5 independent reviews for Western Mongolia tour, the Altai mountains & eagles

Thank you so much for your five-star review and for choosing to experience Mongolia with us. It was an absolute pleasure to host you and your family. In your review, you mentioned being unsure how the trip benefitted locally, so I’d love to share a few examples for anyone reading. As a company, our focus is on making tourism more equitable and ensuring that our small-scale approach creates a positive impact—culturally, socially, economically, and environmentally. We work solely in Mongolia and, as a registered Mongolian business, your payment directly supports the local economy through taxes, employment, and social security contributions. This means your money stays in Mongolia, helping to strengthen local initiatives and build economic resilience. We also provide long-term employment to individuals often overlooked by mainstream tour companies. For example, our entire guiding team in Mongolia is female, drawn from a variety of backgrounds. Your guide, for instance, is a single mother who uses tourism not only as a means of financial independence but also as a pathway to skills development and self-confidence. In the low season, we provide free training, and each tour is designed to support both professional and personal growth. In addition, we work with older, highly experienced male drivers—many of whom face limited opportunities due to age or traditional backgrounds. By offering them stable, respectful employment, we help counteract high unemployment while also addressing issues linked to toxic masculinity. Together, these cross-generational teams form the backbone of our operations, reflecting the rural and urban communities we’re proud to stand alongside. Our trips, including the one you joined, are designed to support the families, projects, and communities—both rural and urban—with whom we have built long-term partnerships. We do this in ways that respect their daily lives and livelihoods, ensuring that tourism remains mutually beneficial. This ongoing collaboration helps communities adapt to challenges such as climate change and urban poverty, while also supporting cultural resilience and quality of life. Importantly, we don’t just run one or two profit-driven tour circuits. We work year-round and across all provinces of Mongolia, exploring less-visited regions while challenging the stereotypes often reinforced by the tourism industry. Thank you again for choosing to experience Mongolia with us. As I said, it was an absolute pleasure, and we are deeply grateful for your trust and support.