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Six running series and hundreds of articles, written by the people who plan the trips.
When to go
Seasons, month by month, region by region
What it costs
Real budgets in dollars, with tables
Routes that work
Tested itineraries and combinations
Eating across Asia
What to order and where
On foot
Treks and long walks, described honestly
Before you book
Visas, permits, timing, practicalities
What we would skip in Mongolia
In Mongolia, a bad decision costs you a day in a vehicle. Not an hour, not a wasted morning: a full day…
What to eat in Mongolia, honestly
Mongolia is the one country in our library where we tell people to bring snacks, and we would rather explain why than…
The Gobi in detail: what is actually out there
The first thing to say about the Gobi is that it is not sand. For the great majority of its area it…
What does a trip to Mongolia really cost?
Mongolia is cheaper than most people expect and priced in a way that surprises them. The hotel line, which dominates a budget…
Mongolia for the first time: what surprises people
Mongolia is the emptiest country on earth by population density and that emptiness is the whole appeal. It is also the whole…
Mongolia month by month: a season that lasts four months
Most destinations have a best time to go. Mongolia has a season, and outside it most of what you have read about…
Mongolia with children: what works and what we change
Mongolia is a surprisingly good family destination and a bad one for the wrong family, and the difference is entirely in how…
How many days do you need in Mongolia?
The honest answer is ten, and the reason is arithmetic rather than taste.
Horse trekking in Mongolia, and the Altai on foot
Mongolia is a country where the horse is transport rather than recreation, and that single fact explains almost everything about riding here:…
The best two-week route through Mongolia, and the alternatives
Two weeks is where Mongolia stops being a highlights trip. There is one route at this length that we build more often…
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