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★★★★★
We booked a 10 day tour of Western Mongolia through Akhbupye. We had an amazing time and could not have even come close to the experience we had if we tried to self drive.
Aika and Tau, our guide and driver kept us well fed and comfortable the entire time.
The homestays with local families were unforgettable, the scenery was beautiful and the hike up Malchin was a great challenge.
Charles & Vicky
Thank you so much for visiting Mongolia and choosing our tours!
Wonderful persons, very good hikers 🚶♀️
★★★★★
Akhbupye and her team treat you with such respect and kindness. Everything was on point and she responds right away. You really can’t ask for a better host. And her team is amazing too. She’s rated a super host for a reason.
Dear Dylan thank you so much for visiting Western Mongolia and choosing my tour!
It was pleasant to meet you! I am very happy that you had a great time with the family of eagle hunters and enjoyed the nomadic lifestyle and horse riding in the Altai mountains with eagles hunters. It was very easy for me to work with you, because you ride a horse well and were very well prepared physically and mentally for this tour. I hope you will visit Mongolia again to explore other beautiful places in Mongolia. I will be very glad to organize you the tour again.
★★★★★
Akhbupye organised two tours for my partner and myself. One to the reindeer herders in the north and one to the eagle hunters in the west. Both were very well organised and a surreal experience. Our guide, cook and driver were very kind and helpful. We had a wonderful experience with them. We will be recommending both tours to our friends back in New Zealand.
Thank you so much for visiting Mongolia and choosing our tours!
Very polite guests!!!
★★★★★
We traveled to Mongolia for two weeks in July.
We flew into Ölgii in western Mongolia, where Akhbupye was waiting with a well-prepared Toyota Land Cruiser.
From there, we headed toward the Aral Tolgoi region near the Chinese border.
Akhbupye was incredibly thorough in her preparations.
We stayed in traditional nomadic Gers, and thanks to the portable bed, mattress, and sleeping bag she prepared in the car, the nights were surprisingly comfortable.
After three days of exploring western Mongolia, we returned to Ölgii city.
Fortunately, Akhbupye runs a two-bedroom apartment right in the city center. The location was excellent, and the apartment was clean, comfortable, and well-equipped — a perfect place to relax and recharge after the trip.
From Ölgii to Ulaanbaatar, we traveled over 1,700 kilometers across four days, stopping at places like Kharkhorin along the way.
Although it was a long journey, the vehicle was very comfortable, and the driver was kind and easygoing, which made the experience enjoyable and smooth.
After such a great trip, I’m sure that if I travel to Mongolia again, I’ll definitely choose IndyGuide and ask for Akhbupye as my guide once more.
Thank you so much for visiting Mongolia!
★★★★★
We contacted Akhbupye to arrange an 8-day trek through the Altai Mountains followed by 2 days of Naadam in Ulgii, and we had an amazing time. She planned a great itinerary, put together an experienced and well-qualified team to guide us, and met us at the airport to introduce us to the team before we set out. The hike was challenging but every day we looked forward to a delicious dinner, with dishes like dumplings, khushuur, and mutton soup, and we had comfortable bedding in a sturdy tent. A highlight was climbing Malchin Peak - it's really hard but worth all the effort to see the view from the top! Seeing Naadam in our guide's own hometown was pretty special, and he gave us insights that an out-of-town guide would not have been able to provide. I would definitely work with Akhbupye again if I get the chance to return to western Mongolia.
Thank you so much for visiting Mongolia and choosing our tour!
★★★★★
We took a 15-day trip through northern and western Mongolia, with every detail organized by Akhbupye, who provided us with full support throughout the tour and even afterward. Our trip was excellent; everything went perfectly. The landscapes are fantastic in these regions, and encounters with nomadic horse breeders, reindeer herders, and eagle hunters provided us with unique experiences. Our guide (Shokhan), our driver (Iska), and our cook (Alma) were sensational. Everything we needed was provided, despite the extra work we put in, as we are vegetarians and freeze to death like Brazilians unaccustomed to temperatures below 15 degrees Celsius. We would definitely do another tour with Akhbupye.
Thank you so much for visiting Mongolia and choosing my tour.
