Four reasons guests return.
There are hundreds of tour operators in Mongolia. These are the four things that make Rara Avis different, and the reason our guests come back and send their friends.
We treat every guest as sacred.
Zochin is the Mongolian word for the guest. In the nomadic code, every traveller is protected, fed, and welcomed. We operate by that code. Not because it is good marketing. Because it is the culture we come from.
No subcontracting. No franchising.
Every guide is our employee. Every vehicle is our fleet. Every property is held by Rara Avis. When something is wrong, our name is on the invoice. When something sings, our team built it.
Your guide is from the region.
Born in the Gobi, Altai, Khentii, or Taiga. WFR-certified. Licensed. Speaks English, Russian, or Japanese fluently. You do not follow an itinerary. You follow someone who knows the land.
Every trip plants trees.
Every Rara Avis journey contributes to tree planting at Big Sky Lodge, aligned with Mongolia's national Billion Trees pledge. 412 trees planted to date, on our way to 2,000 by 2030.