Four UAZ expedition vehicles with roof racks and flags parked in a row on golden grassland below a rounded hill, Mongolia

About Photolink Tours

Photographer-led journeys across Mongolia since 2006.

A photographer in a sun hat standing on the roof of a vehicle, taking a picture, with forested hills behind, Mongolia

The Photographer: Tuvshinbayar Dashdorj

Tuvshinbayar Dashdorj has photographed Mongolia since 1996. In 2006 he founded Photolink, and for years he drove vehicles he had rebuilt with his own hands to places that rarely see visitors. Photolink Tours shares those roads: you travel with a working photographer, and see Mongolia closer than any tour bus can take you.

Off the road, he is just as much at home under the bonnet. He is a member of the Mongolian Offroad Federation, the Mongolian UAZ Club and the Unlimity Offroad Club.

Our Team

Photolink Tours brings planning, expert leadership, guest care, transport and camp logistics together in one team. For every journey we assemble the right crew from our core staff and contracted specialists, matched to the route, the size of the group and the needs of our guests.

Chuluunbaatar
Videographer
Films each journey, so guests take home the story as well as the photos.
Anar
Videographer & Camp Manager
Behind the camera by day, running camp by night.
Donkhloi
Driver
Knows the tracks of the steppe and desert by heart.
George
Interpreter & Ornithologist
Bridges languages and knows every bird on the route.
Amarbayar
Driver & Camp Manager
Gets the vehicles there and has camp ready when you arrive.
Zaya
Cook
Runs the field kitchen, with meals that taste like home.
Octyabr
Cook
Plans menus around every guest's needs, even far from town.
Purevsuren
Cook
Keeps the field kitchen running, morning to night.

Every journey is led by a trip leader who brings these teams together and, within the approved route, adapts each day's programme to the weather, the road conditions and our guests' interests.

Join Our Crew

We are growing. If you love the road as much as we do, we would like to hear from you.

Korean-speaking Guide
Fluent Korean and good English, happy to spend weeks in the field with small groups.
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Booking & Guest Relations Manager
Office-based in Ulaanbaatar. Fluent English, organised, and good with people.
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Fishing Guide
Seasonal, by contract. Knows Mongolia's rivers and practises catch-and-release.
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Panorama of a mud-splashed white UAZ Hunter on a track through autumn larch forest below dark mountains and storm clouds, Mongolia

How We Travel

We travel in our own 4WD vehicles: Toyota Hiace and Foton Toano vans for guests, with a UAZ Hunter, the symbol of our tours, and a pickup carrying the camp and field kitchen. Because the camp comes with us, we stop where the land and the light are best, not where the hotels are.

Close-up of the sport steering wheel and dashboard display of an expedition vehicle in warm evening light

How We Work

Small groups, so everyone has space to work and time with the photographer.
We ask before we photograph people, and we like to carry an instant camera, so the families we visit can keep a print there and then. With the herding families we return to year after year, we share our photos as friends.
We leave every camp as we found it.