Packrafting on the Kharaa River, Mongolia
#paddling_mongolia #packraft_mongolia
After a very wet summer and some serious flooding the upper Kharaa finally had enough water to warrant a paddling trip. Pleasant river with plenty of nice camping spots. The Trans-Mongolian railway runs parallel to the river so there are several easy options for starting and finishing a trip. I paddled about 35 km between Khujirt and Buyant stations (August 2023).
Music:
Gillicuddy - Jupiter the blue
Gillicuddy - The everlasting itch for things remote
Gillicuddy - Springish
From the Album - ...Plays Guitar [ca488] 2012.
creativecommons.org/licenses/...
MVar - White and Blue
MVar - Twilight. Midnight
From the Album - Falling [CFM110] 2019.
creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Пікірлер: 4
Beautiful!! The area around the 10:00 mark was just sublime. Any camping options?
@peschkom-mongolianwanderings99
11 ай бұрын
As nearly everywhere in Mongolia, you're spoiled for choice in terms of camping options🙂 Unfortunately in most years the water level of the Kharaa is too low to make longer paddling trips really viable. At least the next 70 km of river after I stopped seem very interesting and beautiful...
Nice river! The area is more populated than I imagined Mongolia would be :) I see it is close to Ulanbaatar. How many kilometers did you paddle? I want to go on some river in Mongolia. Which one would you recommend? 300-500km. Thanks!
@peschkom-mongolianwanderings99
Жыл бұрын
yes, due to the proximity to UB and the train line it is a bit more populated. But I actually saw much less people than expected. I did 35 km on this trip. Only the upper Kharaa is interesting, once you pass the town of Zuunkharaa (still 70 km downriver of where I stopped) it becomes quite boring. For a longer trip I would recommend the Eg/Selenge rivers (more than 600 km possible), or Ider/Selenge (also more than 600 km possible), the Onon is also very nice (more than 300 km possible, depending on skill level/logistics). There are a few other options. If you are on facebook, you're welcome to join the Mongolia Paddling Group: facebook.com/groups/3073713692680992