Gorkhi Terelj National Park – Photo Essay of a Horseback Journey
An Expedition through Extraordinary Cultural and Wilderness Landscapes
The Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Expedition is our most sought after horseback ride, and for good reasons. We cross rivers and mountains passes, ride up long valleys full of wildflowers during the months of July and August, and ride through cultural and wilderness landscape of extraordinary beauty. This photo blog is made up from the wonderful images of Priska Helfenstein of Switzerland. She and her husband Stephan rode with us during our July expedition of 2012.
During the months of July and August, the valleys of the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park are filled with wildflowers
Just one of the hundreds of wildflowers that can be seen throughout the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park in July and August
A visit to the remote Gunchiin Sum, or Princess Temple ruins in the middle of the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park with Stone Horse Expeditions
Stone Horse visits the Princess Camp, a remote ger camp, for a night or two on their 10 Day Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Expeditions in Mongolia
A comfortable ger is a restful respite for our riders during the 10 Day Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Expedition
Ox carts are still a common mode of travel and transport for many herder families in the Gorkhi Terelj National Park in Mongolia
Moving up the valley to our next camp with the pack horses in the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park
Wide pen valleys make for great horse riding throughout the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park
Rare throughout most of the rest of Asia and Europe, Edelweiss are found in great numbers in the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park and elsewhere in Mongolia
The camp kitchen is the focal point of Stone Horse Expeditions camps and where all our great recipes are created.
While camp is being set up and meals prepared, the horses take a break and are put out to graze for the night
Rainbows are common in July and August with the summer thunderstorms that happen in the late afternoons in Mongolia
A flower garden of plants and lichen seen along our route in the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park
This is the type of wild pasture our horses love to stop at for a lunch break along the way during our 10 Day Expeditions. Full of nourishing herbs and grasses, a natural medicine cabinet the horses love.
Any down time for our horsemen is used for traditional wrestling to get rid of excess energy not used during the day.
Everything is packed in and out on Stone Horse trips with packhorses on our 10 Day Gorkhi-Terelj National Park trips. These are the backbone of Stone Horse Expeditions and they know their job well. We couldn’t do without them
Riding through the park is what we love to do, and share that with our guests and just relax in some of the finest natural landscape the world has to offer. Come ride with Stone Horse this season.
Come Ride with Us in Mongolia – A Great Horseback Riding Adventure
Come ride with us in Mongolia where you will get some great photo’s to share, meet some great people and horses and see some of the most spectacular and peaceful countryside you’ll ever travel through. The cultural and wilderness landscape of the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park is a great place to spend your summer holiday and really see and do something different.
