GOLDEN EAGLE FESTIVAL

About Eagle festival

Golden Eagle festival is an annual traditional festival in Bayan-Ölgii aimag (Western Mongolia). Eagle Hunters celebrate their heritage and compete to catch small animals such as foxes and hares with specially trained golden eagles...

​FIRST WEEKEND OF OCTOBER (EVERY YEAR)

detailed about this festival:

1st day
  • Opening ceremony 
  • Traditional parade
  • All eagle hunters will show their decorated horses and hunting outfits. (This is 1st step of eagle competition)
  • Calling eagle on arm. ( Eagle will be released from top of mountain, and trainer must meet up eagle from the bottom just among people down. This is second step of competition)
  • Traditional concert at local theater

2nd day
  • Eagle hunters will be dragging death animal skins, but eagle must catch this skin pretending it is real fox or any live animal. ( This is 3rd competition) 
  • There will be other entertaining wild games such as Push Cashy (fighting for death goat body) 
  • Women chasing game "Kyz Kuar" 
  • Winner awording ceremony​

YOU CAN COMBINE GOLDEN EAGLE FESTIVAL TOUR WITH ANY OTHER TOURS

Hunting with Eagle + Golden Eagle festival tour 2 days
Driving through Altai + Golden Eagle festival tour 2 Days
Trekking in Altai + Golden Eagle festival tour 2 days
​Horse trail tour + Golden Eagle festival tour 2 days

Join in our fixed tour for Golden Eagle Festival 2017

25th of Oct - Arrive in Ulgii and same day drive to the gate of Altai Tavan Bogd national park. Stay with Tuvan nomadic families or stay in spare Gers next to the families (yurts).

26th of Oct. - Live your vihicle around the gate there and start horse riding towards Tavan Bogd massif (five holly peaks of Mongolia which is more than 4000m higher). During that time we can’t camp next to the glacier so we will just have full view of the glacier and five highest peaks of Mongolia and will same day arrive back to the camps of Tuvan nomadic families.

27th of Oct.- You can do hiking up to Shiveet Khairhan mountain and see ibexes on the mountain where you will see rock paintings from ancent Turkic age. (Shiveet Mountain is also located very close to the Tuvan nomadic families.

28th of Sep. - Drive back to Ulgii town.

29th of Oct. – Meet Eagle Hunter and meet his fantastic trained golden Eagle. Chat with Eagle Hunter ask for any questions that you want and just be a part of the conversation. Have dinner together by discussing upcoming hunt and see what they do before the festival.

30th of Sep. and 1st of Oct. – Golden Eagle Festival 2017 in Ulgii.
Golden Eagle festival is an annual traditional festival in Bayan-Ölgii aimag (Western Mongolia). Eagle Hunters celebrate their heritage and compete to catch small animals such as foxes and hares with specially trained golden eagles. 

2nd of Oct. to 4th of Oct. - Drive to Eagle Hunters family. Meet his family. Same day you will try real eagle hunting by looking for target on Altai mountain range. Follow Eagle hunter and be with him, learn how everything works, try to help him to flush needed target for Eagle. Hunting will be very wild and always screaming. It will be strange but very funny to do. 

4th of Oct - Drive back to Ulgii, and stay at the Hotel. In Ulgii you will visit local museum meet more history and traditional development of the western Mongolian culture. 

​5th of Oct. - Fly to Ulaanbaatar! 
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8 DAYS $800US per person


Price includes:
  • 4x4 van + driver + petrol 
  • Translator guide 
  • Horses for all hunting days
  • full time of eagle hunter 
  • Own chef for whole trip in western Mongolia 
  • All food or meals in western Mongolia
  • Staying in Gers and Hotel (or All lodging in western Mongolia until you depart back to Ulaanbaatar).
  • Airport lifting, and picking up in Ulgii.

Price excludes:
  • Any plane tickets
  • Any insurances 
  • Any expanses in Ulaanbaatar city
  • Any alcohol drinks
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12-06-18 Jasyl Bak
Olgii city, BU, Mongolia
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(+976) 9992 4866