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Gorkhi Terelj National Park Horse Riding – 10 Days
$4,000
Ride in Scenic Landscapes shaped by Nomadic Traditions. Spectacular terrain, intriguing historical sites and exposure to nomadic herding culture.
Filling fast. July 16 – 25 fully booked for 2023.
Experience Horseback Riding in Mongolia through an Ancient Cultural Landscape
Gorkhi Terelj National Park Horse Riding
Gorkhi Terelj National Park is great country for horseback riding and exploring. Ride through wide open valleys and rolling hills. Follow trails along rivers and over forested passes. Rest below rock formations arising from the steppe.
Experience true hospitality and the ambiance of a Mongolian Ger (more known as Yurt in the West). Live the local culture, and be at ease with your horse – be at ease with nature.
Gorkhi Terelj National Park Horse Riding Tour – 10 Days
For those who have only a short time to visit but want to experience the real Mongolian countryside by horseback, this ride will cover some spectacular terrain, intriguing historical sites and exposure to traditional nomadic herding culture. The Gorkhi Terelj National Park Horse Riding tour takes a total of ten days from arrival in Mongolia to departure, with eight days of actual riding. We’ll have you in the saddle within 24 hours of entering the country. The Gorkhi-Terelj National Park lies northeast of the capital city of Ulaanbaatar and within easy reach of the city. If you are already in the country, we can pick you up at your hotel on the scheduled ‘Day One’ of the trip.
Price includes all in-country ground transportation, hotel accommodation with breakfast, permits, all camping equipment, horse gear, food and accommodation (tent/ger) while in the back country. No Single Supplement Requirement for Individual Riders.
Small Groups only – 6 Guests per Expedition for a High-Quality, Low Impact Riding Adventure. Contact us.
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For a detailed itinerary of the 10 Day Tour (8 Days of Riding) please click the tab ITINERARY next to DESCRIPTION above.
Include the Naadam Special with your July 1-10 Horse Ride !
For an additional $ 300 ($ 150/day) we get you around to the Naadam Festival events – the grand opening ceremony, horse races, archery and wrestling competitions of this colorful summer festival. This includes entrance fees to Naadam activities, museums, concerts, lunches for two days, all transportation and English speaking guides. It does not include extra nights hotel accommodation for the 11. – 13. July (Naadam days), but we can arrange accommodation for you when we book your horse trip. Ask us about the Naadam Special.
Learn more about the Mongolian Naadam Festival.
12 and 14 Day Horseback Expeditions
Not finding a ride that fits your schedule, but you still want to experience Gorkhi Terelj National Park on horseback?
Challenge Yourself to a great adventure of 12 days riding! Consider joining a longer ride into the inspiring wilderness of the Khentii Mountains ! These horseback wilderness expeditions travel through Gorkhi Terelj National Park, and into the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area.
Wilderness Conservation Adventure July 31 – August 13
Or enjoy the Autumn Colors of the Khentii during 10 days of riding in September!
Autumn Colors of the Khentii – September 3 – 14, September 19 – 30
“An Adventure of a Life Time – “I loved every minute, the horses were lovely and very responsive, the countryside was wild and beautiful, the saddles comfortable and the food that was produced out of a tiny tent was indeed amazing (including freshly ground coffee every morning and wine at night). Everything was well organized but at the same time very relaxed.” Trish Durlacher, Sydney, Australia. September 2014.
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Do you want to get involved in wilderness conservation?
If you want to do more than just ride, join our Wilderness Conservation Holiday Adventure and contribute actively to wilderness conservation.
Experience more of Mongolia while you are here – add a Gobi Desert Tour to your Horse Trek
| Dates | June 15 – 24, 2023, 6 places open, July 1 – 10, 2023, with Naadam Special, 1 place open, July 16 – 25, 2023, fully booked, August 19 – 28, 2023, 7 places open |
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Itinerary
Itinerary – Gorkhi Terelj National Park Horse Riding Tour – 10 Days
- Day One – Arrive in Mongolia. We pick you up, see you checked in at the hotel where you can rest or freshen up after a long flight. Depending on your time of arrival, you will have time to check out some city sights or do some last minute shopping
- Day Two – Travel to Darkhid Valley where our trip staging area is located and meet the herders with whom we work. Here you will be assigned your horse and equipment, given preliminary instructions, orientation about the trip and about the days’ travel. A ger or log cabin will be available to change clothes and pack personal equipment for your saddle bags, while the riding and packhorses are being prepared for the adventure. We then travel to the Terelj River in the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park. We pass a number of traditional gers and will see livestock along the way before climbing a pass and dropping down in the Terelj River valley for the night. We’ll cross the river and make our first night in a tented camp.
- Day Three – We ride down the Terelj river valley crossing the river several times before we head up into a beautiful side valley, through forest and over two passes, then descend into a valley, where in late summer, hay makers, can be seen cutting hay by hand for winter fodder. We camp in an open meadow for the night.
- Day Four – We continue down the valley and reach the lower Zuun Bayan gol valley where we’ll find a small river and often stop to let the horses drink. We travel up this wide open valley where we see summer camps of herders and move through pastures with herds of sheep, yak, goats and horses. Our lunch stop is next to the Zuun Bayan river. Continuing up the valley we’ll begin to see the rock formations characteristic of the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park. We turn off into a side valley for our nights camp.
- Day Five – This day is a bit more leisurely, we leave the pack horses and take a side trip to an historical site and ruin and a bit of off trail bushwhacking to gain some very fine views of the surrounding countryside. Return to our previous night’s camp for dinner.
- Day Six – From camp we travel further up the Zuun Bayan Gol Valley, making our way into wilder country. The upper valley is very scenic and leads into the more primitive Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area. We’ll camp in grassy meadows surrounded by beautiful rock formations.
- Day Seven – From the upper Zuun Bayan gol valley we head up over a small pass then drop into the Baruun Bayan gol and head down this long valley to the Tuul river, where we’ll camp in a large riverside meadow for the night. This will be a longer day of riding and we’ll cover much more of the territory at a trot.
- Day Eight– We’ll travel along the Tuul river for some time before heading up and over two passes and down into the Terelj river valley to camp for the night. It’s around these areas we can hear wolves in the early morning hours.
- Day Nine – On this last day of our riding, we’ll head back up the Terelj river over a pass and back to the Darkhid Valley where we arrive around mid to late afternoon. Here we’ll enjoy some afternoon refreshment while the horses are being unloaded and your personal gear repacked for your trip back to the hotel and a hot shower for the night.
- Day Ten – Transport to airport or train station.
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