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Golden evening light over the sand dunes of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Gobi · 15–22 Jun 2027

The Mongolian Gobi Through a Photographer's Eye

Dunes, desert light and your own moments, captured by a professional photographer.

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  • A photographer beside you

    A professional photographer travels with you, helps you shoot, and photographs your journey.

  • Built around the light

    Every day is planned around sunrise, sunset and the best light.

  • Our own camp, anywhere

    Our vehicles and field kitchen let us camp where the land is most beautiful.

  • Local since 2006

    Mongolian-owned, based in Ulaanbaatar, and welcomed by herding families we return to year after year.

Choose Your Journey

Three Ways to Travel With Us

Join a scheduled expedition, travel privately, or build a journey around your own interests.

A small group riding Bactrian camels in single file across open Gobi steppe under a bright sky

Scheduled Expeditions

Small groups on a planned route, led by a photographer, with our own camp and the best light.

Explore Departures
A roadside ovoo cairn draped in blue and green ceremonial scarves, with expedition vehicles in the grassland valley behind

Special-Interest Expeditions

Birdwatching, fishing, motorbike and self-drive journeys, film and research support.

Discuss Your Project

2027 Departures

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From the Journal

Stories From the Road

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Two travellers dwarfed by layered red canyon cliffs in the Gobi

Who You Travel With

A Photographer, a Crew, and Thirty Years on the Road

Tuvshinbayar Dashdorj has photographed Mongolia since 1996 and founded Photolink in 2006. On every journey he is joined by a crew of drivers, cooks, guides and videographers who know the country's roads, seasons and people.

  • Photos and video of you, taken on the journey
  • Drone footage where conditions and permits allow
  • A crew that knows every road and season

Meet the Team

Aerial and ground footage from a Photolink expedition in the Gobi: two vehicles following desert tracks past dunes and an escarpment; layered, eroded cliffs; a small camp and a group sharing a meal under a large tent; riders on Bactrian camels crossing the steppe and standing on a dune crest, where one rider photographs; a winding track through dark hills; the group beside the vehicles on an open plain; the vehicles driving away in a trail of dust.

Films

A Week in the Gobi

Aerial and ground footage from a Photolink expedition in the Gobi: two vehicles following desert tracks past dunes and an escarpment; layered, eroded cliffs; a small camp and a group sharing a meal under a large tent; riders on Bactrian camels crossing the steppe and standing on a dune crest, where one rider photographs; a winding track through dark hills; the group beside the vehicles on an open plain; the vehicles driving away in a trail of dust.

Plan Your Mongolia Expedition

Tell us when you would like to travel and what you want to photograph. We reply personally to every message.

Inquiry

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Share your plans — we'll create a journey just for you.

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Number of travellers

A month or season is fine — 2027 dates are on request.

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