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Przewalski S Horse Steppe

Eastern Steppe · Hustai · Ulaanbaatar
Duration
7 Days · 6 Nights
The route
Eastern Steppe · Hustai · Ulaanbaatar
Style
Wild horses and the eastern grassland
Best season
May – September · best
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Saker falcon
Saker falcon
Over the surrounding steppe.
Daurian jackdaw
Daurian jackdaw
Around the city.
Przewalski's horse
Przewalski's horse
Grazing the steppe.
Red deer
Red deer
In the valleys.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Ulaanbaatar

Arrive Ulaanbaatar

The journey begins.

Arrive in Ulaanbaatar, met and transferred to your accommodation. Ulaanbaatar is the one city in a vast empty land — the staging point for the steppe, Gobi and Altai.

02Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar

A full day in the field.

A city day before the steppe and the Gobi.

03Ulaanbaatar → Hustai National Park

To Hustai National Park

On to the next.

Transfer to Hustai National Park. Dawn and dusk drives for the wild takhi horses. Steppe wildlife, deer and marmots on the grassland.

04Hustai National Park

Hustai National Park

A full day in the field.

Steppe wildlife, deer and marmots on the grassland. A full day with the world's last wild horses. The takhi of Hustai, once extinct in the wild, now run free again — one of conservation's great triumphs.

05Hustai National Park → Eastern Mongolian Steppe

To Eastern Mongolian Steppe

On to the next.

Transfer to Eastern Mongolian Steppe. Cranes and gazelle herds across the open steppe. Grassland birding from a mobile camp.

06Eastern Mongolian Steppe

Eastern Mongolian Steppe

A full day in the field.

Grassland birding from a mobile camp. A full day in the vast eastern grassland. The eastern steppe is one of the largest intact grasslands on earth, ranged by gazelle herds and cranes.

07Depart Eastern Mongolian Steppe

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Eastern Mongolian Steppe — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

May – September

Peak season

The mild season — the time to head into the wilderness.

Year-round

Good season

A year-round gateway; winters are brutally cold.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Birds

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Field notes, now and then.

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