Mongolia Travel & Tours Winter Ride · Hustai National Park, Mongolia
A winter ride through the Orkhon Valley and Gobi to Hustai's wild horses
A winter horse-riding tour with Mongolia Travel & Tours, riding hardy Mongolian horses through the snowy Orkhon Valley and Bayan Gobi dunes to Hustai National Park, home to the reintroduced wild Przewalski's horse (takhi). Nights are spent with nomadic families, sharing how they live through the Mongolian winter.
Winter riding in Mongolia is cold and demanding, so this suits fit, experienced riders who can handle long days in extreme conditions and short winter daylight. Warm kit and resilience are essential.
Small, exceptionally hardy Mongolian horses, well used to the winter cold.
Days ride through the frozen valleys and dunes, watching for the wild takhi at Hustai, with nights spent in the gers of nomadic families, warmed by the stove and sharing food and stories.
Overnight stays with nomadic families in their gers, sharing winter life.
All meals are included, with Mongolian home cooking.
Best months: December to March
This is a winter trip, timed around the deep cold and sometimes the Tsagaan Sar lunar new year; expect very low temperatures.
Nearest airport: Ulaanbaatar (UBN)
Transfers: Transfers and internal travel arranged with the operator
Fly to Ulaanbaatar; Hustai National Park is about 100 km away.
