falcons.
