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Participating in a Tsaatan family’s migration in the western taiga of Khuvsgul provides foreign tourists with a profound cultural and natural experience that is completely different from ordinary travel. This tour is unique in that visitors are not only observing but actively participating, physically experiencing, and learning something new.
The Unique Lifestyle of the Tsaatan People
Foreign tourists can observe firsthand how the Tsaatan people live in harmony with nature and participate in their daily life. For example:
Reindeer Herding and Distinct Animal Husbandry Methods
Reindeer herding is a special form of Mongolian nomadic life that has been preserved only among the Tsaatan people. Tourists will witness and experience:
Feeling the Pristine Natural Beauty
The western taiga of Khuvsgul is one of Mongolia’s most remote and untouched wilderness areas. Here, tourists will:
Learning Indigenous Mongolian Culture and Traditional Knowledge
The Tsaatan people have preserved the customs passed down from their ancestors for centuries. Tourists can learn about their:
Testing Physical and Mental Endurance
This journey is not a luxury tour but rather offers tourists the chance to face new challenges and test their patience and resilience.
The Tsaatan migration tour offers foreign tourists not only the natural beauty of Mongolia but also the chance to experience and learn about one of the world’s last remaining nomadic cultures. It promises unforgettable, one-of-a-kind memories and insights, perfect for true adventure seekers.
On the designated arrival day, our guide and driver will meet you at the airport with a sign. Transfer to the hotel.
Activity: Dinner and introduction with the guide and driver.
After breakfast at the hotel, fly from Ulaanbaatar to Murun, Khuvsgul Province. Lunch at a roadside restaurant. Dinner and overnight stay in Murun
Early morning breakfast at the hotel and depart by vehicle to Tsagaannuur soum. The journey continues a rough dirt road for 8–9 hours to a remote host family’s place where the car will be left.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
From Tsagaannuur soum, we will travel on horseback from Kharmain River to the western taiga. Early departure to the area where the reindeer are located. Lunch en route and arrival at the Tsaatan host family in the evening. Dinner will be served at the Tsaatan household. Accommodation will be in the urts, the traditional dwelling of the Tsaatan.
This day will be spent getting to know the life of the Tsaatan family. You will see and learn many new things by asking questions and observing. As the migration will begin early the next day, the rest of the day will be spent preparing for it. Meals will be made and eaten in the urts.
The Tsaatan people will gather their reindeer early, pack up their dwellings, ride and herd the reindeer, and migrate from summer pasture to autumn camp. You will accompany this event, creating unforgettable memories. Overnight stay in the wild taiga, far from civilization.
Since reindeer go to pasture very early, you will wake at dawn, gather the animals, pack up, and move onward. By dusk, you will reach the autumn pasture, set up camp, and sleep there.
You will settle into the new pasture, organize the dwelling and live in a new environment. Surrounded by rich pasture and plants suitable for reindeer, the day will be pleasant and fulfilling. In the evening, over dinner, stories of the reindeer migration will be shared. Preparation for the return journey begins the next morning.
As the distance back is long, an early departure is required. Lunch en route. Arrival at the location where the vehicles are parked in the evening.
Travel by car from Tsagaannuur soum to Murun town. Overnight stay in a guesthouse in Murun
After breakfast at the guesthouse, return to Ulaanbaatar by vehicle. Lunch at a roadside restaurant. Arrive in Ulaanbaatar in the evening and check in at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the international airport.
