THE YAK VALLEY DESTINATION HOME TO CENTURIES OF NOMADIC TRADITIONS 

Introducing the beautiful and peaceful landscape of the iconic yak valley, known for its large number of yak herd in the country, part of the sum of Tsakhir, of the Arkhangai province around 700km West from the capital city Ulaanbaatar.

Here passed the village, the road let the place to dirt paths going first gently through relatively soft ground. Between small lakes and rivers, this continues up to more rough terrains, with the premises of the Targagatai mountain chain, the largest summits of this central region, visible all along. The range of those mountains is comparable to the Northern Altai mountains seen in Southern Siberia - Russia, and are forming a natural frontier between the North landscapes characterized by the permafrost, and the South ones of those of the Gobi, a warmer and desert-type of climate and landscapes.

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OVERVIEW

Located in Tsakhir village of Arkhangai province. A combination of the best pastures, green lands, lakes, and rivers make the animals produce some of the best dairies of the country, that our nomad family is proud to share with our guests.

From Ulaanbaatar city / 700 km

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Introducing the beautiful and peaceful landscape of the iconic yak valley, known for its large number of yak herd in the country, part of the sum of Tsakhir, of the Arkhangai province around 700km West from the capital city Ulaanbaatar.

THE YAK VALLEY DESTINATION HOME TO CENTURIES OF NOMADIC TRADITIONS 

Here passed the village, the road let the place to dirt paths going first gently through relatively soft ground. Between small lakes and rivers, this continues up to more rough terrains, with the premises of the Targagatai mountain chain, the largest summits of this central region, visible all along. The range of those mountains is comparable to the Northern Altai mountains seen in Southern Siberia - Russia, and are forming a natural frontier between the North landscapes characterized by the permafrost, and the South ones of those of the Gobi, a warmer and desert-type of climate and landscapes.
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OVERVIEW

Located in Tsakhir village of Arkhangai province. A combination of the best pastures, green lands, lakes, and rivers make the animals produce some of the best dairies of the country, that our nomad family is proud to share with our guests.

From Ulaanbaatar city / 700 km

CLICK TO ENJOY THE DESTINATION GALLERY!

1st landing place: THE LITTLE LAKE RIDE & HIKE
Local name: Jijig Lake

1st landing place: THE LITTLE LAKE RIDE & HIKE
Local name: Jijig Lake

Considering your arrival to the yak valley, and your very first ride or trek, the small lake destination here is a perfect warm-up spot for you to both discover the surroundings and get a feel for the exercises to come. There is a little ridge we shall ride or trek along, making yourself familiar with the unique landscape and the nomadic life. You shall go along very peacefully, where you see on both sides the lifestyle of Mongolia with the herders' camps and gers with their smoking chimneys. This is a pleasant little time before the next adventures.

2nd landing place: TRIANGLE MOUNTAIN TREK
Local name: Gurvaljin Mountain

2nd landing place: TRIANGLE MOUNTAIN TREK
Local name: Gurvaljin Mountain

The Ride brings you to the North-West side of our camp. Following along the river, it naturally leads to a green step towards the rocks of the Tarbagatai mountain range. On this path, the nature seems changing uncovering green sceneries and mountains, and as we go up the streams of the river, we progress to higher grounds. The view finally unveils a stunning panorama over the region as we are reaching up to 2600m above sea level.

The trek is about 10km total (both ways) only, but as being one of the first of your explorations of the high Mongolian mountains, the ascent here will be approx. 750m which is quite a lot. The hike itself will take about a full day with beautiful stops along the way, taking the time to enjoy Nature and with a delightful picnic about half way. Your exercise will be a quite smooth experience for this first ever approach of your adventure.

Generally, the trails are built from the valley up and back down to the same spots, which give flexibility to every trekker who wants to stop the adventure earlier than the rest of the group and be back to the support vehicle to enjoy further rest. If they want, driven back to camp, to gather around and discuss the preparation of the next adventures, and joy the nomads or see the surroundings freely. The vehicle turns back to get back the final group back to the camp. So we are quite flexible and respectful upon your needs, especially understanding this will be your very first ride or trek closer to high mountains.

3d landing place: "SHIVERT" LAKE RIDE
Local name: Shivert Lake

3d landing place: SHIVERT LAKE RIDE
Local name: Shivert Lake

It is a unique ride, which pleases you totally to a very remote spot, where you can see only birds, running marmots along with the fields, and in the wild, horses or from time to time deer running away from us, with only the empty mountains surrounding us.

This is a pleasure to ride here, which features beautiful long valleys, crossing rivers, and riding along the ridges of the flat mountains until reaching the head of the valley, and riding up to a small lake at 2500m, the highlight of this ride. The car cannot pass this high and will be waiting for us and the kitchen and a delicious meal before the last ascent to the lake itself. A wonderful panorama facing the valleys, resting with our companions and horses.

IMAGES OF THE AMAZING YAK VALLEY
Photos by Enguerran Zandonai

IMAGES OF THE AMAZING YAK VALLEY

Photos by Enguerran Zandonai

Your first adventure trek and western Mongolian horse ride start here. A very good warm-up, making you familiar with the nomads, landscapes, and a good slow adaptation for the Mongolian altitude and terrain to come!