BARREL RACING COMES TO MONGOLIA!

Mongolians are great horsemen, but their main experience is riding fast and straight.  So... with the support of local community members, we introduced barrel racing as an addition to the more traditional horse racing and competitions that take place during Naadam, the national festival.  We hoped it would make a good crowd pleasing event, like wrestling and archery (which Boojum Expeditions reinstated 4 years ago after a hiatus of decades) since the horse racing mostly takes place out of view, far from the center of activities.

Naadam 2004 saw the first year of regular barrel racing competition in the remote town of Renchinlhumbe, Khovsgol Aimag, Northern Mongolia.  After last year's introduction, during which we had to explain that it was a one-at-a-time sport, not a LeMans start like they are used to in Mongolia... things went great this year.  Last year we did have an unfortunate broken collar bone on a young woman walking by and not paying attention.  But this year they loved it...and the winner, with a time of 23.3 seconds went home with a fine matching set of cheap Chinese dishes, a big block of brick tea and a thousand tugrogs cash.

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We specialize in Mongolia but we also offer adventure travel to Patagonia, Uruguay, Tibet.  Horseback riding  was our original interest when we pioneered travel adventures to China and Inner Mongolia and Tibet.  We now offer tours and travel packages of all kinds in Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia)  including camel riding, trekking, photography, fishing, horseback riding, culture, visiting Naadam, the Gobi, Lake Hovsgol (Lake Khovsgol) and the nomadic herders of Mongolia. In Ulan Bator we have our own offices though we are not really a travel agent, but an outfitter of travel and adventure in Mongolia.  If want a riding vacation; whether a horseback riding vacation, a camel riding vacation or a jeep riding vacation, we'll be glad to create a travel adventure across Mongolia for you. 

In Patagonia and Uruguay remember you can combine two adventures and do both horseback riding trips in just two weeks of travel.  A Patagonia horseback riding vacation or a Uruguay horseback riding vacation is just the thing for beginners or experienced equestrian travelers.  An equestrain vacation, horseback riding in Patagonia, Agentina or Uruguay or Mongolia or Tibet is a great way to have a guided adventure. 
Mongolia travel can also include rafting, trekking or a combination of rafting, trekking, horseback riding and culture.  Mongolia travel means visiting the Gobi, Lake Khovsgol, Buddhist monasteries, or even fishing.  The fishing in Mongolia and Patagonia is very good.  In Mongolia the fishing is for taimen.  In Patagonia, the fishing is for trout.  Being an outfitter, we don't call our adventure horseback riding or other mongolia tours "tours" per se.  We think that Monglia tour sounds like it lacks adventure.  A Mongolia tour can include paleontology, horseback riding, a river trip or rafting, trekking or culture.  Whatever you call it, a Mongolia tour or Mongolia adventure travel, we will be sure to make your Mongolia tour feel like a private tour. 

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In Mongolia we provide a range of travel services.  In the capitol, Ulaan Baatar ( Ulan Bator) we have our own local tourism company, Khovsgol Lodge Management Company with full time English-speaking staff.  We can arrange all forms of travel in Mongolia including jeep and overland travel, support services for film and video production, and specialized private itineraries.  We cover the Altai, Gobi and all regions of Mongolia.  Activities include fly fishing, mountain biking, rafting, horseback riding, equestrian interests, culture, history, dinosaurs.