Horse riding in Khustai national park

Tour description

Horse riding in Khustai National park, among Khustai mountain and wild horses.
If you don't have an enough time, Khustai 2 days horse riding is suits for you. Once you reach Khustai, you will explore the park to find the famous Takhi. It is the last species of true wild horses in the world who has never been domesticated. Saved from extinction and reintroduced in the wild in the late 80’s, the takhi is still an endangered species. It is only in Mongolia you’ll have the chance to observe them in the wild.This park is also the home of deers, grey wolves, lynx and many more. If you look up the sky you might even see a golden eagle or one of the 200 species of birds sheltered by this park.

Khustai NP of Mongolia is a world famous place for its successful reintroduction of Takhi horses. The nature reserve is about 100 km south-west of Ulaanbaatar. Highest point is 1842 m, There are over 10 fresh water rivers, populations of Asian red deer, steppe gazelle, deer, boar, wild cat, wolf and lynx, 126 kinds or birds, 450 floras. In between 1992-2001 Takhi (wild horse) was adopted from Holland in Khustai National Park. A total of 84 Przewalski horses are brought 4 times. In the beginning of 1900, wealthy zoo director from Humburg in Germany came to Mongolia and bought 51 foal of wild horses and sold to a wealthy people in Dutch, French, and America. Thus, in 1903, Mongolian wild horses were in Europen estates. This wild horse exporting business was successful in Europe but Przewalski horses in Mongolia was extincted by 1960, its country of origin. Now Mongolia have nearly 350 number of wild horses. In order to protect the wild horses, Khustai became Special protected area. Many tourist like to visit to see Przewalski's horse and deer, marmots in this area.

Day1. Pick up – Khustai national park
Day2. Horse riding in Khustai national park

Day1. Pick up – Khustai national park
We will pick you up from the Hoter or airport and drive to Khustai national park meet the family preparing horses for us. After lunch we can ride a horse shortly or hiking around beautiful Khustai mountain and Khoshoot stream.
Day2. Horse riding in Khustai national park
This day we start horse riding among the Khustai Mountains and we will see the famous wild horses (Takhi, Przewalski’s horses). After lunch we ride again shortly and back to Ulaanbaatar.

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