The other important Mongolian holiday is Tsagaan Sar, literally the “White Month,” or New Year’s Day, which has been celebrated since the time of the Mongol Empire. Although Mongolia uses the Gregorian calendar, the lunar calendar is also used due to tradition and religious practice, and thus Tsagaan Sar usually falls in February or earlyRead more

Naadam Festival is the biggest and most attractive festival in Mongolia which is held on the 11th, 12th, and 13th of July, annually. The Naadam literally means “game”, and it consists of three so-called manly sports, locally termed “eriin gurwan naadam” – wrestling, horse racing, and archery. The origins of Naadam date back to theRead more

Hunting with eagles is a traditional form of falconry for thousands of years, practised by the Kazakh people in Bayan-Ulgii, the westernmost province of Mongolia. It’s a rite of passage for Kazakh boys in western Mongolia who learn the crafts as early as 13. Passed down through generations, the tradition has a strict set ofRead more

As countries around the world started to open its door to tourism again after a long period of lockdown and closed borders, it is time for us to dive deeper into what travel will look like under this new normalcy of social distancing and which places are the best to travel to in the post-COVID-19Read more

  Mongolian cuisine is much influenced by the continental climate that dominates the region, and also a bit by the Russian and Chinese cultures. Meat and dairy form the staple diet of this nomadic cuisine with the use of vegetables are limited. The meat of horse, yak, beef, lamb, mutton and even camel is consumedRead more

For those who are real adventurers, we, the Way To Nomads team introducing the 5 biggest reasons to travel to Mongolia in this blog. 1. For the serenity, as the vast countryside will leave you speechless Endless fairways of treeless green, patterned by the shadows of clouds; lakes for water hazards; pristine air; epic silenceRead more