Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Riding Guests (#1/26) Kim and Dana, from Colorado/US, and their horses for the upcoming Riding Adventure in Mongolia are getting to know each other. September 2012
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Riders on the Trail (#2/26) Mergen, a guest from Mongolia, enjoying his ride on Little Big Man - the rest of the group following through fields of wildflowers in Terelj National Park.
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, evening in camp (#3/26) After a day's ride through Mongolia's Gorkhi Terelj National Park, our guests enjoy after-dinner time with a drink around the grill fire - SoYoon from Korea, and Darren and Angela from Australia (left to right)
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, July is wildflower season (#4/26) Stephan from Switzerland, riding Little Big Man, and letting him have a drink from the clear creek in Terelj National Park, Mongolia
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Exploring the Park (#5/26) Gorkhi Terelj National Park, Mongolia, is known for its picturesque rock formations and scenic beauty - excellent horse riding country.
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, High Pass Crossing (#6/26) Stone Horse's longer expedition into the Khan Khentii Wilderness, Mongolia, leads over a high pass below Altan Ulgii Mountain - a routine for the surefooted Mongolian horses
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Packhorse (#7/26) We carry all equipment and provisions with pack horses, allowing us to reach scenic campsites in the back country of Gorkhi Terelj National Park and in the Khentii Wilderness.
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Homestay with Herders (#8/26) A locall herder family offers home stays, a popular weekend getaway close to the city of Ulaanbaatar. Booking through Stone Horse - except a booking fee, the income goes to the local family.
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Homestay with Herders (#9/26) Yadmaa and Davasuren, the hosts for the traditional homestay. Guests stay in a separate, beautifully furnished ger, but are invited to join in daily activities of herders' life.
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Arrival at a Ger Camp (#10/26) A small camp in the remote part of Gorkhi Terelj National Park. Stone Horse Expeditions often stop here for a night.
At the Gunjiin Temple (#11/26) Stone Horse Riding Tours in Terelj National Park visit the Gunjiin Temple historic site.
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Wilderness Expedition (#12/26) The Khentii Wilderness of mountains and forests does not see many visitors. As the ancient homeland of Chinggis Khan, the Khentii mountains are of high spiritual-cultural significance for Mongolia; likewise, as the watershed for the Tuul River, supplying Ulaanbaatar city with water, and as habitat for moose, deer, elk, bear, wolf, fox and a rich birdlife, the Khan Khentie is a Strictly Protected Area.
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Breakfast in Camp (#13/26) Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel serves healthy and plenty of food to keep guests and staff well prepared for a day's ride; menu's change daily. Here, the first 2012 expedition group enjoy breakfast before breaking camp and setting out on the ride...
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Upper Tuul Valley (#14/26) The 14 day - Wilderness Expeditions brings trail riders into the Upper Tuul Valley, in the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area, Mongolia
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, July 2012 (#15/26) Kim of Perth, Australia, enjoying her ride with Stone Horse in Terelj National Park
Stone Horse Expeditions and Travel, River Crossing (#16/26) The Packtrip in early July 2012 crossing the Terelj River - the river higer than usual - the horses unfaced taking riders and packs across
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, entering the National Park (#17/26) The pass at the border of Terelj National Park is marked by an Ovoo (stone cairn) as many passes in Mongolia. The Ovoo is both a marker and a symbol of workship to the mountain deity, and decorated with hadags (colorful silk scarfs).
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Snack Stop (#18/26) On Stone Horse Expeditions, we make sure the horses get good grazing. They graze for hours in the early morning and at night; and on the trail, during lunch stops and at short breaks - like in this mountain meadow. Good Boy is enjoying the snack...
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Dinner Table (#19/26) Upon arrival at scenic camp sites, snacks and wine are served soon, to be followed by dinner. Beautiful autumn colors provide the back drop for dinner on this September 2012 trip. Dana, Kim and Marieke at the outdoor dinner table..
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Terelj National Park (#20/26) A sweeping view across the forest steppe landscape of Gorkhi Terelj National Park; Stone Horse Riding Adventures bring guests into scenic landscapes.
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Happy Hour.. (#21/26) Guests on a Stone Horse Expedition enjoying pre-dinner drinks. Song (Hongkong), Jackson (Wyoming/US), Jill (Australia) and Claudia (Germany), June 2012.
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Camp Kitchen (#22/26) Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel carries a well equipped camp kitchen - we bake fresh bread on the trail! Foreground: bread rolls prepared for baking.
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Horse and Rider (#23/26) Darren from Sydney/Australia, on Tseerd the gazelle- colored horse of the Stone Horse horse team. Mongolian horses are often just called by the name of their color. Most of the Stone Horses, however, have special names. Tseerd is enjoying the wildflowers...
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, inside the heated tent (#24/26) Later in the season, Stone Horse Expeditions carry a large wall tent and a wood stove to serve dinners and breakfast in a cozy environment. Marieke, Kim and Dana at the dinner table inside the big tent...
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Pack Trip in Terelj (#25/26) The Tuul River in Terelj National Park is wide open steppe, a cultural landscape used as summer grazing ground by traditional herders
Stone Horse Expeditions & Travel, Riding Guests (#26/26) August 2012. SoYoon (Korea), Angela and Darren (Australia) in the Tuul Valley of Gorkhi Terelj National Park.
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