Explore Mongolia on our adventure tours! Whether by jeep, motorbike, on horseback or camel: Mongolia is a very fascinating country with a stunning landscape, an interesting history and numerous worthwhile travel destinations far off the beaten path.

Adventure Tour Mongolia: Explore Mongolia by jeep, on horseback and on camel back. Visit Lake Ögij Nuur and Khushuu Tsaidam Monuments as well as the former Mongolian capital Karakorum and Erdenne Zuu Monastery, ride your horse through Orkhon Valley (UNESCO World Heritage Site) to the ruins of Charbalgas, the Ulaan Tsutgalan waterfalls and drive to the Red Cliffs Bayanzag and the singing dune Hongoryn Else. Conclude your trip with a 2-day camel ride along Gobi Desert.



Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. Its neighboring countries are Russia to the north and the People's Republic of China to the south, east and west. The largest city and capital Ulaanbaatar (also known as Ulan Bator) is home to about 38% of the population.

With a population of about 2.9 million people, Mongolia is the most sparsely populated independent country in the world, of which approximately 30% are nomadic or semi-nomadic. At 1,564,116 square kilometres, Mongolia is also the nineteenth largest and the second-largest landlocked country in the world. Much of the country's area is covered by arid and unproductive steppes, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Tibetan Buddhism is the predominant religion in Mongolia. The main festival is Naadam, which has been organised for centuries, consists of three Mongolian traditional sports, archery, horse-racing and wrestling. The traditional Mongolian dwelling is known as a yurt and the music of Mongolia is strongly influenced by Tibetan Buddhism and nomadism.

Mongolia has always been inhabited by nomads who sometimes formed great and powerful confederations. In 209 B.C. the Xiongniu and their leader Modu Shanyu formed an alliance that soon was to be the greatest threat to the Chinese Qin Dynasty which forced the latter to build the Great Wall of China as a means of defense against the Xiongniu raids. The Xiongniu were succeeded by the Rouran who were defeated by the Göktürks, who then dominated Mongolia for centuries. During the 7th and 8th centuries, Mongolia was ruled by Uyghurs and then by the Khitans and Jurchens. By the 10th century, Mongolia was divided into several tribes linked through transient alliances.



During the 12th century, a chieftain named Temüjin united the Mongol tribes between Manchuria and the Altai Mountains and took the title Genghis Khaan in 1206. He waged numerous brutal and ferocious military campaigns through much of Asia, forming the Mongol Empire, the biggest land empire in the history of humankind. This enormous empire stretched from Poland in the west to Korea in the east and from Siberia in the north to the Golf of Oman and Vietnam in the south covering approximately 33,000,000 square kilometers with a population of over 100 million people.

The following centuries were marked by power struggles between various factions and several Chinese invasions (like the five expeditions led by the Yongle Emperor). In the early 15th century, Esen Tayisi gained the upper hand and even raided China in 1449 capturing the Chinese emperor in the process. In the 16th century, Altan Khan founded Hohhot in 1557. His meeting with the Dalai Lama in 1578 sparked the second introduction of Tibetan Buddhism to Mongolia. In 1585 Abtai Khan of the Khalkha converted to Buddhism and founded the famous Erdene Zuu Monastery.

From the early 17th century until 1911, the Manchu maintained control of Mongolia with a series of alliances, intermarriages as well as civil and economic measures. After the fall of the Chinese Qing Dynasty in 1911, Mongolia declared independence and in 1924 - with the support of the Soviets - the Mongolian People's Republic was declared. On October 6, 1949, after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, both countries recognized each other. Mongolia continued to align itself closely with the Soviet Union until the introduction of perestroika and glasnost in the USSR by Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1992, a new constitution was introduced, and the "People's Republic" was dropped from the country's name.

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