When in Mongolia,
do as the NOMADS do
Come and Experience
Our Subtle Luxury in Mongolia
Nomads Tours and Expeditions, based in Mongolia, has an expert team of both international and local staff. Our office is run efficiently and communication with our partners and clients in other countries is both reliable and fast. If you are traveling independently we can arrange your trip to your specific requests.
We have English and German as our international languages in the office. We believe that the most important person is our client, so if the person you are dealing with is out of the office then someone else can easily answer your questions and will know about you and your trip. These professional arrangements will start from your first communication with our office and will continue until you leave the country.
Friendly
Geniune
Adventurous
Active
YOU ARE SUPPORTED BY A FANTASTIC TEAM
At our company we consider ‘the earth as one country and mankind its citizens’. We welcome all our clients as part of our family, are happy about them giving us business, and are proud to introduce them to the most beautiful parts of Mongolia and its wonderful people. When visiting from a far away place, a traveler is confronted with a variety of impressions that lead to questions – some prior to arrival, others during the experience. These need to be answered to make sure there will only be positive surprises. A deep knowledge of both the Mongolian culture as well as the expectations and needs of tourists is essential. We deliver both by working in a team of diverse tourism professionals, born and raised in different parts of the world. When quality and reliability matter, Nomads is the right company to choose.
Nomads strives to operate by the saying “regard man as a mine rich in gems”. In order to build a strong and capable company, we provide our core staff of around thirty individuals with all year-round work, despite the very short travel season of approximately one hundred days. To do this, we take on a variety of complementary jobs and projects. Many of our staff stay with us until retirement and afterwards still come back during peak tourism season to fill in for the extra demand. Over our many years of operations, our crews have acquired experience with all terrains in all provinces, built relationships all around the country, and become a strong, motivated team. Our clients benefit from that attitude, as they travel together with friendly, positive people with a service-oriented attitude and a wealth of experience.
Our clients appreciate the consistent high quality of our work at Nomads!
Experience Glamping in Mongolia
At Nomads we offer spacious glamping tents – clients will be accommodated in singles/doubles/twins, and an extra bed for a child can also be provided. Tents are equipped with comfortable bedding with king size/two standard size mattresses, rugs chairs and a table. All tents will have an additional tent just behind, with a fully equipped bathroom with WC, shower and wash basin.
NOMADS IS AN AMAZING COMPANY
WITH AN AMAZING HISTORY
Julia Roberts “In the Wild” with Nomads
In autumn of 1999 Julia Roberts came to Mongolia to film with Tigress Productions from the UK a documentary on Mongolia and its wild horses.
The company had sent a manager ahead to pre-arrange the work here in Mongolia . Nomads was chosen to provide all the logistics to this exceptional project.
Julia did enjoy her stay here and developed sympathy and love for the family she visited in Tuv Aimag.
Nomads History
In the summer of 1993, Nomads organized its first tours for small groups, high-ranking foreign dignitaries, and the film crew of the BBC documentary on tourism “From the Lake District to Outer Mongolia”. During the winter that followed, Nomads hosted the Norwegian Olympic Ski team in Mongolia. When Sean moved on, Nomads was transferred to a friend, Helge Reitz, who had come to and fallen in love with Mongolia in 1994 as a recently graduated agricultural engineer to support a small greenhouse development project. To support his family, which then already included three children, a proper long-term job was needed, so Helge moved into tourism. In October 1995, the company was registered under the then brand-new law of foreign investment.
Nomads has since been one of the leading travel companies in Mongolia and opened the door for many international tour operators, such as Geographic Expeditions, Hauser Exkursionen, and Abercrombie & Kent; films and documentary makers and their stars, like Julia Roberts, Monica Bellucci, and Moritz Bleibtreu; events and rallies, like the Camel Trophy 1997 and every Peking to Paris Rally since 2007. Nomads has also provided many other types of services, such as logistical support to many illustrious visitors, including Heads of State, like Angela Merkel, George W. Bush, and Vladimir Putin, or the organization of school buses for the International School of Ulaanbaatar.
