Mountains Camels Altai

Its hard to convey in words or even pictures the experience that we had in the altai mountains.

Mountains camels altai. The massif merges with the sayan mountains in the northeast and gradually becomes lower in the southeast where it merges into the high plateau of the gobi desert. The region is inhabited by a sparse but. Mongolian altai mountains mongolian altai is the largest mountain system in mongolia. As is often the case we were lured by the scenery and high mountains that mongolia promised but came away most awed by the cultural experiences.

The altai mountains also spelled altay mountains are a mountain range in central and east asia where russia china mongolia and kazakhstan come together and where the rivers irtysh and ob have their headwaters. In the evening our camel herders will join us with our pack camels. Most of the travelers imagine mongolia as a gobi desert and boundless steppes with blue sky but there are also 4 high mountain ranges including altai khangai kentii and khyangan. Altai mountains mongolia september 10th 20th 2020 journey to the magnificent altai mountains home of the famous eagle hunters to bond train and trek with the magnificent bactrian camel.

On this part of the excursion we may have the luck to see wild ibex. You are on the roof of mongolia. Beginning in the mountain group of tavan bogd 5 saints one of the elevated parts of the country it stretches south east and consists of a number of ridges close to each other and average altitude of the ridges is 3000 3500meters. Breakfast lunch dinner day 5.

Great view of mountains glaciers and steppe landscape. From the top great opportunity to see russian chinese kazakhstan as well mongolia altai mountains. Live with a nomadic family stay in traditional mongolian gers yurts go camping with camels. Its highest and most interesting peaks are khuiten nairamdal malchin snowchurch and ulgii.

Trek to base camp. The bactrian camel has two humps on its back in contrast to the single humped dromedary camel. The altai mountain range is mongolias largest and highest mountain range and is an ideal place to take trekking and mountaineering trips. We will continue with camel support and overnight again in a tent.

On the way we will enjoy the spectacular beauty of the snow capped altai mountain range with its glaciers. Once here our 4x4 vehicles will return and we will set up camp. It spans from about 450 to 520 n and from about 840 to 990 e. The bactrian camel camelus bactrianus is a large even toed ungulate native to the steppes of central asia.