A lone horseman crossing the Mongolian steppe at sunrise, mist pooling in the valleys and a distant ger beneath a vast golden sky
48°N · Land of the Eternal Blue Sky

The Last Great Wilderness

A country larger than Western Europe, home to fewer people than a single city — and to the last unfenced horizon on earth. We design the journeys that cross it.

Explore Expeditions → Est. Ulaanbaatar · Expeditions across 21 provinces
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01 — Why Mongolia

The horizon still
belongs to no one.

Here, a third of the people still live as their ancestors did — moving with the seasons, wintering in valleys, following the grass. There are no fences. There is more sky than land.

We do not sell tours through this country. We spend years earning our way into it — into the ger of a Kazakh eagle hunter, the migration route of a reindeer clan, the exact bend of a river where the light turns to bronze at nine in the evening.

1.5M
KM² OF WILDERNESS
2/3
LIVE NOMADIC
260
DAYS OF SUN
02 — Signature Expeditions

Twelve ways to cross
a country of legend.

Each is a starting point, never a package. We design the route, the pace, and the people you travel among around you alone.

01 · BAYAN-ÖLGII

Golden Eagle Hunters

8–11 DAYS

Live among the Kazakh eagle families of the Altai and witness a partnership between human and bird a thousand years old.

02 · KHONGORYN ELS

The Gobi

7–14 DAYS

Singing dunes, flaming cliffs, and the fossil beds where the first dinosaur eggs were found. Silence you can hear.

03 · THE TAIGA

Reindeer Tribes

9–13 DAYS

A hard ride north to the Tsaatan — among the last reindeer herders on earth, high in the forest above the treeline.

04 · ORKHON VALLEY

Horse Expeditions

5–12 DAYS

Ride the valley where empires were born, camping beside the Orkhon and the herders who still winter there.

05 · TOST MOUNTAINS

Snow Leopard Tracking

10–14 DAYS

Days in the field with the researchers who protect the ghost of the mountains. Patience rewarded as almost nowhere else.

06 · DORNOD

The Gazelle Migration

9–12 DAYS

A million Mongolian gazelle moving as one across the last great grassland almost no traveller ever reaches.

07 · MOBILE CAMP

Luxury Nomads

6–10 DAYS

Our private ger camp moves with you — linen, wood-fired baths, a chef, and no one else for forty miles.

08 · KHÖVSGÖL ICE

Winter Mongolia

6–9 DAYS

−30°C, a metre of blue ice on the Blue Pearl, and reindeer sledges. The country at its most severe and most beautiful.

09 · ONON RIVER

River of Giants

8 DAYS

Fly-fishing for taimen — the world's largest trout — on Genghis Khan's birth-river. Barbless, catch-and-release only.

10 · MID-JULY

Naadam Festival

5–8 DAYS

The three manly games — wrestling, archery, and the great child-jockey horse race — seen from a countryside few visitors reach.

11 · HUSTAI

The Wild Horse

6 DAYS

Track the takhi — the only horse never tamed — with the scientists who brought it back from the edge of extinction.

12 · LIGHT & LAND

Photography Expeditions

8–12 DAYS

Built around the light, led by working photographers. Positioned for the moment the whole steppe turns gold.

03 — The Featured Expedition

The Altai Eagle Expedition

11 DAYS · BAYAN-ÖLGII PROVINCE
48.97°N 89.96°E · ALTITUDE 1,700–3,200 M
SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER
Field Itinerary
  1. 01–02

    Ölgii & the western frontier

    Fly west to the Kazakh capital of the Altai. Settle, acclimatise, and share the first meal in the home of the family you will travel with.

  2. 03–05

    Into the high valleys

    Ride to the winter pastures. Learn the language of the hunt — the hood, the lure, the call — and watch an eagle stoop from a ridgeline for the first time.

  3. 06–08

    The traverse

    Three days across the range, camping high, crossing rivers of meltwater, guided by families who have read this ground for forty generations.

  4. 09–11

    The gathering

    Arrive for the autumn eagle festival — the year's great reunion of hunters — then a slow return east as the larch turns to fire.

HIGHLIGHTS

Private eagle-hunting family · high-camp nights under the Milky Way · the autumn festival before the crowds · larch forests in full turn.

