Mongolia's Naadam Festival





Travel to Mongolia and discover the iconic Naadam Festival
Why you'll love this trip
- Visit the athletes’ training camps as they prepare to compete in the Naadam Festival.
- Live the nomad life with a family stay at a horse breeder's camp – a rare and rewarding cultural experience to remember.
- Attend the Naadam Opening Ceremony and watch athletes compete for glory in wrestling, horse racing and archery.
- Encounter Mongolia's stunning natural landscape with visits to places such as the Flaming Cliffs and sand dunes of Khongor.
- Spend time in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s fascinating capital city, where traditional Mongolian life mingles with modern ways.
View the itinerary for departures between 01 January 2026 - 31 December 2026
Itinerary
Inclusions and activities
14 breakfasts, 11 lunches, 10 dinners
Private Vehicle
Hotel (4 nights), Tourist Ger Camp (9 nights), Family Ger Camp (1 night)
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Before you book you should know
Dates and prices
Important notes
1. A single supplement is available on this trip for hotel nights (4 nights) in Ulaanbaatar and 4 nights out of the stays at tourist ger camps. Your tour leader will advise you on where in the tourist ger camps you'll be able to have a single ger to you.
2. A sleeping bag is required for the family ger camp stays. You can bring your own, or hire one in Ulaanbaatar at 20 USD. Please let your booking agent know if you would like to hire one.
3. Please provide your passport copy no later than 45 days prior to the departure. This is needed for purchasing Nadaam Festival tickets.
4. The visit to training camps heavily depend on the schedule set up by different teams which tend to change last minute. So the order of the visit to different training camps may change between Day 2 and Day 3. Your tour leader will be able to give you the exact details at the group meeting but we will visit the training camps of the three sports to give you the chance of observing and interacting with the athletes in preparation for their games.
5. Please note that if you are booked on the 2nd & 4th departure starting on 29 Jun 2025/2026 (departure code: CBSOS2506292&CBSOS2509294, or CBSOS2606292&CBSOS2606294), the order of destinations on the itinerary will be adjusted as below ( the included activities in each destination will remain the unchanged):
1. Ulaanbaatar: Group meeting
2. Ulaanbaatar: Horse Racing Camp
3. Ulaanbaartar: Archery & Wrestling Camp
4. Karakorum
5. Ongiin Khiid
6. Bayanzag Flaming Cliffs
7. Khongor Sand Dunes
8. Khongor Sand Dunes
9. Yol Valley
10. Tsagaan Suvarga
11. Baga Gazriin Chuluu
12. Ulaanbaatar
13. Ulaanbaatar - Nadaam Openning Ceremony & Archery events
14. Ulaanbaatar - Wrestling & Horse Racing events
15. Trip finish
For departures CBSOS250629 and CBSOS2506293 (or CBSOS260629&CBSOS2606293), the itinerary will be as per the normal itinerary displayed.
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