James W 
 
2024-08-05
 
 
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Incredible Experience with Mongolia Quest
Outstanding overall experience - the operators and staff of Mongolia Quest (MQ) were expert professionals - Planning: (5/5) MQ handled all transportation, lodging, food, and sightseeing reservations. Everything went smoothly and if there were any miscommunications, Toro (our tour leader) was quick to remedy them and find alternatives. There was rarely any downtime but didnt feel like we were overdoing activities, especially during the backpacking portion. - Food: (5/5) During the backpacking experience, we were fed 3 meals a day and the food was excellent; compliments to the chef and my gut had never felt healthier during the trip! - Activities (5/5) For how vast Mongolia is, I was impressed by the range of activities and terrain we covered on our trip. From the altai mountains to gobi desert, and lush terelj park, I felt like there are more unexplored areas I need to come back and see. In addition, the cultural immersion aspect was top notch - Mongolia has a rich diversity of cultures dating back thousands of years, and evidence of these still prevail today. The highlight was definitely visiting nomadic families in Altai, but also performers in Ulgii. When i return, will only be using Mongolia Quest as they are fun, trustworthy, and deliver at the highest level.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Douglas L 
 
2024-07-31
 
 
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Mongolia Quest is the GOAT
Traveling to Mongolia for the first time can be daunting to do on your own. I'd highly recommend Mongolia Quest as an outfitter. They can plan a trip around your requests. ATTRACTIONS Our trip began in the Altai Mountains on the west side of the country. We camped and hiked there for about 5 days before heading to the Gobi via UB. We spent 4 days there. After that we stopped at the Gorkhi Terelj National Park for one night to end our trip. Overall it was 14 days including a lot of transit. Everything and everyone we visited was fulfilling and exciting. I felt I was able to experience unique pieces of Mongolia that not many others get to see. From wanting to join the Naadam wrestling to communing with actual nomads, I can't say the tour was lacking. LOGISTICS Mongolia is a very large country. Somehow Mongolia Quest was able to get our whole tour from place to place without any issues. This includes flights, bus rides, and off road speeding through the Gobi at 50mph. MQ's experience truly shines here. GUIDE Our tour guide, Toro, was with us the entire trip. He was a wealth of knowledge and his pride and passion about being Mongolian was very apparent. He was able to answer questions that I wouldn't even know about my home. Not only was he knowledgeable but also very generous and showed our tour a great time without making us feel like we were a nuisance. FINAL THOUGHTS If you want to maximize your trip to Mongolia, use Mongolia Quest.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 John L 
 
2024-07-27
 
 
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Unsurpassed country with velvet glove outfitter
Mongolia Quest and the Sierra club teamed up to provide a 16 day Altai/Gobi/Terlj excursion, from one end of Mongolia to the other. Unsurpassed country, people, and culture. MQ’s guide Toro took care of all of our needs, from camp and kitchen, visits with nomad families, and the inevitable adjustments to make it all work in realtime. Can’t recommend them enough
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Daydream498544 
 
2024-07-08
 
 
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Mongolia Quest enabled us to have a Life Changing Adventure
My husband Joe and I participated in a Mongolia Quest / university trip/expedition/adventure in May/June 2024. We had a fantastic experience that words cannot do justice. Wild horses, gers, wildlife, sand dunes, camels, landscapes, and endless skies. And the Mongolia people with their hearts and smiles that lend such incredible warmth, authenticity, and genuine sincerity. The Mongolia Quest guides and drivers were outstanding! We were well taken care of from the time we landed in Ulannbaatar, Mongolia until we departed. Traveling with Mongolia Quest is an immersive experience. The hotels, gers, transportation, and meals were first rate, authentic, professional, kind, friendly, clean, safe, and tasty as well as we were provided insight into the authentic Mongolia surrounded by Mongolia’s impressive history, ecology, and culture. Many thanks to Badral, Odon, and Otgo, our wonderful drivers, the Mongolia families who opened their homes during our visit, and the caretakers of the parks and museums that we were fortunate to visit. Mongolia Quest’s planning and attention secured for us so many sights, sounds, and memories that we will hold dear forever. Joe and I highly recommend having Mongolia Quest lead your life changing experience in Mongolia.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 erin w 
 
