If you have a sense of adventure and love interacting with animals, you may want to see Mongolia on horseback. Most of the country’s varied landscape is made for horse riding. The Gobi desert has endless stretches of powdery sand while in the far west of the country; you can find the Altai Nuruu Mountains which rise up to 4,300m above sea level.

Closer to Ulaanbaatar you will find grasslands, pine forests and green vistas – all in the Gorhkii Terelj which has enough land to cover even for a 10-day riding trip.

The opportunity to travel to a remote destination and to experience freedom from the back of a horse is already a privilege. Throw in an opportunity to do well for the environment and the experience becomes even more invaluable.