Where to Ride: the 4 Best Ulaanbaatar Horseback Riding Tours

1.Horseback Riding Tour to Turtle Rock & Aryabal

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 54 reviews · from $150Our pick

Spend about seven hours exploring Gorkhi-Terelj National Park with a wrangler and a small group of no more than seven adults. Ride through hills and forest, stop at Turtle Rock and Aryabal Meditation Temple, and eat a traditional Mongolian lunch. Some departures also include the Chinggis Khan Statue Complex.

“This was an amazing tour, me and my husband decided to come to Mongolia for our honeymoon and I have not regretted a single moment. Our tour was perfect, our guide was amazing and gave us so much information about Mongolia. I'm definitely going to come back one day.”

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2.Terelj National Park: Tour with horse riding and hiking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 46 reviews · 2 days · from $299

Leave Ulaanbaatar for a two-day private-car trip through Terelj National Park. With guides such as Batmaa, Togi, or Baataara, you’ll visit Turtle Rock, Aryabala Meditation Temple, a nomadic family, and the Chinggis Khan Statue Complex. The tour includes a 40-minute horse ride, eagle photos, organic meals, and a ger guesthouse stay.

“Batmaa and her husband the driver were great hosts. The tour was over two days, while it probably would be possible to see most of the sights of Terelj in a day, doing it over two days was much better, staying over at a guesthouse in the park even allowed me to hike to a nearby hill and see the sunrise. Batmaa also answered the many questions I kept asking and was able to give a lot of background info on various sites. Overall, I would highly recommend this tour especially if you are only in Mongolia for a short time but still want to see the countryside.”

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3.MONGOLIAN NOMADS: 2-Day Horse Trekking & Cow Milking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 23 reviews · 2 days · from $369

Travel from Ulaanbaatar to Töv in a private jeep, meet a working nomadic family, help herd sheep and goats on horseback, milk cows, eat home-cooked meals, and sleep in a traditional ger. Guides such as Koko and Toya help with translation and local customs. It is a genuine rural stay, not a staged ger camp.

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4.Horse riding in Terelj National Park

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · from $139Best value

Join guide Augi for a full-day outing from Ulaanbaatar to Terelj National Park and the Chinggis Khan Statue Complex. You’ll ride a horse with a local guide, eat lunch inside a Mongolian ger, see Turtle Rock, and visit Ariyabal Meditation Temple. Beginners are welcome, and hotel pickup is offered.

“Best thing I did in Mongolia. Augi is very knowledge and made the experience special. Hotel pickup was excellent and he catered our itinerary to meet our needs. Riding horses through Terelj National Park is the best way to see turtle rock. HelRead more”

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