Pavilions Hotels & Resorts · Mongolia
Two lodges, a great deal of open steppe in between, and a small team who knows which week of which month each of these is actually possible.
How a journey is made
Nothing here is packaged. You pick what you actually want to do, we tell you honestly when it's possible, and the route, the lodges and the driving days get built backwards from that.
The season band on each one shows when it's genuinely available, not just when we'd sell it to you. Pick the experiences that matter.
A written itinerary within three working days: nights, distances, road conditions and a clear price. No surprises.
Our guides, our lodges where the route allows, and one number to call in-country. You're never alone out there.
Moments
Altai · Bayan-Ölgii
Ride out with a Kazakh berkutchi and a golden eagle he has hunted with for years. In the cold months you follow an actual hunt across the ridges; in summer you sit with the family and the bird.
Orkhon Valley
Mongolian horses, a local herder alongside, and a valley with nothing to ride around. From an hour before dinner to a full day over the passes.
Khangai · Orkhon
A working day, not a demonstration. Milking at dawn, moving the herd, making aaruul on the ger roof, and lunch inside with the family that lives there.
All regions
River stones in the fire, lamb and root vegetables sealed in a milk churn, buuz folded at the table beforehand. Two hours of doing, then everyone eats outside.
Khentii · Khövsgöl
Arranged privately, never staged, and only with practitioners who have agreed to receive visitors. You'll be briefed properly on what is and isn't appropriate before you go.
South Gobi · Elsen Tasarkhai
Bactrian camels with the herding family that keeps them, out onto Khongoryn Els or the sand at Elsen Tasarkhai for the hour before the light goes.
Where you sleep
The ground
Journeys
14 nights
The full traverse: the Gobi's escarpments, dunes and ice gorge, then north into the green half of the country, to the Valley of a Thousand Horses and the swan lake at sunset.
14 nights
Fourteen nights from the Gobi dunes to the rivers of the north, with two of them at the Genghis Khan Retreat.
8 nights
The two things Mongolia does in deep winter that nowhere else does at all.
Get in touch
We answer these ourselves — no booking engine, no call centre. A written reply usually within one working day.
beyond@pavilionsmongolia.com
Good to know
It depends on the moment you want — summer (June–August) for riding and the herding camps, autumn for the golden steppe, and January–March for eagle hunters and the winter Gobi. Tell us the month and we'll say honestly whether it fits.
Both lodges are small and private by design, and every journey is arranged around your own group rather than joined with strangers — solo travellers, couples, and families all come through us.
Lodging, guiding, meals, and ground transport within Mongolia are always included. International flights, visas, and travel insurance aren't — we'll set out exactly what's covered once we know your route.
Visa requirements depend on your passport — many nationalities can enter visa-free for short stays. No vaccinations are mandatory, though routine travel jabs are worth checking with your GP. We'll confirm specifics for your nationality when we reply.
Usually within one working day, direct from us in Ulaanbaatar — no ticketing system, no call centre in between.
