A pioneering ecolodge of forty gers on the edge of the Gobi Desert, built to honour Mongolian nomadic life amid open plains and red-rock canyons.
Location. Three Camel Lodge sits in the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, an hour's drive from Dalanzadgad by private airstrip transfer or a scenic off-road route. Flaming Cliffs, Yol Valley National Park and the Moltsog Els sand dunes are all within reach for a day's outing.
Rooms. Guests stay in one of forty handmade gers, heated by a wood stove and lit by solar-powered LED lighting, each with a private bathroom. Deluxe Gers offer a king or two twin beds, while Suite and Family Gers add a living area or a second bedroom.
Amenities. The lodge's Main Lodge building houses Arshaan Spa, with three treatment rooms combining massage and body treatments with acupuncture and cupping, plus a boutique selling locally made textiles, jewellery and artwork. An onsite greenhouse supplies the kitchen, and Dino Hall's lounge hosts evening music and games.
Activities. Beyond the gers, guests can take a cooking class in traditional Mongolian dumplings, ride out to a nomadic family's ger on horseback, try nomadic archery, or join a stargazing session using the lodge's own telescopes under skies with almost no light pollution.
Sustainability. Three Camel Lodge was the first lodge in Mongolia to remove single-use plastic water bottles, giving guests a refillable metal bottle instead. Over half its supplies are sourced within fifty miles, its staff are entirely Mongolian, and it helps fund the Mongolian Bankhar Dog Project, which protects livestock from predators.
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