We’ll leave UB in the morning and travel west, passing through Darkhan, Mongolia’s largest industrial city. What used to be a week-long ride on camels and horses is now a simple 5-hour drive to our evening destination.
Khuder village is situated on the far northernmost point of the Selenge aimag’s Russian frontier. It has a population of around 3,000 people, the majority of whom are Buriad ethnic descendants.
On the eastern side of the Khentii Mountains, the village is surrounded by a beautiful Siberian oak, birch, and Siberian larch forest on the bank of the Khuder River, which runs through a deep valley. In the summer, the forest is abundant with wild berries, especially wild strawberries, which are so dense that it is difficult to sit on the ground.
This trek is perfect for those with limited time who want to escape the crowds in Gorkhi-Terelj National Park.
(Tented camp L, D)
The Khentii Mountains are a mountain range in northern Mongolia’s Töv and Khentii provinces. The chain crosses the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area and includes Burkhan Khaldun, Mongolia’s holiest mountain and the birthplace of Genghis Khan.
The range serves as a watershed between the Arctic and Pacific Ocean basins (via Lake Baikal). The Onon, Kherlen, and Tuul rivers all originate in the range.
We’ll take a walk into the valley near the mountain ranges’ base. This two-day adventure will take us across a tundra environment that is home to a variety of wild animals, including moose. The scenery around us is characteristic of Siberia. We’ll be trekking through dense woodland home to deer, wolves, moose, and bears.
We will arrive in Bugant village at the end of the second day’s trek. The village is the first wood producer of Siberian pine and birch. On the way, we’ll pass by some massive wood mills.
(Tented Camp B, L, D)
Our kayaking adventure will begin today. Yoroo is a slow-moving river carved by spectacular little canyons and flowing through fertile valleys surrounded by total forest rich in wild flora and fauna. Due to the river’s importance as a water source in the area, many nomads come to camp alongside it with their herd during the summer.
We’ll have the opportunity to meet a nomad family and spend an evening with them. The menu includes barbeque cooked over hot stones. Over one or two shots of vodka, strike up a nice conversation with them and listen to their extraordinary life stories.
(Tented camp B, L, D)
The time has come to leave and drive back to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital. You can use your free afternoon to see as you fit. You could always go see lovely cultural show and admire the contortionists while watching colorful and rhythmic Mongolian dances.
(B, L)
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