Reviews

Mongolia is a beautiful country and its people are wonderful, cheerful, and very friendly to tourists.
My fellow travelers were a mix of Brits and Aussies - always a happy, friendly, inclusive crowd.
Wendy Wu's itinerary is great.
Our Mongolian tour guide was cheerful, had good English, was very attentive, and was VERY knowledgeable about Mongolia and its history.
The accommodation is good, but one must bear in mind that in the areas we traveled outside the capital, Ulaanbaatar, hotels (let alone high quality ones) are not available, and when chatting with travelers on other companies' tours, it became clear that Wendy Wu's selection of yurt accommodation was aimed at the best available in the area. All yurts (called "gers" in Mongolia) except one, had en-suite toilet, washbasin, and shower.
Mongolian food is basic (not much can grow on the steppe except grass), but for those who wanted to try the local food, this was often available, otherwise European-style food was available. Wendy Wu documentation does encourage you to bring your favourite snacks with you.
Beer is available at most of the places we stopped at, and wine was also available, but less frequently. Bottles of water were provided, free, throughout the tour.
Mongolia only has one major city, its capital. Roads quickly petered out beyond the region of the capital. Wendy Wu drove us around in a fleet of Lexus 4-wheel drive vehicles, which are probably as good as you are going to get. These vehicles took a hammering when driving over the dirt tracks of the steppe [as seen on the latest series of the BBC program "Race across the world"], but luckily the Lexus shielded its occupants from the worst of this. Nevertheless, I would advise people who suffer from travel sickness not to come to Mongolia until the network of roads is extended a lot further. Note that if you are staying only in Ulaanbaatar then the roads are fine.
This is a holiday/tour I can recommend to all adventurous, experienced travelers who want to go somewhere really different.

The trip as a whole was above our expectations. The changing scenery was fantastic. The drives outside of Ulaanbaatar were rough but as described in the itinerary and the scenery made up for the conditions. The gers and food on the whole were much better than I was expecting. The guide was ok but at times did not give accurate instructions for the next day and slower members of the group were often left behind on walks. We were given 2 packed lunches that I considered inappropriate as both the main meals contained warm meat and rice or veg that may have been hot in the morning but by lunch time just warm. They had just been kept in bags in the bus and not cooled at all. I considered this a health hazard. The breakfast provided on the final day in comparison was very good. It was difficult as we could not use the return flight to Ulaanbaatar from the lake due to flight delays I think but this resulted in a two day drive back to the capital and reduced our time there and made the days before the festival very tiring. The opening ceremony was fantastic and very colourful. The wrestling archery and knuckle bone contests interesting. The final day for the horse racing was a long very slow drive due to the amount of traffic and resulted in us having to walk a long way to the start of the race. The race was delayed and all you saw was a few riders setting off then about an hour after the riders crossing the finish line. It was a long time for not much entertainment.