We are environmentally friendly eco camp located on the east shore of Lake Khuvsgul.

Come and enjoy the wilderness of Ar Davhar Peninsula.

Explore the Khuvsgul the way you prefer!

Unforgatable and adventurious horseriding trip to real Reindeer people (VIP tour).

Come and see the only Khuvsgul Lake Ice Festival and sleigh horse race on ice in the WORLD.

Let's take you to the astonishing beautiful Darkhar Valley & Khoridal mountains.

Protecting, Monitoring & Researching the Wildlife of
Ar Davhar Peninsula

Wildlife Protection

Roe Deer & Red Deer Musk deer Mongolian Marmot Other animals

A Roe Deer and Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) are classified as endangered on the Mammal’s Red List, and are at great risk of illegal hunting for the medicinal market for their velvet horn respectively. Oriental medicine has been used these animals for hundreds of years. The numbers of surviving animals of species are greatly reduced.

  • Our camp seeks to contribute to their protection every year.
  • We set up automatic camera to monitor these animals.
  • We observe the private life of the animals without changing their behaviors.
  • We patrol to protect them on a regular and voluntary basis.
  • Every summer we prepare the grass for the hoofed animals.
  • We set up 4 mineral licks to provide these animals with natural minerals within our tourist camp area on Ar Davkhar Peninsula.
  • We share our wildlife protection with conservation researchers and get valuable information from them.
Ecotourism Mongolia
Ecotourism Khuvsgul

The Result

  • The number of Roe deer and Red deer are rapidly increasing compared with previous years.
  • Tourists enjoy watching animals such as Roe deer and marmot through a telescope and observing their behavior.
  • We are aiming to become an Ecotourism model in the future.

An endangered wildlife species, Musk Deer (Moschus Moschiferus), listed in the Mongolian Red Book and classified as endangered on the Mammal Red List, is at great risk from illegal hunting for the medicinal market for their scent gland –zaar respectively. Oriental medicine has used animals for hundreds of years. The numbers of surviving animals of this species are greatly reduced.

  • Our camp seeks to contribute to their protection every year.
  • We set up automatic camera to monitor these animals.
  • We patrol to protect them on a regular and voluntary basis.
  • Every summer we prepare the grass for the hoofed animals.
  • We are planting trees such as cedar, pine and spruce to increase Musk deer nutritional resources.
Conservation Khusvgul
Mongolia ecotourism
  • The number of Musk deer is growing compared to the last decade.
  • The trees we plant in order to increase Musk deer food reserves are growing successfully.

Mongolian marmots are classified and evaluated by the regional zones and criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as “Endangered.” They are included in the Red List of Mammals of Mongolia.

  • We conduct regular monitoring, observations, and information collection about Mongolian marmot on an area in nearby Ar Davhar and Uvur Davhar to protect it from illegal hunting and to improve its living conditions.
  • We set up automatic camera to monitor these animals.
  • We patrol to protect them on a regular and voluntary basis.

The Result

  • A volunteer rangers and local rangers are helping with this great work to protect marmots.
  • Thanks to our work, the number of marmots has tremendously increased and has now reached around over 140 only in one mountain.
  • Tourists have a chance to see and wonder at the interesting life of marmots and take photos of them.

Monitoring Rare Plants

Wild Onion of Altai Sea ​​buckthorn & Golden Cup Trees

Wild onion of Altai, they are exposed to the danger of extirpation due to excessive harvest by humans. We protect populations of the Altai wild leek, a native onion found in the Altai Mountains region, and listed in the Mongolian Red Book as endangered.

  • We are planting Wild Onion of Altai by seeds.
  • We collect the Wild Onion of Altai seeds and replacing them to Uvur Davhar and Showgor to let them grow in wild nature.
  • It is mostly Eco Club students who are actively involved in these wonderful conservation activities.
  • We are sharing this experience to plant onions with others (conservation communities, local & international Eco-club students, our tourists)
  • We also donate our Wild Onions seed to conservation communities.
  • We share this experience to plant onions to others and train and build foundation for true conservation students.
Ar Davhar eco camp
Ecotourism in Khuvsgul

The Result

  • Our Wild Onion of Altai is growing beautifully.
  • The children of the Eco-club became interested in growing onions in practice and wanting to come back every summer.
  • Fresh green onions are available for daily use at the camp.
  • Both international and domestic tourists are now volunterly participate to plant onions.
  • It has become a kind of ecotourism by attracting tourists to plant onions.

Enjoy. Support. Protect

…because every picture tells a story…

Panting trees
  • We are planting trees such as cedar, spruce and pine to increase Musk deer nutritional resources
  • Every year, we clean 2 to 3 hectares of forest branches and promotes reforestation.
  • Eco Club students are actively involved in tree planting.
  • The children of the Eco Club became interested in planting trees in practice and wanting to come back every summer.
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