Mongolia

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It’s not often that a girl gets to call a handful of eagle hunters in the far north western reaches of Mongolia friends. But after so many visits, laughs, cups of salty tea, seeing the kids grow up…that’s what they’ve become. Each year when I return, with a new set of guests, it’s an … Read more

It really is no coincidence at all that Mongolia is known as the land of “eternal blue sky”. Over a 10 day period, Samantha Reinders took a group of ORYX clients to the Western reaches of the country where they were treated to the best a Mongolia photography tour has to offer: landscapes with no … Read more

Mongolia is a vast central Asian country boasting a rich history, with its most notable inhabitant the famous Genghis Khan whose 13th Century empire spread vast distances across Eurasia. Mongolia remains a wild, sparsely inhabited nation – indeed it is the world’s second largest landlocked country, and has one of the lowest population densities of … Read more

It’s not often that you lunch with a movie star while hordes of people wait outside hoping to catch a glimpse or a selfie with your dining partner. It’s less often that said VIP is only a 17-year old girl in pigtails. And it’s definitely not often….well, never, really, that said VIP is an eagle … Read more

I’ve just (reluctantly) left Mongolia after a photography tour with 4 ORYX clients that will live long in my memory. Mongolia. What a country…. To start with it’s overwhelmingly beautiful- wide-open spaces, light that is any photographers dream and never a dull moment. Your memory cards fill up faster than you can say “Sain baina … Read more

In September 2016 Shobha Gopinath joined ORYX on our Mongolia Exploratory Photo Tour which focused predominately on the sensational Eagle Festival in Western Mongolia. Staying with some local families in their Yurts and learning about the Mongol culture and traditional way of life enabled Shobha and the other guests to experience this ancient culture in … Read more

In September 2016 Shobha Gopinath joined ORYX on our Mongolia Photography Tour which focused predominately on the sensational Eagle Festival in Western Mongolia. Staying with some local families in their Yurts and learning about the Mongol culture and traditional way of life enabled Shobha and the other guests to experience this ancient culture in an … Read more

A Visual Diary – Part I It was with much anticipation that our ORYX clients and I arrived in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, for our much-anticipated 2016 Mongolia Photo Tour. Our first day was scheduled as an arrival day as our clients arrived from 5 different continents. Soon after everyone’s arrival, we headed out … Read more