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Adventure holidays in Mongolia

country:Mongolia
departures:2009: 6 Jul
price:From £1695 (15 days) including flights from the UK, from £1500 excluding flights
 
the amazing things you'll be doing
In the Footsteps of Genghis Khan
Guide Price: from £1950 (15 days) inc UK flights
Departure: Sun 29 July - Sun 12 Aug 07
Just think Mongolia and images of wild horses galloping across the mountain steppes, of Bactrian camel trains crossing the Gobi Desert and of yurt encampments peopled by feral nomads immediately spring to mind.

Eight hundred years after Genghis Khan and his Mongul hordes exploded from the east in an orgy of violent conquest, this distant land in the heart of Asia still resonates with echoes from a different time.

And even today, outside of the capital, Ulaan Baatar, you will feel as though you are travelling in another century. For the adventure tourist Mongolia has the lot: stunning mountain scenery, vast and spectacular deserts, a fascinating and ancient culture, and a warm and welcoming population.

So join us in the footsteps of Ghengis Khan to experience the amazing natural landscapes and the traditional nomadic lifestyle of this distant eastern land.

what this trip includes
Trips are on full board basis, and include international flights if mentioned in the price details, transport as outlined in itinerary, twin-share accommodation, mineral water and entrance fees.
how this holiday makes a difference
In Central Asia we have developed unique relationships with many of the semi-nomadic peoples of the region and as tourism is becoming one of the main economical sectors of Mongolia, we are committed to making sure that the tourist economy benefits the local people. We work with Mongolian owned hotels and tourist Ger camps directly – these camps in the countryside hire local staff, creating thousands of employment opportunities and ensuring that money goes directly into the community.

Although the tourist season is limited, this income allows country dwellers enough food and supplies to survive the harsh winters. To put this into perspective; Our drivers earns 250, 000 tugrik for one trip - these wages are equal to the cost of educating one child for a year or to feed his family for 1 month. In each part of the trip we employ local guides in addition to our Western guides, such as Bat-Erdene, Tulga and Munkhbat, which again places funds directly in the pockets of local families.

We train our staff (both local and Western) to be responsible travelers in the countryside and to respect local community and environment. Also we have trainers for Leave No Trace Ethic. For our Mongolian staff we organize training of “Leave No Trace”, a program supported by the Mongolian Tour Guides Association.

When you take one of our trips, we make a contribution to “Climate Care” – an organisation devoted to ‘offsetting’ or ‘neutralising’ harmful greenhouse gas emissions caused by your flight. This is done by funding projects across the world that will reduce greenhouse gases on your behalf through sustainable energy or rainforest restoration.

We also support several NGOs around the world such as the Hope Foundation, A-Cet and Adopt-A-Minefield, which are all carefully selected to improve the standard of living for the communities we visit.

Tourism can be good and bad for destinations & local people.

We carefully screen every holiday against our criteria for responsible travel.

'Look behind the brochure' to find how each holiday makes a difference (see left).

We don't claim to be perfect - there is no global accreditation - but we've led the way since 2001 and screened 1000's of holidays.

We invite every traveller to write a review about their experiences and responsible tourism.

This valuable feedback is sent to the people who run the holidays. We keep a very close eye on it and take off holidays that don't live up to our standards.

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