Travel to your first nomadic family: Our local guide will receive you at last bus stop of Terelj Protected Area. Then you will travel by ox cart and/or horses to his home, 7 kilometers south north of Terelj River. Once you arrive at Mr. Chuka’s nomadic home (a ger), he will serve lunch and hot milk tea. After lunch, you will participate in the warming of the livestock’s winter fence with dry dung to ensure that they stay healthy throughout the cold winter. Then he will serve you dinner and hot milk tea and you overnight at his Ger with his family.

Prepare fodder and hay for livestock: After your breakfast Mr.Chuka will guide you to next ger, Mr. Ganzorig’s family by horse back or ox cart for 15km. At Mr.Ganzorig’a ger you will be served hot tea and lunch. Afterwards you can learn how to prepare fodder and hay for livestock.  In the early evening, you will continue your journey to your overnight family at Mr. Bold’s ger. When you arrive at his family, you will be welcomed by a hot dinner and evening tea with family members before you settle down for the night.

Collect fallen wood from riverbeds with the family: After breakfast with Mr. Bold’s family, you can try to herd livestock and milk their cow. Before you continue your journey, you have an opportunity to learn how to stitch Mongolian traditional garments, try on Mongolian costumes and take some amazing photos.  In the late morning, a herder will guide you to Mrs. Amarjargal’s Ger by ox cart or horse for 5km. Mrs. Amarjargal will serve you hot tea and lunch, and afterwards you have an opportunity to help her to collect and store fallen fire-wood from riverbeds. After your lunch, Mr. Bold will take you to your last overnight family Mrs. Uranchimeg’s ger that is 8km away. When you arrive at her home, you will be served dinner and hot milk tea before sleep for the night.

Learn how Nomads warm a winter shelter using wet dung: After your breakfast, you will have an opportunity to learn how to warm a winter shelter and fence for livestock with the family. In the early afternoon, you will be served a farewell lunch and tea. After your meal, Mrs.Uranchimeg’s son or husband will take you to Terelj river bank by ox cart or horse for 1km where you will await your bus or private vehicle hire.

In line with responsible tourism's best practice, we insist on an ortientation briefing - $25 Per Person Booking and Travel Orientation Training Fee
As our project office is working hard to develop responsible community based tourism in Mongolia, payment of the booking fee allows us to provide this important service. Our office team will assist withlogisitcs of your travel with the rural communities and provide you a pre-travel orientation so you stay in Mongolia is productive, some services include:
Booking your trip with local communities
Communications costs of your logistics (Ulaanbaatar and rural locations)
Travel passes and information packages
Travel orientation & information (local know-how and save yourself $100s)
Cultural sensitivity orientation & information
Basic Mongolian language training on key travel vocabulary
Mongolian language travel terminology sheet
Etc.