Food on tour: what you get during the day and in the evening
Catering on a long enduro tour is not a side issue. After six hours in the saddle in heat and dust, followed by an evening in a ger camp, what you eat determines how you start the next day. Here is exactly what to expect on the Mongolia tour.
Breakfast: starting the riding day
Breakfast is served at camp before the group departs. It is complete: warm and cold options, bread, cold cuts, eggs, tea, coffee. No breakfast means no good riding day – the tour team knows this, and the breakfast setup is solid.
Breakfast is included in the tour price.
On the road: snacks and finger food on the track
There are stops during the riding day – for fuel, at viewpoints, for group coordination. At these stops the support team provides finger food and snacks: fruit, small sandwiches, energy bars, salty items. No sit-down lunch, but enough to keep energy levels stable throughout the day.
Water is available in the support vehicle, as are warm and cold drinks. Tea and coffee are available at stops.
Evening meal: the highlight of the day
The warm evening meal at the ger camp is the culinary anchor of the day. It is freshly prepared by an on-site cook or the camp team. The menu alternates between Mongolian and international cooking: meat dishes, soups, vegetables, sides. Not canteen level, not catering uniformity.
Typical Mongolian dishes that may appear on the tour:
Not every evening features Khorkhog – but when it does, it tends to become an evening the group remembers.
Tea, coffee, water: what is included
Tea, coffee and water are included in the tour price – evenings at camp, mornings at breakfast, at track stops. Warm tea after a dusty riding day is one of the small pleasures of the tour.
Not included: alcohol, certain soft drinks, energy drinks and personal special requests. This is communicated clearly – no unpleasant surprises at the end of the tour.
Special dietary requirements
Vegetarian eating is possible in Mongolia but requires prior discussion with the tour team. Traditional Mongolian cooking is heavily meat-based – vegetarian options are possible at ger camps but are not automatically available. Anyone with dietary requirements should raise them at the briefing at the latest.
Catering as part of the journey
Food on a Mongolia tour is not only fuel. It is also culture: tea with milk in the Mongolian way, fresh regional meat, the shared dinner after a long day. Engaging with this gives an insight that no restaurant terrace in Europe can replicate.