The Route
ULAANBAATAR ÖLGII · ALTAI
W 89°EPLATE · ROUTE 03E 107°E
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04 — The People Who Lead

A journey is only
as rare as its guide.

We do not hire guides. We grow up alongside them. Ours are herders, hunters and naturalists born to this land, chosen over years — and paid to stay for life.

One team, for life.

Behind every Tengri journey is a small, permanent team \u2014 guides, drivers, cooks and camp crew who have travelled together for years. We employ them the year round and pay the herding families who host you directly. When you travel with us, you travel with people, not a logo.

Batbayar “Bat”

18 YRS

Fourth-generation Kazakh eagle hunter from the Altai. Reads weather from the way the eagles ride the wind.

FAVOURITE
Sagsai Valley at first snow
LANGUAGES
Kazakh · Mongolian · English

Oyuunchimeg “Oyuna”

12 YRS

Naturalist and former field biologist. Has logged more snow-leopard sightings in the Gobi than anyone we know.

FAVOURITE
The Tost ridgelines at dusk
LANGUAGES
Mongolian · English · Russian

Ganzorig “Ganaa”

20 YRS

Horseman of the Orkhon. Trains our herd himself and plays the morin khuur by the fire most nights.

FAVOURITE
The Orkhon waterfall in June
LANGUAGES
Mongolian · English
05 — When to Go

Four countries
in one.

Mongolia is not one destination but four, each unrecognisable from the last. Tell us the country you want, and we will tell you the month.

Spring

APR–MAY

Foaling season. The grass returns, the camps re-form, and you may have the country almost to yourself.

Summer

JUN–AUG

Wildflowers, sixteen-hour light, and Naadam. The steppe at its most generous and most alive.

Autumn

SEP–OCT

The larch turns to fire and the eagle festival gathers. Amber light, clear air, our favourite season to travel.

Winter

NOV–MAR

The white silence. Blue ice, reindeer sledges, and the country stripped to its bones. The ultimate expedition.

Journeys by Season

Two ways to cross
each season.

The classics that define Mongolia, and the routes almost no traveller reaches. Every journey is private, never more than twelve guests, and designed around you.

Spring is Mongolia waking up. The steppe greens, foals and camel calves are born, and the travellers haven't yet arrived. The weather is changeable and the far-northern routes are only beginning to thaw — but the light is soft, the land feels newly made, and you'll often have it to yourself.

Why go now
  • Newborn animals and the spring migrations
  • Fresh green steppe and the first wildflowers
  • Very few other travellers, and lower prices
  • Soft light and mild, lengthening days
Trade-offs
  • Changeable weather — wind and the odd late snow
  • Some northern and taiga routes still impassable
  • Nights are still cold
  • Occasional dust storms in the Gobi
The ClassicsMongolia's essential journeys
Gobi in Bloom
8 DAYS

Camel-calving season and cool, clear desert light across the singing dunes and the Flaming Cliffs.

ÖMNÖGOVI · 43.7°N 104.1°E
Foaling on the Steppe
6 DAYS

The Orkhon Valley as the mares foal and the grass returns — ride out among the season's new herds.

ÖVÖRKHANGAI · 47.2°N 102.8°E
The Eight Lakes
7 DAYS

A horse trek among eight volcanic lakes as spring greens the Orkhon highlands.

NAIMAN NUUR · 46.62°N 101.55°E
Off the Beaten PathThe far side of the map
The Spring Migration
7 DAYS

Move with a herding family as they shift the khot ail to fresh pasture. Your camp travels with theirs.

ARKHANGAI · 47.5°N 101.5°E
Przewalski's Return
6 DAYS

Track the takhi — the last truly wild horse — with the scientists reintroducing it, as the first foals appear.

HUSTAI · 47.7°N 105.9°E
Ikh Nart Reserve
7 DAYS

Red-rock canyons and the argali and ibex of a little-known desert reserve, with the researchers who study them.

DORNOGOVI · 45.72°N 108.65°E

The warmest, greenest, brightest months — sixteen-hour days, wildflower meadows and Naadam. Everything is open, including the far north and the taiga, which is exactly why July is the busiest window and brings the occasional afternoon storm.

