Guests with herders at a goat pen

Life on the steppe

Experiences

Hands-on nomadic life, food and culture with our herder families, plus day trips to sacred mountains, monasteries and Naadam.

What you’ll do

Everything you can try at Oortsog

Each program mixes these hands-on experiences. Tell us what you’d love most and we’ll build it into your days.

Nomadic life

Mainly in the Cultural Immersion Program

  • Visit a nomadic herder family
  • Milk mares for airag
  • Milk goats the traditional way
  • Herd sheep with the family
  • Foal branding (tamga) ceremony

Herder skills

Mainly in the Cultural Immersion Program

  • Help build a traditional ger
  • Learn rope tying and packing
  • Light a fire with dried manure
  • Horse catching and saddling

Food

In every program

  • Boodog: goat cooked with hot stones
  • Khorkhog by the bonfire
  • Buuz and khuushuur
  • Dairy making and tasting
  • Suutei tsai, Mongolian milk tea

Culture

In every program

  • Morin khuur and long song
  • Throat singing and biyelgee dance
  • Airag dembee drinking game
  • Horseback archery performance
  • Campfire and stargazing

Day trips and add-ons

Add any of these to your program. Tell us which ones you’d like when you register.

Choiriin Bogd sacred mountain

One-day hike through rock formations, temple ruins and rare wildlife.

In 5-day + Immersion

Khamariin Khiid monastery

Overnight trip to the “World Energy Center” monastery, about 4 hours from Oortsog.

Overnight

Naadam festival & horse racing

Local Naadam games and horse racing, when one falls on your dates.

July only

Music & dance performance

Morin khuur, long song, throat singing and biyelgee dance by local artists.

In 5-day + Immersion

Find the program that fits you

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Tell us when you’d like to come

Not a booking and nothing to pay. We reply with dates, prices and availability.

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