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<h3 style="font-style: italic;">Written from over twenty years of travel, photography, and collaboration with eagle hunting families in western Mongolia.</h3>

<p>Long before eagle festivals became known internationally, the relationship between Kazakh eagle hunters and the Altai Mountains had already existed for generations.</p>

<p>This culture was never created for tourism. It was shaped slowly through mountain life, winter survival, horses, hunting traditions, family responsibility, and the vast landscape of western Mongolia itself.</p>

<p>The first time I watched an eagle hunter riding beneath the high Altai mountains with a golden eagle on his arm, something immediately felt natural about the scene &mdash; almost like seeing a fish return to water. The mountains, the horse, the eagle, and the rider did not feel separated from one another. They belonged together.</p>

<p>Over the past twenty years working in tourism and photography across Mongolia, I came to understand that this feeling is also what attracts so many visitors to the Altai. People are not simply coming to see an eagle. They are trying to experience a living cultural world that still remains deeply connected to place, family, and landscape.</p>

<p>I did not grow up inside this tradition myself. I was born in Zavkhan province in central Mongolia and come from a Khalkh Mongolian background. In many ways, I first encountered the eagle hunters as an outsider too &mdash; with curiosity and respect, much like the travelers who arrive in the Altai for the first time. Over the years, however, that curiosity gradually became a deeper understanding of how unique and fragile this cultural world truly is.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Eagle_Hunters_Mongolia_Eagle_training.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="585" data-section-id="1ultx4g" data-start="553">A Culture Shaped by the Altai</h2>

<p>Not everyone becomes an eagle hunter.</p>

<p>Among Kazakh families of the Altai, eagle hunting is not simply a hobby or performance. Knowledge is often passed from father to son, from older brother to younger brother, and between generations over long periods of time. The tradition carries patience, responsibility, and years of lived experience.</p>

<p>The culture itself could only have emerged in a place like the Altai. Horses, open valleys, winter conditions, hunting traditions, and the rhythm of nomadic life all shaped the world in which eagle hunting survived. Even today, seeing an eagle hunter riding through the mountain valleys still feels inseparable from the landscape around him.</p>

<p>An eagle itself is also far more than a symbol displayed during festivals.</p>

<p>Keeping a golden eagle requires constant care, feeding, training, and attention throughout the year. During the warmer seasons, many eagles live outside. But in winter, the eagle often lives inside the family home itself, occupying its own place in the western-southern side of the ger or house.</p>

<p>Caring for the bird becomes part of everyday family life. Children help feed and look after the eagle. Women clean the surrounding space and participate in its daily care. Over time, the eagle becomes part of the household itself.</p>

<p>This is one reason why eagle hunting culture cannot be understood only through competitions or photographs alone. Behind every eagle hunter stands an entire family helping carry the tradition forward.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Old_Eagle_hunters-Mongolia-Sagsai-Mountain.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="613" data-section-id="1q1yn22" data-start="587">A Changing Modern World</h2>

<p>Like many traditional ways of life around the world, the eagle hunter culture of the Altai is also changing.</p>

<p>Several hunters from remote regions have spoken quietly about leaving the tradition behind &mdash; not because they stopped respecting it, but because keeping an eagle has become increasingly difficult. Feeding and caring for the birds requires time, money, and constant effort. Hunting opportunities have also changed over time as wildlife regulations, modern economic realities, and daily life in the Altai have gradually shifted.</p>

<p>Families living far from tourism routes often face even greater challenges. Some hunters explained that they eventually had to focus more on raising livestock and supporting their families rather than continuing to keep eagles as previous generations once did.</p>

<p>In the past, eagle hunting was closely tied to survival and winter hunting in the mountains. Today, the world surrounding the Altai hunters is no longer the same.</p>

<p>Like many remote regions facing rapid modernization, the Altai is also changing quickly, bringing both new opportunities and new pressures for local communities.</p>

<p>Yet the culture still remains alive.</p>

<p>Not because it has stayed frozen in the past, but because families continue adapting while trying to protect what matters most.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Sagsai_young_eagle_hunter_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="645" data-section-id="1gjetbc" data-start="615">Why Gatherings Still Matter</h2>

<p>For generations, eagle hunters gathered seasonally not only to compete, but also to meet one another, exchange knowledge, maintain relationships between families, and continue a shared cultural identity connected to the Altai.</p>

<p>Modern eagle festivals grew naturally from this deeper tradition of gathering.</p>

<p>Today, these gatherings remain important not only for visitors, but also for the hunters themselves. Preparing for the festival becomes part of the yearly rhythm of many eagle hunting families. It creates pride, motivation, and recognition within the community itself.</p>

<p>The festivals are also larger than the competitions alone.</p>

<p>Women present traditional handicrafts and handmade work. Children perform music and cultural programs. Young artists display drawings and paintings inspired by their homeland and heritage. Many of these children may become the next generation who continue carrying the culture forward in different ways.</p>

<p>In this sense, the eagle festivals are not simply performances for tourists. They remain living community gatherings connected to the wider cultural world of the Altai.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Golden_eagle_festival_mongolia_womans_art.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="672" data-section-id="j0wo5h" data-start="647">Tourism and Continuity</h2>

<p>Tourism alone cannot preserve culture.</p>

<p>But when done respectfully, it can help traditions remain economically meaningful in a changing world.</p>

<p>For some families today, introducing travelers to their eagles and way of life has become one of the few realistic ways to continue keeping the tradition alive while remaining in the Altai itself.</p>

<p>For Mongolia&rsquo;s tourism industry, the eagle festival season also arrives at an important time of year. Much of the country&rsquo;s tourism remains concentrated between June and August. The eagle festivals of September and October create opportunities beyond the short summer season &mdash; not only for travelers, but also for remote western communities.</p>

<p>Families build guest gers. Local drivers find work. Horse owners, craftsmen, musicians, cooks, and herding families all become part of the wider cultural economy surrounding the festivals.</p>

<p>Today, new roads are reaching Sagsai. Small tourism camps are beginning to appear. Some eagle hunter families are preparing additional guest spaces beside their homes. These changes may seem small, but they represent something important: the possibility that local people can continue living with dignity while remaining connected to their own traditions.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Eagle_hunters_items_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="695" data-section-id="1iubqz3" data-start="674">The Role of Sagsai</h2>

<p>For this reason, the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival has always meant more to us than a tourism event alone.</p>

<p>Sagsai is not simply an administrative district. It is one of the cultural centers of Mongolia&rsquo;s Kazakh eagle hunter world. Many of the country&rsquo;s eagle hunting families continue living there, and we believed it was important for visitors to experience this culture closer to the communities where it still survives most strongly.</p>

<p>Even the prizes given during the festival reflect a philosophy we have tried to protect.</p>

<p>For many years, the festival&rsquo;s top winners have been awarded horses rather than modern machinery or vehicles. This choice was intentional. We hope the image of the horse-mounted eagle hunter remains part of the Altai landscape for generations to come.</p>

<p>The goal has never been to create mass tourism.</p>

<p>The goal is to help people understand why this culture matters &mdash; not only to the Kazakh eagle hunters themselves, but also to Mongolia&rsquo;s cultural identity and to the future of the Altai region.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Three_hunters_with_horses.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="715" data-section-id="j62i49" data-start="697">Looking Forward</h2>

<p>Today, the golden eagle hunters of Mongolia stand at an important moment between continuity and change.</p>

<p>Roads are arriving. The modern world is expanding. Younger generations are growing up differently from their grandparents.</p>

<p>Yet in the mountains of the Altai, there are still mornings when an eagle hunter rides across open valleys beneath snow-covered peaks with his bird raised against the cold wind &mdash; a sight that still feels inseparable from the land itself.</p>

<p>Preserving that relationship may become one of the quiet cultural responsibilities of our generation.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Eagle_hunters-Mongolia-Sagsai-Mountain.jpg" /></p>

<p>Experience the Eagle Hunter Traditions of the Altai</p>

<p>Explore our curated journeys into western Mongolia and experience the living culture of the Kazakh eagle hunters respectfully and responsibly through the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival.</p>

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<p>With its motto, <em>&ldquo;Promoting the cultural heritage of humanity &ndash; the art of eagle falconry traditions</em>,&rdquo; the festival is dedicated to preserving this extraordinary heritage while welcoming visitors to witness it in its authentic cultural setting.</p>

<p>What makes the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival truly special is the experience beyond the competitions. Visitors can welcome Kazakh nomadic families as they arrive with their livestock during the<strong> seasonal&nbsp;migration</strong>, and even take part in assembling a Kazakh ger (yurt). These moments offer a rare chance to experience the living culture of Mongolia&rsquo;s nomadic communities.</p>

<p>The festival is also known as one of the most <strong>photography-friendly cultural events in Mongolia</strong>. As a company specialized in photography expeditions, <strong>Ayan Travel </strong>organizes the festival experience with photographers in mind. Guests have the opportunity to observe and photograph eagle hunters, golden eagles, and nomadic life from close range,&nbsp;moments that are rarely accessible at other festivals.</p>

<p>Join our <strong>Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival Tour</strong> to experience the nomadic lifestyle and eagle-hunting culture while celebrating one of Mongolia&rsquo;s most fascinating living traditions together with the local team behind the festival.&nbsp;</p>
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<p data-end="1060" data-start="770">Beyond the festival, the tour includes private shooting sessions with eagle hunters in Sagsai and around Tolbo Lake. These sessions give you more control over light, background, and composition &mdash; ideal for portraits, horseback scenes, and storytelling images without the pressure of crowds. This is a small group photography tour designed around field conditions. We plan for early morning and late afternoon shooting, work with natural light, and allow enough time in each location to build a strong and varied portfolio.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Shamanism is faith without books. All teaching and instruction have been given orally, passed from shaman to shaman over the centuries, and its traditions learned by heart. Mongolian shamans enter an ecstatic trance state in which the shaman is empowered to engage with the spirits I order to protect and heal members of the community, to guide souls, and cure illnesses.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">The shaman might wear a headdress to resemble a bird, with the tail of a pheasant and the body costume of a fish. Drums are used to help the shaman enter the trance-like state, as chanting begins and the shaman &ldquo;transcends &ldquo;into another world while the body dances, swirls, or totters with jerky movements. Shamanism went underground during the former communist period but has been revived recently.</p>
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<h3 style="font-style: italic;">Written from over twenty years of travel, photography, and collaboration with eagle hunting families in western Mongolia.</h3>

<p>Long before eagle festivals became known internationally, the relationship between Kazakh eagle hunters and the Altai Mountains had already existed for generations.</p>

<p>This culture was never created for tourism. It was shaped slowly through mountain life, winter survival, horses, hunting traditions, family responsibility, and the vast landscape of western Mongolia itself.</p>

<p>The first time I watched an eagle hunter riding beneath the high Altai mountains with a golden eagle on his arm, something immediately felt natural about the scene &mdash; almost like seeing a fish return to water. The mountains, the horse, the eagle, and the rider did not feel separated from one another. They belonged together.</p>

<p>Over the past twenty years working in tourism and photography across Mongolia, I came to understand that this feeling is also what attracts so many visitors to the Altai. People are not simply coming to see an eagle. They are trying to experience a living cultural world that still remains deeply connected to place, family, and landscape.</p>

<p>I did not grow up inside this tradition myself. I was born in Zavkhan province in central Mongolia and come from a Khalkh Mongolian background. In many ways, I first encountered the eagle hunters as an outsider too &mdash; with curiosity and respect, much like the travelers who arrive in the Altai for the first time. Over the years, however, that curiosity gradually became a deeper understanding of how unique and fragile this cultural world truly is.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Eagle_Hunters_Mongolia_Eagle_training.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="585" data-section-id="1ultx4g" data-start="553">A Culture Shaped by the Altai</h2>

<p>Not everyone becomes an eagle hunter.</p>

<p>Among Kazakh families of the Altai, eagle hunting is not simply a hobby or performance. Knowledge is often passed from father to son, from older brother to younger brother, and between generations over long periods of time. The tradition carries patience, responsibility, and years of lived experience.</p>

<p>The culture itself could only have emerged in a place like the Altai. Horses, open valleys, winter conditions, hunting traditions, and the rhythm of nomadic life all shaped the world in which eagle hunting survived. Even today, seeing an eagle hunter riding through the mountain valleys still feels inseparable from the landscape around him.</p>

<p>An eagle itself is also far more than a symbol displayed during festivals.</p>

<p>Keeping a golden eagle requires constant care, feeding, training, and attention throughout the year. During the warmer seasons, many eagles live outside. But in winter, the eagle often lives inside the family home itself, occupying its own place in the western-southern side of the ger or house.</p>

<p>Caring for the bird becomes part of everyday family life. Children help feed and look after the eagle. Women clean the surrounding space and participate in its daily care. Over time, the eagle becomes part of the household itself.</p>

<p>This is one reason why eagle hunting culture cannot be understood only through competitions or photographs alone. Behind every eagle hunter stands an entire family helping carry the tradition forward.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Old_Eagle_hunters-Mongolia-Sagsai-Mountain.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="613" data-section-id="1q1yn22" data-start="587">A Changing Modern World</h2>

<p>Like many traditional ways of life around the world, the eagle hunter culture of the Altai is also changing.</p>

<p>Several hunters from remote regions have spoken quietly about leaving the tradition behind &mdash; not because they stopped respecting it, but because keeping an eagle has become increasingly difficult. Feeding and caring for the birds requires time, money, and constant effort. Hunting opportunities have also changed over time as wildlife regulations, modern economic realities, and daily life in the Altai have gradually shifted.</p>

<p>Families living far from tourism routes often face even greater challenges. Some hunters explained that they eventually had to focus more on raising livestock and supporting their families rather than continuing to keep eagles as previous generations once did.</p>

<p>In the past, eagle hunting was closely tied to survival and winter hunting in the mountains. Today, the world surrounding the Altai hunters is no longer the same.</p>

<p>Like many remote regions facing rapid modernization, the Altai is also changing quickly, bringing both new opportunities and new pressures for local communities.</p>

<p>Yet the culture still remains alive.</p>

<p>Not because it has stayed frozen in the past, but because families continue adapting while trying to protect what matters most.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Sagsai_young_eagle_hunter_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="645" data-section-id="1gjetbc" data-start="615">Why Gatherings Still Matter</h2>

<p>For generations, eagle hunters gathered seasonally not only to compete, but also to meet one another, exchange knowledge, maintain relationships between families, and continue a shared cultural identity connected to the Altai.</p>

<p>Modern eagle festivals grew naturally from this deeper tradition of gathering.</p>

<p>Today, these gatherings remain important not only for visitors, but also for the hunters themselves. Preparing for the festival becomes part of the yearly rhythm of many eagle hunting families. It creates pride, motivation, and recognition within the community itself.</p>

<p>The festivals are also larger than the competitions alone.</p>

<p>Women present traditional handicrafts and handmade work. Children perform music and cultural programs. Young artists display drawings and paintings inspired by their homeland and heritage. Many of these children may become the next generation who continue carrying the culture forward in different ways.</p>

<p>In this sense, the eagle festivals are not simply performances for tourists. They remain living community gatherings connected to the wider cultural world of the Altai.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Golden_eagle_festival_mongolia_womans_art.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="672" data-section-id="j0wo5h" data-start="647">Tourism and Continuity</h2>

<p>Tourism alone cannot preserve culture.</p>

<p>But when done respectfully, it can help traditions remain economically meaningful in a changing world.</p>

<p>For some families today, introducing travelers to their eagles and way of life has become one of the few realistic ways to continue keeping the tradition alive while remaining in the Altai itself.</p>

<p>For Mongolia&rsquo;s tourism industry, the eagle festival season also arrives at an important time of year. Much of the country&rsquo;s tourism remains concentrated between June and August. The eagle festivals of September and October create opportunities beyond the short summer season &mdash; not only for travelers, but also for remote western communities.</p>

<p>Families build guest gers. Local drivers find work. Horse owners, craftsmen, musicians, cooks, and herding families all become part of the wider cultural economy surrounding the festivals.</p>

<p>Today, new roads are reaching Sagsai. Small tourism camps are beginning to appear. Some eagle hunter families are preparing additional guest spaces beside their homes. These changes may seem small, but they represent something important: the possibility that local people can continue living with dignity while remaining connected to their own traditions.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Eagle_hunters_items_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="695" data-section-id="1iubqz3" data-start="674">The Role of Sagsai</h2>

<p>For this reason, the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival has always meant more to us than a tourism event alone.</p>

<p>Sagsai is not simply an administrative district. It is one of the cultural centers of Mongolia&rsquo;s Kazakh eagle hunter world. Many of the country&rsquo;s eagle hunting families continue living there, and we believed it was important for visitors to experience this culture closer to the communities where it still survives most strongly.</p>

<p>Even the prizes given during the festival reflect a philosophy we have tried to protect.</p>

<p>For many years, the festival&rsquo;s top winners have been awarded horses rather than modern machinery or vehicles. This choice was intentional. We hope the image of the horse-mounted eagle hunter remains part of the Altai landscape for generations to come.</p>

<p>The goal has never been to create mass tourism.</p>

<p>The goal is to help people understand why this culture matters &mdash; not only to the Kazakh eagle hunters themselves, but also to Mongolia&rsquo;s cultural identity and to the future of the Altai region.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Three_hunters_with_horses.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="715" data-section-id="j62i49" data-start="697">Looking Forward</h2>

<p>Today, the golden eagle hunters of Mongolia stand at an important moment between continuity and change.</p>

<p>Roads are arriving. The modern world is expanding. Younger generations are growing up differently from their grandparents.</p>

<p>Yet in the mountains of the Altai, there are still mornings when an eagle hunter rides across open valleys beneath snow-covered peaks with his bird raised against the cold wind &mdash; a sight that still feels inseparable from the land itself.</p>

<p>Preserving that relationship may become one of the quiet cultural responsibilities of our generation.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Eagle_hunters-Mongolia-Sagsai-Mountain.jpg" /></p>

<p>Experience the Eagle Hunter Traditions of the Altai</p>

<p>Explore our curated journeys into western Mongolia and experience the living culture of the Kazakh eagle hunters respectfully and responsibly through the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival.</p>

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			'body' => '<h3><strong>What does Naadam mean?</strong></h3>

<p>&nbsp;According to the book named &ldquo;TRAVEL&rdquo;, published from DK, Mongolian Naadam Festival is highlighted the only must see attraction for tourists in July. So, why is this Festival so attractive for both locals and travelers? Naadam is the festival of &ldquo;National Pride&rdquo; and it is the only one of its kind; it is a sophisticated and eloquent expression of nomadic culture, it is the honored celebration of a national independence, and it is an outstanding combination of arts and sports.</p>

<p>Here are the 10 interesting facts about the festival you must know before&nbsp;planning the trip.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>1. When&nbsp;is the Naadam Festival held?&nbsp;</strong></h4>

<p>Naadam Festival is Olympic Games of Mongols and held in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/best-events-in-july-in-mongolia" target="_blank">the most enjoyable and festive month in the country.</a> The main celebrations will be held annually on&nbsp;11-13 July at Central Stadium and Khui Doloon Khudag in the country&rsquo;s capital, Ulaanbaatar. But you have opportunity to enjoy the festival more closely with locals in&nbsp;other parts of the country hold their own as well.</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia naadam festival horse race" src="/uploads/Local_Naadam_festival_horses.jpg" /></p>

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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>2. WHY &ldquo;THREE GAMES OF MEN&rdquo;</strong></h4>

<p>Weird, but inspiring &lsquo;Mongolia&rsquo;s Three Games of Men&rsquo;-Archery, Horse Racing and Wrestling are the main games. The origin of Naadam Festival is closely related to the history and culture of the country. It was one of the main practice of war. Before and after major battles, the three sports of men- wrestling, horseracing and archery- were exercised as an organized event, which later adopted its present name- Naadam. It is not only sports game including art, tricks, tactics but also ethic and cultural performance such as singing, dance, traditional costume, parade etc.</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals" src="/uploads/Mongolia-Naadam-Festival.jpg" /></p>

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<p>Mongolians revere certain parts of bones of their livestock and use them in religious rites, plays and traditional games.</p>

<p>In recent years Knuckle Bone Shooting- a team game getting popular and it became &ldquo;Fourth&rdquo; main sports of the festival. Teams of six to eight players flick thirty domino-like marble tablets on a smooth wooden surface towards a target of sheep knuckle-bones.</p>

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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>3. WHAT IS MONGOLIAN NATIONAL&nbsp;WRESTLING?</strong></h4>

<p>&nbsp;Wrestling is a unique combination of traditional sports manner and cultural elements of eagle dance, long song etc. It also has thousands of years of historical development in Mongolia.</p>

<p>Comparing to other wrestling competitions it has several specialty such as no time, space and weigh limit, 512 wrestlers are typically compete each other by tournament and this number increased to 1024 on the occasion of important anniversaries. Wrestlers must have strong discipline, moral and respectfulness to elders, high titled wrestler and audiences.</p>

<p>There are four main parts in the Mongolian Wrestling costumes including Four-sided hat, shoulder vest &amp; snug shorts (Zodog &amp; Shuudag), Cloak and traditional boots for using men only.</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals" src="/uploads/wrestlingLocal_Naadam_festival4.jpg" /></p>

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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>4. MONGOLIAN HORSE RACING</strong></h4>

<p>A horse role and culture is the biggest tradition of the Mongols in the daily and national life. Mongolians are said that &ldquo;Nation born on horseback&rdquo; and every child who grows in countryside learn to ride a horse when they are 3 to 5 years.</p>

<p>See the longest horse race ridden by children might not imagined.</p>

<p>Actually horse racing is scientifically sport and it races except winter time, when grass grows. To train a horse for race keeping under a special regimen at least one month before race and horse jockeys are usefully between 5 and 13 years of age and lead their horse across the steppes, over various distances between 10 and 26 km depending on horse age.</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals" src="/uploads/Horse_racing_Local_Naadam_festival.jpg" /></p>

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<p>Soyolon- Five-years-old horse racing is most popular for locals and according to ancient Mongolian myth that says it is possible to charge its spirit and fortune by getting in touch with the whirled up dust and sweat of horse after racing.</p>

<p>Children sing a special song named GIINGOO, a mantra of GOD of HORSE- Khayankhyarvaa before and after racing.</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals" src="/uploads/Naadam_Horse_racing_game1.jpg" /></p>

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<p>Please notice that Horse Racing field is located 35 km from Ulaanbaatar named Khui Doloon Khudag, on the way you go to Khustai NP or Karakorum.</p>

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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>5. WHAT IS MONGOLIAN ARCHERY?</strong></h4>

<p>Due to its traditional lifestyle, ancient people used their version of bows and arrows for hunting and in later it started to be used as a weapon during the battle. During the Naadam Festival, all male, female and child archers who wears traditional costumes, compete in three categories: Khalkh, Buriad and Uriankhai archery, which have differences in the bows and arrows used, as well as the distance of the target. Archery is symbol of strength, vision, patience, sense and concentration. You can enjoy it outside of stadium, before opening ceremony starts, due to it starts early in the morning.</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals" src="/uploads/Archery.jpg" /></p>

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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>6. HOW THE OPENING CEREMONY GOES?</strong></h4>

<p>The opening ceremony starts at 11 A.M after &ldquo;Nine White Banners&rdquo; are carried by honored guard from Government Palace to be settled in the middle of Stadium and then the speech of President of Mongolia. Naadam Festival is very colorful event where people revive their Nomadic spirit, history and heritage. Opening ceremony has a great chance to enjoy and photograph&nbsp;Mongolian culture, art performances, song and dance, colorful parade, traditional costumes and miracles of Mongolian military force etc.</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals" src="/uploads/Naadam_openning.jpg" /></p>

<p>Everybody wears the most colorful and attractive traditional costumes with many different styles, like actors wear their best in Red Carpet of Oscars.</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals" src="/uploads/Naadam_opening_ceremony3.jpg" /></p>

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<p>Photographers must buy a photo permission from Festival Organizer and it is allowed to photographing and video graphing in white lane. Therefore, please prepare zoom-lenses to capture more authentic photos.</p>

<p>After the ceremony ends Wrestling tournament will start. Most of the tourists enjoy opening ceremony and go to horse racing place.</p>

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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>7. A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS AT A SAME TIME</strong></h4>

<p>There are few cultural events will run under the Hospitable Ulaanbaatar Program between 10 and 15 of July annually. In the afternoon of 10<sup>th</sup> of July you will fully enjoy Mongolian Traditional Costume Festival- Deeltei Mongol, &ldquo;Ceremony of Nine White Banners&rdquo; and in the evening one of the Mongolian best operas &ldquo;Uchirtai Gurvan Tolgoi-Three Dramatic Character&rdquo; will be held in open air theatre at the central square.</p>

<p>In the night of 11<sup>th</sup> of July &ldquo;Night of Ulaanbaatar&rdquo;, Mongolian Dance Festival including modern and traditional dance show (12 Jul), Morin Khuur- Horse-headed Fiddle Festival (13 Jul), Ulaanbaatar Swing Night- Jaaz show (14 Jul)- the open air shows will be held in Sukhbaatar Square. Enjoy.</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals" src="/uploads/Ulaanbaatar_Naadam_.jpg" /></p>

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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>8. WHAT SURROUNDS CENTRAL STADIUM?</strong></h4>

<p>From a long time ago Naadam was only fest which gathering local people same time in same place. In the rest of the time nomadic people had very busy to visit each other and they only take care of their livestock, which is not easy job. When they gathered in same place they also do a barter, sell good and talk a gossip etc. Nowadays it is almost same in the area and surroundings of the Central Stadium is too crowd of people, bazaar, entertainment, lottery and food and beverage kiosks like a fair. For instance, if you forget to take your umbrella or sunglass you can buy it from local bazaar as cheap as you can.</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals" src="/uploads/Naadam_festival_Around.jpg" /></p>

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<h4 style="text-align: center;">TASTE TRADITIONAL MONGOLIAN FOODs &amp; DRINKs</h4>

<p>Of course you will ask what is the main dish of Naadam Festival? Definitely &ldquo;round&rdquo; KHUUSHUUR, fried dumpling is the main dish and once you taste it, you will never forget the taste and next time eager to eat it. At the stadium, good Khuushuur making kiosk has a queue and they make it quickly in front of you.</p>

<p>Drinking fermented mare&rsquo;s milk- Airag also known as Kumis is the highlight of the Festival for locals. Because Airag appears only in summer time from June to September. Please don&rsquo;t miss a chance to drink this alcoholic beverage nearly 5% alcoholic content.</p>

<p>HOW DOES IT TASTE? I want to say JUST DRINK IT.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>9. JOIN LOCAL NAADAM FESTIVAL OUTSIDE OF ULAANBAATAR</strong></h4>

<p>Local Naadam Festival is more attractive for travelers, because of truly authentic, enthusiastic, no dramatic and allows you to experience first-hand by visiting locals. Here you can photograph and talk with locals without any prohibition. Mongolian traditional Ger dwelling used to be as restaurants in countryside. Most of the people ride a horse and run through the vast steppe without any traffic rule.</p>

<p>The festival is like a small fair. Local people come from all the province to either participate in the festivals to sell food and toys, or to run small carnival games for children and youngsters.</p>

<p>If you don&rsquo;t like too touristic things LOCAL NAADAM is the best choice.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals" src="/uploads/Local_naadam_festival.jpg" /></p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals " src="/uploads/Local_Naadam_festival1.jpg" /></p>

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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>10. HOW TO BOOK HOTEL AND TICKETS OF NAADAM FESTIVAL?</strong></h4>

<p>July is the PEAK SEASON of tourists. While it is peak, the price of accommodation is doubled (desk rate price) and must book it at least 6 months before. Centrally located accommodation even guesthouses are fully booked in this time. Tour operator and local agents will be your reliable partner in the field.</p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia local naadam festivals" src="/uploads/NaadamStadium.jpg" /></p>

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<p>Central stadium has 18 sections and four of them use for tourists. Nowadays booking a NAADAM TICKET by online is impossible. Ticket price for tourist section with roof is 25$, but you need to buy both opening and closing ceremony tickets. It will be sold a week before it runs and it is not easy to buy individually even for Mongolians.</p>

<p>Therefore, tour companies are best choice to book and arrange both accommodations, tickets and tour throughout Mongolia.</p>

<p>Ayan travel team is expert for arranging tours of Naadam festival which was named as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO in 2010, as soon as you&rsquo;re different interest, expectation of tour such as discovery and photography tours.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Here is the link might help you to plan your trip to Mongolia during the truly authentic Festival of Nomads- Naadam.</p>

<p>Suggested tour: <a href="http://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/mongolia-naadam-festival-2018-tour" target="_blank"><strong>Mongolia Naadam Festival - 2019 Tour-11 days</strong></a></p>