2024-06-30
 
 
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An incredible journey!
I will never forget my trip with Mongolia Quest! Our guides Badral and Odno were incredibly perceptive and organized. Any question I or anyone in the group had, they responded with generosity. I always felt taken care of. I truly felt the passion they have for their country, and that made my trip all the more memorable. I already want to return, and I am definitely going to go with Mongolia Quest again. Bayarla Mongolia Quest!
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 David L 
 
2024-06-20
 
 
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Toro from MQ is a great fixer
Toro is a great fixer. Hard to imagine a better fixer in Mongolia. Thanks for looking after the crew, on what was a remote and complex shoot. Many thanks Mongolia Quest.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Tom J 
 
2024-06-20
 
 
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Awesome Gobi trip
We had a great trip to the Gobi desert that was very well organised. Toro and Bat were great guides, very friendly and helpful.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Michael E 
 
2024-06-19
 
 
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Mongolia Quest has the future of Mongolia in mind as they explore their country and it's past.
We were welcomed to Mongolia by Mongolia Quest in Ulaanbaatar and taken on a wonderful tour of their country. We saw the wild horses, Tekhi in Hustai National Park, Stayed in Gers in the original capital of the Mongol Empire, Karakorum and the Gobi Desert. We visited herder families and saw their way of life and toured religious shrines and temples. A very well organized trip that I will never forget. We are planning to return and will contact Mongolia Quest to plan our next visit.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Gail B 
 
2024-06-14
 
 
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Heartfelt thanks for the trip of a lifetime
I just returned from the trip of a lifetime to Mongolia, sponsored by the Haub School of Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming and guided by Mongolia Quest. We visited national parks, monasteries, museums, the Flaming Cliffs in the Gobi and much more, with incredible insights and flawless logistics from our guides... Mongolia Quest co-owner, Badral, who also leads the Mongolian Ecology Center, along with his very able assistant, Odno. I can't imagine more kind, knowledgeable and effective tour leaders and inspiring national leaders as well. They participated in Zoom orientation calls with us in advance of the trip, met us with smiling faces at the Chingis Khan airport, ensured our comfort and safety along the way, and left us with a much much greater appreciation for Mongolia, its history, and its people. The environmental education work they are doing with middle and high-school students through the Ecology Center is incredibly inspiring and worth supporting! I certainly intend to.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Cary W 
 
2023-09-28
 
 
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Mongolia Quest - A Scientist's Endorsement
I recently participated in a scientific expedition organized by Mongolia Quest, and it was single-handedly about the best expedition I've ever been on! We were scientists there to do work, but every logistical detail you could imagine - travel, lodging, equipment, gear, supplies, camp, meals, etc. - was expertly handled and arranged by Mongolia Quest. This was no simple camping trip, and yet, even for us 'science nerds' scrounging around in the dirt every day, the accommodations in camp was like a 5-star oasis in the rocky Gobi. All of the logistical details and planning were so thorough and well executed that the entire trip felt more like an exotic desert getaway than a scientific expedition. And Mongolia Quest's dedication is to be commended. They don't do just the 'normal' tourist sightseeing excursions - from amazing cultural tours, to the outdoors and wildlife, to paleo- and geotourism, the company is wonderfully dedicated to promoting conservation, knowledge, and citizen science through unique and first-hand experiences. As we heard in camp, Mongolia has so much more to offer and share with the world besides Genghis Khan, so participant with a company that is so keen and knowledgeable, and who will help you learn lifetimes of information about this amazing place. I will definitely be going back to Mongolia, and I hope to work with Mongolia Quest again and again - from being a tourist myself and experiencing all of the wonders of such a magical country, to a scientist working with the company for expedition logistics and support.