Top Ulaanbaatar Nature and Wildlife Tours

Book this private, guided tour to Terelj National Park and the Statue of Chinggis Khan to learn all about the rich history of this area. You’ll be collected from your hotel in Ulaanbaatar for ease, then get driven out to the national park. You’ll have lunch along the way, and visit the Chinggis Khan statue, too. Go at your own pace on this private tour.

Experience life like a nomad during this small-group horseback riding tour in Gorkhi-Terelj National Park. Travel two hours outside the capital city of Ulaanbaatar to the stunning rural landscapes and rolling hills of the Mongolian countryside. Follow a professional wrangler guide through the vast open space, then visit the Chinggis Khan Statue Complex.

Don’t stress when you arrive in Ulaanbaatar—just prebook this Ulaanbaatar Airport Shuttle Transfer Service to guarantee your ride from the airport to your hotel or accommodation. Enjoy a hassle-free ride upon arrival with a guide who meets you right near the arrivals area at the airport. Time is even built in just in case you’re not right on time when your flight lands.

Prebook this Gobi Desert full-day tour from Ulaanbaatar and have the whole day’s details planned out for you ahead of time, including lunch and round-trip transport. This fun-filled desert experience also offers an optional camel or horse ride over the Gobi Desert dunes, as well as a visit to a local family’s home.

A day tour to one of the most famous national parks of Mongolia, the Gorkhi Terelj National Park with extraordinary rock formations and magnificent alpine scenery. Enjoy your day visiting the turtle-shaped gigantic rock, meditation temple and horseback riding. Our professional tour guide, driver make you day tour unforgettable. There are no time to get bored. Every time is exciting. Also we will have a lunch with nomadic family inside Mongolian traditional home (Ger or Yurt). Horseback riding with a local guide. Even if you don't how to ride horse. It is fine. A local guide and English speaking guideswill take care every step. So just relax and enjoy your trip. Augi D (Tour manager)

Spend the day hiking in the Bogd Khan mountain range without the hassle of driving. Get picked up from your Ulaanbaatar accommodation and head for the Manzushir Monastery before embarking on a scenic hike of moderate difficulty to Tsetsee Gun peak, 7,402 feet (2,256 meters) above sea level. Includes lunch.

I miss Tsuivan more than anything when I’m away from home. So I built an experience around the dish that brings me back. We’ll start at Chinggis Square and walk through the neighborhoods of Ulaanbaatar that shaped my life. We won’t follow a typical sightseeing route; we’ll explore the streets I grew up on, from markets and schoolyards to the railway station where I sold soda as a kid. This is Ulaanbaatar as it’s lived, not just photographed. Then we’ll go home. My home, on the tenth floor, with the city below us. We’ll slow down over herbal tea, learn Shagai, a traditional Mongolian ankle bone game, and cook together. You’ll roll the dough, cut the noodles, prepare the ingredients, and cook Tsuivan with your own hands, the way it’s made in Mongolian homes. By the time we sit down, the meal is yours. You made it. Small groups gathered around my table. No script, no rush. Just an afternoon of food, stories, and everyday life in a real Mongolian home.

Visit two top attractions near Ulaanbaatar in one day on this guided tour. Stop at the Genghis Khan Statue Complex to view the towering statue and enjoy sweeping views from the top. Afterwards, visit Terelj National Park and hike with your guide to the Aryapala Meditation Temple. Optional activities and entrance fees apply. Includes pickup from anywhere in Ulaanbaatar.

On this tour we will take you for a ride on a horse, you will visit the nomadic family, and you will visit the tallest horseman statue in the world.

Your tour begins with a scenic drive to the Mongol Nomadic Cultural Heritage Center, where you'll be immersed in the rich traditions of Mongolia’s nomadic lifestyle. Experience a vibrant cultural program featuring traditional food tasting, the soulful sounds of the captivating Mongolian folk songs. You’ll also get a chance to try an archery and gain a deeper understanding of nomadic customs passed down for generations After the cultural showcase, enjoy a delicious lunch at the tourist camp restaurant. In the afternoon, the journey continues to Khustai Nuruu National Park, home to the remarkable Przewalski’s horse (Takhi)—the last truly wild horse on Earth. Once extinct in the wild, Takhi have made a triumphant return thanks to a successful reintroduction program that began in 1992. As of 2024, the Takhi population in the park has grown to over 315 individuals. Beyond the wild horses, Khustai offers stunning landscapes, diverse wildlife, and a peaceful escape into nature.

Even if you only have a day or two in Mongolia, you can still get out into the open spaces the nation is known for. This door-to-door tour of the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park brings you straight to the area’s signature experiences: Turtle Rock, a Buddhist temple, and the towering Genghis Khan Statue Complex. Along the way, meet a nomadic family, ride a camel, and enjoy an authentic lunch.

This organization has been offering quality tour services in Mongolia since 2018. We are two University of Nevada Las Vegas graduates who do our tours personally. Which means we will have proficient English speakers with western cultural understandings as your guides. Our main goal is safety and comfort of our customers. Our main philosophy is to be your best friends in Mongolia, we will try our best to give our customers the feeling of visiting their long known friends. This destination is the most traveled destination for tourists and locals alike in Mongolia. This tours covers everything culture, history, and landscapes with visits to Khustai National Park (wild horses), Semi Gobi, and Kharakorum (old capital). Please prepare for long drive in car (at least 8 hours driving in 3 days). Travelers can see real natural beauties of Mongolia during this trip. With this one day trip travelers can experience mountains, grassland, nomadic lifestyle, herds and animals, and desert.