<p>If you are passionate with photography we suggest following tours: <a href="http://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/classic-mongolia-photography-tour"><strong>Classic Mongolia Photography tour-14 days</strong></a></p>

<p>Or if you have limited time to travel in Mongolia and need to experience and photograph local and city Naadam Festival on the same trip, then we recommend : <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/naadam-to-naadam-guided-photo-tour" target="_blank">Naadam to Naadam Guided Photo Tour&nbsp;</a></strong></p>

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<p>&nbsp;Altai Tavan Bogd National Park is an impressive natural reserve and is famous for its 5 highest peaks&nbsp;and largest Potanin glacier, lying on more than 4,000m above the sea level, the highest&nbsp;and westernmost region of Mongolia.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The park has not only natural wonders but also it has cultural and historical wonders including thousands of ancient rock carvings, listed on UNESCO World Heritage Site, mysterious stone men and burial mounds and uncommon nomadic cultures of Kazakh and Tuva people.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>There are also beautiful hidden lakes Khoton and Khurgan, worshipped Shiveet Khairkhan Mountain, crystal clear rivers and rare wildlife.</p>

<p>Travel Mongolia and take a trip to Altai Tavan Bogd National Park, in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/western" target="_blank">western Mongolia </a>can be a great adventure. If you take a trip to Mongolia&nbsp;you should not miss this amazing cultural, historical and natural rich National Park.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Here are the ten reasons to visit Altai Tavan Bogd National Park of Mongolia.&nbsp;</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>1.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mongolian Altai Mountains&nbsp;</strong></span></h3>

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<p>&nbsp;Mongolian Altai is the largest mountain system in Mongolia. Beginning in the mountain group of Tavan Bogd /5 saints/, one of the elevated parts of the country, it stretches south-east and consists of a number of ridges close to each other and average altitude of the ridges is 3,000-3,500meters.</p>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/altai_mountains_mongolia_western_site.jpg" /></p>

<p>The highest point is Mt.Khuiten/4374m/ means &ldquo;cold&rdquo; and another peak is Nairamdal means friendship, where Russian, Chinese and Mongolian borders meet. Other peaks are Malchin/Herder/, Burged/Eagle/ and Ulgii/ Land/. Altai Tavan Bogd National Park is the highest and remotest park of Mongolia, established in 1996 and covers 6,362 square kilometers.</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>2.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Largest lakes in Altai Tavan Bogd National Park</strong></span></h3>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains Khoton khurgan lakes" src="/uploads/Lakes in western Mongolia-Khoto Lake.jpg" /></p>

<p>Altai Tavan Bogd National Park contains numerous&nbsp;beautiful lakes. The largest Lakes are <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destinations/khoton-lake" target="_blank">Khoton</a>, <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destinations/khurgan-lake" target="_blank">Khurgan</a> and Dayan. Khoton and Khurgan Lakes are connected with wide channel and surrounded by snow caped mountains and beautiful scenery.</p>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains Khoton_khurgan lakes" src="/uploads/lakes in Altai Tavan Bogd NP.jpg" /></p>

<p>There is an island covered by woods in the middle of Khoton Lake and the lake is also source of Khovd River which drains the Altai Mountain. These&nbsp;two lakes are home to several species of fishes, some of them are&nbsp;only in western Mongolian basin. Also, many local nomads&nbsp;live&nbsp;around the lakes where you can visit and experience their culture.</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>3.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Glaciers of the Park&nbsp;</strong></span></h3>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/Altai_Mountain_potanin-glacier.jpg" /></p>

<p>There are more than 10 glaciers in Altai Tavan Bogd Mountains and 3 of them can be seen when you are heading to the park. The largest glacier is Potanin, 14km long and named Grigory Potanin, Russian explorer who first discovered this glacier. Potanin Glacier is decreasing in size in last years as other glaciers around the world. You can hike on the glacier with experienced local guide and take a hike and enjoy the beautiful peaceful scenery.&nbsp;</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>4.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Rock carvings of Mongolian Altai Mountains &nbsp;</strong></span></h3>

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<div><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/Rock carvings Mongolia.jpg" /></div>

<p>The most complete and best preserved visual record of human prehistoric representation is existing in Mongolian Altai Mountains, inscribed on UNESCO Heritage Sites as <strong><a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1382" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">&ldquo;The Petroglyphic Complex of the Mongolian Altai&rdquo;.</span></a></strong></p>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd shiveet_khairkhan Mountain.jpg" /></p>

<p>About 10,000 petroglyphs and number of ancient human statues/stone man/ are close to <strong><a href="http://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/UNESCO's-newest-World-Heritage-Sites-Petroglyphs-Complexes-of-the-Mongolian-Altai-Mongolia." target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Shiveet Khairkhan Mountain</span></a><span style="color:#800000;"> </span></strong>which show us the thousands years of ancient tribal history and culture dated back from Neolith to Bronze age and the meaning&nbsp;and expressiveness of this rock art might be transition from ancient hunters, warriors and societies to livestock breeding and the beginning of the classic nomadism in Mongolia.</p>

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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-tour-mongolia" target="_blank"><img alt="sagsai golden eagle festival mongolia" src="/uploads/Sagsai-Golden-Eagle-Festival-Tour-Mongolia-By-Ayan-Travel.jpg" /></a></p>

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<h3><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>5.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Standing rocks and&nbsp;stone men are also popular&nbsp;</strong></span></h3>

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<div><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/9.Archeological sites in western Mongolia.jpg" /></div>

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<p>There are about 700 standing rock and stone men exist in the world and more than 500 of them are located in Mongolia. Near the Shiveet Khairkhan Mountain, there is a complex of Turkic stone men dating back to 6-8th century.</p>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/Standing Rocks in Mongolia.jpg" /></p>

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<h3><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>6.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Visit Kazakh and Tuva Nomads in the park</strong></span></h3>

<p>Altai Tavan Bogd National Park is located in ethnically diverse region of western Mongolia. Kazakh, Tuva and Uriankhai people have been living here for thousands of years and still keeping their nomadic heritages and lifestyle. Their culture and religion are diverse too.</p>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/Visit_kazakh family in Mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>Tuva people have worshipped Shiveet Khairkhan Moutnain since they had settled in Mongolian Altai and it means that they protect this region including its wildlife and historical/cultural heritage sites for hundreds of years which gives us the chance for discovering our ancestors&rsquo; way of living and beautiful wild nature.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/Visit kazakh family in Mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>Don&rsquo;t miss to visit in Kazakh family, their hospitality is amazing like other Mongolian nomads.Kazakh people believe in some strange sayings that &ldquo;the family cries and they might be unlucky when guests not to visit their home&rdquo; so Kazakh family offer their last meals to their guests, even they don&rsquo;t have any food for them. Every Kazakh family owns Dombor-the national musical instruments and the <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/golden-eagle-the-hunter-bird-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">golden eagles for prey</span></a></strong>. You can experience their unique culture, lifestyle and amazing hospitality.&nbsp;</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>7.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Eagle Hunters and Golden Eagle Festival&nbsp;</strong></span></h3>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains eagle hunter" src="/uploads/Kazakh Eagle hunter Mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>Altai Tavan Bogd national Park is home to golden eagles. Hunting with golden eagles is one of the most important traditions of Mongolian Kazakhs. They train their eagles at its young age and hunt with eagles in winters. In the beginning of October, in Bayan-Ulgii province,<strong><span style="color:#800000;"><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/why-you-should-visit-sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-in-mongolia" target="_blank"> </a>T</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/mongolian-golden-eagle-festival-and-eagle-hunters" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">he Golden Eagle Festival</span></a><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/why-you-should-visit-sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;"> </span></a></strong>is held for promoting Kazakh&rsquo;s ancient tradition to their next generation and to the world. On this fascinating festival, you will see and enjoy uncommon cultural activities and have great opportunity to take stunning photos.</p>

<p>Here you can enjoy the <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/incredible-photos-from-spring-golden-eagle-festival" target="_blank">most impressive golden eagle and eagle hunters&#39; photos</a> by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Ch.BatzayaPhotography/" target="_blank">Batzaya Photography</a>.&nbsp;</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>8.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fauna of the Altai&nbsp;Mountain National Park of Mongolia</strong></span></h3>

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<p>The National Park is habitat of large mammals, including,&nbsp;red deer, brown bears, gray wolves foxes and marmots. Endangered snow lynx, <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/photography-of-snow-leopards-in-mongolias-wild-west" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Snow Leopard,</span></a></strong> <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/wildlife-photography-discover-mongolian-wild-side" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Argali wild sheep </span></a></strong>and impressive birds,&nbsp;golden eagles, Eurasian eagle owl, snowcock, and several species of falcons. Also, thousands of migratory birds, pass through in spring and fall, including Eurasian spoonbill, relict, and <strong><a href="https://www.birdmongolia.com/bird-blog/bird-mongolia-shows-life-of-siberian-cranes-in-photos" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">6 species of crane</span></a></strong>, gull and Black Kite hawk. Mongolian Altai is one of the best destination for fishers, Potanin Osman, Mongolian Grayling, found only in western Mongolia and other several species of fish are famous Taimen, Lenok Trout are in the rivers and lakes of the park.&nbsp;</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>9.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Flora of the National Park&nbsp;</strong></span></h3>

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<p>Mongolian Altai Mountain the eco region is the habitant of many endemic and endangered species of plants including, Rhodiola rosea Juniperus communis and Altai onion /Allum Altaicum pell/ some of them are used for medicine and food by locals. Half of the flora of Siberia is found&nbsp;to be here. Generally the flora of the park has poorly studied so it is great destination to scientists.</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>10.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Western Mongolia - Outdoor Activities and Photographic Destination</strong></span></h3>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/Kazakh Nomads in Western Mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>Mongolia is a true destination of photography&nbsp;and outdoor adventures. If you are a photographer looking for new, exotic place to photograph, then Mongolian Altai Mountain is the right destination for you. Check out<strong><span style="color:#800000;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/best-photo-spots-in-western-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">the best photo spots in western region of Mongolia</span></a><span style="color:#800000;">.</span></strong> You can&nbsp;hike, climb, trek, camp and horseride are popular activities in this awe inspiring region. Landscapes are diverse too, including desert steppe, dense forests, peaceful meadows, crystal clear lakes, Mountain Rivers and glacier and snow caped mountain adventures await you.</p>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/western mongolia trip.jpg" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;You can trek anywhere in the park and most people hike or ride horses and camels. It is good way to explore surrounding area of the park. Riding and package carrying horses and camels can be rented through both local tour operators and families. Fishing inside the park is great with 5 species of fish, some of them are&nbsp;only found in the Western Mongolian Basin. The lakes and rivers contain Taimen, Lenok Trout, Osman, Grayling, and Pike. Fly fishing during the summer is attracts sportsmen from all over the world and ice fishing is popular among locals during the winter. Fishing inside the park is permitted from June 15 to April 15.</p>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/Climbing Altai Mountains of Mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/stunning-photos-of-mongolian-altai-mountains" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Climb the highest peaks of Mongolia</span></a></strong>. To climb the Khuiten Peak needs world class skills and climb the Malchin peak is easier, so you have opportunity to enjoy the view from the roof of Mongolia.</p>

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<p><img alt="visit Mongolia Altai tavan bogd Mountains" src="/uploads/riding tour in Altai Mountains of Mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>Horseback riding is one of the best way to explore deep in this large park. Riding through the diverse landscapes like locals and visit the highlighted sites of the park. There are more adventures await you which could not be expressed by the words. Ayan Travel (<a href="http://www.toursmongolia.com" target="_blank">toursmongolia.com</a>) the local adventure tour operator arranges all kind of tours to the park. Just come and experience!&nbsp;</p>

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			'body' => '<p>Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival is held annually in western Mongolia and is a 2-day festival that annually runs 17 to 18th of September, co-organized by eagle hunters, local officials, and Mongolian tour operator company Ayan Travel.<font color="#37474f" face="Roboto Mono, monospace"><span style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95);"> </span></font>The festival covers with Kazakh cultural activities, eagle hunting competitions, meeting ups with famous eagle hunters, and special photographic workshops in majestic Altai Mountain ranges at the pleasant time of the year. This year the festival will be held between 2026-09-17&nbsp;and&nbsp;2026-09-18&nbsp;in Sagsai Village, Bayan-Ulgii Province, West Mongolia. Here are the top ten reasons why you should visit the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival.</p>

<h2><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>1. Golden Eagle Festival Is Getting the World&rsquo;s Most Trendy Event</strong></span></span></h2>

<p>According to world-class publications, there are some new words started to be seen The Golden Eagle Festival, Eagle Hunting in Mongolia, Kazakh Eagle Hunters, Ancient Tradition Is Still Alive in Mongolia &hellip;etc. That is true, appreciate journalists from around the world to promote this incredible human culture which nestles in the remote Altai mountains in Mongolia.</p>

<p><img alt="sagsai-eagle-festival" src="/uploads/sagsai-eagle-hunters-mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>Since the soul-touching Film made about wonderful teenage eagle huntress Aisholpan, the hidden tradition of eagle hunting has been captured the world&rsquo;s attention. She has been practiced eagle hunting with her father. In 2014, she participated the eagle hunting competition against the adult, experienced eagle hunters during the annual Golden Eagle Festival in Mongolia. So the film, the destination, the&nbsp;young generation, and the tradition of eagle hunting is all about the epic story of human culture and nature which truly steal your heart and can be the reason you should visit the Golden Eagle Festival in Mongolia.</p>

<p><img alt="sagsai eagle festival mongolia opening parade" src="/uploads/sagsai-festival-mongolia-opening-parade.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px; " /></p>

<p><img alt="the eagle huntress aisholpan" src="/uploads/aisholpan.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<h2><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>2. Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival Offers Chance To Know About Kazakh Culture </strong></span></span></h2>

<p>Once you decided to travel to west Mongolia, especially visit eagle hunters, one of the most important things to do is experiencing the nomadic lifestyle of the local people and Kazakh culture.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="nomadic migration at  sagsai" src="/uploads/sagsai-festival-culture-day-nomadic-migration.jpg" /></p>

<p><strong>On the first day</strong> of the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival you will totally immerse yourself into the authentic Kazakh culture by visiting hunters&rsquo; families, the most hospitable people on earth, following nomadic migration, learning their customs, experiencing in ger/yurt assembling, tasting local cuisine.</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/uploads/Sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-Mongolia-by-Ayan-Travel.jpg" /></p>

<p><img alt="eagle-hunter-family" src="/uploads/sagsai-festival-mongolia-visit-kazakh-family.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px; " /></p>

<p><img alt="eagle-hunter-family-in-west-mongolia" src="/uploads/sagsai-festiva-visit-kazakh-family.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<p>All visitors are invited to have warm talks with popular hunters, listening to epic stories, and speeches in the afternoon. As it is a cultural event, folk music performance is included in the program, the perfect chance to see them in their national embroidered costumes.</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/uploads/Sagsai_Eagle_festival_concert.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>

<p><img alt="kazakh folk performance" src="/uploads/Eagle_festival_folk_performance.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<h2><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>3. Explore The World Of Eagle Hunting During The Festival </strong></span></span></h2>

<p>Hunting with eagles has been practiced by Kazakh and Kyrgyz people for thousands of years in central Asia. Today in Mongolia, this is still living among the Kazakhs in its ancient form.</p>

<p><img alt="eagle-hunters-sagsai-festival" src="/uploads/eagle-hunitng-mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>The giant golden eagle soaring over the prey, and the hunter or Berkutchi /eagle hunter I Kazakh language/ calling his eagle while galloping on horseback to the prey, the hunter eagle swooping down and landed on the prey hand with her full speed.</p>

<p><img alt="hunitng-with-eagles-in-mongolia" src="/uploads/The-Eagle-Hunting-in-Mongolia-sagsai.jpg" /></p>

<p><img alt="eagle-prey" src="/uploads/hunting-eagle-prey.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

<p><img alt="the golden eagle" src="/uploads/hunting-eagles-prey.jpg" style=" float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px; " /></p>

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<p>This is the most amazing moment to show us how the eagle and the man have built a special, spiritual relationship during their training period. It is said that there are five methods of hunting with eagles used among Kazakh falconry. You will learn all about the eagle hunting, its traditions and see thrilling competitions on the second day of the festival.</p>

<p><img alt="eagle hunter at sagsai eagle festival" src="/uploads/Eagle-Hunter-in-Mongolia-Sagsai.jpg" /></p>

<p><img alt="tug of war at eagle festival" src="/uploads/eagle-hunting-festoval-competition.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px; " /></p>

<p><img alt="kuk-bar at eagle festival" src="/uploads/eagle-festival-kuk-bar.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<h2><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>4. Photography Workshops At Sagsai Eagle Festival</strong></span></span></h2>

<p>We are helping our clients to &ldquo;Be the eye to the world&rdquo;, the words make us motivated as a photo tour organizing team. The 2-day festival is dedicated to all levels of photographers and filmmakers. The Golden Eagle Festival is so photogenic and very rich in unique objects to capture.</p>

<p><img alt="photography tour to sagsai festival" src="/uploads/sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-mongolia-photography-workshops.jpg" /></p>

<p>The hunter eagles, elegantly geared horses, traditionally embroidery dressed locals, festival parade, thrilling games on horseback, cultural ceremonies, performances, eagle hunting actions, ethnic portraits, and natural beauties are all in front of you.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="portrait photography at sagsai eagle festival" src="/uploads/eagle-hunter-portrait.jpg" /></p>

<p>Special photo sessions are included in the program and if you need more professional service please just tell us and let us make your lens be the eye to the world. Photography workshops are held by talented, professional photographer Batzaya Choijiljav, who has been arranging and taking photographic adventures throughout Mongolia for more than a decade.</p>

<h2><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>5. Why Sagsai Is An Ideal Place For The Eagle Festival</strong></span></span></h2>

<p>Sagsai soum, or village is a perfect habitat of giant eagles, wildlife, and nomadic people. The most eagle hunters of west Mongolia, are living in this small village, so we can call this place as a Hot Spot of Eagle Hunting Tradition in Mongolia. The Eagle Festival takes place in 35km from the Ulgii town, in a convenient area of Sagsai (river) valley surrounded with magnificent mountain backdrops. Special thanks to the local officials of Sagsai village for the cooperation with organizing the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival and it helps us to make our festival more local and tourism-friendly and well-organized.</p>

<p><img alt="sagsai-is-ideal-place-for-eagle-hunting-festival" src="/uploads/Sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-location.jpg" /></p>

<h2><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>6. September Is Pleasant Time For Travelling To Eagle Hunters In Mongolia</strong></span></span></h2>

<p>When nature turns into its most&nbsp;beautiful color, September is considered to be a suitable period to travel in Mongolia. The temperature is milder than October and a bit cooler than warm August. Pleasant days are good for festive attenders, and the clear nights are perfect to shoot night sky photography. It is also an important period for the eagle training to prepare them for winter hunting. So September is the best time to travel to the eagle hunting festival in Mongolia.</p>

<h2><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>7. Not Too Touristy Festival of Mongolia Gives Us Great Freedom</strong></span></span></h2>

<p>If you are a crowd escaper, creative artist, or passionate photographer and need to produce eye-catching works during your travels, or need to have uncommon images of the eagle festival then Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival is the right attraction for you. All the participants are so pleasant to allow us to meet, to have an interview, and to photograph them, the competitions take place right in front of you, so just focus on your passionate subjects.</p>

<h2><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>8. Other Activities Around The Sagsai Festival</strong></span></span></h2>

<p>As it is festive, the trade fair,&nbsp;souvenir stands, coffee corner, night events other services, or activities are available during the festival. Tourists are invited to attend our special arranged activities, which would be a surprise for now.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="sagsai festival" src="/uploads/sagsai-eagle-festival-trade-fair.jpg" style=" float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>

<p><img alt="eagle festival in sagsai" src="/uploads/sagsai-eagle-festival-other-activities.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<h2><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>9. Contribution To Local People&rsquo;s Livelihood of Altai Region</strong></span></span></h2>

<p>The contribution of tourism towards improving the livelihoods of local people in the remote Altai region of Mongolia. As an organizer of the festival, we have made some economic and social contribution to the local people, especially for young kids. For our clients, this is not the only contribution to the local hunters&rsquo; livelihood but also to educate, to inspire international audiences to promote this exotic heritage through their lenses. Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival offers some special sessions for your project if you would like to create outstanding impacts on the society.</p>

<p><img alt="contribute to local people at sagsai festival" src="/uploads/contribution-to-eagle-hunters.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>

<p><img alt="contribution to local society at sagsai" src="/uploads/contribute-local-people-at-sagsai-festival.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<h2><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>10. Ayan Travel Experienced Travel Company In Mongolia</strong></span></span></h2>

<p>For the last decade, we have been successfully arranging adventure, event-based, and photography tours throughout Mongolia, under the lead of Batzaya Choijiljav, the active traveler, talented photographer, and verified photo contributor to the world-class agencies. Based on our previous travel experiences, we organize Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival&nbsp;with the help of local eagle hunters, official places of Mongolian tourism organizations, and our valuable partners and clients.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="ayan travel team at sagsai festival" src="/uploads/Ayan_travel_group_at_eagle_festival.jpg" /></p>

<p>For the basic tour operating services,&nbsp;such as meals, accommodation, transportation, travel, photography gear organizing, and keeping all visitors&#39; safety, are arranged by our travel specialists and local partners. Our well-experienced tour guides, photography crew are here to make your trip wonderful. The Team at Ayan Travel try our best to make your trip successfully completed.</p>

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<p style="text-align: center;">A Picture Says A Thousand Words, But A Video Shows A Thousand Pictures.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">The atmosphere of <strong>Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival&nbsp;</strong></p>

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<p style="text-align: center;">Here we suggest<span style="color:#024748;"> </span><u><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-tour-mongolia"><span style="color:#0099ff;">Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival Tour 2026</span></a><font color="#800000">.&nbsp;</font></u></p>

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			'body' => '<h2>Our recommendation for a two week Mongolia itinerary</h2>

<p>Are you looking for recommendation for Travel Mongolia? Are you asking for someone&rsquo;s help or suggestions right now? Haven&#39;t got much time but you want to take a Mongolia trip?&nbsp;<br />
You&#39;ll get a different answer from anyone you ask about the must-sees and must-dos in Mongolia tour. So it can be tough to make sure you get the most from your tour Mongolia so we&#39;ve pooled our knowledge and put together the ultimate 2-week Mongolia trip.&nbsp;However, we share some of our tours to put into perspective how you need to go about planning a trip to Mongolia with just two weeks at your disposal. That way you&rsquo;ll get a better feel for a place and get to know the best things to do while your visits Mongolia. Understand that you will never have time to see EVERYTHING. And be okay with it.</p>

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<p><em>Spending your time in Mongolia for two weeks...</em></p>

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How should I&nbsp;spend 2 weeks in Mongolia?</h2>

<p>For all tour in Mongolia, experiencing in nomadic life is of utmost importance if you want explore real culture and adventure travel. In Mongolia it means you&rsquo;ll spend less time getting inside and more time exploring unchanged and untouched of wildlife and tradition and culture of nomadic herders, also wandering ancient history sites and enjoying natural beauty that make Mongolia world-famous.&nbsp;<br />
Trip from Ulaanbaatar to the countryside, be prepared to experience a wide range of vibes and experiences. We wouldn&rsquo;t go from the west to east and back. That&rsquo;s the mentality you have to have with travelling in Mongolia. You can choose your Mongolia tour destinations. Travel Mongolia within 2 week is not enough, not long time, however we recommend you the perfect 2 weeks&nbsp;tour in Mongolia with us.<br />
If you&rsquo;re a<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/tips-for-the-first-time-travelers-in-mongolia" target="_blank">&nbsp;first-time visitor to Mongolia,</a>&nbsp;you need to put some thought into your Mongolia travel planning. Moreover highlight of your 2 week Mongolia is<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/the-top-5-must-see-events-in-mongolia" target="_blank">&nbsp;festivals and events</a>&nbsp;of the regions, which attracts lots of interests, you decide to travel.</p>

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<p><img alt="Naadam festival opening ceremony " src="/uploads/Naadam openning ceremony.jpg" /></p>

<p><em>&nbsp;Naadam Festival - National Holiday of Mongolia. Opening ceremony in the central stadium of Ulaanbaatar city.&nbsp;</em></p>

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<h2><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#B22222;">The Perfect 14 Day Mongolia Itinerary&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></h2>

<h3><strong>Ulaanbaatar Day 1-2</strong></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Your tour will start from UB, capital city of Mongolia. It&rsquo;s a heck of an introduction to the country though, so prepare yourself.<br />
So, what to do in Ulaanbaatar? Well, A lot!&nbsp;<br />
At the top of your travel list should be Gandan Monastery and the Bogd Khaan Museum. This is the number one religious sights of Mongolia, and for good reason. Gandan Monastery, which houses the Migijid Janraisag statue with 26.5 meter high which is tallest indoor statue in the world, is generally regarded as the most important Buddhist temple in the country.<br />
There are many more temples, monasteries and museums in Ulaanbaatar, so you won&rsquo;t be short of temples and Buddha statues.&nbsp;<br />
Some notable highlights include Zaisan Square (Soviet Union Memorial) and you can walk 300 meters on staircase with more than 600 steps and reach the Memorial and also view UB city from top of the mountain.</p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Mongolia ulaanbaatar " src="/uploads/Ulaanbaatar_city.jpg" /></p>

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And, of course, there&rsquo;s more to Ulaanbaatar than monasteries. Ulaanbaatar has fantastic nightlife and shopping, with some of the best restaurants and bars in city.&nbsp;<br />
Another attraction in UB city is the Chinggis square &ndash;heart of the city, large colonnade monument of Chinggis khaan, Ogedei, Khubilai khan dominates the square&rsquo;s north side directly in front of government palace.<br />
Other than that, our advice for UB is to spend some time getting acclimatized, experiencing culture of the people, wandering Ger-streets, checking out the traditional music concerts, and immersing yourself in night life of the city.</p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Mongolian capital city Ulaanbaatar" src="/uploads/Ulaanbaatar_capital_city.jpg" /></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Sukhbaatar Square in the center of Ulaanbaatar city&nbsp;</em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Gobi Desert and&nbsp;ancient capital Karakorum&nbsp;Day 3-7</strong></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/mongolian-gobi-through-the-lens-of-photographer" target="_blank">Travel to Gobi desert Mongolia</a>&nbsp;start by flight to Dalanzadgad and drive to Yol Valley and explore Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National park.&nbsp;Then you will go to Khongor Sand Dunes and recommend you sand skating, the most famous and touristy section of the Gobi desert.<br />
Next stops will be Bayanzag &ndash;cemetery of dinosaurs and Ongi Monastery. This mysterious desert offers you to explore prehistoric sites such as dinosaur fossils and ancient sea bed remains. Experience nomadic lifestyle, meet local people, try camel riding, hike on sand dunes, take stunning pictures and collect beautiful memory while you are travelling.</p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Gobi desert tours mongolia" src="/uploads/hongor_sand_dune.jpg" /></p>

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After that you will head to Orkhon Waterfall. Full check out most important&nbsp; travel destinations including Ruins of Chinggis Khan&lsquo;s ancient capital Karakorum and the first established monastery of Mongolia-Erdene-zuu and many more and its Museum and Tuvkhun Monastery. It is one of the most important cultural regions in the world and was recognized by the UNESCO world heritage and Turkic exploring. Combinations of natural beauty and historical sites are wonderful out there in province of Arkhangai.</p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Erdenezuu monastery Mongolia" src="/uploads/erdenezuu_monastery1.jpg" /></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Khovsgol Lake Day 8-12</strong></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Next main Mongolia tour attraction heads from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/provinces/arkhangai" target="_blank">Arkhangai</a>&nbsp;to Khuvsgul lake. There you&rsquo;ll find the camp houses on shore of fresh water lake of Khuvsgul, where many foreigners base themselves long term thanks to the nice view, mysterious reindeer herder&lsquo;s way of living and ancient shaman rituals. There&rsquo;s a fantastic exploring of untouched life of reindeer herders, arguably the most mysterious ethnic group in the world, a gorgeous Taiga nature beauty on the shore of lake, and it is national park of Khuvsgul.&nbsp;<br />
Northern part of Mongolia is the land of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/I-Documented-Mongolia%E2%80%99s-Mystical-Tsaatan-Reindeer-People" target="_blank">Tsaatan people</a>, reindeer herders and beautiful Khuvsgul Lake National Park.&nbsp;Visit Tsaatan minority of Mongolia, experience their primitive life style, meet authentic shamans to get knowledge of them and ride reindeer through the Taiga.</p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Khovsgol lake Mongolia" src="/uploads/Khovsgol_lake.jpg" /></p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Khovsgol lake and darkhad valley" src="/uploads/darkhad_valley.jpg" /></p>

