The expeditions
Each expedition, a different wild encounter
We run a small number of carefully planned expeditions across Mongolia. Each one is built from time in the field, local knowledge and first-hand experience.
Where we work
A country shaped by its wildlife
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In search of the Snow Leopard
See the expeditionArgali, Ibex & Petroglyphs of Ikh Nart
See the expeditionAcross the Mongolian Altai
Ulaan Taiga — Wildlife of the Northern Forests
See the expeditionTsaatan, Reindeer Herders of the Taiga
See the expeditionMazaalai — Gobi Bear
Hustai, Lakes & Steppe — A Wildlife & Birding Expedition
See the expeditionHustai, Lakes & Steppe — A Wildlife & Birding Expedition
See the expeditionPallas's Cat in the Eastern Steppe
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Natural Earth; Khövsgöl protected areas traced from the UTSPA map. Other areas shown at true area, not surveyed boundaries.
Every expedition can be tailored to you.
The itineraries we offer can be adapted, extended or shortened, with extra days and destinations added along the way. Several expeditions can also be combined to create a longer journey across Mongolia. Tell us what you would like to see, how much time you have, and we will shape the journey around you.
In search of the Snow Leopard
Tost Nature Reserve, South Gobi
This 10-day snow leopard tour in Mongolia takes you into Tost Tosonbumba Nature Reserve, one of the country’s most important snow leopard habitats. We stay in a ger camp in the reserve and spend three full days searching the surrounding mountains with local rangers and trackers.
- Length
- 10 days
- Months
- All year round
- Price
- From $2,700 per person
- Next departure
- November 2026
- Group
- 2 to 6 travellers
Tsaatan, Reindeer Herders of the Taiga
Khovsgol taiga, northern Mongolia
An adventure into northern Mongolia, by four-wheel drive and horseback, to spend three nights with Tsaatan reindeer-herding families in the Ulaan Taiga.
- Length
- 9 days
- Months
- Year round
- Price
- From $1,500 per person
- Group
- 2 to 6 travellers
Argali, Ibex & Petroglyphs of Ikh Nart
Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, Dornogovi
This six-day wildlife tour in Mongolia is based in Ikh Nart, a mix of open steppe, granite hills and dry valleys. It is one of the best places in Mongolia to see argali, which are often found on the rocky ridges, along with ibex. Vultures and eagles are common overhead, while smaller animals can be seen across the steppe.
November is the argali rut — the rams duel, and the reserve is at its most active.
- Length
- 6 days
- Months
- Year round
- Price
- From $850 per person
- Group
- 2 to 6 travellers
Wildlife of the Gobi
Ikh Nart, Tost and the South Gobi
This journey brings together two of Mongolia’s great wildlife landscapes, and the long road across the Gobi that links them together.
- Length
- 14 daysor 12 days, wildlife only
- Months
- All year round
- Price
- From $3,000 per person
- Group
- 2 to 6 travellers
Hustai, Lakes & Steppe — A Wildlife & Birding Expedition
Hustai National Park, Töv
This six-day wildlife and birding tour in Mongolia brings together the mammals and birdlife of the central steppe. It begins in Hustai National Park, home to the takhi, Mongolia’s wild horse. We spend two days exploring the park, watching the horses across the steppe and hills, particularly during the cooler hours when they are most active.
- Length
- 6 days
- Months
- Year round
- Price
- From $790 per person
- Group
- 2 to 6 travellers
Pallas's Cat in the Eastern Steppe
Eastern steppe, Sükhbaatar
A week in Mongolia’s Eastern Steppe, based at a research and conservation centre where Pallas’s cats have been studied for years. Five full days are spent in the field with local researchers and trackers, searching the open steppe, rocky ground and known territories used by the cats.
- Length
- 7 days
- Months
- Summer and winter
- Price
- From $2,050 per person
- Group
- 2 to 6 travellers
Ulaan Taiga — Wildlife of the Northern Forests
Northern taiga forest and mountains, Khövsgöl
A ten-day expedition into the Ulaan Taiga, searching for Siberian brown bears and the other wildlife of Mongolia’s northern forests.
- Length
- 10 days
- Months
- June to September
- Price
- From $2,600 per person
- Next departure
- June 2027
- Group
- 2 to 4 travellers
Mazaalai — Gobi Bear
In preparationGreat Gobi A Strictly Protected Area, south-west Gobi
The mazaalai lives in the Great Gobi A Strictly Protected Area and nowhere else on earth. This expedition is being built : access to the reserve, the season, and the shape of the days are all still to be settled with the people who manage it. There are no dates yet, and the price is indicative until there is something real to sell.
- Length
- In preparation
- Months
- Not yet fixed
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