Why go now
  • Warmest weather and the longest days
  • The Naadam festival in July
  • The taiga and remote north are accessible
  • Lush green landscapes — ideal for families
Trade-offs
  • Peak season — busier and higher priced
  • Occasional rain and thunderstorms
  • The best-known sites feel less private
  • Book well ahead
The ClassicsMongolia's essential journeys
The Private Naadam
8 DAYS

The three manly games at a countryside finish line, far from the stadium, with the grand opening as overture.

COUNTRYSIDE · 47.9°N 106.9°E
Khövsgöl, the Blue Pearl
9 DAYS

Ride and kayak the great northern lake through wildflower meadows and sixteen-hour light.

KHÖVSGÖL · 51.0°N 100.5°E
Luxury Nomads
8 DAYS

Our private ger camp moves with you — linen, wood-fired baths, a chef, and no one else for forty miles.

CENTRAL STEPPE · 46.3°N 100.72°E
Off the Beaten PathThe far side of the map
Into the Taiga
11 DAYS

The hard ride north to the Tsaatan reindeer clans above the treeline — passable only now.

TSAGAANNUUR · 51.4°N 99.2°E
The Eastern Silence
10 DAYS

The gazelle migration — up to a million animals — and white-naped cranes across intact grassland few ever see.

DORNOD · 49.5°N 115.0°E
The Tavan Bogd Trek
12 DAYS

Trek to Mongolia's highest peaks and the great Potanin Glacier, among Kazakh and Tuvan herders.

BAYAN-ÖLGII · 49.1°N 87.82°E

Many travellers' favourite season. The weather turns stable and clear, the grasslands go amber and the larch to gold, the crowds thin, and the Golden Eagle Festival gathers the Kazakh hunters. The window is short, and the nights cool quickly before winter closes in.

Why go now
  • Crisp, stable, clear weather
  • Golden colour and superb light for photography
  • The Golden Eagle Festival
  • Far fewer travellers than summer
Trade-offs
  • A short season
  • Cold nights — sub-zero by October
  • Daylight shortening fast
  • Some camps close from late October
The ClassicsMongolia's essential journeys
The Golden Eagle Traverse
11 DAYS

The Altai, the autumn eagle festival before the crowds, and the larch turning to fire.

BAYAN-ÖLGII · 49.0°N 89.9°E
The Amber Steppe
9 DAYS

A light-led photography expedition timed to golden hour across the Orkhon and into the Gobi.

ORKHON–GOBI · 46.3°N 102.8°E
The Autumn Gobi
9 DAYS

The great desert set-pieces under the crisp, clear light and long shadows of autumn.

ÖMNÖGOVI · 43.75°N 103.1°E
Off the Beaten PathThe far side of the map
River of Giants
8 DAYS

Fly-fishing for taimen, the world's largest trout, on the Onon — expert ghillies, strict catch-and-release.

ONON RIVER · 48.8°N 110.5°E
The Reindeer Rut
10 DAYS

Back to the taiga as the reindeer rut and the first snow dusts the treeline. Fewer travellers than summer.

KHÖVSGÖL TAIGA · 51.3°N 99.3°E
The Khentii Traverse
10 DAYS

Ride the sacred Khan Khentii — the wild taiga-and-steppe heartland where Genghis Khan was born.

KHENTII · 48.6°N 109.2°E

The most demanding season, and for some the most rewarding — deep cold and deeper quiet, with the country almost entirely to yourself. This is the true eagle-hunting season, the blue ice of Khövsgöl, and Tsagaan Sar. It asks for the right kit and a real sense of adventure.

Why go now
  • The authentic winter eagle hunt
  • Blue ice, ice festivals and reindeer sleighs
  • Tsagaan Sar — the lunar new year
  • Total solitude, and a chance of the aurora
Trade-offs
  • Extreme cold, −20°C to −40°C
  • Short daylight hours
  • Demanding conditions; specialist kit needed
  • Some areas are harder to reach
The ClassicsMongolia's essential journeys
The White Hunt
9 DAYS

Winter is the true eagle-hunting season — ride out as the eagle takes fox across the snow, then a heated camp.

