Fishing Tour
Key Information
Trip Length: 11 days/10 nights.
Trip Type: Moderate
Tour Code: SMT-ER-11D
Meeting/Departure Points: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Minimum Group Size: 2 fishermen or fisherwomen or more participants.
Fishing Season in Mongolia:
The Spring Season: The Mongolia Fishing Season starts on June 15th - June 30th (*in this period the Taimen & Trout begin feeding aggressively). Sometimes is possible to start to fish on May 15th, but is too cold!).
The Fall Season (* this is autumn, and this is a best season to fish in Mongolia): from very late August to September-October.
Regular Departures-2024: August 24th, September 07th.
Total Distance: about 3000 kms/1864 miles.
Airfare Included: No.
Taimen conservation - Catch and Release is exercised.
Tour Highlights: Upon your arrival in Ulaanbaatar New Airport (52 km / 31.33 miles), meet Samar Magic Tours Fishing team. An incredible fishing journey in the Far Eastern of Mongolia. Wilderness fishing in the untouched Mongolia. This 11-day package in Mongolia with 6 full days fishing trip gets well off the beaten track and into the best rivers of the Far Eastern Regions of Mongolia where your only companions will be the natural habitat and the few nomadic people who still forage the plains as their forefathers have done for thousands of years. Wilderness Camp at the banks of the legendary Onon river. If you are a fisherman, Mongolia is destination to be experienced and definitely not to be missed.
Dear Fisherman: Mongolia offers one of the last wildernesses in Asia and in the World. It has got plenty of waters with often rich marine life. One of the largest living freshwater fish on earth, the Taimen (Hucho Hucho Taimen) lives within the waters of various rivers and lakes. Taimen are known to the Mongolians as the "River Wolf". The Big Taimen is a particularly ferocious fish which can often obtain weights of 50 kilos or more. They are an exceptionally ferocious predator which feed on birds, prairie dogs, mice, and fish. The taimen (Hucho taimen), also known as Siberian taimen and Siberian salmon, is a species of fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes.
Others species are: the Lenok- the Mongolian equivalent of a trout, generally around 15 to 20 inches (2 to 3 lb) they can grow to over 30 inches and the Grayling are plentiful in Mongolia's rivers, Pike, Grayling, Sig, River Perch, Siberian Umber, Roach, Ide, Bull Ide, Golden Carp, Amur Catfish and Burbot.
A typical fishing day: begins with early morning breakfast and return to our Fishing Camp for dinner and overnights. Cuisine at the camp is a variety of Occidental and Mongolian dishes. Each meal is complemented with homemade soup, a variety of salads, fresh-baked bread, a modest dessert, coffee and tea.
The Onon river: It rises in the eastern region of the Khentii Mountains in Mongolia and flows for 818 kms/508 miles long north and drains an area of 94,010 km².
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Day 1
Ulaanbaatar New Airport, meet Samar Magic Tours team. (D)
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Day 2
Drive towards east to Onon river. Arrive at the camp. (B)(L)(D)
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Day 3/8
Fishing at the banks of Onon river and at the confluence of the Onon, and Barkh rivers. (B)(L)(D)
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Day 9
Morning fishing. Drive out to the Tourist Standard Gers Camp in route. (B)(L)(D)
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Day 10
A long drive back to Ulaanbaatar. (B)(L)(D)
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Day 11
Ulaanbaatar New Airport. Departure Mongolia. (B)
| June 15th - June 30th Late August-Sept | Holiday Inn Hotel 5*, Blue Sky Tower & Hotel 5*, Kempinski Hotel 5* |
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| 2 fishermen or fisherwomen or more | $ US 3,305 / 3,251 € |
| Individual Supplement (2 nights in Ulaanbaatar) | $ US 175 or 173 € |
2024/2025 Land tour costs per person in $ US or in Euros (€), based on double or twin standard room from (11 days, excluding flights)
What's Included?
2 nights of accommodation at Novotel Ulaanbaatar hotel 4* or at Holiday Inn hotel 5*(based on twin standard room) or at Kempinski hotel 5* (based on twin superior room) with daliy breakfast.
1 night of accommodation in Tourist Standard Gers Camp in route.
7 nights overnight in Fishing Standard Gers Camps or camping in tents close to the rivers, based on twin occupancy.
River access and transport per itinerary.
Three meals per day in camp including one bottle of mineral water.
Welcome dinner at local restaurant.
Farewell dinner at local restaurant.
4WD Land Cruiser Toyota private transport, included all petrol and Mongolian speaking Mongolian driver.
Trained English-speaking local guide.
Fishing trained local Mongolian speaking guide.
Entrance fees to the all specified protected areas, and the national park.
Fishing license: Failure to have the appropriate paperwork may result in heavy fines, and the confiscation of equipment.
Cook and the all kitchen equipments.
Visa support invitation letter if needed.
Mongolian taxes.
What's Not Included?
International flight.
Occasional flight delays or cancellation. Visa (if it will be necessary). Excess baggage. Any rescue costs or costs of early departure. Changing of date of departure from Ulaanbaatar. Fishing equipment and tackle. The traveler is responsible for having proper travel documents, such as a valid passport, proper visa, the necessary passport pictures, and the International airfares. Travel insurance. Items of personal nature such as gratuities to porters at hotels, telephone / telex / fax charges, laundry, beverages, meals, optional activities, and services not specified in the itinerary. Any circumstances beyond of our control, such as the imposition of quarantine restrictions, weather conditions, river conditions, etc. Items for personal nature.
