Nepal’s Annapurna
Repository of Prosperity and Auspiciousness The Himalaya play a central role in Vedic mythology, revered as gods and the home of the gods. Annapurna is the Hindu goddess of food, giver of alms, and queen of the holy city of Varanasi on the river Ganges. The Annapurna range divides the geography, history, and culture of […]
Why Your Next Family Trip Should be to Mongolia
There are few greater luxuries in life than spending time with family, and nothing brings the family together quite like exploring a new destination together. Travel provides so many opportunities for meaningful interactions and memory-making experiences. Whether you’re seeing the world through the unfiltered lens of a young child’s eyes or grabbing precious time with […]
Travel with a Purpose: + Denver Lions Give Gift of Sight in Mongolia
Travel with a Purpose: + Denver Lions Give Gift of Sight in Mongolia By Myrna Ann Adkins, Denver Lions Our group of six Denver Lions volunteers who had planned and would carry out the 2018 Eyesight Project arrived in Mongolia at midnight after a full day of travel. Despite the challenges of getting six suitcases of recycled eyeglasses […]
Mongolian Performing Arts Students Take Once in a Lifetime Trip
Enriching lives. Protecting places. This phrase features prominently on the front cover of our brochure and the home page of our website because it encapsulates what we try to do at Nomadic Expeditions. We offer unrivaled travel experiences while striving to leave our destinations better off than when we arrived. To that end, Nomadic Expeditions […]
Jack Weatherford Q&A: Insights on Travel and the History of Mongolia
Q&A with New York Times bestselling author Jack Weatherford.
Musings on Mongolia with Bob Krist, National Geographic Photographer and World Traveler
“Who would you invite to a dinner party?” It’s a popular ice breaker, with answers often ranging from the Dalai Lama to Abraham Lincoln, but once you’ve met Bob Krist, it’s likely he will be the first person who comes to mind. Krist is an award-winning photographer who has traveled the world for National Geographic. […]
Mongolia: A Travel Agent’s Perspective
Travel Agent Irene Pelled Traveled with Nomadic Expeditions to Mongolia. She shares her unique insights in a guest blog.
Where Livestock Outnumber People: How One Traveler Maintained Her Vegan Lifestyle While Traveling to Mongolia By Wanda Plucinski
I was all set for my journey to Mongolia, but after becoming vegan seven years ago, I planned to have few options in a country where meat is a staple
Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La
To an outsider, taking a tour in Bhutan may feel like visiting a living, breathing time capsule of an era one hundred years past.
Ecosystems of the Gobi Desert
It’s not often you hear the word Gobi without the word desert attached: the image of a barren, lifeless place of endless billowing sand dunes is firmly affixed to the term desert in the mind of the general public.