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<strong>&nbsp;Ending your 2 week Itinerary Day 13-14</strong></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Back in UB.<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/popular-weekend-trips-around-ulaanbaatar" target="_blank">&nbsp;Experiencing the&nbsp;best tour attractions near UB</a>&nbsp;&ndash; enjoying Chinggis Khaan Equestrian statue near UB city and where it has historical statues and museums. Shopping and cultural performance and have some free day for yourself.<br />
Transfer to the Airport and Departure.<br />
What are your thoughts on this itinerary or do you have any questions about it?&nbsp;<br />
I&rsquo;d LOVE to hear if you use this itinerary on your visit!</p>

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<h2><span style="font-size:28px;">Need a longer&nbsp;Itinerary? Consider&nbsp;Mongolian Travel Destinations&nbsp;</span></h2>

<p style="text-align: justify;">In case the above 2 week Mongolia travel itinerary doesn&rsquo;t check all your boxes, or you were looking for a longer itinerary (or you just want to try and pack more in!), here are some more of our Mongolia travel destinations for you to think about adding to your itinerary.</p>

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<h3><span style="font-size:22px;"><span style="color:#B22222;"><strong>2 week trip to Western Mongolia</strong></span></span></h3>

<p><u>Why western Mongolia?</u></p>

<p>Because it is homeland of Eagle hunters and Khazakhs and also includes thousands of ancient rock carvings which is listed on UNESCO World heritage site and also Mongolian Altai mountains.</p>

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<p><u>Must see places</u>&nbsp;&ndash;Mongolian Altai Mountains, Altai Tavan Bogd national park, ancient rock carvings, Mysterious stone men and burial mounds, Golden eagle festival and Mongolian Kazakhs.</p>

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<p><u>Things to do</u>&nbsp;&ndash; reaching western part of the nation, climbing the mountain, trekking, sightseeing ,walking and photographing in national park, horse riding, visiting local nomadic families, seeing and experiencing&nbsp; eagle hunters and exploring local towns.</p>

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<p><u>How to get there&nbsp;</u>&ndash; domestic flight, off road minivan or jeep and horse.</p>

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<p><img alt="Altai mountains " src="/uploads/Altai_mountain_tuva_family.jpg" /></p>

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<p><img alt="Eagle hunting tour in Altai Mountain Mongolia" src="/uploads/Altai_mountain_eagle hunting.jpg" /></p>

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<p><strong>Suggested tours</strong></p>

<p>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/adventures-in-altai-tavan-bogd-mountains-tour" target="_blank">Adventures in Altai Tavan bogd Mountain tour</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/golden-eagle-festival-mongol-altai-mountains-photographic-expedition" target="_blank">Golden Eagle Festival and Mongol Altai Mountains Photographic Expedition</a></p>

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<p><strong>Related Articles and Topics</strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/western" target="_blank">Mongolian travel destination, Western Mongolia</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/10-reasons-to-visit-mongolian-altai-mountains" target="_blank">10 Reasons to visit Mongolian Atai&nbsp;Mountains</a></p>

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<h3><span style="font-size:22px;"><span style="color:#B22222;"><strong>2 week trip in Central Mongolia</strong></span></span></h3>

<p><u>Why central Mongolia?</u></p>

<p>Because it is one of the most important cultural regions in the world and was recognized by the UNESCO world heritage and Turkic exploring. Combinations of natural beauty and historical sites are wonderful out there. There you can have chance to see wild animals such as Takhi-wild horse, Argalin wild sheep, Red deer, Siberian marmot and many species of birds and more.</p>

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<p><u>Must see places</u>&nbsp;&ndash; Khustai national park, Kharkhorin, Erdenezuu monastery, Tsenkher hot spa, Khorgiin Togoo volcano and Terkhiin tsagaan lake, &nbsp;Tuvkhun monastery, Orkhon waterfall, Manzushir monastery, Gorkhi-Terelj national park, Ugii lake, Orkhon valley,Khuisiin naiman nuur,Chuluut river valley, Tsonjinboldog,Khugnu-Tarni&nbsp; national park,Shankh monastery, Taikhar rock, Choir town, Suvraga khairkhan mountain,13<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;century complex and Tsetserleg town Arkhangai province.</p>

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<p><u>Things to do&nbsp;</u>&ndash;horse trekking, visit historical sites and national parks, monasteries, fishing, climbing and many more</p>

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<p><u>How to get there &ndash;</u>&nbsp;offroad minivan or jeep for your choice</p>

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<p><img alt="Central Mongolia Tours" src="/uploads/Central_mongolian_Kharkhorin.jpg" /></p>

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<p><img alt="Mongolia bird watching" src="/uploads/Central_mongolia_birds.jpg" /></p>

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<p><img alt="Live with mongolian nomads" src="/uploads/Central_mongolia_Family.jpg" /></p>

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<p><strong>Suggested tours</strong></p>

<p>&nbsp; - <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/horse-riding-in-legendary-orkhon-valley-tour" target="_blank">Horse riding in legendary Orkhon valley Tour</a></p>

<p>&nbsp; -<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/gobi-desert-and-orkhon-valley-tour" target="_blank"> Gobi desert-Orkhon valley tour</a></p>

<p>&nbsp; - <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/fishing-in-central-mongolia-tour" target="_blank">Fishing in Central Mongolia tour</a></p>

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<p><strong>Related News and Topics</strong></p>

<p>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/central" target="_blank"> Mongolian travel destinations, Central Mongolia</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;- <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/best-photo-spots-of-central-mongolia" target="_blank">Best Photo spots of Central Mongolia</a></p>

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<h3><span style="font-size:22px;"><span style="color:#B22222;"><strong>2 week trip in Eastern Mongolia</strong></span></span></h3>

<p><u>Why Eastern Mongolia?</u></p>

<p>Because it is birthplace of Chinggis Khan, man of the millennium and untouched and unexplored destination of Eastern Mongolia. In the east, there are many small lakes attracted by birds. There are also sand dunes of Gobi in Sukhbaatar province.</p>

<p>There you can</p>

<p><u>Must see places&nbsp;</u>&ndash;Burkhan Khaldun Mountain,Gun galuut nature reserve ,Baldan Bereeven Monastery, Khangal lake, Uglugch wall, Airag ord, Altan Ovoo, Shiliin Bogd Volcano, Taliin agui, Menen steppe-Eastern Mongolian steppe, Blue lake, Khar lake, Dariganga tribe,&nbsp; Khurgiin Khundii</p>

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<p><u>Things to do&nbsp;</u>&ndash; Visiting Chinggis Khaan&rsquo;s birth land, Natural parks and more, bird watching, hiking on sand dunes, horse riding, fishing, exploring tradition of nomadic life of Eastern Mongolia, especially Dariganga ethnic tribe and driving through Menen steppe.</p>

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<p><u>How to get there &ndash;</u>&nbsp;offroad minivan or jeep</p>

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<p><img alt="Eastern Mongolia tour" src="/uploads/eastern_mongolia_nomadic_life.jpg" /></p>

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<p><img alt="Eastern mongolia horse riding tour" src="/uploads/eastern_mongolia_horses.jpg" /></p>

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<p><strong>Suggested tours</strong></p>

<p>&nbsp; -<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/eastern-mongolia-tour" target="_blank"> Eastern Mongolia tour</a></p>

<p>&nbsp; -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/discovering-homeland-of-chinggis-khaan-tour" target="_blank">Discovering Homeland of Chinggis Khaan tour</a></p>

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<p><strong>Related News and Articles</strong>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;-&nbsp; <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/eastern" target="_blank">Mongolian travel destinations, Eastern Mongolia</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/activities-and-things-to-do-in-eastern-mongolia" target="_blank">Activities and Things to Do in Eastern Mongolia</a></p>

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<h3><span style="font-size:22px;"><span style="color:#B22222;"><strong>2 week trip in Southern Mongolia</strong></span></span></h3>

<p><u>Why southern Mongolia?</u></p>

<p>Because it is home to Dinosaur fossils and exploring ancient sea bed remains and mysterious Mongolian Gobi desert. There are rare thrives such as Mongolian bactrial camel, Mongolian antelope, Black tailed gazelle, Argal wild sheep ,Ibex ,Snow leapord and many more.</p>

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<p><u>Must see places</u>&nbsp;&ndash; Ikh gazriin chulu, Zorgol Khairkhan, Baga gazriin chuluu, Gobi desert, Yol valley, Gobi gurvan saikhan national park, Bayan Zag, Khermen tsav, Ongi monastery, Khongor sand dune, Ikh Bogd Mountain, Orog Lake, Shargalzuut hot spa, Sainshand city and Dalanzadgad</p>

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<p><u>Things to do there</u>- experiencing famous Mongolian Gobi desert, camel riding through&nbsp;&nbsp; , taking pictures, sightseeing and hiking on wonderful creation of sand dunes and national parks in Gobi.</p>

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<p><u>How to get there</u>- by domestic flight, off road minivan or jeep</p>

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<p><img alt="Southern Mongolia" src="/uploads/Southern_mongolian stepp.jpg" /></p>

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<p><img alt="Monasteries Mongolia" src="/uploads/Southern_mongolian_monasteries.jpg" /></p>

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<p><img alt="Gobi_desert_mongolia " src="/uploads/Southern_mongolian_desert.jpg" /></p>

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<p><strong>Suggested tours</strong></p>

<p>&nbsp;-<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/caravaning-through-desert-wonders-tour" target="_blank"> Caravanning through Desert Wonders Tour</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/classic-mongolia-photography-tour" target="_blank">Classic Mongolia Photography Tour</a></p>

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<p><strong>Related News</strong>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/southern" target="_blank">Mongolian tourist destination, Southern Mongolia</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/mongolian-gobi-through-the-lens-of-photographer" target="_blank">Mongolian Gobi Through the Lens of Photographer</a></p>

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<h3><span style="font-size:22px;"><span style="color:#B22222;"><strong>2 week trip in Northern Mongolia</strong></span></span></h3>

<p><u>Why northern Mongolia?</u></p>

<p>Because it is land of Tsaatan people, reindeer herders and beautiful Khuvsgul lake national park. There you can see many historical sites and burial monuments, many big rivers and lakes and true wild nature.</p>

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<p><u>Must see places</u>&nbsp;&ndash;Amarbaysgalant monastery, Khuvsgul lake, Darkhad valley, Uushig Deer stone, Uran togoo volcano,T engis river, Delger rivers, Darkhad tribe, Erdenet city and Darkhan city. The Khubsgul Lake is inhabited by moose, reindeer, argali, Siberian ibex, red deer, many species of bird and fish.</p>

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<p><u>Things to do</u>&nbsp;&ndash; trekking mountains, exploring and visiting unique tradition of reindeer herders, their unchanged way of lives,</p>

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<p><u>How to get there</u>&nbsp;&ndash;by domestic flight, off road minivan or jeep.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="Khovsgol lake mongolia" src="/uploads/Northern mongolia Khovsgol lake.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 514px;" /></p>

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<p><img alt="Tsaatan people at northern mongolia" src="/uploads/Northern mongolia tsaatan people.jpg" /></p>

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<p><strong>Suggested tours</strong></p>

<p>&nbsp;- <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/pioneering-in-khuvsgul-taiga-wilderness-trekking-tour" target="_blank">Pioneering in Khuvsgul Taiga wilderness trekking tour</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/photo-tour-to-mystical-reindeer-herders-in-mongolia" target="_blank">Photo Tour to Mystical Reindeer Herders in Mongolia</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Related Topics and News</strong></p>

<p>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/northern" target="_blank"> Mongolian travel destinations, Northern Mongolia</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/my-epic-journey-to-taiga-mountains-of-northern-mongolia" target="_blank">My Epic Journey to Taiga Mountains of Northern Mongolia</a></p>

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<h2><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#B22222;">Two -&nbsp;Week Mongolia Tour Itinerary</span></span></h2>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Many travelers disregard the actual size of Mongolia, and its landscape until they arrive and end up regretting the choices they made in the planning stage and decided to come back travel in Mongolia. So, considering Mongolia is so vast, the problem becomes how to travel in a 2 weeks of time, and where to visit in Mongolia?</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Ayan travel-team of local travel experts organizing discovery and adventure oriented tours for group, incentives and individuals. We offer 2 week trip program that cover best travel places, must see attractions&nbsp;of Mongolia.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">What are you waiting for? Take the next step and get your Mongolia trip&nbsp;planning by Ayan travel. Let Ayan travel team be as your Mongolia Travel guide. We always try provide a chance to encounter authentic nomadic life and adventures activities that Mongolia has to offer proudly.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tailormade" target="_blank">Be directly connect to our tailor made programs if you seek 2 week Mongolia tour with special interest</a>.</strong></p>

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			'body' => '<p>Are you planning to&nbsp;travel to Mongolia for the first time and searching for the things to know before you visit Mongolia?&nbsp;<br />
Congratulations that you decide and intend to travel to the remotest, density populated, exotic and country of last remaining nomads. This was my dream to visit this beautiful country. In the city, people will allow foreigner a&nbsp;very wide margin, and many Mongolians don&rsquo;t strictly follow all the rules either.&nbsp; Every province and ethnic groups have different traditions. So it is better to read or ask from your guide and local team.&nbsp;</p>

<h2><br />
Here are &quot;The 10 Tips&nbsp;for the First Time Travelers to Mongolia&quot;&nbsp;</h2>

<h3><br />
1. Expectation VS Reality&nbsp;</h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Mongolians are nomads. The main accommodation for tourist is &ldquo;Ger camp&rdquo;, the traditional dwelling of the Mongols. I expected that Mongolia&nbsp;is the only country of nomadic people, wide steppes and offers not too many modern comforts for travelers. In facts,&nbsp;for instance, we stayed in tourist ger camp where we could feel good enough comfort. But not all camps are good like that. The felt cover of the Ger dwelling smells naturally during the rainy days. Please try to understand it is their traditional, long-lasting accommodation. I advise you prepare yourself if you travel in Mongolia for a multi-day trip.&nbsp;</p>

<p>-<span style="color:#800000;"> </span><a href="http://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/where-to-stay-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Where to stay in Mongolia</span></a></p>

<h3>2. Mongolian visa process</h3>

<p>Do you know about the visa of Mongolia? Check out the visa-free countries&nbsp;<u><a href="http://www.consul.mn/eng/02visae.php" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">here</span></a></u>. If you are not a nationality from visa-free countries it has several options.&nbsp;<br />
First please check whether it has Mongolian embassy or consulate in your country? If yes, please go there and apply for your visa. If no please find the second option. It has a chance to get a visa at the airport. For this option, the tour operator company&rsquo;s invitation is required. The process will be 2 weeks to 2 months.&nbsp;<br />
Finally, I recommend you to choose your right partner in Mongolia</p>

<p>- <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/ultimate-checklist-for-travel-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">10 things you need to </span></a><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/ultimate-checklist-for-travel-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">know-Traveler&#39;s</span></a><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/ultimate-checklist-for-travel-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;"> Checklist&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<p><img alt="tips for travel mongolia " src="/uploads/how to travel to mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<h3>3. Mongolian weather&nbsp;</h3>

<p>The climate in Mongolia is unpredictable. The temperature difference between day and night is extreme, especially in the Gobi, the Southern Part of Mongolia. The northern and western part of Mongolia is getting&nbsp;colder from the end of August. So, if you are traveling in shoulder season in Mongolia, pack your warm garments for traveling.&nbsp;</p>

<p>-&nbsp;<a href="http://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/best-period-to-travel-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Best Time to Visit Mongolia</span></a></p>

<p><img alt="mongolia weather " src="/uploads/mongolia weather.jpg" /></p>

<h3>4. Meals in Mongolia</h3>

<p>Are you vegan, vegetarian or need gluten-free food in Mongolia? Actually, in the city of Mongolia-Ulaanbaatar has restaurants more than 50 countries meals, and ger camps in the countryside can do those kinds of foods according to your special request as soon as you pre-book it. If you choose a tented camping tour this will be quite hard, when you don&rsquo;t have experienced cook.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="what to eat in mongolia " src="/uploads/what to eat in mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<h3>5. Rules in the Ger&nbsp;</h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">It is incredible, even you&rsquo;re not pre-arrangement you can visit nomadic families and they hospitalized you from the bottom of their heart. When you enter the ger never step on the threshold (Bosgo), and watch out your head to butt a lintel or door jamb.&nbsp;<br />
Middle and north side of the ger is an important part of the family. NO garbage, litter is ever thrown into the fire such as onionskin etc.&nbsp;<br />
The left side of the ger is female&rsquo;s and the right side is man&rsquo;s side. Northside is a sacred and holy area such as divinity.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolian ger photos " src="/uploads/mongolia traditional dwelling.jpg" /></p>

<h3>6. Timing in Mongolia</h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Synonymous to &ldquo;Island time&rdquo;. It used to have only morning and evening time when Mongolians didn&#39;t have a watch. Sunray inside the ger/yurt/ was used&nbsp;both as a&nbsp;sun clock&nbsp;and a calendar. Generally, elders are still using&nbsp;this timing today.&nbsp;People are less aware of time here and locals are the very relaxed attitude about it. Say your time with extra and reserves to your local team.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolian ger photos " src="/uploads/ger mongolian yurts.jpg" /></p>

<h3>7. Bring cash in the countryside</h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Please prefer Mongolian currency-Tugrik. By the way, during the national holidays, they have 3-5 days of rest and no bank and no currency exchange are working. In this case, it is better to change at the airport. Otherwise, the bank or exchange has a better rate. And Mongolian countryside is cash-based society and ATM in a small town might have no cash even it is the tourist peak season. Also, it has a risk of no electricity in the whole soums or towns, it can happen anytime in any place. No electricity means none of the business goes normally.&nbsp;</p>

<h3>8. Small gifts to the children of the countryside</h3>

<p>Kids are always curious and bring with you a small gift for children. My advice would be to bring them something they don&rsquo;t have stationary, books, puzzles, but sweets and toys are just as fine. If you like to take pictures of them, both of the kids and adults appreciate some gifts, to be taken their photos.&nbsp;</p>

<p>- <a href="http://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/what-to-pack-for-a-trip-to-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">What to Pack for Mongolia Trip&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<p><img alt="nomads kids mongolia photos " src="/uploads/nomad kids mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<h3>9. Tipping for staff</h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">First-time travelers always ask about the amount of tips for their local staffs.&nbsp;<br />
Though by definition a tip is never legally required, it is recommended when you are on tour. This is not spoiling the market or running hospitality, it is simply being fair. Tips will vary depending on the length and complexity of the trip, the number of staff on the trip and the number of clients on the trip. Generally, groups like to meet together before the end of the tour to discuss how much they would like to tip each staff member based on their individual trek experience. Tipping in hotels and restaurants is up to the individual, 10% never goes wrong here.</p>

<h3>10. Find Mongolian Tour Company</h3>

<p>Finally, I advise you to choose a local tour company that offers a reasonable price and good service. So how to find a good local tour operator in Mongolia? Consider your travel purpose, budget and&nbsp;experience of the local company.&nbsp;For me, I searched on the internet and then filtered them by my travel interest.&nbsp;There are similar agencies found on google and I sent email them and then compared their responses, experiences, reliability and specialties.&nbsp;&nbsp;For me,&nbsp;I chose <a href="http://www.toursmongolia.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">this company</span></a> because I prefer adventure and photography specialist.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="travel agency in mongolia " src="/uploads/best travel agency in mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>I hope this advice may helpful for you and your Mongolia Trip would be great even if you are a first timer in Mongolia.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<h3 style="font-style: italic;">Written from over twenty years of travel, photography, and collaboration with eagle hunting families in western Mongolia.</h3>

<p>Long before eagle festivals became known internationally, the relationship between Kazakh eagle hunters and the Altai Mountains had already existed for generations.</p>

<p>This culture was never created for tourism. It was shaped slowly through mountain life, winter survival, horses, hunting traditions, family responsibility, and the vast landscape of western Mongolia itself.</p>

<p>The first time I watched an eagle hunter riding beneath the high Altai mountains with a golden eagle on his arm, something immediately felt natural about the scene &mdash; almost like seeing a fish return to water. The mountains, the horse, the eagle, and the rider did not feel separated from one another. They belonged together.</p>

<p>Over the past twenty years working in tourism and photography across Mongolia, I came to understand that this feeling is also what attracts so many visitors to the Altai. People are not simply coming to see an eagle. They are trying to experience a living cultural world that still remains deeply connected to place, family, and landscape.</p>

<p>I did not grow up inside this tradition myself. I was born in Zavkhan province in central Mongolia and come from a Khalkh Mongolian background. In many ways, I first encountered the eagle hunters as an outsider too &mdash; with curiosity and respect, much like the travelers who arrive in the Altai for the first time. Over the years, however, that curiosity gradually became a deeper understanding of how unique and fragile this cultural world truly is.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Eagle_Hunters_Mongolia_Eagle_training.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="585" data-section-id="1ultx4g" data-start="553">A Culture Shaped by the Altai</h2>

<p>Not everyone becomes an eagle hunter.</p>

<p>Among Kazakh families of the Altai, eagle hunting is not simply a hobby or performance. Knowledge is often passed from father to son, from older brother to younger brother, and between generations over long periods of time. The tradition carries patience, responsibility, and years of lived experience.</p>

<p>The culture itself could only have emerged in a place like the Altai. Horses, open valleys, winter conditions, hunting traditions, and the rhythm of nomadic life all shaped the world in which eagle hunting survived. Even today, seeing an eagle hunter riding through the mountain valleys still feels inseparable from the landscape around him.</p>

<p>An eagle itself is also far more than a symbol displayed during festivals.</p>

<p>Keeping a golden eagle requires constant care, feeding, training, and attention throughout the year. During the warmer seasons, many eagles live outside. But in winter, the eagle often lives inside the family home itself, occupying its own place in the western-southern side of the ger or house.</p>

<p>Caring for the bird becomes part of everyday family life. Children help feed and look after the eagle. Women clean the surrounding space and participate in its daily care. Over time, the eagle becomes part of the household itself.</p>

<p>This is one reason why eagle hunting culture cannot be understood only through competitions or photographs alone. Behind every eagle hunter stands an entire family helping carry the tradition forward.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Old_Eagle_hunters-Mongolia-Sagsai-Mountain.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="613" data-section-id="1q1yn22" data-start="587">A Changing Modern World</h2>

<p>Like many traditional ways of life around the world, the eagle hunter culture of the Altai is also changing.</p>

<p>Several hunters from remote regions have spoken quietly about leaving the tradition behind &mdash; not because they stopped respecting it, but because keeping an eagle has become increasingly difficult. Feeding and caring for the birds requires time, money, and constant effort. Hunting opportunities have also changed over time as wildlife regulations, modern economic realities, and daily life in the Altai have gradually shifted.</p>

<p>Families living far from tourism routes often face even greater challenges. Some hunters explained that they eventually had to focus more on raising livestock and supporting their families rather than continuing to keep eagles as previous generations once did.</p>

<p>In the past, eagle hunting was closely tied to survival and winter hunting in the mountains. Today, the world surrounding the Altai hunters is no longer the same.</p>

<p>Like many remote regions facing rapid modernization, the Altai is also changing quickly, bringing both new opportunities and new pressures for local communities.</p>

<p>Yet the culture still remains alive.</p>

<p>Not because it has stayed frozen in the past, but because families continue adapting while trying to protect what matters most.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Sagsai_young_eagle_hunter_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="645" data-section-id="1gjetbc" data-start="615">Why Gatherings Still Matter</h2>

<p>For generations, eagle hunters gathered seasonally not only to compete, but also to meet one another, exchange knowledge, maintain relationships between families, and continue a shared cultural identity connected to the Altai.</p>

<p>Modern eagle festivals grew naturally from this deeper tradition of gathering.</p>

<p>Today, these gatherings remain important not only for visitors, but also for the hunters themselves. Preparing for the festival becomes part of the yearly rhythm of many eagle hunting families. It creates pride, motivation, and recognition within the community itself.</p>

<p>The festivals are also larger than the competitions alone.</p>

<p>Women present traditional handicrafts and handmade work. Children perform music and cultural programs. Young artists display drawings and paintings inspired by their homeland and heritage. Many of these children may become the next generation who continue carrying the culture forward in different ways.</p>

<p>In this sense, the eagle festivals are not simply performances for tourists. They remain living community gatherings connected to the wider cultural world of the Altai.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Golden_eagle_festival_mongolia_womans_art.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="672" data-section-id="j0wo5h" data-start="647">Tourism and Continuity</h2>

<p>Tourism alone cannot preserve culture.</p>

<p>But when done respectfully, it can help traditions remain economically meaningful in a changing world.</p>

<p>For some families today, introducing travelers to their eagles and way of life has become one of the few realistic ways to continue keeping the tradition alive while remaining in the Altai itself.</p>

<p>For Mongolia&rsquo;s tourism industry, the eagle festival season also arrives at an important time of year. Much of the country&rsquo;s tourism remains concentrated between June and August. The eagle festivals of September and October create opportunities beyond the short summer season &mdash; not only for travelers, but also for remote western communities.</p>

<p>Families build guest gers. Local drivers find work. Horse owners, craftsmen, musicians, cooks, and herding families all become part of the wider cultural economy surrounding the festivals.</p>

<p>Today, new roads are reaching Sagsai. Small tourism camps are beginning to appear. Some eagle hunter families are preparing additional guest spaces beside their homes. These changes may seem small, but they represent something important: the possibility that local people can continue living with dignity while remaining connected to their own traditions.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Eagle_hunters_items_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="695" data-section-id="1iubqz3" data-start="674">The Role of Sagsai</h2>

<p>For this reason, the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival has always meant more to us than a tourism event alone.</p>

<p>Sagsai is not simply an administrative district. It is one of the cultural centers of Mongolia&rsquo;s Kazakh eagle hunter world. Many of the country&rsquo;s eagle hunting families continue living there, and we believed it was important for visitors to experience this culture closer to the communities where it still survives most strongly.</p>

<p>Even the prizes given during the festival reflect a philosophy we have tried to protect.</p>

<p>For many years, the festival&rsquo;s top winners have been awarded horses rather than modern machinery or vehicles. This choice was intentional. We hope the image of the horse-mounted eagle hunter remains part of the Altai landscape for generations to come.</p>

<p>The goal has never been to create mass tourism.</p>

<p>The goal is to help people understand why this culture matters &mdash; not only to the Kazakh eagle hunters themselves, but also to Mongolia&rsquo;s cultural identity and to the future of the Altai region.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Three_hunters_with_horses.jpg" /></p>

<h2 data-end="715" data-section-id="j62i49" data-start="697">Looking Forward</h2>

<p>Today, the golden eagle hunters of Mongolia stand at an important moment between continuity and change.</p>

<p>Roads are arriving. The modern world is expanding. Younger generations are growing up differently from their grandparents.</p>

<p>Yet in the mountains of the Altai, there are still mornings when an eagle hunter rides across open valleys beneath snow-covered peaks with his bird raised against the cold wind &mdash; a sight that still feels inseparable from the land itself.</p>

<p>Preserving that relationship may become one of the quiet cultural responsibilities of our generation.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/Eagle_hunters-Mongolia-Sagsai-Mountain.jpg" /></p>

<p>Experience the Eagle Hunter Traditions of the Altai</p>

<p>Explore our curated journeys into western Mongolia and experience the living culture of the Kazakh eagle hunters respectfully and responsibly through the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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			'body' => '<h2>What Real Field Experience Looks Like</h2>

<p>At dawn, the mountains are silent except for the sound of wind crossing frozen rock.</p>

<p>A tracker stops suddenly and studies a distant ridgeline through binoculars. Nobody speaks. Cameras remain lowered. Sometimes nothing appears for hours. Sometimes for days.</p>

<p>This is what a real snow leopard photography expedition in Mongolia feels like.</p>

<p>Not a safari. Not a guaranteed wildlife encounter. But a field-based experience shaped by patience, weather, altitude, and the unpredictable movement of one of the world&rsquo;s most elusive predators.</p>

<p>Photographing snow leopards in the wild remains one of the most demanding forms of wildlife photography on Earth.</p>

<p>A Mongolia snow leopard photography expedition requires physical endurance, adaptability, and the willingness to accept uncertainty in remote mountain terrain where sightings can never be guaranteed.</p>

<p>Yet meaningful encounters still occur for those willing to observe carefully, move patiently, and spend time in the mountains on the animal&rsquo;s terms.</p>

<h3>How Our Snow Leopard Photography Expeditions Took Shape</h3>

<p>Ayan Travel began operating dedicated snow leopard photography expeditions after many years of leading wildlife-focused journeys across western Mongolia.</p>

