The three tiers of Mongolia travel
Mongolia offers three distinct tiers of travel: backpacker, mid-range, and premium. Each has a clear use case. Our job is to help you match your trip to the one that fits your priorities, not to push the most expensive option.
Backpacker (60-100 USD a day)
Hostel dorms in Ulaanbaatar, shared jeep tours arranged at guesthouses, basic tourist ger camps with shared bathrooms, Mongolian instant meal packs. Fine for students and seasoned travellers comfortable with rough edges. The limitation is authenticity: you are moving between tourist gers, not nomad homes, and your driver often speaks limited English.
Mid-range (200-400 USD a day)
3-star hotels in Ulaanbaatar, private vehicle with English-speaking driver-guide, mid-tier ger camps with en-suite bathrooms, restaurant meals. Good value for first-time travellers who want comfort without premium pricing.
Premium (700-1,500+ USD a day)
Shangri-La Ulaanbaatar, our private lodges, dedicated guide plus separate driver, carefully curated nomad family immersions arranged through personal relationships, custom itinerary. Premium is not about marble bathrooms. It is about access to people and places that are not commercially open.
What premium actually buys
A dinner in a nomad matriarch's ger that is not a tourist-facing performance. A morning milking session with a family we have known for 28 years. A private viewing of a Buddhist ritual at a working monastery. A throat singer recording session. Eagle hunter time beyond the festival day.
Where to splurge and where to save
Splurge on your guide. A great guide is the difference between a scenery trip and a people trip. Splurge on a good lodge at one end of the trip for recovery. Save on in-between nights at simple ger camps. We always propose a mixed approach.
Our rates
Group tours start at 1,850 USD for 5 days fully-inclusive. Premium private trips start at 4,500 USD per person for 7 nights. Our Signature Events and Corporate programmes are quoted individually.
