GeoTourism Mongolia | Travelers' Testimonials

Chen-li Sun, Taiwan

Dear Ger to Ger Project,

I would like to take this opportunity to show my gratitude to my host families during my 4 day tour of "Five Steps to Become a Nomad." I was taking the trip during early september this year (2007). During my stay I enjoyed Ms. Chuluunhuu's cooking and Mr. Chuluunhuu's kindness very much. He was so patient with my lousy riding skills. Their kitty and dogs were all very lovely. The Amarjargal family had a very open-minded nature and embraced a stranger like me as part of their family. Their daughter was very adorable. They also taught me the importance of helping each other in the nomad tradition. I would like to thank their neighbor teenage girl (sorry I don't remember her name) for giving me her bracelet. It meant a lot to me. At a later stage of my trip, I got a little motion sickness from the ox cart ride and Mrs. Batsetseg generously let me stay in her ger and took good care of me. I had a wonderful conversation with Mrs. Batsetseg and she told me that Ger to Ger Project has helped the herders a lot. I think your project really set up a great example of eco-tourism which aims to be both educational to travelers and beneficial to the community.

Your project makes it possible for me to experience the authentic nomad tradition and learn invaluable knowledge about the Mongolian culture. I felt very privileged to have the chance to meet my host families. The time I spent with them is the most extraordinary memory I had about Mongolia. Enclosed are photos I took during my trip, I would really appreciate if you can help send the photos to the destined families.

Thank you!
Sincerely,
Chen-li Sun

Andreas, Florian, Lukas, Adrian - Switzerland

Dear Ger to Ger team, In summer 2008, we did the Noble rock desert route. An unforgettable experience! Thank you again for this amazing trip and forward the best wishes to the families!! Best regards

Gwen Pennylegion, Canada

This is just a short note to say that Brendan and I had a most wonderful Ger to Ger experience. When we arrived back in Ulaanbaatar, we were too tired to give the trip evaluation the time that it deserved. We are both working on this now and will email this information to you, hopefully within the next week. This trip was my 60th birthday present from Brendan and it was a dream comes true for me. Having completed this trip, I can now appreciate the amount of organization that is required on your part to coordinate this experience. We met so many wonderful people who will always be in our thoughts. We will be sending photos and other moments to our host families. Thank you again for your assistance in making this a once in a lifetime experience.

Ursula, Marianne and Martin - Switzerland

From 2nd to 7th July this year we experienced your "Quest for the Last Emperor" in Bulgan aimag. We'd like to thank you for this wonderful adventure. The three of us had a really great time. The challenging, authentic and most memorable trip was very well organized. The families welcomed us with open arms, made us feel comfortable and it was easy to forget our normal hectic lives within hours. The detailed preparation we got before starting out helped a lot to understand the herder's way of life and made the culture shock less threatening. Again, thank you for the fantastic time we had.

Anthony Turpaud, France

We passed very good instant and we all keep of marvelous memories. Probably I shall come back next year to visit another region. Have a good winter!!

Steven Morphy, USA

Just wanted to thank you for helping me have an amazing and memorable trip to Mongolia! I spent five days on your Terelj National Park trip at the end of July, and I can easily say that it was five of the best days of my life. Thanks so much. I'm telling all of my friends about your organization, and I am already looking at the chance to come next year and explore another part of beautiful Mongolia. Thanks again

Mascha Mathot and Margot Icking, The Netherlands

Thank you for the lovely time we had in Mongolia in May! Last week we arrived home after a six week travel in Russia, Mongolia and Beijing and we both agree that Mongolia, with help of the Ger-To-Ger project was one of the highlights! We went to Boggy and Amra for the migration and had a fantastic time!! They made us feel very welcome and the Mongol phrases turned out to be helpful in communication, although Amra's English was so much better than that of our guide in our first trip through a hostel :) Thanks again for this great real-life experience and I hope we will meet again!

Ky Chow, Australia

Best memories: "Knowing this was a real authentic experience of the life of nomads, instead of sanitized guided experience. Galloping on the horses, the friendliness of the herders, especially kids were really nice"

Leigh Donevan, Korea

Best memories: "Being in the gers and meeting nomadic Mongolians was excellent…as was the scenery"

Matilda Hallerstig, Norway

Best memories: "So many of them. To milk the cows in Ger 3, sit on an oxcart in the rain, the playful children, the fantastic evening light, to enjoy the atmosphere in the gers and watch their daily life"

Merrilee Schuurman, USA

Best memories: "I just loved riding on the ox cart with our two guides singing"

Marie-Laure Burte , Canada

Best memories: "Playing with kids and making glue pattern for national dress. The scenery was of course very good"

Julie Cosgrove, Canada

Best memories: "All the families are super hospitable, especially some of the places when we stayed two nights"

Fillion Eric, France

Best memories: “Riding camel at sunset”

Hugh Siegel, USA

Best memories: “Really enjoyed meeting really lovely people and seeing how they live”

A. Horn, germany

Best memories: “All herder families were really nice! I liked how they dealing with different situations. They were showing us everything. Best meals were served at Ger 3 and 6”

John Gillespie, USA

Best memories: “What memories, it was all fantastic change to see and interact with something so outside my world”

R. Mueller, USA

Best memories: “The horse riding was great. The camels very interesting and the families were all wonderful”

Tom Payng, UK

Best memories: “Riding horses through the desert”

Jennifer Cole, Canada/Israel

Best memories: “Herders were fantastic!!! Horse back riding and naadam festival in Ih Gazriin Chuluu were great”

Christoph Eidnger, New Zealand

Best memories: “Playing volleyball with friendly happy strangers in the middle of Mongolia whilst the sun is putting the horizon into or orange spectacle”

Vitard, France

Best memories: “Horse riding trip, location of the 4th ger - being able to swim in the river, playing with children”

Mirjam Koning, The Netherlands

Best memories: “The hospitality in the second ger. They introduced us the nomadic life which was great. And besides the hospitality the location was wonderful!”