<p>As a Mongolia-based expedition team, we saw growing interest from serious international photographers seeking authentic field experience rather than structured wildlife tourism.</p>

<p>Over time, it became clear that snow leopard photography could never follow fixed sightseeing logic.</p>

<p>Routes, timing, and daily movement had to remain flexible, adapting constantly to weather, terrain, tracking conditions, and the natural behavior of the animal itself.</p>

<p>Our approach gradually evolved through repeated field expeditions, direct observation, and years spent working in Mongolia&rsquo;s remote mountain ecosystems.</p>

<p>This philosophy was shaped in part through the long-term wildlife fieldwork of photographer and expedition leader Batzaya Choijiljav, whose years documenting Mongolia&rsquo;s wildlife helped establish an expedition approach centered on patience, realism, ethical practice, and respect for the animal above all else.</p>

<p>Today, the same principles continue to define how every Ayan Travel snow leopard photography expedition operates.</p>

<h3>From Fieldwork to Photography Books</h3>

<p>Years spent in snow leopard habitat eventually evolved into long-term photography and publishing work.</p>

<p>Photographer and expedition leader Batzaya Choijiljav later published large-format snow leopard photography books shaped through years of repeated field expeditions in Mongolia&rsquo;s remote mountain ecosystems.</p>

<p>The same philosophy continues to shape how Ayan Travel operates its snow leopard photography expeditions today.</p>

<h3>What a Real Snow Leopard Photography Expedition Feels Like</h3>

<p>Preparation begins long before entering the mountains.</p>

<p>Participants receive detailed guidance on winter clothing systems, physical readiness, camera equipment, altitude considerations, and mental expectations.</p>

<p>Snow leopard photography requires as much patience internally as it does technical skill behind the camera.</p>

<p>Once in the field, days revolve around tracking and observation.</p>

<p>Local trackers scan distant slopes for fresh movement, paw prints, prey behavior, and subtle signs hidden within the terrain.</p>

<p>Photographers spend long hours studying ridgelines through binoculars and telephoto lenses, often in temperatures ranging between &ndash;20&deg;C and &ndash;30&deg;C.</p>

<p>Elevation typically varies between 2,500 and 3,100 meters.</p>

<p>Terrain is steep, rocky, and physically demanding.</p>

<p>Equipment is heavy.</p>

<p>Movement is deliberate.</p>

<p>Some days involve climbing several ridges through deep snow only to find old tracks disappearing into broken cliffs.</p>

<p>Fingers freeze quickly while changing camera settings.</p>

<p>Wind cuts across exposed slopes.</p>

<p>Hours pass behind binoculars without movement.</p>

<p>Then suddenly, everything changes in seconds.</p>

<p>Snow leopard habitat is never empty.</p>

<p>Siberian ibex move carefully across distant cliffs. Argali appear briefly against open slopes. Ravens circle silently in rising wind.</p>

<p>These moments matter because they reveal the larger mountain ecosystem the snow leopard belongs to.</p>

<p>Then, on certain mornings, the tracker lowers his binoculars slightly and gestures quietly.</p>

<p>A shape moves slowly across a distant ridge.</p>

<p>A pale body against fractured rock.</p>

<p>For a few brief moments &mdash; sometimes only seconds &mdash; the entire mountain narrows to a single presence.</p>

<p>No fences. No vehicles. No noise.</p>

<p>Only distance, cold air, and a rare animal moving freely through its natural world.</p>

<p>Moments like this cannot be manufactured.</p>

<p>They can only be earned through patience, field discipline, and time spent in the mountains.</p>

<h3>Ethics and Responsibility in Snow Leopard Photography</h3>

<p>Ethical practice remains central to every Ayan Travel snow leopard photography expedition.</p>

<p>Snow leopards are never chased, pressured, baited, or approached aggressively.</p>

<p>Maintaining appropriate distance is non-negotiable.</p>

<p>Photography should never alter the animal&rsquo;s natural behavior.</p>

<p>Success is not measured only by photographic proximity, but by whether the animal remains undisturbed and able to continue naturally within its environment.</p>

<p>Our expeditions operate with the understanding that we are visitors within the animal&rsquo;s territory.</p>

<p>The mountain dictates pace.</p>

<p>Distance, restraint, and patience are essential parts of ethical snow leopard photography.</p>

<h3>What We Have Learned from the Field</h3>

<p>Through repeated snow leopard photography expeditions in Mongolia, we have learned that:</p>

<p>Snow leopard sightings can never be guaranteed.</p>

<p>Patience and observation matter more than speed.</p>

<p>Accepting uncertainty often leads to the most meaningful experiences.</p>

<p>Small group sizes significantly improve field efficiency and flexibility.</p>

<p>Respect for the animal always matters more than the photograph itself.</p>

<p>These lessons continue to shape how we design and operate our expeditions today.</p>

<h3>Who This Expedition Is Designed For</h3>

<p>This snow leopard photography expedition is designed for photographers who understand that meaningful wildlife work requires uncertainty.</p>

<p>It is for individuals comfortable in remote winter conditions, physically demanding terrain, and long periods of observation.</p>

<p>It is for photographers who value authenticity over convenience and field experience over guarantees.</p>

<p>This is not a casual sightseeing tour or a guaranteed-sighting wildlife trip.</p>

<p>Small group sizes are intentionally maintained to preserve flexibility, minimize environmental disturbance, and maximize field efficiency in the mountains.</p>

<h2><span style="font-size:24px;">Why Mongolia Remains One of the Last True Frontiers for Snow Leopard Photography</span></h2>

<p>Mongolia offers something increasingly rare in modern wildlife tourism: scale, isolation, and uncertainty.</p>

<p>Vast mountain terrain, limited infrastructure, and low tourism pressure still allow snow leopards to move largely undisturbed across enormous landscapes.</p>

<p>Unlike heavily commercialized wildlife destinations, success here depends less on infrastructure and more on patience, local field knowledge, weather, timing, and time spent in the mountains.</p>

<p>This combination of scale, climate, and unpredictability continues to make Mongolia one of the last true frontiers for snow leopard photography.</p>

<p>Serious wildlife photographers continue to seek Mongolia not for guarantees, but for authenticity.</p>

<h2><span style="font-size:24px;">If You Are Considering Joining a Snow Leopard Photography Expedition in Mongolia</span></h2>

<p>If you are looking for a highly structured wildlife tour with predictable outcomes, this may not be the right expedition.</p>

<p>But if you are seeking a real snow leopard photography expedition in Mongolia led by a Mongolia-based team with long-term field experience in the Altai Mountains, we invite you to explore our upcoming departures.</p>

<p>Some expeditions end with only tracks in the snow.</p>

<p>Others offer a brief moment that remains unforgettable for the rest of your life.</p>

<p>The mountains decide which one you receive.</p>

<p>Your role is simply to arrive prepared.</p>

<p>Explore Our Snow Leopard Photography Expeditions in Mongolia</p>

<p>Small winter departures led by a Mongolia-based expedition team with long-term field experience in Mongolia&rsquo;s remote Altai Mountains.</p>

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			'body' => '<p class="isSelectedEnd">Travelers planning an eagle festival journey in western Mongolia are often surprised to discover that the experience can vary significantly depending on where &mdash; and when &mdash; they go. In reality, the experience can feel very different depending on where &mdash; and when &mdash; you go. Although these festivals are often grouped together online, the September Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival and the larger October Golden Eagle Festival period near &Ouml;lgii offer distinctly different atmospheres, travel rhythms, and photographic experiences.</p>

<p>Neither is necessarily &ldquo;better.&rdquo; The right choice depends largely on what kind of journey you are looking for. Western Mongolia is also home to several smaller local eagle hunting gatherings, but this article focuses only on the two festival experiences most commonly considered by international travelers planning an eagle festival tour in Mongolia.</p>

<h2><span style="color:#A52A2A;">The October Golden Eagle Festival in Mongolia</span></h2>

<p><img alt="Calling Eagle" src="/uploads/October_golden_eagle_festival_pic.jpg" /></p>

<p>The October Golden Eagle Festival holds an important place in the development of Mongolia&rsquo;s cultural tourism history. Over many years, it became one of the country&rsquo;s earliest internationally recognized travel events and helped introduce the eagle hunting traditions of western Mongolia to visitors from around the world.</p>

<h3>A Large-Scale Cultural Festival Atmosphere</h3>

<p>The festival atmosphere during early October is energetic and large in scale. Depending on the year and location, visitors may encounter many eagle hunters, cultural performances, spectators, traditional music, artisan trade, and a broad public festival environment surrounding the competitions.</p>

<p>For many first-time travelers to Mongolia, this dramatic atmosphere is part of the attraction itself &mdash; horses crossing open valleys, hunters in heavy fur clothing, cold wind moving through the Altai landscape, and, in some years, early snow arriving across the mountains.</p>

<p><img alt="Golden Eagle Bayan-Olgii" src="/uploads/golden_eagle_festival_parade_october.jpg" /></p>

<h3>Kazakh Crafts, Markets, and Cultural Energy</h3>

<p>The larger October festival period also creates opportunities to experience Kazakh craft traditions more broadly, including handmade hunting equipment, embroidery, fur work, traditional clothing, and local artisan markets around the festival grounds.</p>

<p>Over time, the October festival also grew through the work of local eagle hunter communities, provincial organizers, and early tourism initiatives developed by companies such as Nomadic Expeditions, which helped introduce eagle hunting culture of western Mongolia to international tourism audiences.</p>

<p><img alt="Eagle Hunters Mongolia" src="/uploads/moments_golden_eagle_festival_october.jpg" /></p>

<h3>Important Travel Information About the October Festival Period</h3>

<p>Travelers planning around the October festival period should also note that, in recent years, more than one festival event has taken place during the same weekend in different locations and under different organizing groups.</p>

<p>One event is traditionally organized near Sayat Tolgoi (Sayat Hill) with provincial involvement, while another has also been organized separately in the Sharnuur area.</p>

<p>Because these events happen during the same weekend, schedules, participant presence, transport logistics, and overall atmosphere can vary depending on the specific event and year.</p>

<p>The October festival period can also place significant pressure on local infrastructure. Flights into Bayan-&Ouml;lgii often become heavily booked, while accommodation availability during peak festival dates may become limited due to the large concentration of visitors arriving during the same period.</p>

<h2><span style="color:#A52A2A;">The Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival</span></h2>

<p><img alt="Mongolia Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival " src="/uploads/SAGSAI_FESTIVAL_opening.png" /></p>

<p>The Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival takes place annually on September 17&ndash;18 in Sagsai soum of Bayan-&Ouml;lgii province. Rather than developing around a large public festival atmosphere, Sagsai gradually formed its own identity through long-term collaboration with local eagle hunter families and a stronger focus on photography, documentary travel, and cultural immersion.</p>

<h3>Why Many Photographers Prefer the Sagsai Festival</h3>

<p>The overall rhythm is quieter and more personal. Many travelers are drawn to the feeling of space around the event &mdash; open mountain landscapes, fewer visual distractions, and more opportunities to observe interactions between hunters, families, horses, and eagles beyond the main competition moments themselves.</p>

<p>For photographers, the environment is often one of the strongest reasons for choosing Sagsai. The festival grounds are positioned within wide open landscapes with mountain backdrops and a cleaner visual environment that allows for more natural compositions and less crowd interference around the field.</p>

<p>Sagsai is generally experienced less as a mass public gathering and more as a field-oriented cultural environment shaped around observation, atmosphere, and time spent within the surrounding landscape and community.</p>

<p><img alt="Sagsai festival documentary Photography" src="/uploads/Sagsai_golden_eagle_festival_photography_sesion.jpg" /></p>

<h3>September Weather and Travel Advantages</h3>

<p>The September timing also changes the overall travel experience significantly. Roads across western Mongolia are generally easier to access, daylight hours remain longer, and travelers often combine the festival with broader journeys through the Altai Mountains or the Gobi before colder October weather begins affecting some seasonal routes and camps.</p>

<p>Many returning photographers and documentary travelers also appreciate the consistency of the Sagsai festival structure, including its fixed annual timing and single festival location, which can make long-distance travel planning considerably easier.</p>

<p>Rather than trying to become the largest eagle festival in Mongolia, the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival developed around a more personal atmosphere shaped through long-term relationships with local eagle hunter families in western Mongolia.</p>

<p><img alt="Ayan Travel Eagle Festival" src="/uploads/Sagsai_golden_eagle_festival_Ayan_travel.png" /></p>

<h2>Practical Travel Information for Both Eagle Festivals</h2>

<p>Both festival periods typically use &Ouml;lgii town as the main accommodation base, with travelers flying from Ulaanbaatar into &Ouml;lgii Airport.</p>

<p>Flights to western Mongolia are limited and often become heavily booked during festival periods, particularly in early October, so advance booking is strongly recommended.</p>

<p>Most visitors stay in hotels, guesthouses, or ger camps in and around &Ouml;lgii before traveling daily to the festival grounds.</p>

<ul>
	<li>
	<p>Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival: approximately 35 km from &Ouml;lgii</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>October Golden Eagle Festival locations: generally closer to &Ouml;lgii depending on the year and location</p>
	</li>
</ul>

<p>Traditional Kazakh meals and local food are commonly available at both festival grounds throughout the event days.</p>

<h3>Comparing Photography Conditions at Mongolia&rsquo;s Eagle Festivals</h3>

<p>The answer depends entirely on what kind of photography experience you are looking for.</p>

<p>The October Golden Eagle Festival offers a larger public atmosphere, more visible cultural activity, greater crowd energy, the possibility of snow and winter scenery, and a strong festival spectacle.</p>

<p>The Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival offers cleaner visual backgrounds, more open space, easier movement around the field, less crowd interference, and more documentary-style interaction and observation.</p>

<p>Some photographers are drawn to the energy and winter atmosphere of October, while others prefer the quieter rhythm and visual openness of Sagsai.</p>

<p><img alt="Eagle Festival Photography tour" src="/uploads/Sagsai_festival_eagle_hunters.png" /></p>

<h2>Choosing the Right Eagle Festival Experience in Western Mongolia</h2>

<p>In reality, these festivals are not competing versions of the same trip.</p>

<p>The October Golden Eagle Festival offers a dramatic large-scale public gathering atmosphere connected to one of Mongolia&rsquo;s best-known cultural tourism events.</p>

<p>The Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival offers a more photography-oriented and immersion-focused experience shaped around observation, atmosphere, and closer interaction with local eagle hunter families and landscapes.</p>

<p>Some travelers come for the spectacle.</p>

<p>Others come for the space between moments.</p>

<p>Both continue to play important roles in preserving and sharing the traditions of Kazakh eagle hunting in western Mongolia.</p>

<h2><img alt="" src="/uploads/Eagle_festival_evening_Shooting.png" /></h2>

<p>As one of the organizers of the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival, AYAN Travel works closely with local eagle hunter families, guides, and photographers throughout western Mongolia. Travelers interested in either the September Sagsai festival or the larger October festival period can contact our team for current schedules, travel planning, and photography-focused journeys across the Altai region.</p>

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<p data-end="213" data-start="55">Every autumn, travelers from around the world arrive in&nbsp;Mongolia hoping to witness one of the last great horse-and-eagle traditions still alive today.</p>

<p data-end="463" data-start="215">Most travelers know it simply as the Golden Eagle Festival, but in recent years another name has become increasingly recognized among photographers, filmmakers, documentary teams, and returning cultural travelers &mdash; the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival.</p>

<p data-end="866" data-start="465">Held annually on September 17&ndash;18 near Sagsai soum in Bayan-Ulgii Province, the festival has gradually become one of Mongolia&rsquo;s most distinctive cultural and photography-focused events. Unlike festivals built mainly around crowds and tourism, Sagsai still feels closely connected to the mountains, nomadic life, eagle hunter families, and the daily rhythm of Kazakh culture in the Altai region.</p>

<p data-end="1221" data-start="868">Rather than feeling like a performance separated from local life, the festival grows naturally from the landscape and the people who continue this tradition today. Over the years, it has also become closely connected with photography expeditions, documentary projects, and long-term collaborations with eagle hunter families throughout western Mongolia.</p>

<p><img alt="Sagsai" src="/uploads/Sagsai_Eagle_festival_opening_.png" /></p>

<h2>&nbsp;</h2>

<h2>WHAT IS SAGSAI?</h2>

<p data-end="1479" data-start="1247">Sagsai is both the name of a river valley and a soum (administrative district) in Bayan-Ulgii Province in western Mongolia. The region is widely known as one of the most important centers of Kazakh eagle hunting culture in Mongolia.</p>

<p data-end="1746" data-start="1481">Today, more than 80 active eagle hunters live throughout Sagsai and the surrounding areas. Many are connected through the Sagsai Eagle Hunter Association, which plays an important role in preserving local eagle hunting traditions and organizing the annual festival.</p>

<p data-end="1930" data-start="1748">Since first being established in 2018, the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival has continued growing each year while still maintaining a strong connection to local eagle hunter communities.</p>

<p data-end="2146" data-start="1932">Among the best-known eagle hunters from the region is Serik Jenisbek, whose images have become internationally recognized through documentaries, photography projects, and cultural productions from around the world.</p>

<p><img alt="Eagle hunter Jenisbek" src="/uploads/Sagsai_golden_Eagle_festival_jenisbek.jpg" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h2>A FESTIVAL DESIGNED AROUND THE LANDSCAPE</h2>

<p>One of the defining characteristics of the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival is the way the festival grounds are organized in harmony with the surrounding environment.</p>

<p>Rather than creating a visually crowded arena dominated by vehicles and modern infrastructure, the festival is carefully arranged so the mountains and open valley remain part of the experience itself. Spectators gather in an open semi-circular viewing area while eagle hunters and horse riders perform against a backdrop of open terrain and surrounding mountain slopes.</p>

<p>Parking areas, vendor sections, and support facilities are intentionally positioned away from the primary viewing environment so photographers and visitors can experience the competitions without heavy visual distraction. For photographers and filmmakers, this creates something increasingly rare &mdash; the opportunity to document eagle hunting culture in a landscape that still feels timeless.</p>

<p><img alt="Sagsai Eagle festival Mongolia" src="/uploads/Sagsai_nomadic_festival_game.png" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h2>WHEN THE EAGLE HUNTERS APPEAR</h2>

<p>For many visitors, the most unforgettable moment of the entire festival happens at the very beginning.</p>

<p>As the opening ceremony approaches, the valley gradually grows quiet before long lines of eagle hunters on horseback begin appearing one after another from the folds of the surrounding mountains. Nearly a hundred riders descend together carrying golden eagles on their arms as they move slowly toward the festival grounds.</p>

<p>For first-time visitors, the moment can feel almost unreal. Some travelers stand frozen between raising their cameras and simply watching in silence while others quietly wipe tears from their eyes.</p>

<p>Against the open valley and mountain backdrop, the riders eventually form a great circle together before the crowd, their horses moving beneath raised eagles as if ancient horsemen had emerged directly from the Altai Mountains themselves. Only after this dramatic arrival does the official festival opening truly begin.</p>

<h2>THE COMPETITIONS</h2>

<p>At the center of the festival are the eagle hunting competitions themselves &mdash; events that combine horsemanship, eagle handling, speed, discipline, and deep trust between hunter and bird.</p>

<p>One of the most dramatic competitions takes place high along the mountain slopes above the valley. An eagle hunter waits below on horseback while another person assists from the mountainside above, releasing the hunter&rsquo;s eagle from a distant ridge.</p>

<p>As the hunter calls from below using the familiar voice and calls recognized by the bird, the eagle circles through the mountain air before descending rapidly toward its owner. In one competition, the eagle must return directly to the hunter&rsquo;s arm. In another, the eagle is released toward a fox skin dragged behind a galloping horse across the valley floor.</p>

<p>Traditional horseback games also form an important part of the festival. Riders compete in horseback coin pickup games requiring speed, balance, and precision, while another major competition involves horsemen battling to seize and carry a goat skin across the field in a traditional Central Asian horseback contest demanding strength, endurance, and horsemanship.</p>

<p>Another beloved event is the traditional horseback game between young men and women, where couples race side by side across the open field in a playful competition combining speed, humor, beauty, and horsemanship.</p>

<p><img alt="Sagsai Golden eagle festiva" src="/uploads/Kazakh_eagle_hunters_during_Sagsai_festival.jpg" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h2>MORE THAN AN EAGLE FESTIVAL</h2>

<p>Although eagle hunting remains the heart of the festival, the atmosphere surrounding Sagsai reflects a much broader picture of Kazakh nomadic culture.</p>

<p>Before the official opening begins, nomadic families arrive across the valley with camels, horses, cattle, sheep, and goats before setting up their gers near the festival grounds. Women display handmade embroidery and traditional crafts while local artisans and merchants organize cultural market areas featuring regional products and handmade goods.</p>

<p>Throughout the festival, visitors can attend cultural concerts performed by local musicians, dancers, and children from Sagsai and Bayan-Ulgii Province. Traditional Kazakh music, including the sound of the dombra and performances such as Khaira Jorga, become part of the atmosphere across the festival grounds.</p>

<p>For many visitors, these moments become just as memorable as the competitions themselves.</p>

<p><img alt="Eagle hunter Mongolia Sagsai Festival" src="/uploads/Sagsai_golden_eagle_festival_eagle_hunters_portrait.jpg" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h2>WHY MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS PREFER SAGSAI FESTIVAL</h2>

<p>Over the years, the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival has become increasingly recognized among photographers and documentary filmmakers searching for a more open and visually immersive festival environment.</p>

<p>Part of this comes from the landscape itself &mdash; open mountain backdrops, cleaner visual space, fewer modern distractions, and natural movement across the surrounding valley. The festival layout is intentionally designed to preserve visual openness rather than creating heavily crowded viewing environments.</p>

<p>Many photographers first arrive for the festival itself before later returning for winter eagle hunting expeditions, mountain portrait sessions, family stays, and long-term documentary projects throughout the Altai region.</p>

<p>For visual storytellers, Sagsai offers a rare balance between cultural authenticity, visual clarity, and strong photographic atmosphere.</p>

<p><img alt="Altai Mongolia Eagle hunters" src="/uploads/EAGLE_calling_game_sagsai_photo.jpg" /></p>

<h2>&nbsp;</h2>

<h2>TRAVEL TIMING ADVANTAGES</h2>

<p>The timing of the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival also creates important travel advantages for visitors exploring western Mongolia more broadly.</p>

<p>Because the festival takes place earlier in September, travelers often still have favorable conditions for visiting the Altai Mountains before heavier snowfall begins in higher mountain passes later in autumn. This makes it easier to combine the festival with journeys into places such as Altai Tavan Bogd National Park.</p>

<p>The earlier timing also allows travelers to combine the festival with Gobi Desert journeys while many seasonal camps and tourism facilities across southern Mongolia are still operating before winter closures begin in October.</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/uploads/Tourist_and_eagle_hunter_mongolia_sagsai_festival.jpg" /></p>

<p><img alt="Mongolia Sagsai Golden Eagle festival" src="/uploads/Sagsai_Golden_eagle_festivals_wiiners.png" /></p>

<h2>&nbsp;</h2>

<h2>HOW TO ATTEND THE SAGSAI GOLDEN EAGLE FESTIVAL</h2>

<p data-end="574" data-start="460">The Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival takes place annually on September 17&ndash;18 near Sagsai soum in Bayan-Ulgii Province.</p>

<p data-end="711" data-start="576">Because accommodations, domestic flights, and local family stays are limited during the festival period, early planning is recommended.</p>

<p data-end="797" data-start="713">Many travelers join <u><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-tour-mongolia"><span style="color:#0066ff;">organized festival departures</span></a></u> or photography tours that include:</p>

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	<li data-end="839" data-section-id="9a28nu" data-start="799">Domestic flights to western Mongolia</li>
	<li data-end="864" data-section-id="s1jfy3" data-start="840">Local transportation</li>
	<li data-end="884" data-section-id="1wt3w8q" data-start="865">Festival access</li>
	<li data-end="915" data-section-id="13lvjye" data-start="885">Eagle hunter family visits</li>
	<li data-end="951" data-section-id="k50ndo" data-start="916">Photography-focused experiences</li>
	<li data-end="981" data-section-id="f3u72b" data-start="952">Altai Mountain excursions</li>
	<li data-end="1024" data-section-id="vlygfi" data-start="982">Traditional Kazakh cultural activities</li>
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<p data-end="1177" data-start="1026">Small-group journeys are especially popular among photographers and travelers looking for a deeper cultural experience beyond the main festival itself.</p>

<p data-end="1423" data-start="1179">Since first launching the festival in 2018, Ayan Travel has worked together with local eagle hunter families and the Sagsai Eagle Hunter Association to help develop and preserve the festival as one of western Mongolia&rsquo;s leading cultural events.</p>

<p data-end="1596" data-start="1425">Today, <u><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/company-profile"><span style="color:#0066ff;">Ayan Travel</span></a></u> remains the festival&rsquo;s main organizer, creating cultural journeys, festival departures, and photography-focused experiences throughout the Altai region.</p>

<p data-end="1777" data-start="1598">If you are interested in attending the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival, visiting eagle hunter families, or exploring western Mongolia can plan your&nbsp;journey with us.&nbsp;</p>

<p data-end="1777" data-start="1598">&nbsp;</p>

<p data-end="1777" data-start="1598">&nbsp;</p>
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			'body' => '<p>Welcome to the Mongolian Gobi Desert, a land of awe-inspiring landscapes that stretch across endless horizons. Discover the Mongolian Gobi Desert, a vast landscape of stunning sand dunes, rocky formations, and serene oases. Experience nomadic hospitality in traditional ger camps and witness Mongolian herding rituals. Wildlife enthusiasts can spot rare species like Bactrian camels and wild asses, while history buffs explore dinosaur fossils at the Flaming Cliffs. Adventurers can enjoy camel trekking and off-road drives across diverse terrain. At night, marvel at fiery sunsets and the Milky Way. Throughout the year, from scorching summers to frosty winters, the Gobi showcases its ever-changing beauty. Indulge in traditional Mongolian cuisine amidst this tranquil desert setting and support sustainable tourism initiatives.</p>

<h3 align="center"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Exploring the Majestic Landscapes of Mongolia&#39;s Gobi Desert</strong></span></h3>

<p>Discover Mongolia&#39;s Gobi Desert, a vast expanse of ever-changing landscapes where towering sand dunes, some over 200 meters tall, shift gracefully with the wind. Millennia of erosion have sculpted the desert into a canvas of unique geological formations, revealing ancient history in each stratified layer of rock.</p>

<p>Its iconic features are rocky outcrops and the dramatic granite peaks of the Gurvan Saikhan Mountains, home to rare wildlife like the snow leopard and endangered Gobi bear. The Flaming Cliffs, or Bayanzag, stand out for their rich fossil beds, where paleontologists have unearthed dinosaur eggs and bones, vividly preserving a prehistoric world.</p>

<p>Despite its harsh environment, the Gobi supports diverse life, including hardy desert flora like saxaul trees and resilient grasses, showcasing nature&#39;s adaptability in extreme conditions.&nbsp;</p>

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<h3 align="center"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Wildlife Wonders of Mongolia&#39;s Gobi Desert</strong></span></h3>

<p>Explore Mongolia&#39;s Gobi Desert and its diverse wildlife, showcasing nature&#39;s resilience in one of Earth&#39;s toughest terrains. Meet the iconic Bactrian camel, famed for its dual humps and ability to thrive in sparse vegetation and extreme climates. The desert is also home to endangered Gobi khulans and Mongolian gazelles. At the same time, overhead soar majestic raptors like vultures and eagles, alongside desert-dwelling birds such as the Pallas&#39;s sandgrouse, enriching the region&#39;s biodiversity. Among its enigmatic residents is the rare Gobi Bear, &quot;Mazaalai,&quot; uniquely adapted to endure extreme temperatures and scarce water, highlighting the desert&#39;s allure for wildlife enthusiasts and researchers alike.</p>

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<h3 align="center"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Legends and Mongolia&#39;s Rich Cultural <strong>Heritage</strong></strong></span></h3>

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<p>The nomadic herding culture of Mongolia&#39;s Gobi Desert is rich with traditions deeply tied to the land. Nomads primarily herd sheep, goats, horses, camels, and yaks, moving seasonally in search of pasture and water. Traditional ger camps, circular tents made of wood, felt, and canvas, serve as their homes, providing winter warmth and summer ventilation. Hospitality is central, with visitors welcomed warmly and offered traditional dairy products like airag, suutei tsai, and aaruul. Meals shared with nomadic families feature hearty dishes such as buuz, khuushuur, and various mutton dishes. Interacting with local herders offers insights into their daily lives, including tasks like milking animals and preparing for seasonal migrations, showcasing their deep knowledge of the Gobi&#39;s natural resources and survival skills.</p>

