viaduro-info01.jpg
viaduro-info01.jpg
Shadow

FAQs & travel information about Mongolia

Mongolia is an East Asian country bordering China and Russia. Worldwide, it is best known for its vast lands and its Nomad culture, making it a truly interesting destination for our motorcycle tours. Before you’re heading on your adventure to Mongolia, we would like to provide you with some general travel information for your destination and answer the questions we are asked most often.

To enter Mongolia as an EU citizen, a passport that is valid for the duration of your trip at least is required, preliminary documents and children's passports are also accepted. It is not sufficient to present an identity card only. Conveniently, no visa is needed for touristic stays up to 30 days.

If you enter Mongolia directly from Germany, no compulsory vaccinations are required. Still, we recommend that you check whether all standard vaccinations according to the vaccination calendar of the Robert Koch Institute are still valid and refresh them if necessary. We also recommend consulting a travel or tropical medicine specialist.

The country’s currency is the Mongolian Tugrik (MNT), which has got an exchange rate of about 1 Euro = 3.300 Mongolian Tugrik. You can exchange your money easily in banks or exchange offices right at your destination, as experience has shown that it is cheaper to change money locally than in your home country. If you do so however, you should be aware that additional fees in addition to any exchange fees may arise if you do not bring the money in cash but pick it up locally with your card.

There is a time difference of +7 hours between Mongolia and Germany.

The official languages spoken in Mongolia are Mongolian and Chinese. In terms of foreign languages, English and Russian are the most common.

Thanks to its extreme continental climate, Mongolia's winters are typically long, arctic cold and dry whereas it's summers are mostly wet, warm and sometimes even hot. Furthermore, it is especially notable that the temperatures differ greatly between day and night with differences of up to 30 °C and more. In winter, the temperatures in the south can sink down to -15 °C and in the north even to -35 °C, however in summer, the northern temperatures only climb up to 10 °C whereas in the south temperatures can reach 22 °C. Therefore, the best time to travel through Mongolia on a motorbike is between June and September.

Traveling to Mongolia is the easiest by plane. The most important airport is the airport of the country’s capital Ulaanbaatar (ULN), where all of our tours start as well. Alternatively, you can also choose to travel to Mongolia by car of course. Regardless of the method of transportation you choose, we will gladly assist you with the planning so that nothing can go wrong!

You can find all of our tour dates on our tour site. If none of our proposed dates match your needs however, simply fill out our contact form or shoot us an e-mail telling us how many riders you will be travelling with, what level you are riding at und when you would like to travel and we will be more than happy to send you an individual offer after checking our current availabilities! If you would like to book further ammenities such as a couple of extra days to explore the country on your own or enjoy some more motorbike rides, just let us know - the more information we receive, the better and quicker we can organize your next motorbike tour for you and the earlier you can lay back and relax, looking forward to travelling to Mongolia!

After your booking, you can pay for your tour via bank transfer, the information that you need to do so will be mentioned on your invoice. An initial deposit payment amounting to 20% of the total tour price must be paid immediately after receiving the invoice, the rest of the payment is due 30 days before your scheduled departure. Exceptions can be made if flight bookings have to be paid in total in advance, which depends on the chosen flight and airline.

Just because you are new to riding motorbikes, it doesn't mean that you cannot book one of our motorbike tours! Simply let us know your level of riding and we will do our best to match you with other riders that are on the same page as you are so that you do not have to worry about the trails being too tough (or too easy, for that matter)! After all, Mongolia has got many enduro trails for beginners, intermediate riders and experts which we would love to show you!

To be able to join our enduro tours by riding your motorbike through Mongolia, you must be at least 18 years old. Furthermore, you need a valid motorcycle license as well as its translation, for example in the form of an international license.

If you'd like to join our tour as a non-rider, however, there is no minimium age, as long as children and teenagers under the age of 18 are accompanied by a legal representative.

Yes, on all of our enduro tours, the rent of an enduro is already included in the price! Usually, we use KTM 450 EXC models for this purpose.

Unfortunately, right now it is not possible to rent a motorbike from us in Mongolia without booking a tour.

If you would like to, of course you can also ride the tour on your own motorbike. To do so, your motorbike should be legally registered, in a generally good state and equipped with proper enduro tires. If you are not sure whether or not your bike is suitable to ride the tour, write us an e-mail, call us or text us on WhatsApp, Facebook or Instagram and we will be happy to assist you!

If a part of your motorbike breaks during our tour, our guide will try to fix it for you. Should this not be possible on our way, we will try to provide you with a replacement enduro so that you can continue your tour as if nothing had happened.

For your own safety, we require you to wear a helmet, knee and elbow pads, a chest guard, gloves, a motorcycle jacket or jersey, goggles and durable motorcycle boots while riding. Unfortunately, as of right now, you cannot rent the protectional gear from us but have to bring your own.

Besides of the safety gear mentioned above, we recommend bringing the following items to your motorbike tour:

  • A hydration pack or a normal, small backpack (incl. a rain cover)
  • A rain coat that can also be worn while riding your motorbike
  • Leisure clothing: t-shirts, hoodies, shorts, jeans, comfortable shoes, swimwear, underwear, socks
  • Towels, cosmetic products and personal hygiene products
  • Personal medicine as well as a first-aid kit
  • Sunscreen and sunglasses
  • Passport, visa (if needed), driver's license, your wallet
  • Camping equipment: a sleeping bag, a sleeping pad, a torch & whatever else you might need during the nights in our camps

Mongolia is a beautiful country that surely has a lot more to offer than we can cover in just a couple of days of riding. Thus, we would be more than happy to assist you in booking some additional nights, whether you would just like to spend some more days at the beach or you would like to enjoy some more action with one of our guides!

During our tour, we will stay in tents and Ger-Camps. The Ger-Camps are traditional yurt camps with a simple restaurant and basic sanitary facilities. Due to this, please remember to bring a sleeping bag, a sleeping pad, a torch and further camping equipment if needed!

We advice you, as for any trip, to conclude a travel health insurance before your tour.

Riding motorbikes is an outdoor sport, which is why the weather is always a risk factor. Should the weather be bad, our guides will determine whether they think that we can ride the tour anyways or not and if any changes to the routing must be made so that you can enjoy a safe adventure. Should our guides decide that going for a ride is too dangerous given the current situation, we will cover the kilometers in our support vehicle and try to adhere to the rest of the program as good as possible.

You can find all information regarding the cancellation of your booking in our terms and conditions.

Now, that you have got a general overview of what to expect on your trip to Mongolia, you can take a look at the website of the government of the UK on travel advice to Mongolia to get even more travel information. We at Viaduro care for your safety, and therefore we would like to provide you with some travel information that enables you to travel safely. However, we can always only assume which travel information is important to the average traveler, so you might as well look for more information regarding your specific needs elsewhere. Although we are regularly updating this information, it might also happen that not everything is up to date as frequent changes can always take place, thus, all information provided is not legally binding. 

One last advice, please always make sure to listen to our guides! We can guarantee you that the only thing they want you to do - except having fun of course - is to be safe, and they are the ones that know this country best and that have the best overview of the ongoing situation. With that being said, you are now ready to read through the actual travel information. Enjoy your trip!

- Last update: 01.12.20 -

Follow us on ...

facebook instagram twitter

Reservation Hotline

whatsapp Call Viaduro

For reservations and any
questions, contact us at

+49 2248 9150609

Stay up to date