Stay with us a while.
Bring what you know.
We run hotels, lodges and a tour company across Mongolia. If you are in the country for a stretch, we would rather you stayed with us than in a hostel. We give you a room and your meals. You give us whatever you already do well.
Three steps, then you move in.
No programme, no fee, no application portal. A conversation, a place that fits you, and a Mongolian family around you.
Tell us who you are
A few lines. Where you are now, how long you are around, and what you can do.
We find your place
The bar in Ulaanbaatar, the horses at Big Sky, the kitchen at the ger camp, a desk in the office.
You move in
Room, meals, and a Mongolian family around you. Nothing to pay, ever. Anything beyond room and board we agree person by person, before you arrive.
Whatever you are good at, there is usually a place for it.
You tend bar.
Run ours at V28 in Ulaanbaatar. Evenings, guests from twenty countries, and a cellar that could use your opinion.
You ride.
Teach our guests and our young wranglers at Big Sky Lodge. Mongolian horses are small, quick and honest. You will learn as much as you teach.
You cook.
Show our kitchens one dish from home, properly. Our cooks are curious and our guests are tired of the same three menus.
You sell.
Bring us guests from your own country and we look after you on every booking that comes from you.
You shoot photos or film.
The steppe has never been short of subjects. Eagles, horses, a lodge under snow, a ger camp at first light.
You speak English and nothing else on this list.
Then teach our staff English. An hour a day with our hosts and drivers. That alone is worth a bed.
You fix things.
Solar arrays, plumbing, saddles, a stubborn generator. A lodge in the steppe always has a list.
You do something we have not thought of.
Yoga, carpentry, accounting, children, wine, code. Tell us. There is usually a place.
A city hotel, a lodge under the mountains, or a ger by the river.
- V28 Hotel in the capital, with our headquarters upstairs.
- Otugi Hotel, our second house in Ulaanbaatar, a short walk from Sukhbaatar Square.
- Big Sky Lodge in Terelj National Park, with horses, a fireplace, a bar and one hundred percent solar power.
- Orkhon Valley Ger Camp, summer only, on the river in the heart of the old empire.
- The office, if your gift is the laptop kind.
Anyone foreign, in Mongolia for a while.
- Travellers passing through who would like to stop moving for a month.
- Expat families. The partner or the teenager with time on their hands.
- Gap years, sabbaticals, the year between one life and the next.
- Retired people with a trade and no wish to sit still.
- A few weeks or a few years, in any month of the year.
The questions everyone asks first.
Is this a job?
No. It is a hosted stay and an exchange. A tourist visa does not allow employment in Mongolia and we do not bend that. You are our guest, and you contribute.
How long?
Two weeks is the shortest that makes sense. Longer is better for everyone. Some people stay a season, some stay a year.
Is there pay?
Room and board is the base. Anything more is agreed with you before you come, in writing, so there are no surprises on either side.
Winter?
Yes. We are open all year, and winter is when we have the most time to learn from you. Bring a proper coat or borrow one of ours.
Partner or children?
Ask. We have hosted couples and can usually work something out for a family.
What do you get out of it?
Fresh eyes, a skill we do not have in the house, and guests who leave saying the staff spoke better English than last year. It is a fair trade.
A few lines is enough.
Who you are, where you are, how long you are around, and what you can do. A human reads it and replies within a few days with an honest answer and, usually, an idea.
We also hire. Guides, drivers, hosts and office roles, Mongolian or foreign with the right permit. A CV and a few lines to [email protected] with "Hiring" in the subject.
Thank you. We have it.
Someone from the team will write back within a few days with an honest answer. A short confirmation is on its way to your email.