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<h3 align="center"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Echoes of Antiquity</strong></span></h3>

<p>Step into the Mongolian Gobi Desert, a land steeped in archaeological wonders that reveal millennia of human history. This rugged landscape offers profound insights into ancient civilizations that thrived amidst its harsh yet captivating terrain. At the Flaming Cliffs (Bayanzag), renowned for their dinosaur fossils, paleontological expeditions have uncovered a wealth of skeletons, eggs, and other relics dating back millions of years. These discoveries illuminate the evolution and behavior of dinosaurs, offering a glimpse into a prehistoric world that once inhabited this ancient realm. Delve into the Gobi&#39;s archaeological marvels and embark on a journey through time, where each fossil unearthed tells a compelling story of our planet&#39;s past.</p>

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<h3 align="center"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Thrilling Pursuits in Mongolia&#39;s Gobi Desert</strong></span></h3>

<p>Embark on an unforgettable journey into Mongolia&#39;s Gobi Desert, where adventure awaits at every turn. Whether trekking atop camels across towering sand dunes, hiking to discover hidden oases, or experiencing the adrenaline rush of off-road desert driving, you&#39;ll immerse yourself in a vibrant tapestry of experiences blending excitement, exploration, and the raw beauty of nature.</p>

<p style="margin-left:36pt;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Camel Trekking: Ride atop camels along ancient routes through shifting sand dunes, experiencing history and culture intertwined with the desert landscape.</p>

<p style="margin-left:36pt;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hiking to Hidden Oases: Explore rugged terrain to uncover lush green paradises hidden within the desert, offering tranquility and life-giving waters.</p>

<p style="margin-left:36pt;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Off-Road Desert Driving: Navigate challenging sand dunes and rugged landscapes in 4x4 vehicles for an exhilarating adventure that connects you deeply with the untamed wilderness.</p>

<p>In the Gobi Desert, adventure beckons from every horizon, promising unforgettable moments and a profound connection with one of the world&#39;s most awe-inspiring landscapes.</p>

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<h3 align="center"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Celestial Symphony</strong></span></h3>

<p>Step into Mongolia&#39;s Gobi Desert, where each evening paints a natural masterpiece. Breathtaking sunsets streak the sky with crimson, orange, and gold, casting reflections across tranquil waters or rugged landscapes. As twilight deepens, city lights fade, revealing a pristine night sky ablaze with stars.</p>

<p>Far from urban glare, the Gobi Desert is a sanctuary for celestial enthusiasts. Constellations emerge in full glory, captivating stargazers and astrophotographers alike. It&#39;s a chance to witness the universe in its purest form, where each twinkling light tells a story of cosmic wonder and endless possibilities.</p>

<p>Experience the spectacle of sunset and night skies in the Gobi Desert, where nature&#39;s beauty unfolds and the stars above invite contemplation of the cosmos. Here, you can stay in a &quot;millions of stars&quot; hotel, far from the typical luxury, yet offering an unparalleled connection with the natural world.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/uploads/Mongolian_gobi_desert_night_star.jpg" /></p>

<h3 align="center"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Exploring Mongolian Cuisine in the Gobi Desert</strong></span></h3>

<p>Delve into the heart of Mongolian cuisine, a culinary journey shaped by nomadic traditions and the rugged Gobi Desert. Dairy products like airag, suutei tsai, yogurt, and cheese are staples, reflecting a deep connection to the land. Meat is central, with dishes like bansh, buuz, and khorkhog showcasing mutton, beef, and occasionally horse meat for hearty sustenance in harsh conditions.</p>

<p>Grains like wheat and barley become staples such as bread and noodles, providing essential carbohydrates. Wild foods from the Gobi, including herbs and plants, add unique flavors and nutritional diversity. Travelers on Gobi Desert tours can enjoy authentic Mongolian meals, each dish a testament to cultural heritage and adaptation to the environment. Whether dining in a ger camp or amidst the desert, every bite tells the story of Mongolia&#39;s culinary richness and the resilience of its people.&nbsp;</p>

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<h3 align="center" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Gateway to Adventure</strong></span></h3>

<p>Embarking on a journey to Mongolia&#39;s captivating Gobi Desert is surprisingly accessible with several convenient options for travelers:</p>

<ul>
	<li>Guided Tours from Ulaanbaatar:
	<ul>
		<li>Organized tours from Mongolia&#39;s capital offer diverse itineraries lasting from a few days to over a week.</li>
		<li>Tours typically include transportation via robust 4x4 vehicles or domestic flights, accommodation in ger camps or tents, meals, and knowledgeable guides.</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li>Transportation Choices:
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		<li>Domestic Flights: Direct flights from Ulaanbaatar to Dalanzadgad near the Gobi Desert provide a swift option. Further transport arrangements can then be made locally.</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
</ul>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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			'body' => '<p><strong>Overview</strong><br />
The Naadam Festival, also known as &quot;Eriin Gurvan Naadam&quot; (the Three Manly Games), is Mongolia&#39;s largest and most significant celebration. Held annually in mid-July, this event dates back centuries and features traditional Mongolian sports, including wrestling, horse racing, and archery. For tourists, attending Naadam offers a unique glimpse into Mongolia&#39;s rich cultural heritage and an immersive experience in the country&#39;s vibrant traditions.</p>

<p><strong>History and Significance</strong><br />
Naadam&#39;s origins trace back to the era of Genghis Khan, serving as both a celebration of the nation&rsquo;s strength and a way to train warriors. Today, Naadam commemorates Mongolia&#39;s independence and the formation of the Mongolian People&#39;s Republic in 1921. The festival is not just a sports competition; it&rsquo;s a celebration of Mongolian identity and cultural pride.</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/uploads/Naadam_festival_opening_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p><strong>Key Activities and Events</strong></p>

<ol>
	<li><strong>Opening Ceremony</strong><br />
	The Naadam Festival kicks off with a grand opening ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in Ulaanbaatar. This event features traditional music, dances, parades, and an elaborate display of Mongolia&rsquo;s military history. The opening ceremony is a spectacle of color and culture, providing a captivating start to the festivities.&nbsp;</li>
	<li><strong>Wrestling (B&ouml;kh)</strong><br />
	Wrestling is the most prestigious event in Naadam. Hundreds of wrestlers from across the country compete in a knockout tournament. Matches are accompanied by traditional songs and rituals, and the wrestlers wear distinctive costumes called &quot;zodog&quot; and &quot;shuudag.&quot; Watching these matches offers insight into Mongolia&rsquo;s deep respect for strength and endurance.</li>
	<li><strong>Horse Racing</strong><br />
	Unlike Western horse racing, Mongolian horse races during Naadam cover vast distances, often between 15 to 30 kilometers. The jockeys are typically children aged 5 to 13, showcasing their extraordinary riding skills. The races are held in the open steppe, providing a dramatic and picturesque setting for the event.</li>
	<li><strong>Archery</strong><br />
	Archery competitions at Naadam demonstrate the traditional skills of Mongolian warriors. Archers, both men and women, use a &quot;compound&quot; bow, aiming at small targets from a significant distance. The sport is steeped in ritual and tradition, with competitors wearing traditional attire.</li>
	<li><strong>Traditional Games and Cultural Performances</strong><br />
	Besides the main sports, visitors can enjoy various traditional games such as anklebone shooting (shagai) and performances including folk songs, dances, and throat singing. These activities allow tourists to experience Mongolia&rsquo;s cultural diversity and artistic heritage.</li>
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<p><img alt="" src="/uploads/Naadam_opening_ceremony_horse_riders.jpg" /></p>

<h2><span style="font-size:22px;"><strong>Practical Information for Tourists</strong></span></h2>

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	<li><strong>When to Visit</strong><br />
	The Naadam Festival officially takes place from July 11 to 13. However, related events and celebrations can start a few days earlier and last a few days longer. Arriving in Ulaanbaatar a couple of days before the festival begins will ensure you don&rsquo;t miss any preliminary events.&nbsp;</li>
	<li><strong>Where to Stay</strong><br />
	Ulaanbaatar offers a range of accommodation options from luxury hotels to budget hostels. Booking well in advance is recommended due to the high influx of tourists during Naadam. Some popular options include the Shangri-La Hotel, Blue Sky Hotel, and Kempinski Hotel Khan Palace.</li>
	<li><strong>Getting There</strong><br />
	Direct flights to Ulaanbaatar are available from several major cities, including Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Istanbul,&nbsp;Tokyo, and Seoul. Chinggis Khaan International Airport is the primary gateway to Mongolia.</li>
	<li><strong>Tickets and Entry</strong><br />
	Tickets for the Naadam opening ceremony and main events at the National Sports Stadium can be purchased online or through travel agencies. It&rsquo;s advisable to buy tickets early as they sell out quickly. Many travel packages also include tickets as part of the itinerary.</li>
	<li><strong>Local Customs and Etiquette</strong><br />
	Respect local customs by dressing modestly and asking for permission before taking photographs of people. Learning a few basic Mongolian phrases, such as &quot;Sain baina uu&quot; (Hello), &quot;Bayarlalaa&quot; (Thank you) and &quot;Saikhan Naadaarai&quot; (Happy Naadam)&nbsp;will be appreciated by locals.</li>
	<li><strong>Health and Safety</strong><br />
	Ulaanbaatar is generally safe for tourists, but it&rsquo;s always wise to take common precautions such as safeguarding valuables and staying aware of your surroundings. Drink bottled water to avoid potential stomach issues, and be prepared for a range of weather conditions.</li>
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<p><img alt="" src="/uploads/Naadam_festival_parad.png" /></p>

<p><strong>Additional Attractions</strong><br />
While in Mongolia, consider exploring other attractions such as the Gobi Desert, the ancient capital of Kharkhorin, and the serene beauty of Lake Kh&ouml;vsg&ouml;l. These destinations offer a broader understanding of Mongolia&rsquo;s diverse landscapes and cultural heritage.</p>

<p>The Naadam Festival is a perfect blend of sport, culture, and history, making it a must-visit event for any traveler to Mongolia. By immersing yourself in this vibrant celebration, you&#39;ll gain a deeper appreciation for the Mongolian spirit and way of life. Plan ahead, embrace the adventure, and enjoy the timeless traditions of the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky.</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/uploads/Naadam_close.png" /></p>

<h2>&nbsp;</h2>

<h2><span style="font-size:22px;"><strong>Difference Between Mongolia&#39;s State Festival and Local Festivals:</strong></span></h2>

<h3><span style="font-size:22px;"><strong>- Mongolia&#39;s State Festival (Naadam)</strong></span></h3>

<ol>
	<li><strong>Scale and Significance:</strong></li>
</ol>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>National Importance:</strong> Naadam is Mongolia&#39;s most significant national festival, celebrated on a grand scale across the entire country.</p>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Government Involvement:</strong> The state festival is organized with the involvement of the government, including the President and other high-ranking officials.</p>

<ol>
	<li value="2"><strong>Location and Timing:</strong></li>
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<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Location:</strong> The main celebrations are held in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city, particularly at the National Sports Stadium.</p>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Date:</strong> The festival officially takes place annually from July 11 to 13.</p>

<ol>
	<li value="3"><strong>Activities:</strong></li>
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<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Main Events:</strong> Known as the &quot;Three Manly Games,&quot; the main events include wrestling, horse racing, and archery.</p>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Cultural Events:</strong> The festival features elaborate opening and closing ceremonies, cultural performances, concerts, and traditional games.</p>

<ol>
	<li value="4"><strong>Participants:</strong></li>
</ol>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Elite Competitors:</strong> The top wrestlers, horse racers, and archers from all over Mongolia come to compete.</p>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>International Audience:</strong> It attracts both national participants and a significant number of international tourists.</p>

<ol>
	<li value="5"><strong>Atmosphere:</strong></li>
</ol>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Festive and Grand:</strong> The atmosphere is grand, festive, and highly patriotic, with extensive media coverage.</p>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><img alt="" src="/uploads/Naadam_horse_racing_game.png" /></p>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="font-size:22px;"><strong>- Local Naadam Festivals</strong></span></h3>

<ol>
	<li><strong>Scale and Significance:</strong></li>
</ol>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Regional Importance:</strong> Local festivals are significant for individual regions, provinces (aimags), or even smaller communities like soums (districts).</p>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Community Focused:</strong> These festivals reflect local customs, traditions, and community pride.</p>

<ol>
	<li value="2"><strong>Location and Timing:</strong></li>
</ol>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Location:</strong> Held in various provinces and towns across Mongolia.</p>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Date:</strong> Dates vary; many local Naadam festivals are held before or after the national Naadam to allow participants to travel to the capital for the main event.</p>

<ol>
	<li value="3"><strong>Activities:</strong></li>
</ol>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Similar Events:</strong> Local festivals also feature wrestling, horse racing, and archery, though on a smaller scale.</p>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Local Traditions:</strong> Additional activities may include local music, dance performances, and traditional ceremonies unique to the region.</p>

<ol>
	<li value="4"><strong>Participants:</strong></li>
</ol>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Local Competitors:</strong> Participants are typically local residents, including young athletes and community members.</p>

<p style="margin-left:72pt;"><strong>Local Audience:</strong> The audience mainly consists of local residents and some domestic tourists.</p>

<ol>
	<li value="5"><strong>Atmosphere:</strong></li>
</ol>

<p style="margin-left:54pt;"><strong>Intimate and Traditional:</strong> The atmosphere is more intimate and community-oriented, often with a stronger emphasis on local traditions and customs.</p>

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			'body' => '<p>Lonely Planet ranks Mongolia as the best travel destination in&nbsp;2024 among 50 countries highlighting its unique&nbsp;appeal and diverse experiences.&nbsp;Uncover the beauty and traditions that make Mongolia a must-visit country in the upcoming year.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>In Mongolia, you can immerse yourself in stunning landscapes, rich culture, and unique nomadic experiences. Enjoy traditional folk music, savor local cuisines, and embrace&nbsp;the essence of Mongolian identity during the <u><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news?tag=naadam-festival"><span style="color:#0066ff;">Naadam Festival</span></a></u><span style="color:#0066ff;">.</span></p>

<p>Feel the spirit of freedom through horseback riding and explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Cultural Landscape in Orkhon Valley, known for its scenic beauty and historical significance.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Ayan Travel, with two decades of tour operating expertise, tailors your Mongolia adventure. Specializing in photography and adventure tours, we guide you to witness the Naadam Festival in central Mongolia, explore the vast Gobi Desert, experience eagle hunting culture in west Mongolia, journey to the remote Taiga mountains to meet the Tsaatan, reindeer herding people, and shamans in northern Mongolia.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Your unforgettable and uniquely crafted journey awaits in Mongolia.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><u><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tailormade"><span style="color:#0066ff;">Contact your travel specialist now</span></a><span style="color:#0066ff;">.&nbsp;</span></u></p>

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			'body' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">In collaboration with World Wildlife Day March 3, the Ayan Travel team has decided to share with you the photos of the adorable Pallas&#39;s cat <span style="text-align: justify;"><em>(Otocolobus manul)</em>&nbsp;</span>known as Manul,&nbsp; in its wild habitat, captured by&nbsp;Mongolian photographer Batzaya Choijiljav.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Surprisingly, most people don&rsquo;t know well that Pallas&rsquo;s cat shares their mountain habitat with its near-big cousin<span style="color:#008000;"> </span><u><span style="color:#0099ff;">S</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/photography-of-snow-leopards-in-mongolias-wild-west" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0099ff;">now leopards</span></a><span style="color:#0099ff;">.</span></u> if you are a photographer, planning a&nbsp;<u><span style="color:#0099ff;">wildlife&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tours/mongolia-photography-tours" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0099ff;">photo trip to Mongolia</span></a><span style="color:#0099ff;"><strong> </strong></span></u>for Snow leopards, you can capture these amazing wild cats on the same trip in Mongolia.&nbsp;<span style="text-align: justify;">This adorable flat-faced and furry wild cat is very little known compared to other subspecies of the family&nbsp;</span><em style="text-align: justify;">Felidae</em><span style="text-align: justify;">.&nbsp;</span>Maybe you have seen these lovely wild cat&#39;s faces featured in many memes and viral videos. Mongolia&nbsp;is one of the few countries you can eyewitness&nbsp;these secretive and solitary wild cats in Central Asia.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="manul pallas cat mongolia" src="/uploads/Manuul_Pallas_s_cat_manul.jpg" /></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><em>Pallas&rsquo;s cat is similar in size to a domestic cat but it looks much bigger because of its stocky build and its long and thick coat, fluffy tail, and flattened face.</em></span></p>

<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Pallas&#39;s&nbsp;Cat -&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="color:#008000;">Quick Facts&nbsp;</span></span></h3>

<p><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Kingdom</span> -</strong><span style="color:#008000;">Animalia&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Name: </strong></span><span style="color:#008000;">Pallas&#39;s Cat</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Mongolian name: </strong></span><span style="color:#008000;">Мануул</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Scientific name: </strong></span><em><span style="color:#008000;">Otocolobus manul</span></em></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>IUCN Status:</strong></span>&nbsp; <font color="#008000">Least Concern</font></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Population:&nbsp; </strong></span><span style="color:#008000;">Total estimated: 58,000</span></p>

<p><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Location</span>: </strong><span style="color:#008000;">Central Asia</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Habitats:&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="color:#008000;">mountains, steppe grasslands&nbsp;&nbsp;that has rocky outcrops., and semi-desert terrain.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Diet: </strong></span><span style="color:#008000;">In Mongolia Pallas&rsquo;s Cat eats a broad range of small mammals (Ochotona, Alticola, Meriones, Lasiopodomys, Cricetulus), insects, birds, reptiles, and carrion.</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Body Length: </strong></span><span style="color:#008000;">46-65 cm</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Weight: </strong></span><span style="color:#008000;">2.2-4.5 kg</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Mating Season: </strong></span><span style="color:#008000;">December to March</span></p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Lifespan: </strong></span><span style="color:#008000;">8-11.5 years</span></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="mongolia pallas cat photography" src="/uploads/Manuul_manul_pallas_cat.jpg" /></p>

<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Pallas&#39;s Cat in Mongolia</strong></span></span></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Although the Manul is found throughout central Asia, its habitat is a very specific and harsh environment. It lives on rocky steppes and stony outcroppings only and is rarely seen in lowland areas. It has been found at altitudes up to 4,800m but only in areas where deep snow does not accumulate.&nbsp;They make their dens in caves, crevices, or burrows dug by other animals.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">German naturalist Peter Pallas first described the furry wildcat in 1776. He named the kitty Felis manul.&nbsp; As its scientific name- (<em>Otocolobus manul)</em>, the word &lsquo;<em>manu</em>l&rsquo; comes from the Mongolian language&nbsp;and <em>Otocolobus</em> is Greek for &ldquo;ugly-eared.&rdquo;</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/uploads/Manuul_manul_pallas_cat_mongolia_wild.jpg" style="opacity: 0.9; text-align: center;" /></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><em>Pallas&rsquo;s cat moves slowly but purposefully, concealing itself within its environment and blending into the background.</em></span></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Pallas&#39;s cats are ambush hunters and spend much of their time hunting pikas as&nbsp;mouse hares, murines, ground squirrels, and voles are also eaten, and also small birds, grasshoppers and lizards, and other critters like gerbils, voles, hares, ground squirrels, birds, and young marmots. Pikas typically make up more than 50 percent of the cat&#39;s diet.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="mongolia wild cat manuul" src="/uploads/Pallas_cat_mongolia_photography_batzaya.jpg" /></p>

<p><em><span style="font-size:14px;">According to the IUCN Red List, the total population size of the Pallas&rsquo;s cat is estimated at 15,315 mature individuals. This species&rsquo; numbers are decreasing today and it is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List</span></em>.</p>

<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Photographing the Pallas&#39;s cat in Mongolia</strong></span></span></h3>

<p>Palla&rsquo;s cats were believed to be primarily nocturnal, but are now being considered crepuscular in nature. Palla&#39;s&nbsp;cat&nbsp;is a shy and very antisocial animal. Without the help of an experienced local guide or researcher, it is almost impossible to encounter this rare creature in Mongolia.&nbsp;They have an extraordinary ability to hide within their own habitat. Even their markings and coloration allow them to easily blend with their surroundings which makes it uneasy to spot them without an experienced Mongolian wildlife photo tour agency.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/uploads/manul_pallas_cat_mongolia_wildlife.jpg" style="opacity: 0.9; text-align: center;" /></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><em>Once we see the startling aspects of its appearance, it becomes clear that the Pallas&#39;s cat is in fact rather handsome and adorable.&nbsp;</em></span></p>

<p>If you especially wish to see and photograph Pallas&#39;s cats in Mongolia with their lovely kittens, it is better to plan your trip to Mongolia between May to August. Because they mate between December and March; the females typically give birth between the end of March and May. Kittens become independent by four to five months, until then&nbsp;they are with their mother.&nbsp;But hope you know the challenges of wildlife photography. You can spend a long time waiting for an animal to come into the spot and then it simply turns around, leaves and that&#39;s the end of it. However, these challenges are also part of what makes <u><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/wildlife-photography-discover-mongolian-wild-side" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0099ff;">Mongolian wildlife photography</span></a></u> so rewarding.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="pallas cat photography in mongolia" src="/uploads/Manuul_manul.jpg" /></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, this&nbsp;rare creature is listed as a &#39;near-threatened&#39; species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).&nbsp; One of the main reasons for its decreasing population&nbsp;is the hunting for their fur and organs, which are used in traditional medicines. Moreover, it&#39;s one of the least studied cats in the world.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/uploads/Manuul_mongolian_wildlife_tour_manul.jpg" /></p>

<p>We wish to increase both Mongolian and global awareness about Pallas&rsquo;s cats and build on the knowledge of their natural history and threats. As we gain knowledge of them, we can love, save and protect them. Today is World Wildlife Day. We hope you<strong><span style="color:#008000;"> #DoOneThing for Palla&rsquo;s cat</span></strong>&nbsp;can be either sharing this blog with those who don&rsquo;t know about this rare creature or making your own efforts in its conservation.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#008000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">The Future of Wildlife is in Our Hands.&nbsp;</span></span></strong></h3>

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<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="mongolia snow leopard tour with batzaya choijiljav" src="/uploads/Mongolia_snow_leopard_tour_for_social_distance.jpg" /></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><u><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/photography-of-snow-leopards-in-mongolias-wild-west" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0099ff;">You may be interested in&nbsp;Story About Snow Leopard in Mongolia&rsquo;s Wild West&nbsp;</span></a></u><span style="color:#0099ff;">&nbsp;</span></p>

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			'body' => '<blockquote>Mongolia released the results of its first nationwide Snow Leopard survey, showing that there are 953 (806 &ndash; 1127) of these adult big cats inhabiting about&nbsp;328,900 square km area of&nbsp; Altai, Sayan, Khangai Mountain ranges in Mongolia. This is the first innovative methods and covering a large area of field study of snow leopard in the world. And the study confirms that Mongolia has become the second largest snow leopard population in the world.</blockquote>

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<p>WWF-Mongolia and other partner organizations, with support from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism Mongolia successfully completed the large-scale study to determine the current range and the population size of snow leopard in Mongolia. During the 3&nbsp;years of field survey, 15 snow leopards were collared, and 1,475 camera traps deployed at 29 mountains which provided photographic evidence of the elusive big cats across the habitat, confirming their presence.&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-style: italic;">News source: WWF-Mongolia. 17&nbsp;March.2021</span></em></span></span></p>
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<div dir="auto">One of the most elusive cats on the planet, known as &ldquo;ghost of the mountains&rdquo; the snow leopard is just found in the remote high mountains of central Asian 12 countries, including Mongolia.&nbsp;A high mountain predator, magnificent snow leopards, living in the snowy mountains and keeping their home healthy. Named as the third pole, the central Asian snowy mountains keep the third largest clear water resource of our planet, where the snow leopards live. They are the true guardians, sadly just about 6,000 snow leopards left in wild.&nbsp;</div>

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<div dir="auto">It is not that easy to find this well camouflaged cat in it wild habitat. Also it must be not that easy to complete this large-scale study. Really appreciate the great job which professionals made it successfully.&nbsp;</div>

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<div dir="auto">We, the Ayan Travel has also been contributing the snow leopard conservation with our photography projects which aim to raise awareness of this beautiful cat to the locals and the world.&nbsp;Learn more&nbsp;about the snow leopard and our remarkably successful trip to photograph it in West Mongolia. Please visit here&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/photography-of-snow-leopards-in-mongolias-wild-west" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Photography of Snow Leopard in Mongolia&rsquo;s Wild West</span></a><span style="color:#800000;">.&nbsp; </span></strong>If you would like to join us to this campaign, please feel free to contact us and we are open to the further cooperation.&nbsp;</div>

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			'body' => '<p>Sagsai is home to the eagle hunting tradition, where most Kazakh eagle hunters live and the village is named as&nbsp;river Sagsai. Travelers love most about eagle hunting tradition, but may have little information about its environs that support the old traditions both the falconry and nomadic culture. People also may have heard about the falconers but may little know about eagle falconers&rsquo; daily living that shows the unique culture. There are also many to tell the reasons to love Sagsai, but here we choose to tell you the reasonable fives.</p>

<h3><span style="color:#008080;">1. Great hospitality</span></h3>

<p>Nomadic people are known as the most hospitable ones because of their traditional way of living. Kazakh hospitality traditions have much in common with those of other nomadic cultures, all of which have a very respectful attitude to guests. Hosting begins with warm greeting, and the guests are invited to seat the most honorable place of the family. After that, the guests were treated with milk tea, various snacks, and Kazakh cuisines.</p>

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<p>No matter the visitors are invited or not, they are strangers or not, no matter they stay there in a short period of time or for days, Kazakh family offers great hospitality to all the visitors, treating with what they have. It is said that Kazakh people believe in some strange sayings that &ldquo;the family cries and they might be unlucky when guests not to visit their home&rdquo; so Kazakh family offer their last meals to their guests, even they don&rsquo;t have enough food for them. Also&nbsp;every Kazakh family has a dombra, the traditional musical instrument. They love to play dombra for the guests and it is really heart warming aspect of their hosting. When you visit Sagsai you can experience their unique culture and feel this amazing hospitality.</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#008080;">2. Nomadic eagle falconers</span></h3>

<p>There are many countries where the falconry is still practicing in the world today. But the old tradition, the classic form of eagle falconry is in western Mongolia; when the winter comes falconer goes for a hunt the wild mammals with his trained eagle on horseback to the mountains and while they are living in nomadic way of life.</p>

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<p>In westernmost region of Mongolia, there are about 250 eagle hunters who practice this traditional eagle falconry and most of them are living in Sagsai village. They care for eagles while caring for the domestic herds, migrating 3 to 4 times a year for looking for the better pastures. The combination of the two traditional cultures is still living in Sagsai&nbsp;which is not found in many places of&nbsp;world.</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#008080;">3. The golden eagles&nbsp;</span></h3>

<p>One of the largest birds of prey,&nbsp;The Golden Eagle<em>&nbsp;(Aquila chrysaetos)</em>&nbsp;has many impressive stories in human culture, the symbol of strength, courage, independence, faith and the most respected bird of many countries around the world. In Mongolia golden eagle used as a hunting bird by Kazakh nation, and&nbsp;is a&nbsp;regular resident, wild ones are occurred in most areas, mostly reside&nbsp;among rocks and high peaks up to 3000 m above sea level. For the&nbsp;trained hunter eagles, during the captivity, they live with humans in their dwelling.&nbsp;While you are visiting Sagsai, you can&nbsp;You can get closer to this magnificent bird, you will know that how smart it is, and how beautiful it is and how the avian raptor hunt prey with its human partner. This can be just amazing experience and you will love this heavenly creature.</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#008080;">4.&nbsp;Remarkable natural habitat&nbsp;</span></h3>

<p>Sagsai village is located on the riverbank Sagsai river, surrounded with high mountains. Altai Mountain region is one of the important habitats of wild mammals, the giant golden eagles and the nomadic people and they make the Sagsai a perfect place for keeping eagle falconry in its traditional form.&nbsp;The diversity of animal species in the Mongolian Altai region and the levels of endemism can be lower than in the tropical zones, but the particular assemblages of species and the intact functioning ecosystems are found nowhere else in the world.</p>

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<p>This remarkable natural habitat has been supports the livelihood of nomadic peoples along with their culture that relates to the hunting wild animals with golden eagles. But in last years, the natural environments have been affected by desertification, over grazing and some modern infrastructures which threatens both the wildlife and falconry culture.&nbsp;To love this tradition and natural habitat is to conserve them. So it is time to aware and preserve both nature and culture for sustaining the healthy relationship of human and nature.</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/uploads/Sagsai_beautiful_nature.jpg" /></p>

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<h3><span style="color:#008080;">5. Photogenic eagle festival</span></h3>

