Naadam Festival Tour- 1 day

Naadam Festival Tour- 1 day

Enjoy a day trip in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia with Zendmen Travel to the Naadam Festival. The very significance of Naadam is to celebrate the independence of Mongolia with nomads ' sports competitions. This is a distinctive colorful celebration where you can participate in the morning's grand opening ceremony. Though the celebration of Naadam is held throughout Mongolia, the opening ceremony in Ulaanbaatar's main stadium is the largest off all ceremonies.

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Stop At: Naadam Center, Chinggis avenue-6, Stadium Orgil G-201, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia

We will pick you up from your hotel. Naadam begins with carrying the State’s Nine Sacred White Banner from the Parliament House to the Central Stadium followed by folk, classic and pop performances choreographed with traditional and modern dance routines, and parade of people with colourful traditional costumes. It is always fascinating to see Mongolian wrestlers in their traditional wrestling costumes while doing their falcon dance during a melodic praises by their coaches.

Enjoy Mongolia pastry-Huushuur at Naadam and make a visit to knuckle bone shooting and archery tournaments. In the afternoon, you will witness Mongolia’s renowned endurance horse race outside Ulaanbaatar. The horses are graded by age and sex and race over distances of up to 28 kilometres, their riders young children aged between four and 12 years old, many without stirrups or saddles. Visiting local Naadam is always enjoyable firsthand experience for travellers where you may have opportunities to meet jokey children and wrestlers. You will return to Ulaanbaatar in the afternoon.

Duration: 9 hours