A restorative journey to Mongolia’s great northern lake, combining forest, water, horse culture and quiet lakeside time.
At Lake Khövsgöl, the forest reaches the water and the horizon feels closer, quieter and more northern.
The itinerary that follows is the structure. The expedition itself will be shaped by weather, people, wildlife, road conditions and the opportunities that appear along the way.
A restorative journey to Mongolia’s great northern lake, combining forest, water, horse culture and quiet lakeside time.
Khövsgöl rewards the time you give it. This itinerary gives equal attention to the lake’s ecology, northern culture and the slow pace the place deserves.
City hotel and lakeside lodge
Couples, families and nature-focused travelers
Meet your guide and review the northern route.
Fly north, visit the Uushgiin deer stones and continue to the lake.
Explore the shoreline on foot and by boat while learning about the lake’s ecology.
Ride through larch forest and open meadow with local horsemen.
Meet local families and learn about pastoral traditions and forest knowledge.
Choose kayaking, hiking, photography or an unhurried day beside the water.
Drive to Mörön, fly to the capital and gather for a farewell dinner.
Private airport transfer.
Where you sleep is chosen for the route. Some nights are the best room for hundreds of kilometres; some are a tent beneath a sky with nothing else under it, which is its own kind of luxury.
Where this journey stays somewhere we book by name, here it is. The nights not listed here are ger camps, herder households or our own tents, described below.
Ulaanbaatar
The city's largest hotel, a short walk from Sükhbaatar Square.
Ulaanbaatar
One hundred metres from Sükhbaatar Square — the closest good hotel to the centre.
Lake Khövsgöl
On twin glacial lakes south of Khövsgöl, reached by boat from Hatgal.
Permanent seasonal camps with beds, bedding and a wood or dung stove. Facilities vary by region: the better camps have private shower blocks and reliable hot water, remote ones have neither. We will tell you which is which before you book.
Staying in a working household, sharing the family ger or a guest ger beside it. Simple, warm, and the reason most travellers remember a journey. Washing is basic and the space is shared.
Our own mobile camp where no fixed accommodation exists. Proper sleeping mats, a mess tent, a cook and a toilet tent. Carried in and carried out, leaving nothing.
In Ulaanbaatar and provincial centres. City nights are booked at the standard you ask for, and we will tell you what to expect where a provincial hotel is a simpler place.
Every journey is priced for your dates, party size and choice of accommodation, and confirmed in writing in your proposal. This is a private journey, so the vehicle, driver, guide and camp staff are the same whether two of you travel or six, and the per-person price falls as your party grows.
The price also moves with season, domestic airfares and any specialist staff your route calls for. Single travellers and anyone wanting sole occupancy should ask about the supplement.
Confirmed in writing at proposal stage. Anything not listed here is not assumed to be included. Booking terms →
Warm days and cold nights, with the year’s heaviest rain falling as short afternoon storms in July. Pack for a wide daily range rather than for one temperature, and for sun on open steppe.
Hire the bulky, expensive items rather than buying them for one trip; bring your own base layers. Equipment hire → · What the month is like →
A private journey can usually be moved a grade in either direction by adjusting pace and distance. How we grade a journey → · Choosing your month →
Adjust the pace, accommodation, specialist access and regional extensions around your interests.
Plan a private itineraryThe experiences that give the route its character.
A defining moment of the expedition.
A defining moment of the expedition.
A defining moment of the expedition.