<p>There are many stories, pictures and publications about the incredible human culture that nestles in the remote Altai mountains in Mongolia. The golden eagle festival has been known to the world, and being one of the most attractive events in Asia. The festival allows us to see and know more about the old traditions of hunting with eagles in a short period. It gives us a chance to get deep knowledge and authentic experience of centuries-old culture in just 2 days.</p>

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<p>In Sagsai village, in every September the Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival is held that also offers us great opportunity to explore and document all of these cultural experiences and in addition, there are specific sessions and programs for photographers and film makers. The Sagsai festival is not so touristy and it gives a great freedom to enjoy, also the festival directly contributes the local eagle hunters and their family who keep this wonderful tradition.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/uploads/sagsai_golden_eagle_hunter.jpg" /></p>

<p>This festival is a part of the AYAN Project which aims to help preserving this vanishing culture through the art of photography. If you are interested in more about this event, please visit the page&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/why-you-should-visit-sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival</span></strong></a>.</p>

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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The atmosphere of&nbsp;Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival&nbsp;</strong></p>

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<p>To conclude that&nbsp;we got the reasons why we should love Sagsai, where one of the most hospitable people on earth living in a nomadic way of life and keeping the ancient falconry culture, where one of the most attractive festival takes place and that shows amazing heritages, where one of the most iconic wild animals inhabit that indirectly supports the humans. The place itself should be on your bucket list to travel and love.</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/uploads/Sagsai_eagle_hunters_family.jpg" /></p>

<p>At Ayan Travel, we initiated the project and this is the way we choose to help preserve these natural and cultural treasures is to raise awareness to the world by using the power&nbsp;of photography. If you would like to join us in this campaign, please feel free to contact us and we are open to further cooperation.</p>

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<p style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the home of the eagle hunters and visit Sagsai with us!&nbsp;</p>

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			'body' => '<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>When it comes to winter holidays, which destinations are the first to mind? More closer in Asia, there are comparably charming alternatives that will give holidaymakers more bang for the buck. Some travelers are enchanted by winter&rsquo;s beauty and adventure, while others are itching to escape the season&rsquo;s frigid weather.</p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="background-color:#DAA520;">Hit the snow lopes with your loved ones in Mongolia</span></span></h3>

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<p>If you are feeling rejuvenated and ready for something more exciting? We invite you to get your adrenaline pumping at <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/journey-to-the-ice-festival-on-khovsgol-lake-in-northern-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FFA500;">Ice Festival, Khovsgol National Park </span></a></strong>with a spectrum of attractions that will appeal to all winter adventure seekers and secondly heading back to explore capital city for famed<strong><span style="color:#FFA500;"><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/latest-travel-news-mongolia-spring-golden-eagle-festival-2019-was-held-in-ulaanbaatar-mongolia" target="_blank">&nbsp;</a></span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/latest-travel-news-mongolia-spring-golden-eagle-festival-2019-was-held-in-ulaanbaatar-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FFA500;">Spring Golden Eagle Festival.</span></a></strong></p>

<p><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Tip 1</span><span style="color:#FFA500;">&nbsp;</span></strong>- Prepare and pack your warm clothes and necessary things for&nbsp; domestic flight to Ice festival at Khovsgol lake, northern Mongolia.</p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Tip 2&nbsp;</strong></span>- The temperature at the beginning of March in Mongolia is from -10 Celsius/ -50 Fahrenheit/ degrees to -25 Celsius degrees /-77 Fahrenheit/</p>

<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Tip 3 </strong></span>- Before heading out to the countryside, you should take advantages of sales near the end of the winter in Mongolia and do some shopping for warm clothing as cashmere socks, mittens, hat and scarfs, leather and fur boots.</p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="background-color:#DAA520;">Double up your dose of fun at frozen Khovsgol Lake</span></span></h3>

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<p>&nbsp;The winter season is upon us, and if you&rsquo;re looking for a fun, friendly events or attraction, <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/journey-to-the-ice-festival-on-khovsgol-lake-in-northern-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FFA500;">Mongolian Ice Festival </span></a></strong>are sure to fuel your passion for winter.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The winter in Mongolia is bringing your dream winter adventure closer to you with the<strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/winter-festivals-tour-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(255, 165, 0);">winter festival tours 2020</span></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 165, 0);">.&nbsp;</span></strong>Mongolian winter festival tour by Ayan Travel Mongolia offers<strong> 6 day tours with two amazing winter events</strong> in Mongolia and one day trips for guests of all ages and abilities in Spring Eagle Festival near Ulaanbaatar.</p>

<p><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 140, 0);">Day 1</span></strong>&nbsp;&ndash; you may arrive in Ulaanbaatar, having some rest at your hotel and city tour with with National History Museum and Gandan monastery.</p>

<p><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 165, 0);">Day 2-</span></strong>&nbsp; We will fly to northern part of Mongolia to&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/lake-khovsgol-national-park" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(255, 165, 0);">Khovsgol National Park</span></a></strong>, arrive in Murun town and on the way we will visit Uushgiin Uvur Deerstones. Then head to the Lake and stay overnight at ger camp in the Shore of Khovsgol Lake.</p>

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<p><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 165, 0);">Day 3</span></strong>- The festival features a gathering of local residents and nomadic reindeer herders, and performances by shamans, musicians, and sportsmen. Competitions include ice sumo, a horse sledge race, ice skating races, tug of war between local teams, and a Russian Jeep race on the ice. Many traditional games are played on the sidelines, and this is an ideal venue for visitors to join in the fun and games with local people.</p>

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<p><strong><span style="color:#FF8C00;">Day 4- </span></strong>You will be able to explore amazing wrestling competitions on ice, short skating marathon, horse sledge racing and fantastic closing ceremony with bone fire at night.</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/winter-festivals-tour-mongolia" target="_blank"><img alt="ice festival mongolia" src="/uploads/5dca180f-8a50-4f37-a94f-4ad2a2f1e629-ice festival mongolia.jpg" /></a></p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="background-color:#FFA500;">Explore something Different at Spring Golden Eagle Festival</span></span></h3>

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<p>What if you want to do the unexpected? Well if you&rsquo;re craving to come home with a great story to tell about your&nbsp; Mongolia winter trip, then here are <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/incredible-photos-from-spring-golden-eagle-festival" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FF8C00;">Spring Golden Eagle Festival</span></a></strong> -your meant to be event &nbsp;to consider.</p>

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<p><strong><span style="color:#FFA500;">Day 5</span></strong>- Golden Eagle Festival, Ulaanbaatar</p>

<p>Kazakh Eagle Hunters came from Western Mongolia with their trained eagles in Ulaanbaatar to&nbsp; arise awareness of Mongolian authentic eagle hunting tradition to both local and foreign people and show their eagle hunting abilities.</p>

<p><img alt="spring eagle festival" src="/uploads/winter_festival_golden_eagle.JPG" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;It starts with the opening parade with well-dressed hunters and is about authentic competitions of eagle training skills and hunting with golden eagles. Also there are <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/Khuraldai_falconry_festival_mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FF8C00;">Mongolian falconers </span></a></strong>gathered and show ancient warrior-skill performance on horseback.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/winter-festivals-tour-mongolia" target="_blank"><img alt="spring_eagle_festival" src="/uploads/spring_eagle_festival.jpg" /></a></p>

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<p><strong><span style="color:#FFA500;">Day 6</span></strong>- It is back to home day and of course with plenty of winter adventure and stories.</p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><strong><span style="background-color:#FFA500;">Scenic Mongolian winter beauty</span></strong></span></h3>

<p><strong><span style="color:#FFA500;">Extra Days</span></strong>- if you just want to spend more time enjoying the natural beauty of the outdoors, filling up your social media with picturesque winter photos of sunsets and wildlife, those can be tailor-made, just tell your ideas to <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tailormade" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FF8C00;">us.&nbsp;</span></a></strong></p>

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<p><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tours/winter" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/uploads/winter_trips_mongolia.jpg" /></a></p>

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<p>While you are thinking that surviving the cold and facing the temperatures at 25 below can&rsquo;t be imagined, Mongolia winter adventure can be comfortable. You just need to stock up on the right gear and connect with well experienced Mongolian tours agency to handle all your worries.</p>

<p><img alt="winter_photography_mongolia" src="/uploads/winter_photography_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>So what are you waiting for? Pack your bags, set the vacation notice on your work email and prepare for <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/winter-festivals-tour-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FFA500;">Mongolia winter adventure</span></a></strong> that will have you coming back for more.</p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FFA500;"><strong>Winter is coming</strong></span></h3>

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			'body' => '<h3>Mongolian Golden Eagle Festival 2020 will be held on 3-4 October&nbsp;</h3>

<p>If you are planning to travel to Mongolia in 2020 to see the Golden Eagle Festival, you are in the right place.&nbsp;We&nbsp;provide detailed travel information from the exact dates of Eagle Festivals&nbsp;2020.</p>

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<h3>Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival 2020 will be held on 17-18&nbsp;September</h3>

<p>We have been arranged Golden Eagle Festival Tours, every October in Ulgii city,<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/why-you-should-visit-sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-in-mongolia" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/why-you-should-visit-sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival</strong> </span></a>&nbsp;every <strong>September</strong>, in Sagsai suom/village/, Spring Golden Eagle Festival Tours every March in Ulaanbaatar, since the festivals initiated. All of these travels make us to become one of the experienced tour operator companies in Mongolia that arranges event based tours.</p>

<p><img alt="Sagsai Golden eagle festival mongolia 2020" src="/uploads/Sagsai_golden_eagle_festival_date_2020.jpg" /></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><em>All our valuable clients and Ayan Travel team at The Golden Eagle Festival 2019</em></span></p>

<h3><strong>Mongolian Eagle Festival For Photographer Travelers</strong></h3>

<p>For the photographers, we&nbsp;organize special event called <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-tour-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival </span></a><span style="color:#800000;">&nbsp;</span>on 17-18 every September and small group <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/golden-eagle-festival-mongol-altai-mountains-photographic-expedition" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">photographic expedition&nbsp;to the Golden Eagle Festival and Altai Mountains</span></a> lead by our general director, photographer, traveler Batzaya Choijiljav. At the festival you can have many important benefits when you are joining our photographic crew. Please see our previous photo trip experiences <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/2-days-at-the-golden-eagle-festival-2018-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>here.</strong></span></a></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><em>The Eagle Hunters on Altai Mountains. During Photographic Expedition. &copy; Batzaya Choijiljav | www.toursmongolia.com</em></span></p>

<p><img alt="mongolia-eagle-festival-date-2020-photography-tour" src="/uploads/eagle-festival-photography-tour-mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p><em><span style="font-size:14px;">Asilbek Manaa, the eagle hunter. During our night photography session. &copy; Batzaya Choijiljav | www.toursmongolia.com</span></em></p>

<h3><strong>Mongolian Eagle Festival For Culture Travelers</strong></h3>

<p>As we have been travelling to the eagle festival many times, we had valuable clients and excellent experiences in every detail of tour arrangements. So we care for our culture travelers and family travelers, we provide excellent services, focusing on culture, history, daily lifestyle of local people and event based programs. If you are non-photographer traveler, then we invite you to<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/mongolia-short-tours-golden-eagle-festival-join" target="_blank"> <span style="color:#800000;">join our Short-Tour groups</span></a> to see just Eagle Festival in Ulgii city and for sure, the trip can be customized and extendable. Please check out our <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news?tag=egale-festival" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">previous travels here</span></a></strong><span style="color:#800000;">.&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p><em><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Eagle Hunters on the way to the festival from nearby villages to participate the competitions.</span></em></p>

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			'body' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">Ulaanbaatar, which is also called as Ulan-bator, is the capital city of Mongolia. I am sure you knew that, but did you know that the name of the city was not always same and as well as it has changed its location 29 times in its history related with Mongolia&rsquo;s specific nomadic migration?</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Before settling in on the name Ulaanbaatar which means Red Hero, the city had series names : Urga(Urgoo) 1639-1706, Ikh Khuree 1706-1911, Niislel Khuree 1911-1924 and in November 1924, the name Ulaanbaatar was given to the city.&nbsp;</p>

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<h3><strong><span style="color: rgb(139, 69, 19);"><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">Founded as movable monastery in 1639</span></span></strong></h3>

<p>The city of Ulaanbaatar was first established as movable monastery when first Jivzundamba Khutugtu, G.Zanabazar was declared as spritual leader of Khalkh Mongols by convocation of nobles in the year of 1639. This year, 2019, is the honorary 380th anniversary of Ulaanbaatar city.&nbsp;</p>

<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="ulaanbaatar city photos" src="/uploads/mongolia_ulaanbaatar.JPG" /></h3>

<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Ulaanbaatar city is the larger than 96 countries in the world</span></span></strong></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">The territory of Ulaanbaatar is larger than 96 countries in the world such as Luxemburg, Monaco, and Singapore. The total land area&nbsp;is 1,816 square miles 4,704 square km and that&rsquo;s nearly 5 times the size of Greater Manchester.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="ulaanbaatar city photos" src="/uploads/ulaanbaatar_night_photos.JPG" /></p>

<h3><strong><span style="color:#8B4513;">Ulaanbaatar is Youth&#39;s city</span></strong></h3>

<p>There is no doubt, UB is youth&#39;s city. Because, Ulaanbaatar is one of 100 cities with the youngest population, with about 63 % of its residents are younger than 35-year-olds.</p>

<p><img alt="ulaanbaatar city view" src="/uploads/cityviews_ulaanbaatar.jpg" /></p>

<h3><strong><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Ulaanbaatar is surrounded by sacred mountains</span></span></strong></h3>

<p>Ulaanbaatar, shortly UB is surrounded by 4 sacred mountains as Bayanzurkh, Bogd Khan, Songinokhairkhan and Chilgeltei in 4 sides. Moreover, south of Ulaanbaatar , Bogd Khan Mountain is proclaimed as sacred and protected area in 1783 which made it the oldest national park in the world and It predates the Yellowstone by approximately 100 years.&nbsp;</p>

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<h3><strong><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Ulaanbaatar&nbsp;is home to world -class museums and galleries.</span></span></strong>&nbsp;</h3>

<p>Starting from National Museum of Mongolia, just next to Sukhbaatar square, you will have plenty of variations of <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/9-must-see-places-in-ulaanbaatar-capital-city-of-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">must see museums and galleries in Ulaanbaatar </span></a>within short distance. Fine Art museum, The central dinosaur museum, <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/night-at-choijin-lama-temple-museum-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Choijin lama temple museum</span></a>, Mongolian Statehood history museum and Bogd Khan Palace museum and go on.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="ulaanbaatar_museums" src="/uploads/ulaanbaatar_museums.JPG" /></p>

<p>Amazing museums and religious monasteries in UB give you to explore its unique and rare history of the country.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia_galleries " src="/uploads/mongolia_gallereis.JPG" /></p>

<p><br />
<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/museum-trip-in-mongolia-envisioning-day-trip-ideas" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Most of the museums</span></a> and galleries in UB will open to people throughout the whole week in tourist seasons.&nbsp;</p>

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<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Ger Districts in Ulaanbaatar-Harmony of Modern and Traditional Lifestyle</span></span></strong></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Mongolian traditional homes &ndash; &ldquo;the Ger or Yurt&rdquo; are important part of Mongolian national identity. But, in rapidly growing UB&rsquo;s life, you will definitely see the ger districts which attracts your attention.</p>

<p><img alt="ger districts ulaanbaatar" src="/uploads/ger_districts_ulaanbaatar.jpg" /></p>

<p>As a country, Mongolia is considered the world&rsquo;s least densely populated nation; with 3.3 million people spread over 1.5 million square kilometers (580,000 square miles).</p>

<p>At the same time,more than 60 percent of the population living in the Ger District and most of them are former herders who seeks better opportunities to achieve in capital.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="ulaanbaatar_ger_district" src="/uploads/ulaanbaatar_ger_district_tour.JPG" /></p>

<p>if you want to discover the sort of local access and meet and mingle with Ger District residents, you can tour their home which will be another experience for your visit in Ulaanbaatar.&nbsp;</p>

<h3><strong><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Ulaanbaatar is true heaven of international cuisine</span></span></strong></h3>

<p>As you know, Mongolian traditional cuisine is known for its meat and dairy-based dishes. While Traditional recipes are still widely popular with tourists, restaurants in Ulaanbaatar cater to all palates and diets, with a wide range of western and Asian food on offer.</p>

<p><img alt="food in ulaanbaatar" src="/uploads/food_ulaanbaatar.jpg" /></p>

<p>It will be brilliant opportunity to taste good quality and service of Asian food at lunch and sample the European plate at dinner. Especially in districts of city center, you will have plenty of chances to choose international cuisine within short distance for your choice.&nbsp;</p>

<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Ulaanbaatar is cultural hub city of Mongolia&nbsp;</span></span></strong></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Rapidly developing capital Ulaanbaatar&rsquo;s life becomes more effective and enjoyable during summer and autumn. Especially, UB city life is quite active with interesting things available both to Mongolians and foreigners.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="what to see in ulaanbaatar" src="/uploads/what to see in ulaanbaatar.JPG" /></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Traditional folk concerts, modern theater performances and also open-air concerts in stadium and streets can be more often found around the city in summer months.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="cinemas in ulaanbaatar" src="/uploads/cinemas in ulaanbaatar.jpg" /></p>

<p>If you prefer watching movies too enjoy your leisure time, you can choose from high standard cinema consists of 4DX, 3D, Doldy Atmos and VIP Couple equipment, interior and service and of course world opening movies when you visiting in Ulaanbaatar.</p>

<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">&nbsp;Shop, Shop, Shopping in Ulaanbaatar.</span></span></strong></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Shopping abroad can be exciting and rewarding, it is same in Ulaanbaatar. UB offers you wide variety of shopping starting from famous and must-buy Gobi cashmere clothes, yak socks, marvelous yet colorful Kazakh embroidered handbags and real handmade leather&nbsp;shoes an go on.&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p>

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<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color:#8B4513;">The Beatles Statue in Ulaanbaatar&nbsp;</span></strong></h3>

<p>Who thought there is Beatles Statue erected in Ulaanbaatar ?&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="beatles_statue_ulaanbaatar" src="/uploads/beatles_statue_ulaanbaatar_mongolia.jpg" style="text-align: justify;" /></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, don&#39;t forget to stop by The Beatles Statue located between the State Department Store and the Circus.&nbsp; This neighborhood is surrounded by coffee shops, restaurants, cashmere shops and it is also very popular meeting and relaxing place in summer days when the both locals and foreigners&nbsp;&nbsp;relax by the fountains.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>The golden eagle still inspires,</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>He&#39;s known the whole world wide,</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>A brilliant bird that one admires,</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Regarding each with pride...</strong></span></p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Dignified Eagle Festival- Focus of the World&#39;s attention&nbsp;</span></strong></span></h3>

<p>When the first Golden Eagle Festival&nbsp;was held in 1999, it brought around 70 eagle hunters to compete and gather near Ulgii Town. 20 years later, in a westernmost part of Mongolia has become focus of the world&rsquo;s attention on glorious and dignified Eagle hunting tradition&rsquo;s power to shape the culture.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Charismatic young Eagle hunter Jenisbek from Sagsai village who took 3rd place of coin grabbing competition named as Tenge-Ilu this year.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="eagle_hunters_mongolia" src="/uploads/eagle_hunters_mongolia.JPG" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="eagle_hunters_mongolia" src="/uploads/eagle_hunting_tradition_mongolia.JPG" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<p>141 eagle trainers from 13 soums of Ulgii province competed with their eagle training skills at the 20<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;anniversary of Golden Eagle Festival.</p>

<h3><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>Breathtaking way to the Golden Eagle Festival</strong></span></span></h3>

<p><img alt="eagle_hunters" src="/uploads/eagle_hunters.JPG" /></p>

<p>Eagle hunters are on the way to the festival, it is the one of the amazing moments, seeing, photographing and saying good luck for successful participation.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="eagle_festival_mongolia" src="/uploads/mongolia_eagle_hunters.JPG" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="eagle_huntres_mongolia" src="/uploads/moments_golden_eagle_festival.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

<p style="clear: both">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="clear: both">Saying <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#800000;">Tabis Kutem, Tabis Kutem, Tabis Kutem</span> </span>which means good luck in Kazakh Language.&nbsp;</p>

<h3 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Epic Golden Eagle Festival starts&nbsp;</span></strong></span></h3>

<p>It doesn&rsquo;t take a visitor long to understand how amazing and eye-catching Golden Eagle Festival is.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="clear: both"><img alt="golden eagle festival parade" src="/uploads/golden_eagle_festival_parade.jpg" /></p>

<p style="clear: both">A long waited festival has started with glorified Golden Eagle Hunters&#39; parade.&nbsp;From Kazakh minority people, the languages you hear all around you, jaw-dropping sights and fascinating eagle hunters everywhere, all with unique face and&nbsp;dressed in full traditional costume and regalia.&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Golden Eagle and It&rsquo;s superb hearing</span></strong></span></h3>

<p>At the Calling Eagle on arm competition, the eagle will be released from the top of the mountain and hunter calls his/her trained eagles and must meet up eagle among people down.&nbsp;Majestic eagles hearing her master&rsquo;s voice and locate it from great distance. &nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><strong>He watches from his mountain walls,</strong></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><strong>And like a thunderbolt he falls.</strong></span></span></p>

<p><img alt="eagle_hunting_mongolia" src="/uploads/5da7f9c4-c7ac-4e22-b906-472ca2f1e629-golden_eagle_hunting.jpg" /></p>

<p>It is same as when the eagle hunters out stretchs arm the bird will spot their prey and attack on command in real hunting situation.&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Golden Eagle- &nbsp;Just like an arrow cross the sky</span></strong></span></h3>

<p>Golden Eagles (Aquila Chrysacty) are born for hunting; they have incredible speed, great eye sight and powerful feet with sharp talons.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="golden_eagle_mongolia" src="/uploads/golden_eagle_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>The golden eagle also looks the part with over 2000 tightly packed and feathers keeping it warm so they can live in many different types of climate; from the fringe of the Arctic zone to hot desert and do not migrate.</p>

<h3><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Keeping This Ancient&nbsp;and Breathtaking Tradition Alive</span></strong></span></h3>

<p>The golden eagle festival is not show, it is true challange&nbsp;of the eagle&rsquo;s skill, hunter&rsquo;s concentration and the unbreakable bond which has been forged between the two after many years of both successful and failed hunting and training together.</p>

<p><img alt="eagle_festival_mongolia" src="/uploads/golden_eagle_hunters.JPG" /></p>

<p>You can&rsquo;t find gorgeous and alive Golden Eagle Festival from anywhere from around world except Mongolia where you can eyewitness this&nbsp;amazing way of tradition&nbsp;and cultural heritages.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="hunting with eagle mongolia" src="/uploads/hunting with eagles mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;28 years old eagle hunter Nuraisal Manai whose father also won two times glorious title of champion. This year, he has achieved honored 3<sup>rd</sup> place at the festival by showing his skills on his blood.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="golden_eagle_festival_tours" src="/uploads/golden_eagle_festival_tours.jpg" /></p>

<h3><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">The King Eagle of 20th anniversary of Golden Eagle Festival&nbsp;</span></strong></span></h3>

<p>From around 140 eagles and eagle hunters, the honored King Eagle title went to Arman, 36 years old hunter&rsquo;s eagle from Sagsai village and the second place is for Chaimurat who has already earned 3 times winner.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/uploads/champion_golden_eagle_festival.JPG" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">On the second day of the festival, Kyk-Bar competition, the ancient and interesting events&rsquo; honored winner title goes to Aibol, eagle hunter from Sagsai&nbsp; village, the second place is for Harjaubai and the third place is eagle hunter Janarbek. According to the A.Gilimkhan, governor of the province, it is estimated that this year festival attracted around 2000 tourists from 23 countries in westernmost region of Mongolia with its glorious 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="clear: both">&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Special Thanks to our Dear Cients at The Golden Eagle Festival</span></strong></span></h3>

<p>From well-known professional photographers &amp; video makers to amateur, active travelers, honeymoon couples, business travelers and&nbsp;lovely families with their children spent 2 busy days&nbsp;the eagle festival with us.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="clear: both"><img alt="travel mongolia" src="/uploads/5da836c0-8014-4503-ba01-f613a2f1e629-travel to mongolia.JPG" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="travel mongolia" src="/uploads/5da947fa-98a0-43f1-9c73-4560a2f1e629-trip to mongolia.JPG" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; " /></p>

<p style="clear: both">&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="trip mongolia" src="/uploads/mongolia_trips.JPG" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="trip to mongolia" src="/uploads/trip mongolia.JPG" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

<p style="clear: both">&nbsp;</p>

<p>We would like to express our appreciation to all our local partners, guides, drivers and office team to arrange and make Epic and Unforgettable Golden Eagle Festival 2019 successfully. ​</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia_best_tour_agency" src="/uploads/mongolia_best_tour_agency.JPG" /></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Now we are on the preparation for the next</span><span style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">&nbsp;<strong>Golden Eagle Festival 2020</strong></span><span style="text-align: justify;">. Even you will hear</span><strong style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">&nbsp;SURPRISING NEWS</span></strong><span style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;of Golden Eagle Festival from </span><strong style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Ayan Travel Mongolia</span></strong><span style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;very soooon.&nbsp;</span></p>

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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">When a storm is coming, all other birds seek shelter. </span></span></h4>

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">The eagle alone avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life may your heart be like an eagle&#39;s and soar above.</span></span></h4>

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			'body' => '<p>From ancient times, when the first snowfall arrives in September, the hunters gather for celebrating their successful hunting together and arranging time for learning from each other. This ancient way of gathering named <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/mongolian-eagle-festival-2019-date" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Golden Eagle Festival </span></a>was first organized back in 1999 with only 70 eagle hunters. This year is the 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Golden Eagle Festival in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/best-photo-spots-in-western-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">western Mongolia</span></a>.</p>

<p>With collaboration of the anniversary, We have gathered some world class&nbsp;press and news photos of Golden Eagle festival by <a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Batzaya Chojiljav</span></a>, skilled photographer, active traveler, great supporter and general director at Ayan Travel.</p>

<p>We are very proud of his contribution and desire to advertise Mongolia-especially unique culture of nomads &ndash;awe-inspiring Eagle hunting tradition to the world through his photographs. Now we are&nbsp;inviting&nbsp;you to read and take journey through his globally recognized photos of Golden Eagle Festival in last several years.&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#0099cc;"><span style="font-family:courier new,courier,monospace;">&ldquo;Photography for me is not looking, it&rsquo;s feeling. If you can&rsquo;t feel what you&rsquo;re looking at, then you&rsquo;re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.&rdquo;</span></span></strong></p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Mongolia Golden Eagles spectacularly spread their wings to catch their prey.&nbsp;</span></strong></span></h3>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#000000;">CATERS NEWS AGENCY</span>-&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;October, 2015</em></strong></p>

<p><strong><em>Photo credit by- <a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Batzaya Choijiljav&nbsp;</span></a></em></strong></p>

<p><img alt="eagle_hunting_mongolia" src="/uploads/eagle_hunter_photo_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Mongolia-Golden Eagle Festival- The Pictures of the Day&nbsp;</span></strong></span></h3>
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<p><strong>The Telegraph- <em>November 1, 2018&nbsp;</em></strong></p>

<p><em><strong>Photo credit by-<a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Batzaya Choijiljav&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

<p><img alt="eagle_festival_mongolia" src="/uploads/mongolia_eagle_hnters_festival.jpg" /></p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">ОДИН КАДР: МОНГОЛИЯ</span></strong></span></h3>
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<p><strong>www.vokrugsveta.ru -&nbsp;<em>November 2, 2018&nbsp;</em></strong></p>

<p><em><strong>Photo credit by-<a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Batzaya Choijiljav&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

<p><img alt="golden_eagle_festival_mongolia" src="/uploads/5d81e830-2b7c-4f32-a657-4fa1a2f1e629-golden_eagle_festival_mongolia.JPG" /></p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>Momentos del Festival Aguila de oro En Mongolia&nbsp;</strong></span></span></h3>
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<p><strong>www.taringa.net&nbsp;- <em>October&nbsp;27, 2015&nbsp;</em></strong></p>

<p><em><strong>Photo credit by-<a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Batzaya Choijiljav&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/uploads/eagle_hunting-Mongolia_news.JPG" /></p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">草原金鹰节：雄鹰与猎手的盛会</span></strong></span></h3>
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<p><strong>www.nphoto.net -&nbsp;<em>October&nbsp;27, 2015&nbsp;</em></strong></p>

<p><em><strong>Photo credit by-<a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Batzaya Choijiljav&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

