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Mongolia

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Being with nature also allows you to tune in to the infinite wisdom of your highest self. This itinerary is just a suggestion, a starting point, something to build upon. Everyone of our itineraries is unique to you – we can add or lose days, tweak the activities, change the accommodation or hire a private jet until it’s perfect for you. So, let’s have a chat. Contact us tp discuss creating you private journey to Mongolia

<ul>
<li>Oasis of the Southern Mongolia</li>
<li>Meet Mongolian ethnic group</li>
<li>Amazing nature &amp; hospitality of Mongolians</li>
</ul>

Duration

Golden Eagles &amp; Festival tours

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ALTAI EAGLE FESTIVAL 2022 
Altai Eagle Festival of Mongolia is one of the rarest festivals in the world. Over 60 Kazakh Eagle hunters and Kazakh nomads participate to showcase their traditional culture. One of last remaining autenthic culture of Kazakhs&#8217; takes place in the western Mongolia. These hardy Turkic speaking people are Sunni Muslim nomads and they hunt foxes and other small mammals with domestic Golden Eagles.
The eagle festival marks the start of the eagle hunting season, which is throughout the winter in the surrounding Altai Mountains. Hunting with eagles seems to be ancient, dating back some 6000 years. These traditions have been revived over the past two decades following the democratization in Mongolia. Now there are such festivals in March, September and October in various communities.
Notes on safety
Following are few tips to keep in mind to ensure safety of your own and travel companions, while participating in this extraordinary festival. Eagles are not pets and we ask you take extra precaution when getting in close contact with the eagles.
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<li>When you are in the competition field, please make sure to stand only in the designated public viewing areas,</li>
<li>It&#8217; better not to wear any clothing that has an animal fur such as hat or sleeves and any loose or bright colored clothing as they might attract eagles,</li>
<li>During the competition when eagles are released from the mountain, avoid running in the same field as it might distract the birds,</li>
<li>If you have children, please do not let them wander on their own,</li>
<li>While the competition is on, leaving designated areas to get a closer photo shoot of the eagles is not recommended</li>
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<ul>
<li>Meet ethnic Kazakh people</li>
<li>Great opportunity for photos</li>
<li>Over 60 Eagle Hunters will participate in the festival</li>
</ul>

More than 8 days

Hunting with Golden Eagle is one of the most unique features of the Kazakh life. The hunter is named kusbegi or berkutchi. The experience of wild birds training was gained by Kazakh kusbegi by centuries, the secrets were impacted from the father to the son and kept deep secret. At the present time we can meet few people with such name. These masters have innate gift of wild birds training. For a hunting they tame falcons, golden eagles and eagles. Names of birds are given depending on their appearance and battle characteristics. The hunting with Golden Eagle is during ten centuries. Was considered, to present the teenager a nestling of hunting bird, means, to wish to him to begin courageous, strong dzhigit.
Potential journeys included photographing snow leopards, living and learning from Eagle Hunters and joining a traditional migration with a nomadic family and their herds of animals.
Soaring over the Altai’s cliffs and slopes are the legendary Golden Eagles – known as the Berkut, which are renowned for their hunting prowess and revered by the Altai Kazakh people.
This itinerary will take us into the heart of the Altai Mountains where Golden Eagles, Eagle hunter and the mysterious Snow Leopard coexist in a truly mythic landscape and culture.

<ul>
<li>Wild Life</li>
<li>Meet Kazakh ethnic group</li>
<li>Amazing nature &amp; hospitality of Mongolians</li>
<li>Fixed dates</li>
</ul>

Where

Gobi (Southern Mongolia) 

The clay from the former shores, hills, and soil of the Cretaceous period look like they are on fire during the sunrise and sunset. You may feel like you are on a different planet. But it’s actually the southern region of Mongolia or Gobi Desert. Dinosaur fossils from millions of years ago still can be found here. Most are small and often hidden by Saxaul forests, which are ubiquitous with the Gobi, so you may pass them by without noticing. Desert plants look dry and withered but capable to store the rainwater for a long period of time due to their tenacity to survive in arid lands.  Even though the footprint you made in a sand dunes can be erased by a wind, but the footprint of the Gobi desert will stay in your heart forever.

