Nine days across the emptiest country on earth by private plane: first to the Altai, where Kazakh families hunt with golden eagles as they have for centuries, then south to the singing dunes and flaming cliffs of the Gobi. You sleep in felt gers furnished with carpets, cashmere and wood-burning stoves, set up before you arrive and taken down after you leave.
Eagle hunters of the Altai
The singing dunes of the Gobi
A private plane across the steppe
Handled for you
A car at your door, and at every door after it
Bags collected at home and unpacked before you arrive
A concierge on call, day and night, until you are home
Permits, guides and kit, fitted and waiting
Best time to go
June to October
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June to September, when the steppe is green and the nights mild. The Golden Eagle Festival is in early October. Winter falls to –30°.
In pictures
A master falconer and his golden eagle
Your gers beneath the mountains
Horses running free across the steppe
A caravan crossing the dunes at dusk
Riders at the Golden Eagle Festival
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