Introducing Our Team

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Meet our Fantastic Team

On a trip with Zavkhan Trekking, you will spend a lot of time with our local friends, whether out riding, at dinner, or around the campfire. We always try to avoid any division between guests and staff. For us, during a trip we are all one team. They are happy to be sharing their culture with you (and to be sharing your culture too).

Be warned, our team are not traditional tour staff, they are real live local people, a bit rough around the edges sometimes, but always friendly and fun. When they are not on a trip with you, they are nomadic herders, or park rangers, or school teachers...

They take their responsibilities very seriously (especially when it comes to your safety), but we encourage them to have fun - it makes a better trip for all. The most important thing for them is that you leave with a smile on your face, telling everyone about the wonderful culture and hospitality you have experienced.

Learn more about the people we work with below.

Dondov & Adiya

Wranglers

Part of the original team way back in 2002, Dondov has led the horse wrangling in Zavkhan since the very beginning, with his son Adiya to back him up. Both quiet, calm, classic Mongolian horsemen, their herds have served as spirited yet reliable horses for all these years. While Dondov can do anything from roll a cigarette on horseback in a rainstorm to charm each and every person on a trip, his son Adiya (a wrestler) has grown into a master wrangler in his own right - although you will have to work to get him to smile at you! Dondov and his wife Delgersaikhan have a total of 7 kids and 4 grandkids.

Tsooj

Wrangler

It’s no work at all to get Tsooj to smile - in fact, his happy laughter has been the background for our trips since 2003. Tsooj’s horses are famous for their speed, especially the legendary Ninja lineage (Ginja Ninja, Ninja Mumma, Son of Ninja...). His younger sons (Monkhbayasgalen and Bayarbayasgalen) are now helping train and raise them. His oldest daughter, Batbayasgalen, studies at university in UB. In the winter, Tsooj helps his wife, teacher Batgarmaa, run a small bakery in town.