This journey is perfect for travelers who want to spend meaningful time exploring the breathtaking natural beauty of the Lake Khuvsgul region. Home to Mongolia’s largest and most pristine freshwater lake, this remote northern landscape offers a rare combination of dramatic scenery, rich culture, and authentic nomadic life.
During this 4‑day adventure, you will experience the highlights of Northern Mongolia, including visits to local nomadic familily and the reindeer herder’s camp. Enjoy gentle hikes along the lakeshore, horse riding through open steppe and forested trails, and time on the water by boat, taking in the crystal‑clear views of Lake Khuvsgul.
Note: Travelers visiting on around July 10 & 11th will have the opportunity to attend a Village Naadam Festival, offering a special chance to experience traditional Mongolian games, music, and local celebrations.
Once you are in the countryside exploring Mongolia it is our preference to stay with local nomadic family Ger camps. Gers will be shared by 3-5 people (only your group) when we stay with a local family ger camps. As a Mongolian company we prefer to support these families financially, and help support their livelihood. We are sure this resonates with our travelers who enjoy engaging with their culture and way of life on the steppe. As well as directly supporting local herders, you can experience this rich traditional way of life first hand. Some families expanded their ger camp and built Western style amenities. On this tour you will have some nights of shower.
Please consider that travelling in the countryside of Mongolia can be quite remote. There are often no paved roads so driving can be bumpy and can take a little longer than you might be used to. Also, given the remoteness, western style comforts may not be available.
Western style and luxury options are available in some parts of Mongolia in the form of Tourist ger camps. Ger camps have comfortable beds, hot showers and western style amenities. These are not included in the price quoted in this itinerary. However, if you think that you would prefer to have access to these western style comforts then please let us know and we can adjust the quote for your itinerary.
Most of the meals on this tour are included in the tour price. All included meals will be prepared from fresh local produce. The majority of the shopping for food will be done before the trip departs, and fresh goods, such as meats, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products, will be bought en-route during the trip from supermarkets, local shops and markets. Breakfasts will generally consist of breads and cereals, if time allows a warm breakfast may be prepared. Many lunches will be provided en-route and will be light meals such as sandwiches and/or salads or local restaurants. All evening meals will be freshly-prepared hot meals, and will consist of a variety of continental and local dishes. Our GUIDE will organize the meal preparation and lead the way here. Vegetarian meals and other dietary requirements can be catered for but need to be specified prior to arrival.
Summer months in Mongolia are from early June to mid September. Although the Mongolian summers are hot and dry with occasional rain, the temperature can fluctuate as much 14-20 degrees centigrade between day and night. So be prepared for all weather conditions.
Sunscreen, a hat, long underwear, shorts, comfortable footwear, lip balm, sanitary hand wipes, sunglasses, prescription medications (if needed), rain gear, flashlight.
Meg kindly let us stay with her on our very first day in UB and it was awesome! We can talk a lot of stuff and she arrange for us our tour to lake khovsgol and we had no regrets!.. Her daugher is very charming and we’re sorry that because of us, her daughter didn’t want to go to bed even if its after midnight.. Hehehehe. Meg, thank you for everything.
Meg is an amazing person! and she’s very true and real to herself and others around her:) she’s very much like her horoscope sign ;Sagittarius – Straight forward, optimistic, likes to help others and also, have a wicked sense of humour!
She lent her couch to me for a night and even made me dinner!! real nice and authentic Mongolian food! Also, she arranged for a tour to khovsgol and provided us with a very experienced and cool guide/driver (whom we fondly called “the father”) and a young and energetic translator. Everything was very much taken care of and she even helped us to get the train tickets to Beijing and bus tickets to Murun, thou she didn’t have to! That’s the extra mile she is willing to go to!
Thanks for providing such awesome experience for my very first couching surfing expeierence and “sam bang”!! (Good job)
ps: did I mentioned that she has a heart made of gold too? She volunteered in the local orphanage and tried her best to help her people who are of less fortunate
I firsted bumped into Meg in the street near where she lives we had already been chatting on cs and we went for a drink, Meg is friendly and helpful and also organised mine and my boyfriends tour for us with a days notice, she also came to hospital with me to help translate after i got attcked. thanks for everything Meg. p.s. your daughter is so cute
