the globe says
Mongolia
Fly to Ulaanbaatar, then a domestic flight across the entire country to the Kazakh far west.
Town guesthouse, then ger stays with eagle-hunting families in the Altai valleys.
Kazakh nomads who hunt with golden eagles from horseback, the Altai mountains stacking into Russia and China, and the October festival where it all competes.
Arrange three days with a berkutchi family — you will hold the eagle, and your arm will remember it.
September to October for the Eagle Festival
Salemetsiz be — hello, in Kazakh; this is Kazakh Mongolia.
Eagle Dreams by Stephen Bodio — the definitive book on Kazakh eagle falconry.
The Altai Tavan Bogd massif — glaciers, petroglyph valleys, and the three-country cairn.
Distances are enormous and roads are notional — budget more days than the map suggests.