Our bucket list is crowded. We wish to sail oceans or cross continents by rail. But time is always against us. To compensate, there are faster options: bus tours, helicopter tours, and hurried itineraries. But these aerial views are detached. There is no feeling when you are suspended behind a window, with no strings attached to the earth

To truly feel a place, we must be attached to it. Whether it is strolling through urban streets and subways to feel the pulse of a city, or riding through the wild, we need the support of the earth beneath us. To move across the land by cycle, boat, camel, or horse is to experience it personally.

The horse is our oldest and closest partner in this movement. It has been the fastest, smartest, and most intuitive ride throughout history. This is why trail rides remain the ultimate encounter for any bucket-list destination. If you visit the Grand Canyon, you don’t just want to see it; you want to trail ride through it.

For the horse enthusiast, Montana and Wyoming are the traditional standards. But if you seek the next frontier of this attached experience, a Mongolia tour must be at the top of your list.

The lake is surrounded by forested mountains, and the trail is defined by continuous hills and descents. Because this is a popular destination, you’ll find several ger camps along the way, some even offer sea kayaking if you want to swap the saddle for a paddle. Although it is technically a lake, its scale is massive; locals call it Dalai Eej, which translates to Mother Sea.

This is the quintessential Mongolia tour. It offers the perfect balance of mountains, rivers, wide grasslands, and deep nomadic culture.

This is the "deep remote”, despite being the closest to the city in distance. Its protected and sacred status keeps it remote and wild. We drive to the edge of the buffer zone, and from there, the modern world disappears as we saddle up to enter the sacred land.