Golden Eagle Festival

Duration: 6 days, 5 nights

Type: Cultural and Soft-Adventure

Level: Moderate

Vehicle: 4WD

Best season: Autumn

Meals: Local and basic

Highlights: Overland tour, Watching Eagle Festival , Visiting local kazak family, Hiking

Accommodation: 2 - Kazak nomadic homestay, 2-night local guest house, 1-guest vger

Description: The Golden Eagle Festival is a traditional annual festival held in Bayan-Ulgii province in Mongolia. At the eagle festival, Kazakh eagle hunters (Burkitshi) celebrate their heritage and compete in catching small animals such as foxes and hares with specially trained golden eagles thus showing off the skills of both the birds and their trainers.

Sustainability: Through purchasing this tour you help youth in this province by providing school kits with basic student necessities such as uniforms, backpacks, notebooks, pens, and pencils.

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Itinerary

Day 1: Fly to Ulgii

Fly to Ulgii, Atlantsogts Rock Painting, hike Tsambagarav Mountain, stay with a Kazak nomadic family.

Accommodation: Kazak nomadic family homestay

Meals: BF, L, D

Day 2: Drive to Altai county

Drive to Altai, experience Kazakh eagle hunters, visit Tolbo Lake.

Accommodation: Eagle hunter family homestay

Meals: BF, L, D

Day 3: Altai county

Explore Atlai county, drive Nutsgent Lake, take a short hike at Nutsgent Lake, drive to the Uriankhai family, learn archery.

Accommodation: Guest ger

Meals: BF, L, D

Day 4: Eagle Festival day

Eagle Festival, watch as Kazakh eagle hunters celebrate their heritage and compete to catch small animals with trained golden eagles.

Accommodation: Local guest house

Meals: BF, L, D

Day 5: Ulgii city tour

Continue experiencing the Eagle Festival, visit the city Ulgii, Muslim mosque, local museum, flea market, and visit Peace Peak.

Accommodation: Local guest house

Meals: BF, L, D

Day 6: Ulaanbaatar

Go to local airport to make it back to Ulaanbaatar, Sukhbaatar Square, Gandan Monastery, National History Museum of Mongolia, Zaisan Hill.