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In the summer of 2005, Mongolica Travel was launched with the vision of developing authentic products and services for bird and wildlife tours and expeditions in a responsible and sustainable manner.

Our efforts in sustainability as an organization reflect our commitment to the idea that all children and grand-children will have a wonderful natural environment to explore throughout their lives. The team from Mongolica Travel comprises some of the most experienced experts in the field. Our aim is to give great satisfaction to our clients and staff through inspiring products and services whilst ensuring that the Mongolian nomadic lifestyle which balances human and wildlife co-existence, is maintained in its undisturbed state.

At Mongolica Travel we offer a great variety of birding and wildlife scheduled trips to each corner of Mongolia. They can tailor a trip for your need based on their many years of experience. What will not change is our passion for making sure you get behind the scenes to experience the real world in an authentic and sustainable manner.

Preserving cultural heritage and conserving the natural environment, whilst improving the lives of people, is the essence of our way of collaborating with you and is integrated into every decision and action we take at Mongolica.

Tours:

Birding Safari for Siberian Wintering Birds

Mongolia 7 Days

Starting From USD 2,066 / per person

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Birding the Gobi Desert Tour

Mongolia 8 Days

Starting From USD 2,234 / per person

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Magnificent Raptors of Mongolia Tour

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Mongolia 9 Days

Starting From USD 2,159 / per person

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Fishing Mongolia and Conservation Tour

Mongolia 11 Days

Starting From USD 1,800 / per person

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Birding The East & Spring Migration Tour

Mongolia 13 Days

Starting From USD 2,085 / per person

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Mongolia Wildflower Tour

Mongolia 13 Days

Starting From 2,300USD 2,185 / per person

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Mongolia Wildlife Safari

Mongolia 14 Days

Starting From 2,950USD 2,802 / per person

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Mongolia’s Golden Birding Route Tour

Mongolia 16 Days

Starting From USD 3,800 / per person

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Wildlife:

Altai Snowcock

Found in the remote high mountains of Mongolia, Altai Snowcock is one of the most sought-after species for Palearctic birding enthusiasts. The habitat is open mountainside above the tree line at altitudes usually ranging between 2,000 and 3,600 metres. Due to hunting pressure by the local people for their medicinal power, population size of the species is declining.

Spotted Capercaillie

The Spotted Capercaillie permanently occurs in the boreal forests of Mongolia. The male Spotted Capercaillie looks similar to that of its western counterpart, but slightly smaller and has a lot of large white spots at the tips of the upper tail coverts and on wings. The best time to observe the species is the lekking period between late April and May.

White-naped Crane

This enigmatic crane is always a highlight for any birding trip in Mongolia. The breeding pairs lay their eggs in the wet valleys of the lakes and rivers in north eastern Mongolia, Russia, and China and they winter in China, Korea, and Japan.

Relict Gull

Considered as a distinctive species only in 1970, the species is one of the rarest birds in the world. However, a breeding colony had been found at Khukh Lake in central Mongolia not long ago. The number is still declining due to habitat loss and degradation. During migration, it rests at the southern and central Mongolian lakes.

Pallas’s Fish Eagle

After extensive study on its breeding and migration ecology, this species is now thought to visit Mongolia to spend summer but not to breed. Perhaps it breeds only in India during winter. It is a large dark brown eagle with buffy-golden head, neck, and breast and broad white band across lower part of wedge-shaped tail diagnostic. Vagrant to Finland, Israel, Norway and Poland.

Amur Falcon

Longest known migrating raptor reaches all the way down to South Africa passing through western India where they were killed numerously a few years ago. Thankfully the slaughter has been stopped nowadays. Comparing its western counterpart Red-footed Falcon, the male Amur Falcon has white underwing-coverts. Breeds in northern Mongolia and south eastern Russia.

Oriental Plover

Breeds in arid steppes or stony flats in deserts in Mongolia and China, migrating Malaysia and Australia in winter. It is a striking wader, male has orange underlined black breast band with no black face mask. The birders spend much time searching on the vast steppes.

Pallas’s Sandgrouse

You can see hundreds of Pallas’s Sandgrouse on a small spring or ponds in Mongolian Gobi Desert early morning, but it breeds on the open desert steppes. This species has a wide breeding range and occurs from the Caspian Sea east to northeastern China, but it is mainly known for its irruptive behaviour.

Henderson’s Ground Jay

It is restricted to southern Mongolia, north-western China and gets just into Kazakhstan.

Kozlov’s Accentor

This is a true Mongolian breeding endemic, although there are several winter observations in China. It is localized in high mountains of Mongolia including Mongolian Altai, Gobi Altai, and western Khangai Mountains. It prefers to breed in bushes of junipers.

Conservation:

Mongolica Travel is the only wildlife-specialized tour operator in Mongolia, which committed to promoting sustainability.

At Mongolica Travel, we are aware of the adverse impacts on the environment, culture, and economy from tourism if not properly operated, so that they make every decision and take every action considering principles of sustainable tourism.

At all the times, we make efforts to organize our tours and trips with the least adverse effects on wildlife and their habitats and local culture and people. As an environment-friendly organization, Mongolica Travel has supported dozens of wildlife conservation and research actions in Mongolia until today.

Within the company, everyone has a major in biology and they obtained an enthusiasm in conservation through love and passion for birds. Mongolica Travel works in tight relationship with Mongolian Ornithological Society and supports the promotion activities of conservation, research, and education on wildlife. Conservation programs can be found at www.mos.mn.

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Magnificent Raptors of Mongolia Tour

Hadoram Shirihai1 Jul 2013

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Well, I cannot describe the success of this expedition in just few words, perhaps as it titled above: The ultimate expedition across the Mongolian steppes. In comparison with any published trip reports during similar season of the year, late spring-summer in Mongolia, we succeed in locating the largest number of species and subspecies. We recorded no less than 260 species, and photographed over 230 of them! I am here please to share with other our success, in showing 68 files, that coverts 100+ species that documented during the expedition... and which I phrased as Mongolia at its best sites...

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