Check out Mongolia’s annual cultural festival, with archery, horseback riding, and a speech from the president. You’ll have breakfast, lunch, and dinner included each day, with one day featuring a picnic lunch and a visit to a local’s ger home. Transport to each venue is provided to ensure you don’t miss any activities.

Combine two adventures in one on this full day excursion from Ulaanbaatar. First, visit the largest equestrian statue in the world at the Genghis Khan Statue Complex, where you can also take souvenir photos is traditional Mongolian clothing. Continue on to Terelj National Park, the most accessible natural area from the capital city. Have lunch at Turtle Rock and hike to Aryabal Monastery. Later, visit with a nomadic family before heading back to Ulaanbaatar.

During your four-day nomadic experience, you will enjoy a taste of Mongolian life. Your journey will begin as you travel by train across the vast Mongolian steppe from Ulaanbaatar to Shaamar soum, accompanied by your native guide. Once in Shaamar soum, you will take a short car ride to the site of your nomadic homestay, just outside of Zuunburen. For the next two days, you will experience Mongolian life and culture like it has been for hundreds of years through activities such as milking cows, making dairy products, riding horses, and exploring the surrounding scenic countryside, including the natural beauty, Sukhanii Hutul. Each night, you will return to the ger you will share with your local nomadic family and enjoy local cuisine. At the end of your adventure, you will get one more bit of Mongolian life as you once again cross the vast steppe by night train to return to Ulaanbaatar.

Get out of the city and into Mongolia's beautiful countryside and learn about Genghis Khan on this small-group tour. Visit the Genghis Khan Statue Complex to enjoy panoramic views from the horse's head and explore the on-site museum. Then explore Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, one of the largest protected areas in Mongolia, and Aryabal Meditation Temple. For those short on time, choose the express tour which only stops at the statue.

Ideal for travelers interested in immersive travel experiences, this multi-day tour covers the highlights of central Mongolia in 8 days, with 4–5 days of trekking on horseback. Highlights include hiking to Tuvkhun Monastery, among the oldest Bhuddist monasteries in Mongolia, visiting the ruined ancient city of Karakorum, and 4–5 days of exploring on horseback.

Nomadic Hospitality of Mongolia has been offering quality tour services in Mongolia since 2018. We are two University of Nevada Las Vegas graduates who do our tours personally. Which means we will have proficient English speakers with western cultural understandings as your guides. Our main goal is safety and comfort of our customers. Our main philosophy is to be your best friends in Mongolia, we will try our best to give our customers the feeling of visiting their long known friends. This destination is the most traveled destination for tourists and locals alike in Mongolia. Please prepare for long drive in car ( at least 4 hours driving each day ). Travelers can see real natural beauties of Mongolia during this trip. Certainly the Semi-Gobi sand dunes are the main attraction for this tour, plus we will visit old capital Kharkhorum. With this one day trip travelers can experience mountains, grassland, nomadic lifestyle, herds and animals, and desert.

General description Heartland of Mongolia bestows wide variety of landscapes with vast valleys, green meadows, thick pine forests, lava fields and rich flora and fauna. Despite all, it also carries splendid historical and cultural sites. By expressing thru Mongolian Heartland, you still be able to discover most of Mongolian nomadic lifestyle, step in the former capital of Great Mongolian Empire and pay a visit first yet oldest Buddhist Monastery Erdene-Zuu. We won’t let you get bored, finally see the only surviving species of wild horses in the world, the Takhi, also named as Przewalski horses

Explore Terelj National Park on this private guided tour from Ulaanbaatar. Stop at the Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex to view the towering statue and sweeping views. At Terelj, hike to Turtle Rock and Aryabal Meditation Temple. Lunch is included and an optional visit with a nomadic family and horseback ride can be added on.

While the Gobi Desert lies about 10 hours from Ulaanbaatar, the Elsen Tasarkhai dunes, also known as the “Little Gobi,” are much closer, about 4 hours from the capital city. This private tour includes hotel pickup and lets you spend the day exploring the dunes on foot and on camelback, plus experience the customs of local nomadic families in their homes.

Join me on a heartfelt journey to Khamariin Khiid, a sacred world spiritual center in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, known for its powerful energy that supports healing and transformation. As an initiated Buddhist practitioner of the Yuthok Ling lineage, I’m honored to guide you through authentic rituals, healing practices, and meditation in this peaceful sanctuary. Walk in the footsteps of Danzanravjaa — the visionary 19th-century poet, living Buddha, and founder of Khamariin Khiid — who was also a passionate advocate for women’s rights and education. His legacy of healing and enlightenment lives on here. Enjoy guided tours of sacred sites and rituals, savor local Mongolian cuisine, and renew your energy in this sacred space. You’ll have the chance to take part in the sacred rituals yourself, making this a truly immersive spiritual journey. This is more than a tour — it’s a shared journey of culture, spirituality, and connection.

General description Mongolia generously welcomes everyone who wants to explore and experience nomadic way of life in its homeland. During this trip you will shift from family to family, destination to another and desert to steppe. Begin with driving to South where Great Gobi desert awaits you with its beauty and specialties. Mongolian Desert proposes you its legendary lunar landscape, high rocky formations, frozen canyons and sand dunes. Later you will continue towards Khangai Mountains where a horse trekking will take you to the remote Eight Lakes through historic Orkhon Valley by offering you the most authentic horse experience like a Mongolian rider.