Dog sledding in Mongolia

This morning, take your flight to Ulaanbataar. Arrival at Ulan Batar airport early in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, you will visit Gandan Monastery, a Buddhist Tibetan style monastery that still hosts hundreds of monks. Tonight spend the night in Ulaanbataar.

Today transfer by car to the base camp in Terelj. Enjoy your time there with a short walk in the surroundings, observing the white nature and warming your muscles for the next day. Around 4pm, weather will start to get cold, but your warm yurt will be waiting for you.

Departure for 5 days dog sledding.
During the first few miles, you will follow Terelj river by car before reaching the point of the dog sledding departure, on the junction between the rivers Terelj and Tuul. Several families of nomads live in this valley. Wildlife is never far away and silence reinforced by the cold create an unreal atmosphere. You will reach for the night Bosgiin Guur, a small hamlet where a group of several Enkhtaivan and Mungoo families live. Discovery of another culture, which harmoniously combines tradition and modernity.

On this route, the course of the Tuul River becomes quieter, divided into several branches, some of them will disappear in endless maze. After a picnic break, you will reach in the afternoon the Khar Us (the black waters) camp. You will be greeted by Tsodoo and his family and will spend the night in his comfortable guest ger. The camp is one of the last of the Tuul valley.

Today you will head to some more rocky area in the mountains, ever closer to the Khagiin Black Lake. The landscape becomes increasingly wild, reminiscent of Alaska. There are no more nomads in these areas, but it can happen to encounter a little group of horse riders who cut through the mountains to move from one valley to another. A 50 km itinerary following the Tuul river, and discover this amazing and wild place that is the Khagiin river, then go back to Khar Us. Tonight you’ll stay at Tsodoo’s yurt and enjoy your last night with your hosts.

Today you’ll sled for 35 km to reach the Enkhtaivan camp, further down the valley. Dogs are always eager to run on the ice, without any apprehension, sniffing here and there wolves’ traces. To join the camp, you will take the same route as the outward journey on the river. This gives you the opportunity to better observe the nature around you. Installation in Enkhtaiven & Mungo’s wooden house or in the ger close to their own. At Mungono’s ger, the atmosphere is always cheerful, and as soon as you arrive, your hosts will start preparing a copious meal, enough to recharge your batteries ….and enjoy Mongolian food.  

Departure from Bosgiin Guur. Again, you will slip on the Tuul, to the junction with the Terelj river. Only a few kilometers to reach your end point, where your vehicle and trailer will wait. Last moments of sledding and encounters with nomads. Arrival at Terelj Base Camp in the afternoon, then transfer by car to Ulaanbataar. Check-in at your hotel and dinner in town.

Your adventure to Mongolia in winter is ending. This morning, free time until your driver picks you up at your hotel to transfer you to the airport for your flight back home.