- Attend the Eagle Festival in the remote Altai Mountains
- Explore Mongolia's vast wilderness stepp and Gobi Desert
- Experience traditional nomadic culture
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Mongolia: Steppes, Deserts & Nomads - Eagle Festival
Reviews
Add your own reviewWow! What an amazing adventure!
Mongolia is a stunningly beautiful country. Miles and miles of vast open vistas, dotted with the occasional ger and nomad herds of animals. The Gobi desert was fascinating, including a visit to the place where the first dinosaur eggs were discovered! We visited many interesting and fabulous places, including several beautiful Buddhist temples. Wherever we went, the people were charming and very hospitable. The Eagle Festival was a spectacle I will never forget, with 120 eagle hunters competing to win the honour of being the champion. Dressed in their finest traditional clothing, riding their sturdy horses at speed, they called their massive golden eagles down from the rocky hillside to land on their arm.
Most Inspirational Moment
The spectacular Eagle Festival The peacefulness of the temples The wildlife throughout the trip Visiting nomad families and finding out more about their way of life The stars at night including the milky way Staying in gers in the middle of nowhere
Thoughts on Group Leader
MG made the trip a great success. She worked tirelessly to ensure that the trip ran smoothly, her knowledge of her country, it's history and culture, was fantastic.
Advice for Potential Travellers
I would highly recommend this trip. You have to go with an open mind, there are very few tarmac roads, so it's a bumpy ride! But the scenery is spectacular. Packaging for the trip is tricky, the temperature ranged from +28 to -8. So you need everything from shorts to a down jacket and pack lots of layers too.......whilst also trying to pack lightly for the internal flights. Take a good camera and binoculars!
Start
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Optional Single Supplement
Sunday Saturday
22 Sep 2024 21 Sep 2024
Tuesday Tuesday
08 Oct 2024 08 Oct 2024
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Land Only Trip Price 5 520 €
Optional Single Supplement
+732 €
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View Trip NotesSunday Saturday
21 Sep 2025 20 Sep 2025
Tuesday Tuesday
07 Oct 2025 07 Oct 2025
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Land Only Trip Price 6 120 € Book with 1 530 € deposit
Optional Single Supplement +804 €
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- ATOL protected
- Competitive flight prices
- Full refunds in the event of FCDO cancellations or major disruption at your UK departure airport
- Specialist support to rearrange flights and transfers
- Regional flights available from many UK airports
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