★★★★★
Akhbupye organized a wonderful 5 day trip for us in Western Mongolia. Our driver Nurka was kind, helpful and an incredible navigator over the challenging terrain. We spent our first 4 days camping in impressive scenery by lakes/mountains and Akhbupye arranged a nice apartment stay for us at the end, which was just what we needed to cleanup and reorganize. Along the way we met an eagle hunter family who were very warm and welcoming. The trip also included a horse ride, which we thoroughly enjoyed for our first time riding a horse. The cost of this all felt quite reasonable and fair for such a logistically complicated trip. We'd highly recommend Akhbupye's services and will definitely reach out the next time we're in Mongolia!
Thank you for visiting Mongolia and using Indy Guide!
★★★★★
We had several challenges starting with the flight being delayed several hours with weather not really on our side but the Team of our host delivered always the best possible solution
Very wonderful and active people. Their patience in any situation is great.
Thank you so much for visiting Mongolia and choosing our service from Indy Guide.
Hope you will use it again in your next journey
★★★★★
WOW! What an incredible adventure my husband and I had. Our tour Organizer, Akhbupye listened to everything we wanted to do and made it happen in the short amount of time we had. We did a modified Golden Gobi tour and had a great time! Our guide Damka was easy to talk to and always made an effort to answer our many questions. If there was something he didn’t know, he would take the time to look it up when able to and get back to us. Our driver Mindeh was fantastic at navigating the terrain and very friendly. If we are able to come back and explore more of Mongolia, we would request this team every time! Thank you all for such a wonderful adventure!
Thank you very much for visiting Mongolia and using our service in Indy Guide. Hope you will use again to your next journey!
Good luck!
★★★★★
In March 2025 we embarked on a 27 day trip in Mongolia arranged by Akhbupye.
From our first interactions with Akhbupye she was very responsive to all our questions and requests as she helped put together a custom itinerary for us. From Ulaanbaatar to the Gobi and across to the Altai region.
It was an amazing trip. We wanted to experience Mongolian culture and we certainly did that. Stayed with local families. Spent several days with the eagle hunter families. We had a driver and guide for the entire trip who did a great job. In western Mongolia we had a private cook that travelled with us and she made wonderful meals for us.
Akhubupye did a wonderful job with all the arrangements, She welcomed us to her home for a wonderful meal to celebrate the Nauryz festival.
For the entire trip we felt like honored guests as we traveled across the country, meeting wonderful people along the way.
Highly recommend Akhbupye, she is efficient, responsive and a very kind person.
Thank you to the Indy guide platform for facilitating the ability to find local companies. Great platfrom
J
★★★★★
Beautiful experience! Thanks Akhbupye to have made it real! Kind and gentle person!
Very friendly and easygoing guests! Thank you so much for visit Mongolia and being our honoured guests! Hope we will meet again! Happy to arrange you tour to Reindeer peoples next time.
★★★★★
Nice trip!. I´m very happy about the trip, driver and guide (Bek). Very professional and helpful. My personal recomendation to this team and company.
Thank you so much for visiting Mongolia and choosing my tour!
★★★★★
We visited Altai National Park in July 2024 and enjoyed the trip. Your team did a very good job and we definitely recommend you to work with Akhbupye when you visit Mongolia.
C
★★★★★
Akhbupye was meticulous in planning the trip, listening to what my requirements were and ensuring that I am in safe hands. She received me at the airport, introduced me to the crew and what a wonderful crew it was! I was travelling solo, with a driver, a cook and a guide/ translator. The driver and the cook were a couple - one of the sweetest one I have ever seen. The guide was super helpful as well. They were knowledgeable about the areas, the weather, and took steps/ change in plans in accordance with changes in weather patterns - This is very crucial in Mongolia as there are hardly any roads in the outskirts. The drivers follow treks/ paths from their experience. However, in case of a blizzard, the treks could easily disappear under snow and all you have then in front of you is a vast land with no path. This was one of most unforgettable trips of my life.. and if I ever return to Mongolia, I'll contact Akhbupye for sure. We met again at the airport while departing and I am really grateful for all the care she poured into the arrangement. Highly recommended!
S
★★★★★
Amazing, once in a lifetime experience facilitated expertly by Akhbupye! From the beginning to the end, the trip went smoothly and without any issues. Akhbupye is very accommodating and always went the extra mile to make sure our group was taken care of. Even when there was an issue with currency conversion she went out of her way to correct the issue herself so that our group did not have to spend time away from excursions. The guide she arranged, Asaan, was just perfect and so knowledgeable about the region and Mongolia, and it did not feel like we were just being shepherded around like children to all of the routine spots, as I have noticed a lot of tour guides tend to do with tourists... He took us to the areas the locals go and was a very adaptive guide - definitely ask for him when you go! The whole experience was almost too good, because we visited Bayan-Olgii at the beginning of our 2-week trip to Mongolia and our experience with Akhbupye set the bar very high... we learned shortly afterward that not all tour operators in Mongolia are as thorough or organized as her! If I am fortunate enough to return to western Mongolia one day I will definitely reach out to book with her again.