BAYAN-ÖLGII · 49.0°N 89.9°E
Blue Ice of Khövsgöl
8 DAYS

The Blue Pearl frozen a metre deep: sleighs on the ice, the Ice Festival, and a real chance of aurora.

KHÖVSGÖL · 51.0°N 100.5°E
Winter in Terelj
6 DAYS

Snow-draped granite, cliff monasteries and reindeer sleighs an hour from the capital — winter made comfortable.

TÖV · 47.9°N 107.42°E
Off the Beaten PathThe far side of the map
Tsagaan Sar
6 DAYS

Inside a herding camp for the lunar new year — the year's most important gathering, and its most private.

CENTRAL MONGOLIA · 47.0°N 103.0°E
Thousand Camels
7 DAYS

The cold Gobi in March: camel racing and polo among a thousand Bactrians, under the year's cleanest light.

ÖMNÖGOVI · 43.7°N 104.1°E
Snow Leopard Tracking
12 DAYS

Days in the field with the researchers who protect the ghost of the mountains — patience rewarded as almost nowhere else.

TOST MOUNTAINS · 43.1°N 100.9°E
06 — Conservation

Travel that keeps
the steppe unfenced.

The nomadic way is not a performance for visitors — it is a living economy, and a fragile one. A fifth of every journey goes directly to the families who host you and the rangers who protect the wild.

It funds winter fodder in the harshest years, veterinary care for the herds, and the community patrols that have helped snow-leopard numbers hold steady in the south. Your journey is the reason a child of the steppe can afford to stay on it.

20%
OF EVERY JOURNEY, TO COMMUNITIES
140+
HERDER FAMILIES SUPPORTED
6
RANGER PATROLS FUNDED
0
GROUPS LARGER THAN TWELVE
07 — Our Story

Founded in the saddle,
not the boardroom.

Tengri began with a single winter spent in a herder's ger in the Arkhangai, and a conviction that Mongolia deserved to be travelled slowly, and on its own terms.

For more than fifteen years we have earned our way into this country — sharing the migrations, the hunts and the long silences until the families who host you became friends, and their world became one we could open, carefully, to a very few travellers each year. We employ our guides for life, pay the families who host you directly, and cap every journey at twelve. We would rather turn away a booking than dilute a place.

Fewer, deeper, and always on Mongolia's terms.

— NAME SURNAME · FOUNDER & HEAD OF EXPEDITIONS
2009
FOUNDED
21
PROVINCES
140+
FAMILIES
12
GUESTS, MAX
08 — The Journal

Field notes from
the eternal sky.

Read the Journal →
DISPATCH · THE NORTH · 9 MIN

The Last Reindeer Herders of the Taiga

Three days on horseback above the treeline, to a people whose whole world moves when the moss runs thin.

ALMANAC · CRAFT · 6 MIN

Reading the Sky: A Nomad's Almanac

How herders forecast a week of weather from the colour of the moon and the behaviour of the horses.

NATURAL HISTORY · THE GOBI · 8 MIN

Why the Gobi Was Once an Ocean

Reading a hundred million years in the flaming cliffs — and the eggs that rewrote what we knew of dinosaurs.

09 — In Their Words
“We have travelled everywhere. This was the first place that made us feel small in the way you hope to feel small — and the first team we trusted completely to take us there.”
MARGARET & DAVID H. · SAN FRANCISCO, USA · THE ALTAI EAGLE EXPEDITION
“Not a tour. An expedition, in the true sense — and the most beautiful eleven days of our lives.”
SOPHIE L. · PARIS, FRANCE
“I have photographed forty countries. Nowhere has light like the Mongolian steppe at nine in the evening.”
KENJI T. · TOKYO, JAPAN
Peace of Mind

Never more than twelve

Every journey is private, or capped at twelve guests. Small by design, always.

Expedition-grade safety

Wilderness-medic guides, satellite communications and medical-evacuation cover on every trip.

Financially protected

Your booking is secured through recognised traveller financial protection.

A real person, always

24/7 on-trip support and one dedicated specialist, from first enquiry to homecoming.

10 — Begin

Design My Journey

Every Tengri journey is built from a blank page. There is no catalogue to choose from — only a conversation. Tell us where you'd like yours to begin.

No obligation. A specialist replies within two days to begin the conversation.