Festival Tours
Travel Buddies’ Festival Tours invite travelers to experience Mongolia at its most vibrant, when centuries-old traditions come alive through color, movement, and community celebration. These journeys blend festival highlights — from thundering horse races to eagle hunting displays and traditional music — with scenic countryside exploration and comfortable stays. Designed for curious travelers who value cultural authenticity without sacrificing ease, each itinerary offers a seamless blend of rich heritage, nomadic hospitality, and relaxed urban experiences.
Naadam Festival Journey $1781
Experience Mongolia at its most festive and colorful time of year — during the Naadam Festival, the country’s beloved celebration of sports, heritage, and national pride. This journey blends Ulaanbaatar’s vibrant cultural life with peaceful evenings in the countryside, visits to nomadic families, and outdoor adventures in iconic landscapes.You will explore sacred mountains, visit Mongolia’s tallest horse statue, meet camel herders in the Mini Gobi, and take part in the electrifying Naadam opening ceremony and horse racing events. Along the way, enjoy authentic food, traditional music, and warm hospitality in…
8 Days
4-16+
Each February, the vast Gobi Desert comes alive with color and celebration as local herders gather for the Camel Festival — a joyful winter event honoring Mongolia’s iconic Bactrian camel. This special journey takes you from the capital to the southern desert, where you’ll witness camel parades, polo matches, races, and traditional performances, set against the dramatic backdrop of red cliffs and snowy dunes. Between festival days, explore the Flaming Cliffs, Dalanzadgad Museum, and Muhar Shivert Canyon, enjoying cozy winter hospitality at the Green Gobi Hotel. Warm encounters with local…
7 Days
4-12+
In the far-west corner of Mongolia, where glacier-cut peaks touch open sky and valleys echo with horse hooves and eagle cries, Kazakh hunters continue one of the world’s most extraordinary living traditions. This journey begins at the Sagsai Eagle Festival, where golden eagles launch from mountain ridges to their masters’ call, competitions unfold on the wild steppe, and families gather in richly embroidered coats — not to perform, but to celebrate cultural pride handed down through generations. From this high-mountain world, you travel south to the legendary Gobi Desert, where…
12 Days
private tour +
Naadam & Gobi Discovery $3435
Celebrate Mongolia’s vibrant Naadam Festival — the “Three Games of Men” — and journey south into the Gobi Desert’s sculpted beauty. From the colorful energy of Ulaanbaatar’s grand stadium to the quiet majesty of Tsagaan Suvarga’s White Stupa cliffs, Bayanzag’s Flaming Canyons, and the singing sands of Khongoryn Els, this journey blends ancient tradition with striking natural landscapes. Guests stay in ensuite ger camps and eco-lodges, balancing comfort with authenticity, and travel by private 4×4 across ever-changing horizons — from festive city scenes to timeless desert silence.
10 Days
private tour+
Celebrate Mongolia’s Naadam Festival and journey west into the Altai Mountains and steppe wilderness. Begin in Ulaanbaatar, where you witness Mongolia’s most cherished national festival — archery, wrestling, and horse racing bring the capital alive with color and energy. Travel onward to Ulgii, the gateway to Altai Tavan Bogd National Park, where you hike to Potanin Glacier and explore the White River Valley. Discover Lake Khoton Hurgan and Biluu Tolgoi petroglyphs, ancient relics of Mongolia’s Bronze Age. Stay with a Kazakh eagle hunter family, learning the art of golden eagle…
9 Days
private tour+
In the far western highlands of Mongolia, where sapphire lakes reflect glacier-cut peaks and the wind carries stories older than memory, Kazakh eagle hunters keep one of the world’s most extraordinary living traditions. This journey begins at the Tolbo Lake Eagle Festival, an intimate and culturally authentic gathering where hunters display centuries-old skills, horses thunder across open steppe, and golden eagles carve circles in the endless sky. Spend a day with a master hunter, sit in a warm Kazakh family ger, sip tea and learn the sacred bond between hunter…
11 Days
private tour+