<ul>
<li>Explore the Gobi desert</li>
<li>Visit Sand dunes</li>
<li>Flaming cliffs &amp; dinosaur fossils</li>
<li>Join Groups</li>
</ul>

Western

Altai 
The Mongolian Altai mountains of western Mongolian offer a beautiful landscape coupled with three unique cultures &#8211; Mongolians, Kazakhs, and Tuvans. The area is rich in wildlife and provides one of the last refuges for the Altai Argali, the world&#8217;s largest sheep, as well as the endangered Snow Leopard. In addition, western Mongolia is rich in archaeological sites that vary from ancient petro-glyphs to stone carvings from early Turkish nomads. To travel in western Mongolia and visit this area&#8217;s nomadic people between the snow covered peaks of the Altai Mountains means to experience something that cannot be repeated anywhere else in the world. On a trip though this region, one discovers new horizons, will feel the beauty of unexplored wilderness and experience the freedom of nomadic life.
Take a fascinating adventure to Western Mongolia-an untouched heaven of big lakes, high mountains, gorgeous landscapes and the largest diversity of both wild life and ethnicities in Mongolia. The Altai mountain range, with snow-capped peaks of over 3000 meters, waterfalls, ancient burial sites, mountaintop lakes and its nomadic based communities is a great place to explore Mongolia.

<ul>
<li>Trek to crystal clear lakes</li>
<li>Meet Kazakh ethnic group</li>
<li>Amazing nature &amp; hospitality of Mongolians</li>
</ul>

4×4 Adventures &amp; Self Drive

Russian Altai

(RUSSIA-MONGOLIA)
Altai Mountains is the snowcapped high mountain, straddling the Russian and Mongolian frontiers in the Far West. Mountains of eternal snowcapped mountains and glaciers. In these remote regions live many nomads of ethnic minorities. The Kazakhs are Muslims, and speak an ancient Kazakh language, as well as Tuvans, who are Buddhist and shamanistic. This dramatic journey will bring us to Russian and Mongolia’s Altai mountain region. Local Kazakh herdsmen will keep their priced Golden Eagles next to their yurts.
Brief Outline Itinerary
On this dramatic journey you will drive comfortable and safety 4wd Japanese vehicles and reach most spectacular and picturesque diverse places. Our crew is trilingual at least: English, Mongol and Russian. Possibly also Kazakh and Russian.

<ul>
<li>The heart of the Altai mountains</li>
<li>Two countries</li>
<li>Meet Kazakh &amp; Russian ethnic group</li>
</ul>

Kazakhstan

Visiting Altai regions, you come to Ancient Shamballa’s Kingdom. Shamballa is the center of high evolutionary energies, so it is the source of all our religions. The most beautiful landscapes of Altai can tell you many secrets about Shamballa’s Kingdom.
The Belukha is the highest snowcapped peak of the Altai Mountains area consisting from divided saddle Western (4440м) and East White whale (4506м). Glaciers on its slopes, a total area 70 sq.km, initiate sources of surprisingly beautiful rivers on Altai like Katun, White Berel. Since 1995, Belukha is object of the worldwide heritage of UNESCO.
On one of legends occurring in Asia, mountain the Belukha is future Northern Shamballa. We suggest you to make unforgettable travel to bottom of this majestic, possessing special magnetism and bewitching beauty, top, where step by step on the front of you will open extremely rich and unique natural world with elements of a cultural heritage of ancient and modern epoch. 
Kazakhstan Altai Mountains, with its blue open skies and its magnificent mountains, really is the quintessential land of the horse trek. This is a region of dramatic landscapes &#8211; of snow-capped mountains, turquoise rivers, and beautiful lakes in the great meadow of Land of Shamballa-Altai Mountains. A trip that will inspire and open your eyes to the uninterrupted wilderness of a beautiful country dotted with beautiful and generous people.
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<ul>
<li>Wild and wild remote country</li>
<li>Glacier Mountains</li>
<li>Breathe taking nature</li>
<li>Experience Horse Ride</li>
</ul>

Kazakhstan has 9th the largest territory in the world (2,724,900km2), with the population of only 17 million. Major part of the country are horizonless steppes, deserts and mountains that house thousands species of animals and birds.
Kazakhstan is the largest country in the world which has no access to the World Ocean; however the territory of Kazakhstan is washed by land-locked seas: the Caspian and Aral ones. The nature of Kazakhstan is beautiful in its own way. It is severe, since the majority of the territory consists of deserts 164,000,000 ha (44%) and semi-deserts (14%). Only 26% of the territory is occupied by steppe zones and 5,5% (21,000,000 ha) by forest ones. There is Sary-Arka – a “yellow steppe” in the central part of the country and the Turgai plateau to the west from it. The territory of Kazakhstan is so vast that it occupies the Urals in the West and the Altai and Tarbagatai in the East. The Ustyurt plateau and the Caspian sea coast are located in the South-West. The eastern part of Kazakhstan reaches the northern Tien-Shan.
Almaty, Kazakhstan&#8217;s largest metropolis, is set in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains. It served as the country&#8217;s capital until 1997 and remains Kazakhstan&#8217;s trading and cultural hub. Landmarks include the Central State Museum, displaying thousands of historic Kazakh artifacts. In the center is Panfilov Park, home to the bright-yellow towers of Zenkov Cathedral, a tsarist-era Russian Orthodox church.