<p><img alt="eagle_hunter_mongolia" src="/uploads/eagle hunter mongolia.JPG" /></p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Die faszinierenden Adler-​​J&auml;ger aus der Mongolei</span></strong></span></h3>
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<p><strong>www.lessentiel.lu&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;<em>2018&nbsp;</em></strong></p>

<p><em><strong>Photo credit by-<a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Batzaya Choijiljav&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><img alt="eagle_hunting_mongolia" src="/uploads/eagle_hunting_mongolia.JPG" /></strong></em></p>

<p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p>

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<h3><strong><span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">알타이 독수리 축제</span></span></strong></h3>
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<p><strong>www.daum.co.kr&nbsp; -&nbsp;<em>2016</em></strong></p>

<p><em><strong>Photo credit by-<a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Batzaya Choijiljav&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

<p><img alt="eagle_festival_mongolia" src="/uploads/mongolia_eagle_hunting_festival copy.jpg" /></p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Golden Eagle Festival-Ancient Culture&nbsp;</span></strong></span></h3>
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<p><strong>CATERS NEWS AGENCY&nbsp;- <em>October,31&nbsp;2018</em></strong></p>

<p><em><strong>Photo credit by-<a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Batzaya Choijiljav&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

<p><img alt="mongolia_eagle_festival" src="/uploads/eagle festival photos on caters news.JPG" /></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">蒙古金鹰节 训鹰人马背上&ldquo;与鹰共舞&rdquo;骁勇壮阔</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong>www.sohu.com - <em>November,&nbsp;2&nbsp;2018</em></strong></p>

<p><em><strong>Photo credit by-<a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Batzaya Choijiljav&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

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<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">ФЕСТИВАЛЬ &laquo;ЗОЛОТОЙ ОРЕЛ&raquo; В МОНГОЛИИ</span></strong></span></h3>
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<p><strong>www.liveinternet.ru-&nbsp;<em>November, 6&nbsp;2015</em></strong></p>

<p><em><strong>Photo credit by-<a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Batzaya Choijiljav&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

<p><img alt="eagle_hunters_festival" src="/uploads/eagle_hunters_festival_mongolia.JPG" /></p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>Hunters at Golden Eagle Festival</strong></span></span></h3>
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<p><strong>THE&nbsp;TIMES -&nbsp;<em>November, 1&nbsp;2018</em></strong></p>

<p><em><strong>Photo credit by-<a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Batzaya Choijiljav&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

<p><em><strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><img alt="hunters_eagle_festival" src="/uploads/hunters_at_eagle_festival.JPG" /></span></strong></em></p>

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<p><img alt="mongolia_eagle_festival" src="/uploads/mongolia_eagle_hunters_festival.JPG" /></p>

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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#0099cc;"><span style="font-family:courier new,courier,monospace;">&ldquo;Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera&rdquo;</span></span></strong></p>

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<p>His breathtaking photos of not only Eagle Hunting Tradition and Culture in westernmost region of Mongolia, but also Mongolian nomadic culture, people, way of life, nature and horses, have been published on globally famous presses, journals and websites as Telegraph, The Times, The Caters News, CBS news, The Guardians, Metro and more than 20 foreign languages.&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>Mongolian Professional Photo Guide and Workshop Instructor&nbsp;</strong></span></span></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Batzaya Choijiljav </span></a>happliy welcomes every adventure seekers and photographers from all over the world to create their&nbsp;own photo adventure in Mongolia, on their&nbsp;own time, at their&nbsp;own pace, and at any fitness level from easy to extreme. Tell us your idea and we&rsquo;ll do the rest. This is what we do as the best photography specialized tour agency in Mongolia.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new,courier,monospace;"><span style="color:#0099cc;">&ldquo;If your pictures aren&rsquo;t good enough you&rsquo;re not close enough.&rdquo;</span></span></strong></p>

<p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p>

<p>Our photography team lead by photographer<a href="https://www.photosmongolia.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;"> Batzaya Choijiljav</span></a> offer you private, guided, instructed photography tours and scheduled photo workshops in Mongolia for those who still want a quality and custom photography experience. You finally get more return on your investment being with us. We will suggest and take you to our brilliant destinations and help you capture the best imagery area has to offer using our experience and expertise.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Let us work with you and arrange everything for your and your teams&rsquo; photography tour to be a creative success.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news?tag=egale-festival" target="_blank"><img alt="eagle_festival_mongolia" src="/uploads/Golden Eagle Festival.jpg" /></a></p>

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			'body' => '<p>At Ayan Travel, during our previous trips, we&nbsp;have met with so many people in different regions and places of my beloved Mongolia during&nbsp;last decade. With luck or fate, we&nbsp;have had always chance to take portraits and photos of beautiful and indigenous women of different ages and different costumes while traveling in Mongolia.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Old, young, emotional, trendy, casual,&nbsp;elegant, spirited, or shy; today we&nbsp;want to show you some of stunning&nbsp;photos of beautiful Mongolian Women.</p>

<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>Smile from your heart; nothing is more beautiful than a woman who is happy to be herself.</strong></span></h3>

<p><img alt="mongolia_woman_photos" src="/uploads/mongolia_woman_photos.JPG" /></p>

<p><em>Young charming Mongolian beauty&nbsp; at<strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/what-to-know-about-naadam-festival-before-you-attend" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;">Mongolian National Costume Festival</span></a><span style="color:#800080;">,</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/9-must-see-places-in-ulaanbaatar-capital-city-of-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"> capital Ulaanbaatar.&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.</span></h3>

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<p><em>Adorable young Kazakh girl in <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/western" target="_blank"><span style="color:#DAA520;">Western Mongolia </span></a></strong>which is globally famous for its <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/mongolian-eagle-festival-2019-date" target="_blank"><span style="color:#DAA520;">Golden Eagle Festival.&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.</span></span></h3>

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<p><em>Gorgeous Mongol female archer at <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/outstanding-photos-of-mongolian-naadam-festival" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Mongolian Naadam Festival.&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">It&#39;s always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth.&nbsp;</span></h3>

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<p><em>Eye-catching Mongolian woman who wears Hunnu style-Mongolian costume.&nbsp;</em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">&nbsp;Good Rider can hear her horse speak to her.&nbsp;</span></h3>

<p><img alt="mongolia_woman_photos" src="/uploads/woman_photo_mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p><em>Trendy Mongolian woman with her horse at <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/why-is-local-horse-festival-worth-the-visit-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#006400;">Local Horse Festival</span></a><span style="color:#006400;"> </span></strong>in Central Mongolia.</em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Dancing with feet is One Thing, but Dancing with Heart is another.&nbsp;</span></h3>

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<p><em>Mongolian Traditional Dancer who performs on amazing stage of green grassland.&nbsp;</em></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Being natural is incredibly empowering for women because it&#39;s just who you are.</span></h3>

<p><img alt="mongolia woman photos" src="/uploads/mongolian_woman_nomadic.jpg" /></p>

<p><em>Attractive Mongolian woman with her yak during <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/yak-festival-in-mongolia-events-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;">Yak Festival in Mongolia.&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

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<p><em>Fashionable Mongolian woman at<strong><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/erdenezuu-monastery" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">Erdene-Zuu monastery, Central Mongolia.&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she knits.</span></h3>

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<p><em>Mongolian ethnicity-Buriad woman who is doing one of <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/mongolian-art-and-crafts" target="_blank"><span style="color:#DAA520;">art in Mongolia-</span></a></strong> needlework and knitting in eastern Mongolia.&nbsp;</em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Dreams don&#39;t WORK&nbsp;unless you DO</span></h3>

<p><img alt="mongolia_woman_photos" src="/uploads/mongolia_eagle_huntress_photos.jpg" /></p>

<p><em>Cute and Brave&nbsp;<strong><span style="background-color:#F0FFF0;">&nbsp;</span></strong><strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/facts-about-aishol-pan-the-eagle-huntress-of-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="background-color:#F0FFF0;">Eagle Huntress-Aisholpan Nurgaiv </span></span></a></strong>in Eagle Festival, Bayan-Ulgii province.&nbsp;</em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Sisterhood is important because we are all, we have to stand on.</span></h3>

<p><img alt="mongolia_woman_photos" src="/uploads/mongolia_woman_photos_winter.jpg" /></p>

<p><em>Mongolian adventure seeker ladies at <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/journey-to-the-ice-festival-on-khovsgol-lake-in-northern-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Ice Festival on Frozen Khovsgol Lake</span></a></strong>, Northern Mongolia.&nbsp;</em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;">A beautiful face will age and a perfect body will change, but a beautiful soul will always be a beautiful soul.&nbsp;</h3>

<p><img alt="mongolia_woman_photos" src="/uploads/mongolia_ethnic-woman_photos.JPG" /></p>

<p><em>One of diverse <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/about-mongolia/mongolian-people-and-nomads#ethnic-diversity" target="_blank"><span style="color:#006400;">ethnicity of Mongols</span></a></strong>- Radiant Mongol woman portrait,<strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/northern" target="_blank"><span style="color:#006400;"> Northern Mongolia.&nbsp;</span></a></strong></em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes because that is the doorway to her heart. &nbsp;</span></h3>

<p><img alt="mongolia_woman_photos" src="/uploads/ethnic_woman_photos_mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p><em>Lovely Mongolian Woman- descendants of<strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/Getting-to-know-Buryat-ethnic-group-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4B0082;"> Buriad miniority of Mongolia.</span></a></strong></em></p>

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty and hospitality to people.</span></h3>

<p><img alt="mongolia_woman_photos" src="/uploads/mongolia_woman_traditional_clothes.JPG" /></p>

<p><em>Mongolian woman who greets with White Khadag- respectful blessings of nomads.&nbsp;</em></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>All women are beautiful, regardless of their looks. You just need to touch their soul with respect and appreciation for their inner beauty and you will be rewarded with joy. The heart is way more important than the package. Women are the God&rsquo;s greatest gift to man and we should cherish and protect them, each and every one.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">As women, They&nbsp;have <strong><span style="color:#4B0082;">super powers</span></strong>. They are<strong><span style="color:#006400;"> sisters</span></strong>. They are<strong><span style="color:#FF0000;"> healers</span></strong>. They are <span style="color:#008080;"><strong>mothers</strong></span>.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">They are <strong><span style="color:#DAA520;">goddess warriors</span></strong>. They are <strong><span style="color:#0000CD;">all descendants of brave Mongol queens.</span></strong></p>

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			'title' => 'The Best Travel Ideas for September in Mongolia',
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			'body' => '<p>As the weather cools and the kids go back to school, the most of travelers sadly mark September as the end of travel season. But Wait, September is amazing shoulder season to travel Mongolia for a number of exotic travel destinations and brilliant ideas.</p>

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<h3><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><strong><span style="color:#008080;">Enjoy Golden View of Gobi Desert&nbsp;</span></strong></span></h3>

<p>Whilst parts of the country are delightful year-round, September is the perfect time for exploring <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/gobi-desert" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Gobi Desert</span></a></strong> in southern Mongolia. Days tend to be warm and sunny, and sunshine and sun down moments with Golden sand under the clear skies might become one of the main reasons why you are in Gobi.</p>

<p><img alt="when to visit mongolia" src="/uploads/when_to_visit_mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>Top Tours -&nbsp; <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/golden-gobi-and-kharkhorin-tour" target="_blank">&nbsp;<span style="color:#008080;">Golden Gobi and Kharkhorin Tour Mongolia</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/legendary-mongolian-gobi-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Legendary Mongolian Gobi Tour&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/gobi-desert-and-orkhon-valley-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Gobi Desert and Orkhon Valley Tour&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/10-reasons-you-must-travel-to-mongolian-gobi-desert" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#008080;">Related News : 10 Reasons You must travel Mongolian Gobi Desert&nbsp;</span></strong></a></p>

<p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><strong><span style="color:#008080;">Discover Off The Beaten Tracks&nbsp;</span></strong></span></h3>

<p>Consider yourself an adventurous traveler? Well, then our Mongolian tours in September offers the ideal opportunity to move away from tourist trial and into the (relatively) unknown and off beaten paths through&nbsp; Mongolia.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Get ready to witness it all &ndash; amazing landscapes, surprisingly natural settings, distinctive nomadic culture, unrivalled local hospitality and more. It&rsquo;ll take week or more days for Mongolian adventure in September to steal your heart.</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia overland tours " src="/uploads/mongolia_overland_tours.JPG" /></p>

<p>Top Tours-&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/mongolia-overland-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Mongolia Overland Tour&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/a-true-nomadic-adventure-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">True Nomadic Adventure Tour</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/untouched-beauty-of-mongolia-grand-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Untouched Beauty of Mongolia-Grand Tour&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#008080;">Related News : </span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/10-reasons-you-need-to-take-an-adventure" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">10 Reasons You need to take adventure&nbsp;</span></a></strong></p>

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<h3><strong><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Hear the Whisper of Heaven&nbsp;</span></span></strong></h3>

<p>While in your travel in September in Mongolia, you&rsquo;ll able to trek mountain ranges and endless steppes so remote and so rarely visited that you&rsquo;ll feel alone in the world. Tying it all together with great weather that will surprise you and sometimes wonder you by its natural consequences.</p>

<p><strong><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><img alt="mongolia_september=trips" src="/uploads/mongolia_travel_destination.jpg" /></span></span></strong></p>

<p>&nbsp;Top Tours-&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/trekking-in-khovd-province-tsambagarav-mountain-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Trekking in Khovd Province-Tsambagarav Mountain Tour</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/pioneering-in-khuvsgul-taiga-wilderness-trekking-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Pioneering in Khovsgol Taiga Wilderness Trekking tour</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/trekking-through-orkhon-valley-suvarga-khairkhan-mountain-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Trekking through Orkhon Valley and Suvarga Khairkhan Mounatin Tour</span></a></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#008080;">Related News&nbsp;: My Travel Dairy-Trekking in Northern Mongolia</span></strong></p>

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<h3><strong><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">In love with Nature&nbsp;</span></span></strong></h3>

<p>September in Mongolia&nbsp;is a popular birding season because of migration, cooler temperatures and beautiful foliage that all add even more excitement to birding.&nbsp;Fall birds still need food, water and shelter, and finding habitats and birding hotspots that offer those features in abundance throughout the season will guarantee a great Mongolian birding experience.</p>

<p><strong><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><img alt="mongolia_september_trips" src="/uploads/birding_mongolia_september.JPG" /></span></span></strong></p>

<p>Top Tours-&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/bird-watching-in-the-western-provinces-mongolia-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Bird Watching in Western&nbsp;Provinces of Mongolia Tour&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/4-day-photo-tour-in-mongolia-ayan-travel" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">4 day Photography Tour</span></a></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>&nbsp;Related News : </strong></span><strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/10-magnificent-bird-photos-that-prove-mongolia-is-brilliant-birding-destination-birds-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">10 Magnificent Bird Photos that prove Why Mongolia is Brilliant Birding Destination&nbsp;</span></a></strong></p>

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<h3><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><strong>Get a Final Boost of D Vitamins&nbsp;</strong></span></span></h3>

<p>If you&rsquo;re craving a late summer sun, then look no further than Elsen Tasarkhai sand dune and Orkhon Valley in Central Mongolia. With temperatures averaging a balmy 15&deg;C (60&deg;F) and 8-9 hours of sunshine on golden sand to be enjoyed each day &ndash; you&rsquo;re onto a winner.</p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><strong><img alt="mongolis_september" src="/uploads/visit_mongolia_september.JPG" /></strong></span></span></p>

<p>Top Tours-&nbsp; <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/cultural-short-tour-with-kharkhorin-erdene-zuu-monastery" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Cultural Short Tour with Kharkhorin Erdene-zuu Monastery</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/4-day-photo-tour-in-mongolia-ayan-travel" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">4 Day Photography Tour</span></a></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#008080;">Related News : 4 Day Mongolia Photography Tour by Ayan Travel&nbsp;</span></strong></p>

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<h3><strong><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Celebrate Brilliant Honeymoon Vacation&nbsp;</span></span></strong></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">The one of the most unique tailor-made travel experiences in Mongolia is planning and offering the perfect honeymoon vacation. Amazingly, for last several years, numbers of clients with wedding photoshoot, family trips &ndash;even with little kids and honeymoon escapes to Mongolia are unbelievably increasing.&nbsp; We recommend couples and families to think first and foremost about what they want to get out of this experience to really reflect and look at the emotional side of an experience before picking travel destination in Mongolia.</p>

<p><strong><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><img alt="september_mongolia" src="/uploads/september_highlight_mongolia.JPG" /></span></span></strong></p>

<p>Top Tours-&nbsp; <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/joyful-adventure-in-khangai-region-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Joyful Adventure in Khangai Regions Tour</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/living-a-nomad-life-in-orkhon-valley-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Living Nomad Life in Orkhon Valley&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#008080;">Related News : </span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/our-mongolia-travel-experience-and-lifetime-memories" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Our Mongolia Travel Memories and&nbsp;Lifetime Experience&nbsp;</span></a></strong></p>

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<h3><strong><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Feel Beautiful Color of Autumn&nbsp;</span></span></strong></h3>

<p>Autumn is a wonderful time to travel in Mongolia, no matter what your destination may be. The air is crisp, the landscapes dramatic and weather at its most pleasant- not very hot nor cold. If you are photographer, autumn colors and natural settings in September in Mongolia will be brilliant chance to capture its beauties.</p>

<h3><img alt="mongolia_autumn" src="/uploads/september_mongolia.JPG" /></h3>

<p>Top Tours-&nbsp; <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tours/mongolia-special-interest-tours" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Mongolia Special Interest Tours</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/classic-mongolia-photography-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Classic Mongolia Photography Tour</span></a></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/10-beautiful-photos-of-autumn-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Related News : 10+ Beautiful Photos of Autumn in Mongolia</strong></span></a></p>

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<h3><strong><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Camping Under The Stars&nbsp;</span></span></strong></h3>

<p>Mongolia should top your must-see list- with eternal blue sky during day and fascinating stars at night sky, if you are fall in love with seeing stars. You will be able to see thousands of stars with just your naked eye and see those stars much nearer to you while camping in Mongolia.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="camping_mongolia-september" src="/uploads/september_night_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>Top Tours-&nbsp; <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/mongolian-blue-trail-to-spiritual-shaman-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Mongolian Blue Trail to Spritual Shaman Tour</span></a></p>

<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/eagle-hunting-festival-and-golden-gobi-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Eagle&nbsp;Hunting Festival and Golden Gobi Tour&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Related News : </strong></span><strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/my-epic-journey-to-taiga-mountains-of-northern-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">My Epic Journey to Taiga Mountains of Northern Mongolia&nbsp;</span></a></strong></p>

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<h3><strong><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Eye-witness Spectacular Wildlife</span></span></strong></h3>

<p>Mongolia is home to the iconic wild animals including, 136 species of mammal, more than 400 species of birds, 76 species of fish, 8 types amphibians and 22 reptiles. Endangered mammals are the Gobi bear, Mongolian Argali sheep, ibex, snow leopards, wolves, antelopes, wild horses, gazelles.</p>

<p>September is the perfect time to observe and take shots of these&nbsp;wild creatures in Altai Mountains, Gobi Desert and <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/national-parks-of-mongolia/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Mongolian national parks</span></a></strong> with guided wildlife tours.</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia-wildlife" src="/uploads/wildlife_mongolia_september.JPG" /></p>

<p>Top Tours- <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/short-trip-to-gun-galuut-nature-reserve" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Short Trip to Gun Galuut Nature Reserve&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<p><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/4-day-wildlife-photo-tour-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008080;">Wildlife Photo Tour Mongolia</span></a></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><strong style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080;">Related News :&nbsp;</span><span style="color:#008080;"><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/the-best-travel-ideas-for-september-in-mongolia" target="_blank">Wildlife Photography-Discover Mongolia&#39;s wild sides</a></span></strong></p>

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<h3><span style="color:#008080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><strong>Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival in Mongolia</strong></span></span></h3>

<p>Sagsai Golden Eagle Festival is held annually in western Mongolia and is a 2-day festival that annually runs 17 -18th of September, co-organized by eagle hunters, local officials, and Mongolian tour operator company Ayan Travel. The festival covers with Kazakh cultural activities, eagle hunting competitions, meeting ups with famous eagle hunters, special photographic workshops in majestic Altai Mountain ranges at the pleasant time of the year.&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/why-you-should-visit-sagsai-golden-eagle-festival-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><strong><span style="color:#008080;"><img alt="sagsai festival in west mongolia" src="/uploads/Sagsai-Golden-Eagle-Festival-Tour-Mongolia-By-Ayan-Travel.jpg" /></span></strong></span></a></p>

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			'body' => '<p>Are you a bird watcher or bird photographer? Are you thinking for new birds to watch and photograph in Mongolia, but don&rsquo;t have time to &quot;prepare&quot; the locations and the birds for yourself?</p>

<p>We are Ayan Travel Mongolia can offer you Brilliant Birding Trip in Mongolia with our bird and photography specialized guides, experienced drivers and well-organized birding tour itinerary that work perfect with your desire and dream.</p>

<h3><span style="color:#006400;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Birding in Mongolia&nbsp;</span></span></h3>

<p>Of the 9,700 catalogued species of birds in the world, approximately around 510 are in Mongolia and the numbers are increasing one by one. These numbers may sound not big, but rare species and only found in Mongolia ones make the country one of the most privileged spots for birding trip. Hope you enjoy 10 magnificent bird photos by photographer Batzaya Choijiljav during his previous birding trips within last 2&nbsp;months.&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><span style="color:#006400;">1. Birds Mongolia- </span><span style="color:#8B4513;">Mongolian Lark&nbsp;</span></span></h3>

<p>Melanocorypha mongolica is&nbsp;&nbsp;species of&nbsp;&nbsp;lark in the family Alaudidea&nbsp;found from southern Russia and Mongolia to central China. It is small bird,&nbsp;18&ndash;22 cm long; weighting male 54&ndash;65 g, female 45&ndash;54 g. Rather large, quite large-billed, fairly long-winged lark with distinctive pattern.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia birding tours " src="/uploads/Mongolian Lark - Birding Mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>Photos taken during Birding Trip in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destinations/gun-galuut-nature-reserve" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Gun Galuut Nature Reserve</span></a>, July 2019.&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#006400;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">2. Birds Mongolia- </span></span><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">White-Naped Crane&nbsp;</span></span></h3>

<p>&nbsp;There are 15 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Mongolia. The white-naped crane (Antigone vipio) is a bird of the crane family. It is a large bird, 112&ndash;125 cm (44&ndash;49 in) long, approximately 130 cm (4.3 ft) tall and weighing about 5.6 kg (12 lb) with pinkish legs, grey and white striped neck, and a red face patch. The&nbsp;white-naped crane is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="birding tour mongolia " src="/uploads/White-Naped Crane - Mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>Photo taken during Birding Trip in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destinations/gun-galuut-nature-reserve" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Gun-Galuut Nature Reserve</span></a>,July 2019&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><span style="color:#006400;">3. Birds Mongolia- </span><span style="color:#8B4513;">Three-Toed Woodpecker</span></span></h3>

<p>The three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) is a medium-sized woodpecker and approximately 21.5&ndash;24 cm (8.5&ndash;9.4 in) in length. It is black on the head, wings and rump, and white from the throat to the belly; the flanks are white with black bars.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia bird watching tours " src="/uploads/Three Toed Woodpecker - Birding Mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>Photo taken during birding trip in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/provinces/arkhangai" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Arkhangai province</span></a>, Aug 2019</p>

<h3><span style="color:#006400;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">4. Birds Mongolia-&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)</span></span></h3>

<p>The citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) is a small songbird in the family Motacillidae. It is a slender, 15.5&ndash;17 cm long bird, with the long, constantly wagging tail characteristic of the genus Motacilla.</p>

<p><img alt="bird photography tours mongolia" src="/uploads/Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola) - Birding Mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>Photos taken during birding trip in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/untouched-beauty-of-mongolia-grand-tour/?layout=print" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Uureg Lake</span></a>, July 2019.</p>

<h3><span style="color:#006400;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">5. Birds Mongolia- </span></span><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Grey Heron&nbsp;</span></span></h3>

<p>The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. &nbsp;As a bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds and marshes in Mongolia.</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia birding tours" src="/uploads/Grey Heron-Birding Mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>Photo taken during birding trip in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/ugii-lake" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Ugii Lake</span></a>, central Mongolia,Aug.2019</p>

<h3><span style="color:#006400;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">6. Birds Mongolia- </span></span><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Black Stork</span></span></h3>

<p>The black stork is a large bird, measuring between 95 and 100 cm (37 and 39 in) in length with a 145-to-155 cm (57-to-61 in) wingspan,[13] and weighing around 3 kg (6.6 lb).[14] Standing as tall as 102 cm (40 in),[15] it has long red legs, a long neck and a long, straight, pointed red beak.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="birds watching mongolia" src="/uploads/black stork-Birding Mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>Photo taken druing birding trip in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/central" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">central Mongolia.&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<h3><span style="color:#006400;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">7. Birds Mongolia- </span></span><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Mandarin Duck&nbsp;</span></span></h3>

<p>The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species native to East Asia. This colorful bird is medium-sized, at 41&ndash;49 cm (16&ndash;19 in) long with a 65&ndash;75 cm (26&ndash;30 in) wingspan.</p>

<p><img alt="bird mongolia" src="/uploads/Mandarin duck-Birding Mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>Photo taken during birding trip in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination_info/Gorkhi-Terelj-national-park" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Terelj National Park</span></a>, June 2019.</p>

<h3><span style="color:#006400;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">8. Birds Mongolia-&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Cinereous Vulture&nbsp;</span></span></h3>

<p>The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is a large raptorial bird also known as the black vulture, monk vulture, or Eurasian black vulture. It is one of the two largest Old World vultures, attaining a maximum size of 14 kg, (roughly 30 lbs), 1.2 m long (almost 4 ft) and 3.1 m (a bit over 10 ft) across the wings.</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia bird watching tours " src="/uploads/Cinereous Vulture - Birding Mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>Photo taken during birding trip near <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/photos-of-the-most-beautiful-lakes-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Ugii lake</span></a>, Aug 2019</p>

<h3><span style="color:#006400;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">9. Birds Mongolia- </span></span><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Greylag Goose&nbsp;</span></span></h3>

<p>The greylag goose (Anser anser) is a species of large goose in the waterfowl family Anatidae and the type species of the genus Anser. It measures between 74 and 91 centimetres (29 and 36 in) in length, with an average weight of 3.3 kilograms. They are often found grazing in pastures with sheep, cow and horses near the wetlands.</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia birding tours " src="/uploads/Greylag goose- Birding Mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>Photo taken during birding trip in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/ugii-lake" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Ugii Lake</span></a>, Aug 2019</p>

<h3><span style="color:#006400;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">10. Birds Mongolia- </span></span><span style="color:#8B4513;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Steppe Eagle&nbsp;</span></span></h3>

<p style="text-align: justify;">The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is belongs to the family Accipitridae. It is about 62&ndash;81 cm (24&ndash;32 in) in length and has a wingspan of 1.65&ndash;2.15 m (5.4&ndash;7.1 ft). Females, weighing 2.3&ndash;4.9 kg (5.1&ndash;10.8 lb), are slightly larger than males, at 2&ndash;3.5 kg (4.4&ndash;7.7 lb).&nbsp;Steppe Eagle is evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia birding " src="/uploads/Steppe Eagle - Birding Mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>Photo taken during birding trip <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/birds-in-hustai-national-park-of-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Hustai National Park</span></a><span style="color:#800000;">.&nbsp;</span></p>

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<h3><span style="color:#006400;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Bird watching and Bird Photographing in Mongolia&nbsp;</span></span></h3>

<p>Do you want to know about practicing bird-watching in Mongolia?</p>

<p>If, Yes, it is full of adventure and fun! You will be granted with the thrill of seeing a new species or witnessing something extremely curious.</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia birding tours" src="/uploads/bird watching tour mongolia.JPG" style="float: left; max-width: 48%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="mongolia birding " src="/uploads/mongolia bird watching.JPG" style="float: left; max-width: 48%; " /></p>

<p style="clear: both"><em>Our client during his birding trip in Mongolia with our bird guide Enkhbat.&nbsp;</em></p>

<p>Bird watching in MONGOLIA is challenging and worth-taking since you have to discover various natural settings as mountain regions to gobi desert, wetlands and endless steppes. You can observe how birds in Mongolia&nbsp;live, how they feed, fight, date...in these various natural environment. &nbsp;It is also possible to take fantastic photos, after all, birds are beautiful and very photogenic!</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia birding tours " src="/uploads/mongolia birding tours.jpg" /></p>

