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This 3-day horse trekking tour takes you deep into Terelj National Park, just 100 km from Ulaanbaatar, so it’s the easiest way to try horse riding near Ulaanbaatar without a long drive. Ride through larch forest to the hidden Princess Temple, sleep in a tent under the stars, then ride back to share milk tea with a nomad family and a comfortable ger camp night. On the last morning, walk up to Aryabal Monastery for wide valley views and stop at Turtle Rock.
This short horse trek in Mongolia is beginner-friendly and private, for couples and families with teens (14+). Terelj horse trekking is the perfect taste of nomad life.
New to riding in Mongolia? Read our horse trekking in Mongolia guide, or try the 9-day Central Mongolia horse trekking tour for a longer ride.
Your guide picks you up at your hotel and drives you out of Ulaanbaatar into the granite hills of Terelj National Park. Here you meet your horses and horseman and ride through quiet larch forest toward Gunjiin Sum, stopping on the trail for a picnic lunch. Explore the 18th-century temple built for a Manchu princess as the light softens, then make camp nearby for a campfire dinner under the stars.
Drive: about 100 km, 2.5 to 3 hours depending on city traffic
Ride: 4-5 hours
Activities: Horse trekking, picnic lunch, Princess Temple (Gunjiin Sum)
Overnight: Tent camp near the temple
Meals: Picnic lunch, Dinner
After breakfast at camp, saddle up for the longest ride of the trip, following the river valleys back toward Terelj with a picnic lunch on the way. In the afternoon, visit a nomad family to share milk tea and see how they herd and live in their ger. Then settle into a ger camp with a private bathroom, and enjoy a hot shower and a good bed after two days in the saddle.
Ride: 4 to 5 hours
Activities: Horse trekking, nomad family visit
Overnight: Ger camp with ensuite bathroom
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Start the morning with a walk up to Aryabal Monastery, where 108 steps lead to a quiet meditation temple with wide views over the Terelj valley. On the way out of the park, stop at Turtle Rock for photos of the giant granite formation. After lunch, drive back to Ulaanbaatar, where we drop you at your hotel with saddle stories to tell.
Drive: about 100 km, 2.5 to 3 hours depending on city traffic
Activities: Aryabal Monastery, Turtle Rock
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