<ul>
<li>Largest landlocked country</li>
<li>Great city life</li>
<li>Breathe taking nature</li>
<li>Nomadic Culture</li>
</ul>

Fixed Dates:
Please ask for the dates
Reindeer Herders
There are about 400 reindeer people of 80 families in total. They live in tepees. Their livelihood is completely dependent on the nature and few heads of reindeer. The most famous shamans are among them. Visiting the Reindeer people can be a lifetime experience for you either the challenging riding in awe-inspiring nature with bardens of high mountain passes, steep slopes and boggy valleys as well as an exotic lifestyle of them in the remoteness.
Hunting with Golden Eagle is one of the most unique features of the Kazakh life. The hunter is named kusbegi or berkutchi. The experience of wild birds training was gained by Kazakh kusbegi by centuries, the secrets were impacted from the father to the son and kept deep secret. At the present time we can meet few people with such name. These masters have innate gift of wild birds training. For a hunting they tame falcons, golden eagles and eagles. Names of birds are given depending on their appearance and battle characteristics. The hunting with Golden Eagle are during ten centuries. Was considered, to present the teenager a nestling of hunting bird, means, to wish to him to begin courageous, strong dzhigit. 
To train golden eagle – it is the high art. The caught bird gradually accustom to the owner. For it berkutchi some nights doesn&#8217;t close eyes and interdicts to sleep golden eagle. The bird can take feed (bits of uncooked meat) only from hands of the owner. After bird will get used to the hunter- berkutchi, and his horse, berkutchi begins to train to hunt for stuffed fox and only then the real hunting begins. Specially trained golden eagler hunts for small animals: hairs, foxes, wild cat and others.

<ul>
<li>Explore the Mystical Taiga</li>
<li>Visit Reindeer &amp; Khuvsgul Lake</li>
<li>Explore the culture of Tsaatan people</li>
<li>Experience Eagle Festival</li>
</ul>

Northern

Hangai  (Northern Mongolia)
Northern Mongolia has attracted the hearts and minds of many travelers throughout the year. Northern Mongolia is home to the densely forested mountains of Khangai and Sayan, Khuvsgul lake that shimmers like a borderless blue pearl, the Darkad Tsenkher depression (a huge valley of rivers flowing from high mountains), and the mystical deer stones. The Taiga’s nomads, reindeer herders by trade, live here. In the deep forests of the mountains, they worship the sky and nature. The Khotgoid ethnic group live around the fast-flowing Tes River. They’re skilled pathfinders. Khalkh people who worship their colossal mountains and the hard working Darkhad people all live in this area.
Gobi (Southern Mongolia) 

The clay from the former shores, hills, and soil of the Cretaceous period look like they are on fire during the sunrise and sunset. You may feel like you are on a different planet. But it’s actually the southern region of Mongolia or Gobi Desert. Dinosaur fossils from millions of years ago still can be found here. Most are small and often hidden by Saxaul forests, which are ubiquitous with the Gobi, so you may pass them by without noticing. Desert plants look dry and withered but capable to store the rainwater for a long period of time due to their tenacity to survive in arid lands.  Even though the footprint you made in a sand dunes can be erased by a wind, but the footprint of the Gobi desert will stay in your heart forever.

<ul>
<li>Explore the Mystical Taiga</li>
<li>Visit Reindeer &amp; Khuvsgul Lake</li>
<li>Explore the Gobi Desert &amp; it&#8217;s mysteries</li>
<li>Join Groups</li>
</ul>

Date	Tour	Duration	Status	Tour info
-	Epic Mongolia Helicopter/Charter	7 days	Available	View tour
16/09/2022 - 17/09/2022	ALTAI EAGLE FESTIVAL-2023 (Sep 16-17)	2 days	Available	View tour
18/03/2022 - 31/03/2022	Nauryz Eagle Festival & Migration 2022 (March)	14 days	Available	View tour
-	Gobi Express	4 days		View tour
-	4×4 Adventure in Mongolian Altai Mountains	12 days		View tour
-	Russian Altai & Mongolia Drive	12 days		View tour
-	The best of Kazakhstan Altai Mountains	8-15 days	Available	View tour
-	Classic Eagle Hunting & Explore Alatau Mountains	9 days	Available	View tour
-	Reindeer herders & Eagle Festival	19 days		View tour
-	Oases of Gobi & Hangai Drive	12 days		View tour

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