Naadam Festival
Naadam tours
Festival packages by Discover Mongolia Travel — guaranteed opening-ceremony seats, dawn horse racing, and countryside naadams.
Naadam Festival — 3-day experience
from $$450per person
The essential national Naadam: guaranteed opening-ceremony seat, afternoon wrestling, dawn horse racing at Khui Doloon Khudag, and the Deeltei Mongol parade — with an English-speaking guide.
Itinerary
10 JulyDeeltei Mongol & the city
Costume parade on Sükhbaatar Square, festival briefing, welcome dinner.
11 JulyOpening ceremony & wrestling
Reserved ceremony seats, afternoon wrestling rounds, evening concert on the square.
12 JulyDawn at Khui Doloon Khudag
06:00 departure to the races, ger-café breakfast, race finishes, return for the wrestling finals.
What's included: Opening ceremony seat (allocated zone) · all transfers including 06:00 race-day departure · English-speaking guide · Deeltei Mongol parade walk · khuushuur lunch at a ger café · hotel pickup
Naadam & countryside — 5 days
from $$890per person
National Naadam in Ulaanbaatar plus a soum naadam in the countryside: the big spectacle and the intimate original, with a night in a ger camp.
Itinerary
Days 1–3National Naadam
Full festival program as in the 3-day experience.
Day 4Countryside naadam
Drive to a soum naadam from our verified calendar — wrestling and races at arm's length, lunch with a herding family.
Day 5Khustai & return
Takhi wild horses at Khustai national park, return to Ulaanbaatar.
What's included: Everything in the 3-day tour · countryside naadam visit by season's calendar · ger camp night · Khustai national park (takhi wild horses) · all meals outside Ulaanbaatar
Grand Mongolia at Naadam — 8 days
from $$1650per person
The festival plus the classics: Kharkhorin and Erdene Zuu, the Orkhon valley, Elsen Tasarkhai dunes and nomadic family visits — July at its fullest.
Itinerary
Days 1–3National Naadam
Opening ceremony, wrestling, dawn races — the full festival.
Days 4–6Kharkhorin & Orkhon valley
The ancient capital, Erdene Zuu monastery, waterfalls and herder families of the Orkhon.
Days 7–8Dunes & return
Elsen Tasarkhai sand dunes, camel encounter, return via Khustai.
What's included: Full Naadam program · Kharkhorin & Erdene Zuu monastery · Orkhon valley · Elsen Tasarkhai dunes · nomad family visits with airag tasting · ger camps · all countryside meals
