13 Days Ice and Camel Festival

For many people Mongolia has always been associated with its cold winter, but did you know that Mongolia has not the coldest winter and has a lot to offer together with its scenic beauty and specialties. Mongolia has been successfully organizing various thrilling winter activities in the recent years. Ice festival is the one of those winter events which has been held since 2002 every first weekend of March in northern Mongolia on the western shore of frozen Lake Khuvsgul. And imagine yourself being in the Gobi Desert in the winter. Snow covered plains, mountains and dunes are definitely adds paint to the beauty of desert. Except its natural charm, Gobi is also famous for its flora and fauna, dinosaur findings, nomads and camels. One of the camel related popular events is Camel Festival. Already about 20 years Camel Festival has been organized every year 7-8 March by local herder communities in order to preserve and protect two humped Bactrian Camel population in Mongolia.