Our traveler's feedback

Our group of 9 active and experienced travellers (aged 49-70) were in agreement - the thoughtful itinerary, vast and exotic landscapes, visits with local herders, and to hot springs, historical and cultural sites were all amazing and stimulating. The food, and staying in traditional gers - surprising and good. Being in Kharakhorum for an authentic Naadam Festival was the highlight, enhanced by our informed, passionate, caring and fun guide who made every moment of Naadam and Mongolia so special. His participation in the wrestling competition was stunning - a formidable archer too! 'Jack' is the model guide for savvy travellers. No detail was too small for his attention - dietary needs, comfort in the vehicle, bottled water, finding an ATM, assisting with bargaining for purchases etc. He added extra activities and cultural events, supplemented museum guides' commentary, and was always punctual, despite some long days and early starts. A great ambassador for his beloved country and the Energizer Bunny, all in one. Our drivers matched his skill and kindness - 3,600 km - most of it on some rough and elusive 'roads'. We chose Discover Mongolia for the itinerary and highly recommend them for that as well as the extraordinary experiences, professionalism of our guide and drivers who always went above and beyond to ensure our comfort and enjoyment of this magnificent country. Thank you so much.

We signed up for this tour because we wanted more than just a tourist experience. We stayed with a nomad family for 2 nights and participated in their daily routine. We also did the tourist stuff--museums, tourist ger camps, camel ride, but what we will remember most is the family. Building a ger, fetching water, milking cows, making dried cheese curds, herding goats and sheep, riding horses, shearing sheep, playing ankle bone games. The boys even put together a basketball hoop! Our guide, Oyunaa, and driver, Baagii, were better than we could have hoped for! Oyunaa's english is excellent and she is very knowledgeable about nomadic life as well as Mongolian history and the other sites we visited on the tour. She is also very patient with "needy" tourists. Baagii knew exactly which dirt roads to take without any GPS, and he knew almost everyone we ran into--even 3 hours outside of UB! He has a good sense of humor and a wide variety of skills. Twice during the tour, one of our tour mates wanted to do something that wasn't on the schedule, and Oyunaa was able to make it happen. When we were looking for yaks, Oyunaa asked at our ger camp and the owner jumped in the van to show us to a herding family. Nobody was home, and this guy on a motorcycle got in the van and showed us where the herd was. The people we came across were always so friendly and willing to go above and beyond to give us a good experience. We hope to go back someday, and will definitely use Discover Mongolia. Hopefully Oyunaa and Baagii will still be with them!

Discover Mongolia did a great job scheduling our daily activities so that we weren't active in the heat of the day. We definitely got off the beaten path, but we were kept safe and comfortable. The experiences were authentic and it was very meaningful to meet Mongolian people and observe their festivals and way of life.

I would like to highly recommend Discover Mongolia Travel - it was a seamless, end-to-end engagement where they took care of everything. Coming into a country for the first time, we are usually very antsy working with local tour companies but Discover Mongolia put all of that to rest. Our travel advisor Bogi was extremely helpful in creating our itinerary and gave a very knowledgeable overview when I called her via Whatsapp. She was very professional, an amiable young lady who went the extra mile and surprised the heck out of us by serving as our guide during the weekend city part of our tour. I honestly believe that wasn't even part of her job but she went all out and made sure we had a great time. For the Gobi Desert segment of our tour, I was very pleased with the accommodations that were granted for us - the luxury gers in the middle of nowhere could rival a good 4-5 star hotel. Of course, internet signal is practically non existent in the desert and we couldn't go by several days without checking back on business back home. Our guide Epo is an energetic young guy who once again went beyond his duty and actually lent us his phone each night to serve as a hotspot. This was a lifesaver and really made our trip. Epo's guide style is more like a local friend bringing you around rather than the "official guide" spiel which gets tiresome after awhile. He was proactive and remarkably self aware to our needs during the duration of our stay at the Gobi. Our Gobi driver had 16 years experience traversing the nothingness of the desert, and was low key a funny guy if only he spoke English. Our Ulaanbaatar driver Daamba was very respectful and on-time, and he actually waited at the airport all day for us to fulfill the agreed upon transfer as our flight got delayed out of a Beijing layover ( we've had experiences where the driver just simply left) Overall, I would highly recommend this seemingly underrated company if you're out on holiday in Mongolia. They're one of the best ones I've worked with all year.

Our guide tour, Oyunaa and Zorigoo make my experience at Mongolia wonderful. Good food, nice place to stay. I will take my family to Mongolia in the future and will use service with "Discover Mongolia" again.

Beautiful landscapes, great weather, friendly people, good food and comfortable accommodations. Our guide and driver (Oyunaa and Zorigoo) were very professional, helpful, friendly and informative. I really learned a lot about Mongolian culture and society from Oyunaa and she really put extra care into arranging the schedule to make sure we get everything we want. Overall, I'd definitely recommend Discover Mongolia to anyone interested and will certainly use this company's service again the next time I visit Mongolia.