Mongolian people have been celebrating “Thousand Camel Festival” over the last few years. The festival held close to Dalandzadgad celebrates the Bactian two-humped camel that plays an important role in the life of the Gobi nomads.
Over 1000 camels are gathered at the festival. Highlights of the festival include a camel race, a camel polo match. Traditional Mongolian musicians and dancers offer great performances at the festival.
One of our most popular festivals is the Bactrian Camel Festival. This takes place in the Gobi Desert and gives you a rare opportunity to interact with the Bactrian camels. You will learn firsthand about these beautiful animals at the festival, which is organized by the camel herders in February. This exciting and fun event includes traditional music, costume competitions, dancing, and camel racing.
Arrive into Dalanzadgad airport, capital of the Southern Gobi province (an hour and half). Upon arrival, you will be greeted by our guide at the arrival hill followed by a drive to tourist camp (2 hours) and head towards the town of Bulgan, where the festival takes place. After lunch, we will head over to the Camel Festival at the Gobi! Overnight stay at the camp, dinner will be provided.
The day starts with a drive to the Camel Festival area, where you will enjoy authentic festival program including, camels racing, children’s concert, camel wool product exhibition, camel polo, parade on camels and nice couple competition. Also you will enjoy relay competition with camel. An entertaining competition that shows camel training methods and customs of “Heroes of great Gobi” people, overcomes severe climate and harsh condition of Gobi by their effort and endurance. Teams each having 5 members participate in it and show many methods and techniques of catching camel with lasso, tying and bringing down, putting wooden peg into camel’s nose and loading camel. We will have lunch in the tourist camp.
Optional camel riding is available. After the closing ceremony we will drive to see the Flaming cliff. After that we will go for dinner in the restaurant and stay overnight at the camp.
After breakfast, a visit to a local Gobi family to experience how a nomadic family lives and be swept away by their hospitality. Return back to Dalanzadgad province for your flight back to Ulaanbaatar city.
| Included in the package |
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| • English speaking tour guide and driver |
| • Roundtrip transportation |
| • Domestic flights |
| • Accommodations with 3 meals a day |
| • All entrance fees of attractions, protected areas (Camel festival fees, Camel-riding) |
| • Complementary drink water during the tour, |
| • Included all taxes |
| Not Included in the package |
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| • International Travel |
| • Visa fee |
| • Single Supplement |
| • Travel insurance |
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