Golden eagle festival tour 2026

After having a breakfast eagle hunter shows you his magnificent golden eagle and give some information about very old eagle hunting traditions in western part of Mongolian Altai. After that you will meet your Mongolian horse and saddle up go to the mountains following up the Eagle hunter and his eagle. Once you reach the top of the mountain, the eagle hunter take off the hood from the eagle. The “Khaguchi” another team member will try to flush out the eagle’s prey, by chasing the prey towards to the hill that eagle hunter and guest will be. The eagle will screech to be released, once it sees its prey, the hunter let the eagle swoop down the mountain for catch. Overnight accommodation will be a kazakh yurt. B+L+D

More riding and hunting with golden eagle. During your stay with eagle hunter’s family, you’ll follow him by horse to the neighboring mountains. Eagle hunters only hunts in winter month, when it is easy to spot the gold colored foxes against the snow. The hunter use his eagle hunting small animals such as fox, corsac fox and hares. If you are lucky, you will see how the golden eagle catches it’s prey, and take many photos of all the action. Overnight accommodation will be a kazakh yurt. B+L+D

The Golden eagle festival starts 10:00 o'clock.

1. Registration of credential eagle hunter
2. Opening ceremony of annual golden eagle festival with parade of all participants
3. Competition of best kazakh costume, eagle and horse harness
4. Lunch break at 12:00 o’clock
5. Competition of how eagle adapted to hunters. While the eagles were perched high on the mountain side, the hunter would call for the eagle to come and join him on horseback.
6. Tenge ilu competition (traditional coin grabbing game while riding a horse);
7. Urianhai archery competition
8. Competition of the best kazakh costume of couples
9. The folk concert at the local theatre of Olgii town.

Overnight accommodation in Ger camp B+L+D

1. Competition of how eagles adapted to hunters "Shyrga Tartu" (the eagles will be qualified how fast and smoothy catch a lure that made of fox or hare skin).
2. Camel racing
3. "Kyz kuar" game show (Traditional horseback riding fun game for youth, boys whipped by girls if they reached by them).
4. Lunch break at 12:00 o’clock
5. Continuation of the game
6. Kukhbar competition (Traditional horseback riding game fight over for the goat skin).
7. Award ceremony for winners of festival
8. Closing ceremony.           Overnight accommodation in Ger camp B+L+D

After breakfast you will driven to the local airport with your guide for your return flight to Ulaanbaatar