Very kind guys! Thank you for visiting Mongolia
★★★★★
I hired Akhbupye to organize a six day tour of the Altai Tavan Bogd National Park for my wife and I, including stops in Ulgii, The White River Valley, Potanin Glacier at base of Friendship Peak, Khoton and Khurgan Lakes, Baga Turgen Falls, the petroglyphs, and the Eagle Hunters. She was very helpful in planning the trip and provided great communications leading up to our arrival in Ulgii. She put together a great team: guide, driver, and cook. They were all super nice, very capable, and pleasant to be around. The sightseeing was fantastic and the team was very happy to stop whenever we wanted for pictures or just a rest stop. I would really recommend Akhbupye as a travel partner.
M
★★★★★
The tour Akhbupye set up for us was an incredible 8 days through the Gobi Desert and central Mongolia.
Our guide, Amandakh, and our driver, Altin, were experienced, knowledgeable, professional, and super fun to be around.
Highly recommend
Very kind guests! They know very well what they need to see and explore in Mongolia It was very easy to work with Will and Andrea! I hope they had a great time in the Gobi Desert!
★★★★★
We really enjoyed the trip and had lots of fun. I wanted to thank Akhbupye, Shokhan and Janka. It was one of the best trips of our lives!
Thank you.
P
★★★★★
Our eagle hunter migration trip includes a guide, a cook and a driver. They are a wonderful team in many ways and always help out the hunter family (which is not their duties but I respect it). They tried to make our life there as comfortable as possible. Our guide is called Beck and speaks perfect English.
Our host family Bazarban really made us feel at home. We rode horses together, sang together and played many games. I highly recommend this experience. And to be honest, winter is a lot of fun. I have been to the area in summer but in winter it is a whole new world to explore.
C
★★★★★
"Bupye is simply the best guide in West Mongolia!
In June 2023, my wife and I travelled with Bupye for 7 days throughout West Mongolia and we had one of the best travel experiences of our lives. From the very first messages, Bupye showed her professionalism, assertiveness and intense care. She answered all of our messages and helped us even before we decide to choose her as our guide (for example, she helped us with the purchase of AeroMongolia's flight tickets, since it is quite hard to do it if you are a foreigner and don't speak the local language).
Before deciding exactly where to go, she was very open-minded towards our suggestions, trying to fit our needs and always giving her professional and experienced input. Concerning the trip itself, since she knows a lot of people in the region, we could sleep with two different Eagle Hunter families, in two beautiful and distant locations. It was amazing to experience a little bit of their daily lives! Also, the kids are welcoming and so extremely cute! Important to say that, because we didn't have sleeping bags and gloves with us, she kindly lent them during the whole extent of our trip. Also, Bupye cooks very well! So, if you read online that Mongolian food is not easy for Westerners, you can totally relax in this matter with Bupye. She cooks different food everyday and it is really good!
Although redundant, we should reaffirm that Bupye is always very attentive to the travellers' needs and one can really see that she genuinely aims to provide the best service/experience to the tourist (the few of us fortunate enough to visit this unique and exquisite part of the world: West Mongolia). All in all, she is such a humble person, a very professional woman and mother, that works hard, with the sole intention of providing the best experience to her guests. And she succeeds!
From the bottom of our heart, we recommend travelling to West Mongolia (it's much more beautiful than in the pictures) and, mainly, travel with our lovely Bupye! Believe us, you won't regret!
B
★★★★★
I have not used any travel guide before in all of the 32 countries that I've visited so far, but Akhbupye curated a plan that is extremely hard to say no to, and how extremely grateful I am for her and her team for this life changing trip! It's quite possibly the best trip that I've ever experienced. From the planning part (since a year before the trip), how swift she is with every single detail, helped out in booking the domestic flights, helped in checking the tourist visas issues before the trip, and during the trip itself she's very quick in adjusting the plans when the weather is not suitable for migration. It was also actually a very pleasant surprise to have a personal chef, Janka, during the trip and the food were simply amazing. The off-road rides were possibly the best driving experience that I've ever been thanks to Jackie, extremely smooth and so much fun! In regards to the experience on the entire programme I really can't say much because I'm still speechless on how incredible it is. It is truly an adventure of a lifetime. I can't recommend enough on how fantastic everything is. Thank you so much Akhbupye, Janka and Jackie!
