fishing on ice (Mongolia)
Winter fishing #festival of Elunchun ethnic group kicks off in Inner Mongolia Sitting here wishing you were out fishing? Winter season makes you feel bored? Time to escape to Mongolia for some hard-core ice-fishing! One of the best places for ice #fishing in #Mongolia is Khuvsgul lake (for grayling and lenock) or Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake (for pike).
Located 650 km away from Ulaanbaatar, Khuvsgul lake is surrounded by mountain ranges in land of reindeer herders and shamanic rituals. A trip here is a truly unforgettable experience and being one of the highlights of Mongolia. One of the most interesting times to visit Khuvsgul is in February when the lake is frozen and hosts the Khuvsgul ice festival focused on winter sports such as ice fishing, horse sleigh racing, skating and skiing. The highlight of the area is the ethnic reindeers’ herders called Tsaatan. This ethnic groups of Turkic origin related to the Tuvans are the most exotic and mystical people with small numbers, inhabit in the amazing beautiful taigas. Tsaatan people worship “the Eternal Blue Sky and Mother Earth” and retained an ancient, unusual culture based on shamanistic rituals and forest-based reindeer-herding. Shamanism, rather than Buddhism, is the religion of choice in these parts.