Mongolian operator
Odkha Travel
Ulaanbaatar (Bayangol district), Mongolia · 16 tours
Family company run by managing director Odmaa Duuvaa with Frank Riedinger, a German photographer and National Geographic author who acts as adviser and tour companion; a Korean arm led by Khashaa Duuvaa sells through tourstomongolia.com. The site presents its itineraries as suggestions tailored to each traveller, usually for 2 to 6 people. Fifteen itineraries are published, one of them in two versions; most link a PDF programme with a per-person price. The home page said no join-in departures were left for 2026.
Published tours
South and Central Mongolia, 14 days
Name on the operator’s site: Süd- und Zentralmongolei
14 days · 2.650 Euro + internationaler Flug + Visagebühr (Dieser Preis gilt nur bei einer Teilnehmerzahl ab 3 Personen)
per person; valid from 3 participants, excluding international flight and visa fee; the trip also runs for a single traveller at a price on request
Private · usually 2, 4 or 6 people; price valid from 3 · date and length chosen by the traveller
Central and Northern Mongolia, 14 days
Name on the operator’s site: Zentral- und Nordmongolei
14 days · 2.950 Euro + internationaler Flug + Visagebühr (Dieser Preis gilt nur bei einer Teilnehmerzahl ab 3 Personen)
per person; valid from 3 participants, excluding international flight and visa fee
Private · usually 2, 4 or 6 people; price valid from 3 · date and length chosen by the traveller
Great Mongolia round trip, 21 days
Name on the operator’s site: Große Mongoleirundreise
21 days · 3.350 Euro + internationaler Flug + Visagebühr (Dieser Preis gilt nur bei einer Teilnehmerzahl ab 3 Personen)
per person; valid from 3 participants, excluding international flight and visa fee
Private · usually 2, 4 or 6 people; price valid from 3 · date and length chosen by the traveller
To the reindeer nomads (Tsaatan / Dukha), 21 days
Name on the operator’s site: zu den Rentiernomaden (Tsaatan bzw. Dukha)
21 days · 4.500 Euro + internationaler Flug + Visagebühr
per person; excluding international flight and visa fee
Private · maximum 4-5 participants · date chosen by the traveller
To the eagle hunters (Berkutchi), 17 days
Name on the operator’s site: zu den Adlerjägern (Berkutschis)
17 days · 3.990 Euro + internationaler Flug + Visagebühr
per person; excluding international flight and visa fee
Private · maximum 4-5 participants · date chosen by the traveller
Photo tour to the Gobi and the Altai eagle hunters, 17 days
Name on the operator’s site: Individuelle Fotoreise in die Wüste Gobi und ins Altaigebirge zu den Adlerjägern
17 days · 4.500 Euro pro Person bei 4 Reisenden + internationaler Flug + evtl. Visakosten
per person; for 4 travellers, excluding international flight and any visa costs; accompanied by photographer Frank Riedinger
Photography · 2 to 4 photographers
Western Mongolia round trip: nomads and Otgontenger, 21 days
Name on the operator’s site: Westmongolei Rundreise – Nomaden, Otgontenger & unberührte Natur erleben
21 days · 3.950 Euro + internationaler Flug + Visagebühr (Dieser Preis gilt nur bei einer Teilnehmerzahl von 4 Personen)
per person; for 4 participants, excluding international flight and visa fee; smaller groups priced on request
Private
Self-drive: Central and Northern Mongolia, 14 days
Name on the operator’s site: Zentral- und Nordmongolei
14 days · 1.700 Euro pro Person + internationaler Flug bei 2 und 4 Personen
per person; for 2 or 4 travellers, excluding international flight and the rental car, which is hired separately from SIXT Ulaanbaatar (a UAZ Patriot 4x4 was quoted at 219 euro per day as of 01/2024)
Self-drive support · any date, subject to a SIXT car being available
Includes: Accommodation as in the itinerary, All meals except on tent nights (self-catering), Ulaanbaatar airport transfers, Daily GPS tracks (GPX)
Self-drive: Gobi Desert and Central Mongolia, 12 days
Name on the operator’s site: Wüste Gobi und Zentralmongolei
12 days · 1.500 Euro pro Person + internationaler Flug bei 2 und 4 Personen
per person; for 2 or 4 travellers, excluding international flight and the SIXT rental car
Self-drive support · any date, subject to a SIXT car being available
Includes: Accommodation as in the itinerary, All meals except on tent nights (self-catering), Ulaanbaatar airport transfers, Daily GPS tracks (GPX)
Photo and encounter trip to the Golden Eagle Festival, 16 days
Name on the operator’s site: Begegnungs- und Fotoreise ins Altaigebirge zu den Adlerjägern und zum Golden Eagle Festival in Ulgii
16 days · 5.200 Euro pro Person + internationaler Flug
per person; excluding international flight; led by photographer Frank Riedinger and Odmaa Duuvaa
Photography · 2 to 4 photographers on the tour page; the 2026 programme PDF says two to six · late September to early October · 24 September to 9 October 2026 (leaving Frankfurt 23 September)
Special trip to the Nauryz festival in the western Mongolian Altai, 14 days
Name on the operator’s site: Unsere Spezialreise zum Nauris Fest in die westliche Mongolei mit Altaigebirge
14 days · 4.750 Euro pro Person + internationaler Flug für maximal 2 Personen
per person; excluding international flight; the price is stated for at most 2 people
Winter · maximum 4-5 participants · March (Nauryz falls on 21-22 March)
Winter trip with a nomad migration
Name on the operator’s site: Winterreise Nomadenumzug
No price published
no price published; the page says 'Kosten: Auf Anfrage' (price on request)
Winter · on request; the page says travellers spend several weeks in the northern Mongolian winter
Living with nomads for a while
Name on the operator’s site: Leben auf Zeit bei den Nomaden der Mongolei
No price published
no price published; the page says 'Kosten: Auf Anfrage' (price on request)
Private · on request
To the wild horses of the Gobi, 21 days
Name on the operator’s site: Zu den Ur-Wildpferden in die Wüste Gobi
21 days · 4.250 Euro + internationaler Flug + Visagebühr (Dieser Preis gilt nur bei einer Teilnehmerzahl ab 3 und bis maximal 6 Personen)
per person; for 3 to 6 participants, excluding international flight and visa fee; run with the International Takhi Group and accompanied by an ITG researcher and a German-speaking guide
Private · 3-6 people · date set individually
Spiritual shaman trip with the shaman festival, 14 days
Name on the operator’s site: Spirituelle Schamanenreise & Schamanen-Festival
14 days · 3.400 Euro + internationaler Flug + Visagebühr (Dieser Preis gilt nur bei einer Teilnehmerzahl von 6 Personen)
per person; for 6 participants, excluding international flight and visa fee; accompanied by Tine Fehrensen
Festival · 12 to 25 June 2027
Spiritual shaman trip, 14 days
Name on the operator’s site: Spirituelle Schamanenreise
14 days · 3.200 Euro + internationaler Flug + Visagebühr (Dieser Preis gilt nur bei einer Teilnehmerzahl von 6 Personen)
per person; for 6 participants, excluding international flight and visa fee; accompanied by Tine Fehrensen
Private