Eagle hunting festival and Golden Gobi-2017 tour

For last few years, Kazakhs of the Bayan Ulgii province are held in early October the Eagle

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Hunting Festival, a colorful and picturesque event attracting the best hunters and birds, and an important celebration for the local community. The highlight of the trip takes place in the remote capital of Bayan-Ulgii. Ninety percent of the population here is Kazakh, a group that is renowned for its hunter’s extraordinary skills in using golden eagles to hunt for small prey animals. The evening before the Golden Eagle Hunting Festival the small community offers competitors, many of whom have traveled as far as 140 miles on horseback, a special performance of Kazakh dance, song, and music and we’re invited! The next morning the official opening ceremony begins with a parade of the hunters on horseback with their eagles. The most elaborate clothing and accessories are rewarded with the highest points. Later in the day, the eagles are judged for their speed and agility. The second day of the competition is packed with action-eagles fly from the cliff’s edge to chase bait dragged by their human hunting partners, and the men demonstrate their courage in an ancient test of horsemanship.  Wonderful discovery to Mongolian Gobi will be the wonderful surprise with warm desert sun and golden sand dunes.