Highlights: Mongolian Famous Naadam festival, Horse Racing, Archery, Wrestling and tour to Terelj National Park.

The naadam it is a national event which held every year across Mongolia and in Ulaanbaatar city on July 11-13. “Naadam” means game, the game of three main sports such as wrestling, archery and horse racing. Naadam is one of Mongolia’s top festival and it’s a time to celebrate who they are, their heritage and qualities that produced the warrior nation of Chinggis Khaan.

On this day, in every corner of our country, many Naadam participants celebrate the great historical and cultural wonders of their ancestors with a smile on their faces.

Wrestling, archery, and horse racing are traditionally celebrated with the use of special clothing and praise for the winning horse and wrestler. State titles and decorations given to victorious wrestlers, archers, and fast horses. About 2,400 six-year-old fast horses compete in the National Naadam, the largest horse race on the planet in a distance of about 30 km.

“ Watching the games, eating “khuushuur” (the Mongolian fast food) outside the stadium, drinking soda, watching the wrestlers, exited to see the racing horses and being emotional to see the children of racing horse and the horses…are the very special moment to all Mongolians”

In 2014, the Mongolian Parliament amended the Naadam law to rest for five days during this national holidays.

Horse Race: Since ancient times, animal husbandry has been the main branch of their labor, and the life of a herder in a vast steppe cannot be imagined without horses. Therefore, there is no doubt that horse racing has a very ancient origin for the nation. The horses race for two days in local Naadams and four days in Ulaanbaatar’s Naadam on July 10, 11 and 12. The race horse trainer’s Naadam is on 13 July at Khui Doloon Khudag, a horse racing field 28km west of Ulaanbaatar.

Wrestling: The main wrestling event is a knockout competition involving 512 or 1,024 participants.  One of the unique features of Mongolian wrestling is its clothes. When he takes off his wrestling helmet and calls out his name and fame, he goes to the wrestling venue, depicting the movements of legendary birds such as eagles, hawks, and falcons. Unlike international wrestling events, there are no weight classes and the rules are also simpler. If a wrestler touches the ground with any part of their body apart from their feet and arms, they lose.

Archery: “The distance to the archery range is 45 arcs or about 75-80 meters. Appropriate procedures should be followed, either individually or in teams. The longest archer in the history of the Mongol army is the 330-yard range of Genghis Khan’s grandson Yesungen, which is about 520 meters.