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What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive Ulaanbaatar
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.
Ulaanbaatar
A city day before the steppe and the Gobi.
To Altai Mountains
Transfer to Altai Mountains. Tracker-led searches for snow leopard in the high valleys. High-mountain wildlife — argali, ibex and golden eagles.
Altai Mountains
High-mountain wildlife — argali, ibex and golden eagles. A full day in the snow-leopard mountains. The Altai is one of the only places on earth to seek a wild snow leopard — the elusive 'ghost of the mountains'.
Altai Mountains
A full day in the snow-leopard mountains. The Kazakh eagle hunters and their golden eagles.
Altai Mountains
The Kazakh eagle hunters and their golden eagles.
Altai Mountains
Tracker-led searches for snow leopard in the high valleys.
Altai Mountains
High-mountain wildlife — argali, ibex and golden eagles.
Altai Mountains
A full day in the snow-leopard mountains.
Altai Mountains
The Kazakh eagle hunters and their golden eagles.
Altai Mountains
Tracker-led searches for snow leopard in the high valleys.
Altai Mountains
High-mountain wildlife — argali, ibex and golden eagles.
Altai Mountains
A full day in the snow-leopard mountains.
Altai Mountains
The Kazakh eagle hunters and their golden eagles.
Departure
A final morning in Altai Mountains — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
The mild season — the time to head into the wilderness.
Good season
A year-round gateway; winters are brutally cold.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Shangri-La Ulaanbaatar
The city's leading international hotel, polished and central.
Snow Leopard Expedition Camp
A mobile expedition camp in the high Altai, base for the snow-leopard search.
Best Western Premier Tuushin
A reliable, comfortable hotel on the central square.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.