Gobi Camel Festival

Because the endangered Bactrian camel plays an important in the lives of the Gobi nomads, each year, the Mongolian organize the Thousand Camel Festival, held in the Gobi Desert. In the background of the beautiful scenery of the Gobi Desert Red sandstone cliffs, soaring dunes, and glacial canyons, camels appear in their beautiful and thick coats. Highlights of this annual festival are camel racing and polo competitions. Other cultural activities are performances of traditional Mongolian music and dance.

Gobi Camel Festival is not only the best Mongolian festival for locals and tourists but also an event to promote the value of camel, introduce the camel herder to Gobi desert nomads’ culture locally and internationally, and increase the number of Gobi nomads’ friends. Since the first festival in 1997, camel head has risen from 192.000 to 460.000 nationwide.