Our guests Raditya and Pilar were very nice and kind guests. they are very friendly and funny. I want to thank Raditya and Pilar for visiting our country Western Mongolia and sharing their impressions with the world. I am very glad that they liked Western Mongolia very much and they are going to come again with their other friends and visit other beautiful places in Mongolia.
★★★★★
Mongolia has been a dream of mine for more than twenty years and thanks to Indy Guide and Akhbupye Mizan, this year, it has become a reality.
The trip was conceived, organized and booked in 2021 but only in October 2022 it was possible to undertake it. During this year and a half, Akhbupye and Ati have never let me lack their support and patience and when the dream came true it exceeded all expectations.
Words can hardly convey my sense of gratitude for this County that has welcomed us with an all-encompassing sincerity, revealing itself day after day in constant wonder. The desire to return to Mongolia is already more alive than ever and, if possible, we will return one day, always with Akhbupye and his generous and attentive team.
Thank you
Marta, thank you very much for visiting our country Mongolia and being our guest. We are very pleased to meet you!
It's great to hear that you enjoyed your 22 day trip to Mongolia and want to come back again. Thank you for choosing the Indy Guide online platform.
★★★★★
So helpful, when we very last minute needed a very long taxi transfer from west to central Mongolia. We contacted Bupye only the night before and she arranged a taxi transfer for the next morning. She came to meet us at the hotel the next day to make sure all would go well and checked in during the journey.
Work with Celine was very easy
★★★★★
I can’t say enough great things about my time in Mongolia and that is due to Akhbupye and the amazing tour she managed for me. I was initially attracted to her tour that was 20 day photo tour and included all the key spots in Mongolia that are far apart. In the end I only had 10 days and I let her know what I wanted to see most and stated it was important that families really like meeting and sharing their lifestyle and traditions w foreigners. She set me up w an amazing driver Nurbek and fabulous guide Badmaarag. At the end of a week they felt like family. Each ger/yurt I went to went above and beyond to welcome and include me in their daily activities and make sure I was comfortable. Mongolians and Kazakhs really take hosting to another level. The last night I stayed w Akhbupye and her family. They went to such lengths to recreate the Nauryz festival ( which happened over a month ago) by inviting family over, all dressing in traditional holiday clothes, cooking traditional dinner and having musicians! It was such an effort to go to so I could be part and learn of their traditions …. I have never had someone go to such lengths. It moved me to tears that someone I did not know would do that much for me. The throat singer, shaman and eagle hunters were all amazing to see and just experiencing the nomadic as well as modern lifestyle of the Mongolians. This was truly an amazing experience I will always remember and cherish and that is because Akhbupye really desires to make your trip special. I have traveled to over 40 countries and her attention to detail is unique. Happy to answer any questions about what travel in Mongolia is like so I have told Akhbupye she can have travelers contact me w questions if they wish .
Nolene was a lovely guest. It was very easy to work with her, because she is a experienced traveller. I like when she want to know about everything in Mongolia and experience it all by herself.
★★★★★
My wife and I traveled to Mongolia for an entire month to celebrate a late honeymoon. We have traveled all over the world and Mongolia has been our favorite place to visit. We had already been traveling for about two weeks in the desert region before we met Akhbupye. Her English was very good, which was refreshing and not easy to find in Mongolia. We loved being able to talk with the locals and she made that possible by translating for us. It made things much more enjoyable when we could actually communicate back and forth with someone so knowledgeable about the area. She is a wonderful, caring guide who always went the extra mile and made our experience in Mongolia much better.
One of the most beautiful sights in all of Mongolia would be the glacier views in the Western region where she took us. She is practically a mountain goat, very capable at hiking and just an all around nice person to have as traveling company. She was flexible and easy going. We would love to see her again if we ever go back and would highly recommend her as a guide.
Thank you Akhbupye!
J
Jeff and Lindsey
April 2022
★★★★★
We were 6 people and we booked a trip to the eagle hinter village. Our guide was Boope and she was amazing! We would give her 10 from 10 points! She helped us wherever she can, explained to us everything in perfect English and cooked us very delicious dishes. One of our friends is vegetarian and she cooked also for him extra yummy dishes.
We all are very satisfied and would come again to take a trip with the lovely Boope.
T
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