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The shop · WANLI

Mongolia,
home with you.

WANLI is our house label: cashmere, yak and wool from Mongolian herds, combed never shorn, worn by our guides and shipped to 75 countries. Below it, the things only we can sell: gift cards, nights at our lodge, trees, and keepsakes made in Ulaanbaatar.

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WANLI · our house label

Made for the journey.
Made from Mongolia.

WANLI yak field jacket
journeyofwanli.com · 33 pieces

Cashmere, yak and wool from Mongolian herds, combed never shorn, worn by our guides and shipped to 75 countries.

WANLI sells and ships from its own store, priced in pounds. Guests on a Rara Avis journey can have pieces waiting at their hotel in Ulaanbaatar or at Big Sky Lodge: tell your host what you would like and we bring it.

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The shop

Things only we can sell.

Ticket

Naadam opening ceremony, reserved seat

USD 499per person · 11 July 2027

A reserved seat at the National Stadium for the opening ceremony and the first wrestling rounds, with hotel pick-up, a Mongolian host beside you and lunch. The one day of the year the whole country dresses up.

  • Reserved seat in the covered stands, not the open terraces
  • Hotel pick-up at 08:00, host with you all day, lunch included
  • Back at your hotel by mid afternoon, in time for the evening concert in the square
  • Seats are limited and go by March; free cancellation until 1 June 2027
Gift

Rara Avis gift card, USD 1,000

USD 1,000valid three years, any journey

The start of a private journey, a week of day tours, or a few nights at Big Sky Lodge. Sent by email with your message, to you or straight to the person you name.

  • Credited in full against any journey, stay, day tour or transfer
  • Sent by email within one working day, to you or to the recipient
  • Valid three years, transferable, never expires quietly
Made in Mongolia

A Mongolian ger, made to order and shipped anywhere

USD 5,899five wall ger, about 28 square metres

A real ger from the workshop that makes ours: larch lattice walls, eighty roof poles, a hand painted door and crown, felt and canvas covers, and a wood stove. Packed flat, shipped by sea to any port, with a video guide and a call to walk you through the first raising.

  • Larch frame, hand painted door and crown in the colours you choose
  • Two layers of felt and a canvas cover, plus stove, flue and floor
  • Made in eight to ten weeks, sea freight quoted at cost to your port
  • We raise it with you over a video call on the day it arrives
Made in Mongolia

Morin khuur, the horsehead fiddle, by a master maker

USD 2,400with bow, hard case, tracked shipping

The instrument that carries Mongolian music, made in Ulaanbaatar by a maker we have known for years. Carved horse head, two horsehair strings, a body that sings in the low register. Each one is tuned and played before it leaves.

  • Carved birch neck and head, spruce top, horsehair strings and bow
  • Tuned and played by the maker, with a recording sent to you
  • Hard case, tracked shipping worldwide, or delivered to your hotel
  • A first lesson by video with a player, if you would like one
Made in Mongolia

Mongolian snuff bottle, agate with a coral stopper

USD 249in a silk pouch, tracked shipping

The object every Mongolian man carries and every guest is offered. Banded agate, a coral and silver stopper with its own spoon, in a silk pouch. The greeting that opens every ger, in your pocket.

  • Hand cut agate, coral and silver stopper, silk pouch
  • A card explaining the greeting ritual, so you can use it properly
  • Tracked shipping worldwide, or waiting at your hotel
Three dollars a tree

Plant trees at Big Sky Lodge, as many as you like.

One sapling is three dollars, planted and cared for three years by the herder families we work with. Choose the number, name the certificate, send it to anyone.

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Card payment by Stripe in US dollars. Gift cards go out by email within one working day, to you or straight to the person you name. Keepsakes ship tracked worldwide or wait at your hotel; the ger goes by sea freight, quoted at cost. Questions: WhatsApp us.

Shall we talk?

The fire is already lit.

Tell us who is travelling and roughly when. A senior member of the team replies within four hours in Ulaanbaatar office time, and always within 24. Then we design the journey around you.

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