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8 days 7 nights
Daily Tour
1 person
English, Francais, Germany
Days 1-2: Into the Buryat Heartlands – Arrive in Batshireet. Spend the first night adjusting to the local wooden home architecture and the hospitable Buryat culture.
Days 3-5: The Cow Herding Masterclass
The Morning Ritual: Learn to locate and guide the herd through the forest paths.
Dairy Craft: Master the art of the “Buryat Kitchen.” Spend hours in the family’s traditional dairy area. Learn how to identify the fat content of milk and the precise temperatures needed to create the perfect urum.
Sustainable Life: Discuss how the Buryat people use every part of the cow—from the dairy to the hide and the natural fertilizers that nourish their vegetable gardens.
Day 6: Onon River & The Fishing Tradition – A restorative day. Use traditional fishing methods in the Onon River to catch the evening’s dinner, a practice that has sustained this region since the days of the Great Khan.
Day 7: Forest Integration – A hike through the larch forests of the Khentii region to understand how the environment supports the cow herding lifestyle.
Day 8: Departure – Return to Ulaanbaatar.
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