Altai Eagle Hunt
Duration: 5 days, 4 nights
Type: Cultural and Soft-Adventure
Level: Moderate
Vehicle: 4WD, domestic flight
Meals: Local and basic
Highlights: Experience the natural beauty of Altai country and Tolbo Lake, while staying with an Eagle Hunter family and learning about the nomadic culture. Travel through the Mongolian steppe, mountains, and hills, meet Kazakh nomads, and visit Elsen Tasarkhai, a combination of mountains, forests, and deserts where you can ride a two-humped camel.
Accommodation: 1- night Kazak nomadic home-stay, 1-night local hotel, 2-night tourist ger camp
Sustainability: By purchasing this tour, you will be helping youth in this province as your purchase will help provide school kits that include uniforms, backpacks, notebooks, pens, and pencils.
FROM $2050
Itinerary
Day 1: Drive to Elsen Tasarkhai
Our driver will pick you up from your hotel, drive to Mini Gobi, visit a nomadic family and experience their way of life, see the mountain Khugnu Khan and hike, camel ride in the sand dunes.
Accommodations: Tourist ger camp
Meals: B, L, D
Day 2: Drive to Khustai National Park
Drive to Khustai National Park, watch video about the park, try to spot rare wild horses as we drive around the park.
Accommodations: Tourist ger camp
Meals: B, L, D
Day 3: Fly to Ulgii
We will drive you to Chinggis Khan International airport where you will fly to Ulgii city, drive to Altai country after arriving in Ulgii, stay with a Kazakh eagle hunter family, learn their skills, experience the families daily life, stop by Tolbo Lake.
Accommodations: Guest ger
Meals: B, L, D
Day 4: Around Altai country
Visit Nutsgent Lake, hike and ride a horse around the lake, return to Ulgii, visit local museum and souvenir shops.
Accommodations: Local hotel
Meals: B, L, D
Day 5: Fly back to Ulaanbaatar
Fly back to Ulaanbaatar, our driver will drop you off to your hotel.
Meals: B, L
Pricing
Trip Cost:
3 and more people 2050 USD (per person)
2 people 2300 USD (per person)
1 person 2600 USD
Excluded:
- Travel insurance
- Additional tours to places not on the itinerary
- Additional horse riding and camel riding
- Hotel in Ulaanbaatar
Included:
- All meals indicated on the itinerary
- All ground transportation
- An English-speaking tour guides
- Activities (wildlife,camel riding and hiking)
- Attractions places fee
- Domestic flight (round way)
- All national park or other entrance fee
- Drinking water and snacks