Mongolia Tours

Mongolia Tours cover the world's largest landlocked country, positioned between Russia and China with a population of under three million spread across a territory roughly the size of Western Europe. Ulaanbaatar, the capital, combines Soviet-era architecture with a fast-growing modern skyline, standing in sharp contrast to the open steppe that surrounds it.

Mongolia forms part of the wider Asia region covered on this site, and its remote geography generally makes it a standalone destination rather than one easily combined with neighboring countries in a single trip.

Ulaanbaatar and Nomadic Traditions

Ulaanbaatar's Gandantegchinlen Monastery remains an active center of Tibetan Buddhist practice, while the Genghis Khan Statue Complex, roughly an hour outside the city, holds a 40-meter stainless steel statue of the empire's founder on horseback. Many tours include a stay in a traditional ger, the round felt tent still used by nomadic herding families across the countryside.

The Gobi Desert and Countryside

South of the capital, the Gobi Desert combines sand dunes at Khongoryn Els with the Flaming Cliffs, where American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews discovered the first known dinosaur eggs in the 1920s. In the north, Khövsgöl Lake, one of the largest freshwater lakes in Asia, sits near the Russian border and is used seasonally by Mongolia's reindeer-herding Tsaatan communities.

Mongolia Tour Packages

Mongolia Tour Packages typically combine Ulaanbaatar with either a Gobi Desert route or a northern itinerary toward Khövsgöl Lake, such as a tour focused on Mongolia's northern nature and nomadic culture.

Naadam Festival

Held each July, the Naadam festival celebrates Mongolia's "three manly games": wrestling, horse racing and archery, in events held throughout the country and centered on Ulaanbaatar's national stadium. The festival draws herders from the countryside and offers a concentrated look at traditions that otherwise unfold gradually across the nomadic calendar.

Karakorum

Karakorum, the 13th-century capital established by Genghis Khan's son Ögedei, lies west of Ulaanbaatar near the Erdene Zuu Monastery, Mongolia's oldest surviving Buddhist monastery, built partly from stones taken from the original capital's ruins.

Western Mongolia's Eagle Hunters

In the far west, Kazakh communities in the Altai Mountains maintain a centuries-old tradition of hunting with golden eagles, most visibly celebrated each October at the Golden Eagle Festival near Bayan-Ulgii.

Best Time to Visit Mongolia

The short summer from June to September offers the most accessible conditions, with warm days suited to travel across the steppe and desert. Winters are long and severe, with temperatures regularly falling well below freezing, which limits most tourism to the warmer months.