Day 1|Ulaanbaatar — Arrival
Airport transfer, 1 hr
Meet your crew and settle into the festival-season capital; museums and the city centre fill the afternoon before the reception dinner.
4-star hotel
Dinner
Naadam Festival & Beyond Tour
Price
From US$2,800
per person
Duration
8 days
Season
Enquire for dates
Single supplement
US$350
Overview
Mongolia's great festival of wrestling, racing and archery anchors this mid-summer journey. First loop through the heartland — Khugnu-Tarna's dunes, the Orkhon Waterfall, Zanabazar's mountaintop retreat at Tuvkhun and old Karakorum — then a village-scale mini-Naadam among nomads before the roaring opening ceremony in Ulaanbaatar's Central Stadium.
- Naadam opening ceremony at the Central Stadium
- A mini-Naadam in the countryside — the festival at nomad scale
- Erdene Zuu monastery and the ruins of Karakorum
- Orkhon Waterfall and Tuvkhun's mountaintop retreat
- Dairy-making, felt-making and games with a nomadic family
- July departure timed to the festival
Day by day
Itinerary
Two Naadams — one intimate, one immense — joined by the monasteries and waterfalls of the Orkhon heartland.
Ulaanbaatar
Khugnu-Tarna
Day 2|Khugnu-Tarna National Park — Dunes and Granite
Drive 4–5 hrs
West to Khugnu-Tarna's collage of rock, dune and steppe. Visit the Uvgun temple in the mountains, ride horses or camels through the sands, and stay with nomadic families at a community ger camp.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Orkhon Waterfall
Day 3|Orkhon Waterfall — The Volcanic Valley
Drive 4–5 hrs
Into the Orkhon Valley, UNESCO-listed cradle of steppe empires, to the waterfall born of ancient eruptions — with deer stones, petroglyphs and burial mounds en route.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Tuvkhun Monastery
Day 4|Tuvkhun Monastery — Zanabazar's Retreat
Drive 2–3 hrs
A scenic ride to Tuvkhun, the meditation refuge Zanabazar raised on Mount Shiveet-Ulaan in 1648. The narrow path to the summit earns a panorama over the forested Khangai.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Karakorum
Day 5|Karakorum — Capital of the Empire
Drive 2 hrs
Unravel Karakorum, the Mongol Empire's thirteenth-century capital: a guided walk through the great walled monastery of Erdene Zuu and the Kharkhorin museum's treasures.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Mongol Nomadic
Day 6|Mongol Nomadic Camp — The Small Naadam
Drive 3–4 hrs
At a nomadic camp in the rolling hills, join the life: make yogurt and milk tea, try felt-making, milk the livestock — then watch a mini-Naadam of racing, wrestling and archery at family scale.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Ulaanbaatar
Day 7|Ulaanbaatar & Naadam Festival — The Three Games
Drive 1 hr
The main event: Naadam's opening ceremony at the Central Stadium — parade, folklore, then the wrestling tournament, with ankle-bone shooting and archery outside. Evening brings cashmere shopping and the Tumen Ekh ensemble.
3-star hotel
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8|Fly Home — Departure
Airport transfer, 1 hr
Transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
Breakfast
Season / Departure Dates
- 2027: July 5-12 (outdated date table still live on page)
- 2028: July 5-12 (outdated)
From the field
Gallery
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