In 1992, an expedition sponsored by the charity Raleigh International, led by its founder Colonel John Blashford-Snell, brought around a hundred youth over from Britain to Western Mongolia to spend a summer outdoors, doing volunteer work. The expedition – the first Western-sponsored project of its kind in Mongolia since the fall of the iron curtain – generated a lot of interest in Mongolia in Britain. Sean Hinton – a Cambridge student of Musicology that had previously spent years in Khovd Province to study Mongolia’s traditional music and language – was hired to manage communications during the expedition. In those days, there were not many Mongolians that spoke English and Mongolia was a mystery to most people in Europe. With the help of his local friends and contacts, Sean managed to solve endless logistical challenges, overcome language barriers, and close cultural gaps. After the expedition was successfully concluded, he ended up with a lot of contacts to people that wanted to visit this newly opened up, interesting place and to people that were eager to show Mongolia to the world. Sean therefore founded Nomads Tours and Expeditions – one of the first private tour operators in the country.
Quick Itinerary Reference
Quick Reference List
- Nomads Expeditions Across Mongolia
- Nomads Glamping in Mongolia
- Nomads Tours in Mongolia
- Nomads Tuul Riverside Lodge in Mongolia
Nomads Tour Categories
Mainly Camel and Horse Riding Tours
- Horse Riding Across Mongolia’s Wild West
- Gobi Desert Camel Riding – Sound of Silence
- Horse Riding – Khuvsgul Lake’s Reindeer Tribe
- Camel Riding Across the Gobi Desert
- Horseback Riding Mongolia’s Western Trail
- Horseback Riding to Explore Altai Cultures
- Nomadic Civilization – Horse Riding
- Horseback Riding Zavkhan Nomadic Trail
- Horse Riding to Mongolia’s Altai Kings
- Mongol Ride – Horse Riding in a National Park
- Wilderness Ride – Horse Riding and Camping
- Altai Naadam Festival – Horse & Camel Riding
- Classic Mongolian Naadam Festival
- Experience Western Mongolia’s Eagle Festival
- Mongolia’s Naadam Festival – Naadam Sands
- Mongolia’s Eagle Festival – Wild West
- Mongolia Great Lakes & Naadam Festival
- Mongolia’s Lunar New Year – Nomadic Lifestyle
- Mongolia Winter Festivals – Ice, Eagle & Camel
- Naadam Festival – Nomadic Civilization
Jeep, Hiking, Horseback, Camels, etc.
- Highlights of Mongolia – Riding and Hiking
- Mongolia’s Great Khuvsgul Lake & Karakorum
- Classic Mongolia – Gobi Desert, Riding, Hiking
- Mongolia’s Gobi Beauties – Jeep and Camels
- Searching for Chinggis via Hiking & Horseback
- The Ancient Path from Karakorum to Gobi Desert
- Grand Lakes – Khuvsgul Lake and White Lake
- Discover Zavkhan – Horses, Camels & Camping
- Nomadism, Nature, Gazelles – Eastern Beauties
- Gobi Desert to Mountains – Wild Nature, Horses
- Edge of Eternity – Hiking, Tavan Bogd, Kazakhs
- Altai Kings – Hiking & Climbing in Tavan Bogd
- Hiking & Climbing Tavan Bogd – Altai Peak
- Easy and Fun Walking, Hiking, Khangai Mountain
- Great Khan Trek – National Park Hiking/Camping
- Wilderness Trek – Hike, Camp and Ride Horses
- Fishing in Mongolia’s Darkhad Valley
- Mountain Biking – Karakorum, Waterfalls, Lakes
- Bird Watching in Mongolia
- River Canoeing in Mongolia
- Dog Sledding in Mongolia – Winter Travel
- Warriors Training – Horses, Archery, Wrestling
- Short Stay Excursions: Western Mongolia Culture
- Short Stay Excursions: Western Mongolia’s Twin Lakes
- Short Stay Excursions: Khuvd and Khar Us Lakes
- Short Stay Excursions: Hiking Altai Mountain
- Short Stay Excursions: Tuul Riverside Lodge
- Short Stay Excursions: Walk and Camp at Terelj
- Short Stay Excursions: Khuvsgul Lake Hiking
- Short Stay Excursions: Karakorum Walking
- Short Stay Excursions: Karakorum and Waterfall
- Short Stay Excursions: Gobi Desert Exploring
- Short Stay Excursions: Gobi Desert Sand Dunes
- Short Stay Excursions: Khustai National Park
- Short Stay Excursions: Bogd National Park
- Short Stay Excursions: Karakorum and Hot Springs
- Short Stay Excursions: Self Arranged Travel