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<p>Are you willing to trust in experienced Mongolia birding trip agency&nbsp;who can prepare everything for you, who can take you to the right places, at the right time of the year, so that the only thing you have to do is apply your photography skills to get some excellent shots and bird watching binoculars. &nbsp;</p>

<p>We are inviting you to travel and watch beautiful birds of Mongolia and the diversity of nature in different regions of Mongolia with <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/company-profile" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Ayan Travel</span></a>.&nbsp;</p>

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			'body' => '<p>Mongolian ancient hunting sport- falconry is the traditional activity of keeping and training falcons to take quarry in its natural state, and has been practiced for more than 4000 years.</p>

<p>To re-awaken and promote this fascinating aspect of traditional Mongolian hunting culture, the first ever falcon related festival entitled- Khuraldai Naadam were successfully held &nbsp;at Chinggis Khaan Khuree Camp, 25 km from the Ulaanbaatar, on 17 Aug 2019. Take a look Khuraldai festival photos by Munkhjargal Myagmardorj during <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/popular-weekend-trips-around-ulaanbaatar" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">our short tour around Ulaanbaatar</span></a> and quick&nbsp;news about what went around there.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="festival mongolia" src="/uploads/khuraldai festival mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p><img alt="mongolia falconry festival " src="/uploads/hawk festival mongolia.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;">During the festival, there were wide range of amazing activities held including parade of horse archers and bird trainers with taiga dogs, cultural performances, competitions among falcon trainers and horseback archery, race of taiga dogs, breaking an animal backbone with bare hands and as well as night events as &nbsp;fireworks, circus performances and traditional Mongolian dancing-Toiron bujig.</p>

<h3><strong><span style="color:#006400;">Falcon training in Mongolia&nbsp;</span></strong></h3>

<p>There is no doubt, falconry probably evolved in the steppes of Mongolia and Asia, and spread via cultural and trade links to other countries, first to Europe, North Africa and East Asia and later in the 16th century to the rest of the world.</p>

<p><strong><span style="color:#006400;"><img alt="hawk mongolia" src="/uploads/hawk mongolia.jpg" /></span></strong></p>

<p>Falconry is an important cultural symbol of Mongolia and&nbsp;Falcon is reclaimed as National Bird on&nbsp;Nov 2012 by the government, making Mongolia the 88<sup>th</sup> country in the world that has national bird.</p>

<p><img alt="falcon training mongolia " src="/uploads/hunting with hawk mongolia.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="falcon training mongolia " src="/uploads/falconry mongolia.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<p>Nowadays falconry is practiced by people of all ages, men and women, amateurs and professionals in local communities in more than sixty countries including Mongolia.</p>

<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#006400;">Falconry in Mongolia- UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage</span></strong></h3>

<p>Falconry was added to the lists of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage on 16th November 2010 and also inscribed on Intangible Cultural heritages of humanity on 1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;December 2016.</p>

<p><img alt="unesco heritages in mongolia" src="/uploads/unesco heritages in mongolia.png" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;Mongolia is the one of the those 18 countries where there has its own set of culturally-shaped traditions and ethics; while falconers come from different backgrounds, they share universal values, traditions and practices.</p>

<h3><span style="color:#006400;"><strong>Falconry history in Mongolia&nbsp;</strong></span></h3>

<p><img alt="falconry history mongolia" src="/uploads/falconry history mongolia.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 50%; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>

<p><span style="text-align: justify;">Marco Polo stated- during the Khublai Khan period when falconry flourished in Asia, Kublai Khan left Cambaluc (Beijing) each March and travelled north east to go hunting accompanied by some 10,000 falconers and bird catchers as well as his soldiers, office bearer, bodyguards etc. numbering many thousands more.</span></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Mongolian falconers have been developing a strong relationship and spiritual bond with their birds; commitment is required to breed, train, handle and fly falcons.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">The gift of falcons has also been used in diplomacy throughout history and widely used in postage stamps, money, and coats of arms.</p>

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<h3><strong><span style="color:#006400;">Horseback Archery Competition&nbsp;</span></strong></h3>

<p>The most attractive and awe-inspiring event was legendary Mongolian&nbsp;horseback archery. More than 40 participants from Mongolia, Canada and Japan had competed in categories of single shot, five arrow hitting the target in row and bamboo arrow.</p>

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<p>In competition, horseback archers divided into 5 member shooting groups and each archer shot two arrows in the categories. Archer with best scored out of all categories had won the grand prize. The honored 1<sup>st</sup> place went to N.Altankhuyag, head of Namnaa club, 2<sup>nd</sup> place S.Tushigbat and the 3<sup>rd</sup> place E.Erdenebat.</p>

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<p>Khuraldai Falconry festival had exceeded the expectations of both participants and festival goers making wonderful cultural and historcial experience of Mongolia within one day. The festival organizers as&nbsp;Mongolian Ethnosport Federation and Chingis Khaanii Khuree Tourist complex had done&nbsp;great job together in history of Mongolian tourism and amazing contribution to re- awaken wonderful aspects of ancient Mongols to next generations&nbsp;and planned to organize the festival as Annual Event.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>For all the riders out there who want a fun challenge and excitement for a lifetime or photographers who wants direct witness of this amazing Mongol Horseback archery come join the <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/living-arrow-of-mongolian-horseback-archery" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">SPIRIT- Mongolian Horseback Archery Open Tournament</span></a> and eyewitness our ANCIENT SPORT that changed the world.</p>

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			'body' => '<p><strong>Yak</strong>&nbsp;(<em>Bos grunniens)</em>, long-haired and short legged ox-like mammal, in Mongolia lives predominantly in high mountainous areas of Mongolia: in the high Altai Mountain range, the Khangai Mountain range and the Kharkhiraa and Khuvsgul mountains. There are 14.2 million yaks in the world and Mongolia has the second highest yak population in the world after China.</p>

<p>This domesticated wild animal has celebrated on Mongol yak festival at the beautiful <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destinations/taikhar-rock" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Taikhar</span></a> Steppe in Erdenetolgoi bag of Ikhtamir soum in <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/provinces/arkhangai" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Arkhangai province&nbsp;</span></a>on 17-18 August 2019. We are very happy to&nbsp;invite you explore one of the interesting nomadic events in Mongolia- Yak Festival&nbsp; through&nbsp; breathtaking and on location photographs by Mongolian leading travel photographer Batzaya Choijiljav during <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destinations/central-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">our&nbsp;tours in Central Mongolia.&nbsp;</span></a></p>

<p><img alt="yak festival mongolia" src="/uploads/yak_festival_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p><em>Dust swirling, horns swinging....&nbsp;</em></p>

<p><em><img alt="yak events mongolia" src="/uploads/yak_mongolia_events.jpg" /></em></p>

<p><em>Some interesting archeological findings have proved that Mongolians have been breeding yaks since 2500 years ago.</em></p>

<h3><strong>Mongol Yak Festival&nbsp;</strong></h3>

<p>During the festival, yak-related activities include yak parade, the best decorated yak, the best yak bull, yak milking contest, yak wool clothing fashion show and local cultural performances as well as the main and last event, a yak race across the Taikhar Steppe.</p>

<p><img alt="yak festival mongolia " src="/uploads/mongol_yak-events.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="mongolia yak festival " src="/uploads/yak_events_mongolia.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<p>This is the third time Mongol Yak festival organized&nbsp;in Arkhangai province since 2015.</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia yak festival" src="/uploads/mongolia_yak_events.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="yak events mongolia" src="/uploads/mongolian_yak.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%; " /></p>

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<p>Mongolian Yak down is similar in softness to cashmere and considered 10-15% warmer than sheep wool.</p>

<h3><strong>Mongolian Yak Lassoing Competition&nbsp;</strong></h3>

<p>During the competition -yak lassoing, some men on horses are scaring the yaks into running, while other two men on the ground are lassoing the yaks.</p>

<p><img alt="yak lassoing mongolia" src="/uploads/yak lassoing mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p><img alt="yak lassoing mongolia" src="/uploads/yak_lassoing_mongolia.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="yak lassoing events mongolia" src="/uploads/yak_lassoing_events_mongolia.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%; " /></p>

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<p>Once the contestant lassoes a yak, he has to ride on and train the yak. It is the most interesting and thrilling part seeing both actions that brave Mongolian men trying to balance on and how wild and angry yaks tempting.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="yak riding mongolia" src="/uploads/yak_taming_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p><img alt="mongolia yak taming " src="/uploads/yak_riding_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>Some men are simply dragged through the ground and it adds joy to the audience.&nbsp;</p>

<h3><strong>Mongolian Yak Milking Competition&nbsp;</strong></h3>

<p>The Yak make an important contribution to the supply of milk and milk products in nomadic herder&rsquo;s life. Yak milk has a higher nutrient density and butterfat than domestic cow milk. The main milk production period is from June to October and their highest daily milk yield in July because of the good grazing available then.</p>

<p><img alt="yak milking mongolia " src="/uploads/yak milking mongolia.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="yak milk mongolia" src="/uploads/mongolia yak milk.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<p style="clear: both">Yak milking competition is great chance to see and know how Mongol woman milk the yak in their daily life. Traditionally, Mongolians make butter and cream, cheese and yoghurt of yak milk. In addition, in Khangai regions, you can taste distilled yak milk&rsquo;s vodka called as Nermel.</p>

<h3 style="clear: both;"><strong>The Best decorated Yak&nbsp;</strong></h3>

<p>Khangai Yaks in Arkhangai , Uvurkhangai, Bayankhongor and Khuvsgul are suitable for transport, meat and milk. One of the eye-catching contests was the best decorated yak, especially made for only festival.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia yak festivals " src="/uploads/mongolia_yak_festival.jpg" /></p>

<p><img alt="yak events mongolia" src="/uploads/yak_parade_mongolia.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="mongolia yak festival" src="/uploads/5d5b88a2-69ec-4498-86c6-437aa2f1e629-mongolia_yak_festival.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<p>Mongolian yak colors are predominantly black or black and white. The majority has long, well-developed horns. The body is long and covered with thick hair.</p>

<h3 style="clear: both;"><strong>Yak Race in Mongolia</strong></h3>

<p>The last yak-centered event of the festival is the yak race. It&#39;s great fun to watch yaks arriving at the finish line and they were very speedy than&nbsp;you are imagining.</p>

<p><img alt="yak race mongolia" src="/uploads/yak race mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p><img alt="yak racing mongolia" src="/uploads/yak_racing_vents_mongolia.jpg" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="mongolia yak race " src="/uploads/mongolia_yak_race.jpg" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

<p style="clear: both">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="clear: both">Herder&nbsp;from&nbsp;Erdenetolgoi bag, Ikh Tamir soum, Arkhangai province, Bat-ochirs&#39;s 6&nbsp;years old yak has won the race and the winner yak also had experience of 3rd place in 2017 Yak festival race.&nbsp;</p>

<h3 style="clear: both;"><strong>Yak riding in Mongolia&nbsp;</strong></h3>

<p style="clear: both">Mongolia has around 640 thousand yaks in 132 soums of 13 provinces throughout the country. it is possible to have yak riding tours while your travel&nbsp;in Mongolia, especially in<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/travel-destination/mongolia-top-destinations" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;"> top travel destinations </span></a>as Arkhangai, Khovsgol,Uvurkhangai,&nbsp;Zavkhan and Bayankhongor provinces.</p>

<p style="clear: both"><img alt="yak riding in mongolia" src="/uploads/yak_mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p style="clear: both"><img alt="mongolia yak " src="/uploads/mongolia_yak.jpg" /></p>

<p>The paleontological findings related to yak origin, found until now, are 30-40 thousand years ahead , according to Mongolian historian G.Sukhbaatar &ndash;he has noted that Khunnu state had 6 types of livestock one of which was a yak.</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia riding tours " src="/uploads/5d5b9bdd-7658-4c1b-b9cb-4c68a2f1e629-mongolia riding tours.jpg" /></p>

<p>Mongol nomads have gained a long time and unique tradition of herding yaks while Yak arrives in USA via Canada in the early 1900&#39;s. Same as ancient time, Yak in Mongolia are still used for packing, riding, milk, meat, clothing, tools, and accessories. These animals serve a very specific purpose in regions of Mongolian vast grasslands. Yak festivals in Mongolia is great opportunity to celebrate unique heritages of yak herding culture and tradition to both local people&nbsp;and foreign tourists.&nbsp;</p>

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			'body' => '<p>Mongolian Eagle Hunter&rsquo;s tradition is more than thousands years old which earliest archeological discoveries of eagle hunting back to 3-4 century B.C.</p>

<p>Later around 1270 AD Marco Polo described about -central Asian nomads hunted on horseback with hawks, falcons and eagles during his journey.</p>

<p>However Eagle Hunting is disappeared from many places as it was commonly practiced and now one of few places in the world eagle hunting is kept alive as way of making living is Kazakh dominated area of westernmost Mongolia, <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/provinces/bayan-ulgii" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;">Bayan-Ulgii province </span></a></strong>which is two times bigger than El Salvador.</p>

<p><img alt="golden eagle mongolia " src="/uploads/mongolia golden eagle.JPG" style="float: left; max-width: 49%; margin-right: 10px;" /><img alt="eagle mongolia " src="/uploads/5d391f62-0e20-42b0-8f46-48bba2f1e629-golden eagle mongolia.JPG" style="float: right; max-width: 49%;" /></p>

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<p>Called as <em>Berkutchi</em> in Kazakh language &ndash;Eagle hunters inherited their unique tradition from their ancestors of Mongol and Turkic nomads while practicing it and emerging as ethnic group.</p>

<p>As spotted on my camera lens after 5 years of the <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/golden-eagle-festival-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;">Golden Eagle festival</span></a><span style="color:#800080;"> </span></strong>experience , I am so happy that Kazakh kids and youths once again think- it is essential part of their nomadic ancestry and proud of it and keep their rare tradition going. It is not sport or something whoever wants to become like them, it is in their blood.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800080;">Finding &lsquo;The Youngest Huntress&rsquo; through my camera lens</span></h3>

<p>I photographed- 5 years old girl named Aimoldir Dailbek who practices with Hawk not Eagle which is considered very suitable for children and maybe few years later she will hunt with her own eagle. &nbsp;Hunting with hawks and eagle has so many similarities.</p>

<p><img alt="eagle huntress mongolia " src="/uploads/young eagle huntress mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>She is considered the youngest huntress in the festival who broke the ages of huntress history.</p>

<p><img alt="eagle festival mongolia " src="/uploads/5d3924f2-e660-41d2-a63f-47eda2f1e629-eagle festival mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>Regardless of her young age, she decided to inherit her father&rsquo;s hunting tradition, started learning to communicate her hawk, put risk of danger against her and even handling heavy hawks on her little arm.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800080;">New young Eagle Huntress</span></h3>

<p>Another young girl, <em>Burkitshi</em>, attended in the festival was Zamanbol, daughter of Tolap from Sagsai soum.</p>

<p><img alt="eagle huntress mongolia " src="/uploads/5d392303-c698-49d0-8fc4-4140a2f1e629-eagle huntress mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>I believe -Hollywood movie star-<strong> <a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/facts-about-aishol-pan-the-eagle-huntress-of-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;">Mongolian Young Eagle Huntress Aisholpan Nurgaiv</span></a></strong> had inspired many young Mongolian Kazakh girls to inherit this wonderful cultural legacy.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800080;">Taking my attention to twin Eagle Hunters </span></h3>

<p>With richly embroided overcoat called as <em>Chapan,</em> these two young Eagle Hunters attracted my camera on to them. I thought them as twins, but they are cousins who are proud of their <em>Berkutchi</em>, fathers, Khantai and Khanas from Ulaan-Us soum and keep their family and ancestor&rsquo;s tradition going.</p>

<p><img alt="eagle hunters mongolia " src="/uploads/young eagle hunters mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>They work well on horseback with their Eagles and achieved awesome skills of horsemanship.</p>

<p><img alt="eagle hunting " src="/uploads/eagle hunting.JPG" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800080;">Charismatic Young Eagle Hunter </span></h3>

<p>Young Eagle Hunter-Baglan Khandai who wears fox fur coat and hat and carries his Eagle on special device named <em>Baldak.</em>&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="goldean eagle training mongolia " src="/uploads/golden eagle training mongolia.jpg" /></p>

<p>As most of the hunting happens during winter time, overcoming coldness and extreme nature conditions from young ages with their Eagles makes their relationship much closer as family and creates skilled pair together to have higher possibilities of successful hunting.</p>

<p><img alt="eagle hunter " src="/uploads/kazakh young eagle hunter.jpg" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800080;">Aisholpan Nurgaiv- Mongolian Eagle Huntress</span></h3>

<p>She is the first girl Eagle Hunter who competed in Golden Eagle festival and achieved honor of Champion. Her achievement as only 13 years old girl against skilled and experienced hunters was really impressive.</p>

<p><img alt="aisholpan mongolia " src="/uploads/5d39285a-ae44-408b-9292-42c9a2f1e629-aisholpan eagle huntress mongolia.JPG" /></p>

<p>Her desire is to simply become doctor. Many of the sources say that she received several scholarships from well-known universities; however she is going to study in Kazakhstan. Moreover, she explains that she never gives up her Eagle hunting tradition.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia golden eagle huntress " src="/uploads/mongolia golden eagle huntress.JPG" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800080;">Oirat Mongol Princess- Eagle Huntress in the earliest of 1900&rsquo;s </span></h3>

<p>She was daughter of Prince Palta who was governor of nowadays <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/10-reasons-to-visit-mongolian-altai-mountains" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;">Mongolian Altai mountain</span></a> </strong>regions&nbsp; of Bayan-Ulgii province during 1908-1917. She educated in the west, lived mostly in Paris and spoke languages of the West which made her legendary female figure on the steppes of Mongol.</p>

<p>She said to the National Geographic Magazine- We Mongols are emancipated &ndash;A good horse and wide plain under the God&rsquo;s heaven, that&rsquo;s our desire and we all knew it.</p>

<p>She is true example of female Mongolian brave Eagle Huntress in the beginning of 19<sup>th</sup> century.</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia eagle huntress nirgidmaa " src="/uploads/mongolia eagle huntress nirgidmaa.JPG" /></p>

<p><em>Princess Nirgidmaa Torgutska with her hooded Hunting Eagle in National Geographic Magazine of November 1932</em></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800080;">Mummified Eagle Huntress</span></h3>

<p><img alt="eagle huntress facts " src="/uploads/eagle huntress mummy.png" style="float: left;" />The discovery of the Tarim mummies witnessed Kazakh Eagle Huntress&rsquo; proof back to 3-4 BC. Modern DNA and ancient DNA show that people of Xinjiang are mixture of Uighur Mongols, Kazakh Mongols and people of Central Asia.</p>

<p>The cemetery contained 29 mummies, 21 of which were Mongols and rest of which are the same Caucasian physical type. One of them is mummified Eagle Huntress which wore same outfit which modern Kazakh Eagle Hunters do. Oirat Mongol Dzungar&rsquo;s Khanate was located around nowadays Tarim basins region.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>Mummified Eagle Huntress dressed in thick sheepskin coat and on her left hand and forearm she wears large eagle hunting mitt. This is now displayed on Urumqi Museum (Xianjang, China) photo and sketch courtesy of Victor Mair</em></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800080;">The 20th Anniversary of Golden Eagle Festival&nbsp;</span></h3>

<p>Just like as in ancient times, eagle hunting was always open to youth especially young girls, same as they could involve in horse racing, archery and fighting on war. This year is important year for Young Eagle hunters and&nbsp;Huntress&#39; for challenge, show and prove their skills among experienced hunters at <strong><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/golden-eagle-festival-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;">20th Anniversary of Golden Eagle Festival </span></a></strong>and it is great chance to learn from them. Download here&nbsp;<a href="/uploads/golden eagle festival 2018 program.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">-</span></a><strong><a href="/uploads/golden eagle festival 2018 program.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;">Golden Eagle Festival 2018 Program</span></a><a href="http://file:///C:/Users/Dell/Downloads/Documents/eagle%20festival%20program.pdf" target="_blank"> </a></strong>/ few changes can be made in 2019/.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="golden eagle festival 2019" src="/uploads/5d395206-fea0-4370-9c2f-4b77a2f1e629-golden eagle festival 2019.JPG" /></p>

<p>There are about only 200 Eagle hunters remained now while total population of Kazakh ethnic people around 86,000. It is not big number. To preserve this tradition as way it is, not become touristy event or sport, young generation of eagle hunters are must needed.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Honestly, according to the archeological source, female eagle hunters were more common than male hunters in ancient times, even though male hunters are dominated nowadays.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">I see these young kids especially girls as future of Eagle hunting tradition.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Eagle Hunting Tradition resides in the HEART and in the SOUL of Mongolian Kazakh Nomads.&nbsp;</span></span></h4>

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			'body' => '<p>&ldquo;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/getting-to-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Mongolia?</span></a>?&rdquo; Our friends asked when we said where were traveling to Mongolia, &ldquo;Why?&rdquo;&nbsp; &nbsp; &ldquo;Why not?&rdquo; was our reply &ndash; as I really didn&rsquo;t have an answer.&nbsp; We&rsquo;d loved&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolian-art-and-culture" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Mongolian music</span></a>&nbsp;for years, had read about the<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/mongolian-golden-eagle-festival-and-eagle-hunters" target="_blank">&nbsp;<span style="color:#800000;">Kazakh Eagle Hunters in Western Mongolia</span></a>&nbsp;and had seen the movie, The Eagle Huntress.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<h3><span style="color:#800000;">Finding our Mongolia Tour operator&nbsp;</span></h3>

<p>When I first started to browse the internet in search of information, I didn&rsquo;t even know what the aerial routes were, or the name of the capital but gradually it all became clear.&nbsp; I was lucky that, during my research I stumbled across&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/company-profile" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Ayan Travel</span></a>&nbsp;who specialise in customised tours of all Mongolia.&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800000;">Our perfectly tailored Mongolia Tour package&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></h3>

<p>My initial contact with them put me in touch with Puggi Tserendendev who not only spoke fabulous English but had also visited New Zealand and the town where I live so a rapport was established immediately. Puggi put together a fantastic itinerary, enabling us to see as much of this beautiful country as possible and meeting many of the local people. We spent the first few days in capital&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/ulaanbaatar" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">UlaanBaatar</span></a>, commonly known as UB, getting acclimatised and stocking up on necessary things for our journey, like pillows!&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800000;">Our travel in Mongolia in 3 weeks&nbsp;</span></h3>

<p>&nbsp;We&nbsp;travelled overland in a 4wd for nearly three weeks, from UB to<span style="color:#800000;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/provinces/bayan-ulgii" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Bayan-Ulgii</span></a>&nbsp;in the<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/adventures-in-altai-tavan-bogd-mountains-tour" target="_blank">&nbsp;<span style="color:#800000;">Altai Mountains</span></a>&nbsp;and the furthest western city.&nbsp; No tar sealed roads for us, overland was literally that &ndash; 150kms didn&rsquo;t sound like a long trip but at an average of 25kms per hour, took up most of the day.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia roads " src="/uploads/mongolia-roads.jpg" /></p>

<h3><span style="color:#800000;">Our deep connection with Mongolian Nomad Family</span></h3>

<p>Staying mostly with nomad families we met along the way, we never knew where we were going to stay &ndash; part of the fun was searching the vast horizon for the sight of two or more gers, in the hope there would be one available for us.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Sometimes, the second ger belonged to a senior family member who happily gave up his/her home for us and moved in with the family for the night.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia ger yurts" src="/uploads/our-mongolia-travel-experience.jpg" /></p>

<p>These were special times &ndash; the nomads being so trusting &ndash;sharing their personal space with complete strangers &ndash; please, future travellers, don&rsquo;t ever do anything to destroy this trust.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800000;">Staying at home of Eagle Hunters&nbsp;</span></h3>

<p>The highlight (and main reason for our journey) had to be the time in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/provinces/bayan-ulgii" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Bayan Ulgi Province</span></a>&nbsp;&ndash; home of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/mongolian-golden-eagle-festival-and-eagle-hunters" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Kazakh Eagle hunters and The Eagle Festival</span></a><span style="color:#800000;">.&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p>We were so, so lucky, we stayed with an eagle hunter and his family on and off for about a week &ndash; who went on to win the main event,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/mongolian-golden-eagle-festival-and-eagle-hunters" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">The Golden Eagle Festival</span></a><span style="color:#800000;">&nbsp;</span>and his eagle, Khiran, is now Mongolia&rsquo;s current champion.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia eagle hunters " src="/uploads/eagle-hunter-champion.jpg" /></p>

<p>52 years old experienced and honoured Eagle Hunter-Chai Murat who became Champion again 2018.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia travel experience " src="/uploads/mongolia-travel-experience.jpg" /></p>

<p>We were privileged to wear the Eagle Hunter&rsquo;s clothes, hold Khiran-Eagles&nbsp;on our arms, go riding on his horses and honoured to be part of his family.</p>

<p><img alt="eagle huntress mongolia " src="/uploads/mongolia-young-eagle-huntress.jpg" /></p>

<p>We attended the smaller,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/2-days-at-the-golden-eagle-festival-2018-in-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Altai Eagle festival</span></a>&nbsp;where our host was also a competitor.&nbsp; The festival was amazing &ndash; made so much more personal by knowing one of the competitors and being introduced to others &ndash; even meeting,<span style="color:#800000;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/mongolia_travel_news/facts-about-aishol-pan-the-eagle-huntress-of-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Aisholpan, the heroine of &lsquo;The Eagle Huntress</span></a><span style="color:#800000;">&rsquo;</span> movie.</p>

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<p>The total Mongolian travel experience gave a new meaning to the word &ldquo;Awesome&rdquo; &ndash; the space, the history, the feeling of peace and the welcome from the local people. One Kazak fellow, on seeing us stop to take a photograph of him riding along on his horse, turned and rode straight up to our vehicle and put his hand through the window, shaking hands and smiling broadly.&nbsp; We did not need words to feel welcomed and privileged to be there.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800000;">Some our -</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tips_faq" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Mongolia Travel Tips&nbsp;</span></a></h3>

<p>Tips for travellers, make sure you have diarrhoea pills&nbsp; (Imopec in Mongolia) &ndash; the milk products and fresh yak cream are rich!!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="mongolia travel tips " src="/uploads/mongolia-travel-tips.jpg" /></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="color:#800000;">Our Mongolia Travel Tip 1</span></p>

<p>If you are doing your own cooking, take some basic seasonings with you, even finding pepper wasn&rsquo;t easy.&nbsp;Try every food shop you can find, they all stock different items!&nbsp;The State Department Store in UB is the perfect &lsquo;one stop shop&rsquo; for most of your travel needs and there is also a great little outdoor shop, Seven Summits not far from the State Department Store which has a great selection and a lady from Scotland behind the counter!</p>

<p><span style="color:#800000;">Our Mongolia Travel Tip 2&nbsp;</span></p>

<p>If you can, take a camping mattress, Mongolian beds are hard, even the hotels have mattresses on a rigid base.&nbsp; Make sure you have all the necessary inoculations and take a good stocked first aid kit from home.&nbsp; Pharmacies are hard to find, even in the cities.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="color:#800000;">Our Mongolia Travel Tip 3</span></p>

<p>If, like us, you do too much shopping as Mongolian products are of great quality and inexpensive, you will want to post excess home.&nbsp;Mongol post offers a great service, it took just on a week to when we received ours.&nbsp; &nbsp;However, take your parcels to the post office open as they will be searched before posting.&nbsp; Be mindful that postage rates are expensive and per kilo only &ndash; in other words, you will pay the same to send a 2.1 kg parcel as a 2.9 so it pays to weigh and fill up the space!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<h3><span style="color:#800000;">On the way to planning our second time travel to Mongolia&nbsp;</span></h3>

<p><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/getting-to-mongolia" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Mongolia</span></a>&nbsp;won&rsquo;t appeal to everyone, it can be very basic, especially in the countryside.&nbsp; &nbsp;I loved it, but then, I have a sense of adventure and don&rsquo;t mind &lsquo;roughing it.&nbsp;We will definitely be making a return trip in 2019 for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/travel-destination" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Mongolia Best Destinations</span></a>&nbsp;as<span style="color:#800000;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/northern" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Khovsgol Lake and Taiga&nbsp;</span></a>and , of course&nbsp;<a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/destination/western" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">Western Mongolia</span></a>,<span style="color:#800000;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/golden-eagle-festival-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800000;">The Golden Eagle Festival</span></a><a href="https://www.toursmongolia.com/tour/golden-eagle-festival-tour"><span style="color:#800000;">&nbsp;2019</span></a>&nbsp;&ndash; probably one of several &ndash; each time learning a little more about these wonderful people and their nomadic way of life &ndash; so free of western perceptions of what we&nbsp;&lsquo;must&rsquo; have to live and enjoy life!</p>

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