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The Backpacker’s Guide To Independent, Budget Travel In Mongolia

Posted December 30, 2018 by Cara Crawford

Mongolia is one of those places that’s super cheap to live, but somehow ridiculously expensive to travel to. I’m always baffled by how this works, but it’s not the first country I’ve traveled to that’s like this. The cost of living in Mongolia is dirt cheap, but the second you want to actually tr...

A Day In The Life of Mongolia’s Tsaatan Reindeer Herders: 20+ Tsaatan Reindeer Photos That Will Make You Want To Visit Mongolia

Posted December 06, 2018 by Cara Crawford

Deep in the heart of the Mongolian Taiga lives Mongolia’s most unique and remote community of herders, the Tsaatan. What makes the Tsaatan so unique is not so much where they live, but how they live. While most Mongolian herder families raise cows and sheep, the Tsaatan do things a little d...

Exploring the Mongolian Back Country with Tour Mongolia: A Tour Mongolia Review

Posted December 01, 2018 by Cara Crawford

In many ways, Mongolia feels like the last frontier. It’s the land of blue sky and wide open spaces, where animals outnumber people 22 to 1. Mongolia is a place where wildlife thrives, animals roam free, and people spend most of their time outside instead of in. It’s a country that values traditi...

How To Go Horse Trekking In Mongolia: A Beginner’s Guide To Traveling Mongolia On Horseback

Posted November 18, 2018 by Cara Crawford

Horse trekking in Mongolia is the absolute best way to experience this incredible country. Why? Because nowhere in the world are horses more integral to peoples’ daily lives than in Mongolia. It’s said that “a Mongol without a horse is like a bird without wings”. Riding to the Mongolians is more ...

The Complete Guide To Visiting Mongolia’s Mystical Tsaatan Reindeer Herders

Posted November 06, 2018 by Cara Crawford

Deep in the heart of the Mongolian Taiga lives one of the most unique communities in the world, the Tsaatan reindeer herders. For centuries the Tsaatan have survived tucked into the forests of Northern Mongolia, isolated from society and surrounded by their faithful herd of reindeer. To visit the...

The Ultimate 10 Day Mongolia Itinerary: Off The Beaten Path Adventures Through The Mongolian Taiga with Tour Mongolia

Posted October 24, 2018 by Cara Crawford

If you want to travel to Mongolia, get off the beaten path, and have the adventure of a lifetime, this is the trip for you. The epic adventures you’ll go on include, but are not limited to, driving off-road through the Taiga, horse trekking to meet the Tsaatan Reindeer Tribe and staying ove...