Environmental and Social
Sustainability Policy
Genghis Khan Retreat is located within Mongolia’s Orkhon Valley — a national park. We follow the best models developed by our sustainability partners in other parts of the world.
The Genghis Khan Retreat has over 30 gers - differing sizes offering great comfort in the wilderness. In winter, the campsite is not utilized. It is packed and stored, literally disappears leaving no hard footprint on the fragile landscape. This is as light a footprint as eco-tourist models can get: here one minute, gone the next, with zero use of concrete or hard foundations.
The project originally started as a social initiative to maintain and help to preserve the local nomadic culture. Sustainability within the community has been therefore the focal point of this scheme.
Our project directly employs staff from some 30 local nomadic families year-round. When the camp is not in use, the same families are committed to the husbandry of our herds. We breed our own animals — horses, sheep, goats and yaks, and produce our own dairy products. During the winter season, some of the families are engaged in creating and maintaining the gers, crafting the woodwork, the felts, the furniture and the paint work.
Our animals are attended by regular veterinary visits to ensure their general wellbeing and good health. One of our neighbor’s daughters, Doda - a great rider and polo player, is now studying veterinary science at the University of Ulan Bator supported by us. Two more candidates are selected to study Bachelors degree in New Zealand - a project that will be fully financed by the Young Riders
of the World.
