Timelapse video | Assembling 36ft / 11m yurt in Tasmania, Australia 2022
2024-04-25
Time-lapse video of assembling huge 36ft (11m) and a 19ft (5.8m) yurt near Swansea, Tasmania,
Welcome to Yurt
Yurt, or, Ger (pronounced “Gher”) also means “home” in the Mongolian language. We welcome you to this beautiful structure that has been home to nomads in Central Asia for thousands of years. Home is where the yurt is for nomads. Please join the line of nomads who have been calling a yurt a home for millennia.
We offer improved, traditional-style yurts for sale. Our yurts are full of great features you won’t find anywhere else. The combination of traditional wool felt and modern reflective layers sets our yurts apart, making them the best insulated in their class. The list of other features on our yurts is long. They come with a PVC outer cover, tall walls, operable windows, skylight openings, skylight curtains, full waterproof plexiglass finishes on the skylight, and many more. You do not have to pay extra for any of these features, they all come as standard.
We have been crafting yurts in Mongolia, the birthplace of yurts, and delivering worldwide since 2010. We send regular shipments to the U.S., Australia, and Europe and ship to other countries on demand. We may have a yurt for sale ready in stock in your country. If not, you can pre-order for our next shipment at up to a 25% discount for early orders.
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Yurts for sale in-stock in various countries. Please check our yurts for sale page for complete list.
Blog & Updates
An 8m Yurt assembled in NSW Australia
2024-10-26
Our 2024 shipment reached Australia mid-October, and we are delivering and helping customers with assembling
A beautiful 6.7m yurt test assembling
2024-08-20
A test assembling of a beautiful 6.7m /22ft yurt completed. The yurt is now ready
Taking orders for Summer 2025 Shipment to the U.S.
2024-08-18
We are taking early orders for our next shipment to the USA, which is expected
Trees planted in the Mongolian Gobi Desert on behalf of our customers
2024-07-29
We plant trees for every yurt we sell. In 2022, we wrote a post about
Yurt Assembling Time Lapse Video: A 6.7m yurt in Laguna, NSW, Australia in December 2022
2024-07-28
A time-lapse video of assembling a 22ft (6.7m) M3 model yurt in Laguna, NSW, Australia,
What is an Original Yurt ?
Original Yurts are traditional Mongolian yurts made with modern materials. While the wood structure retains traditional elements, the use of modern fabrics in our yurts improves their functionality in various climatic conditions around the World.
Traditional Mongolian yurts are elegant in their simplicity. They are made of natural materials mostly available from nomadic pastoralist life. They are designed to be easy to assemble and disassemble, suiting the lifestyle of moving several times a year.
Yurts were born to the Mongolian climate, which has relatively dry summers and extremely cold winters. Hence, moisture is not a big issue for traditional yurts. Their compact design with short walls reduces energy requirements for heating during the winter.
But modern customers do not need to move several times a year; they prefer their yurts to be sturdy than portable. Not many countries are as cold as Mongolia in the winter; so walls could be slightly taller for convenience. Moisture is often a problem when traditional yurts are used outside of Mongolia.
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We improved the traditional yurt design with sturdier wood parts, better ventilation, taller walls, waterproof design and the use of carefully chosen materials to withstand the elements when used all-year-around in environment that are much different from Mongolia’s.
At the same time, we retain the time-tested, original structural design of the yurts, with curved walls, support pillars, and a large skylight. Curved walls make the yurt structually strong by creating force opposing the weight of the skylight. The pillars support the yurt stand strong under heavy snow load. The large skylight allows for abundant natural light and allows for use of many rafters, which in turn makes the use of thick felt for insulation possible.
Today, the word “yurt” refers to many kinds of round-shaped structures. Our yurts stand out in the crowd by maintaining the original structural design and using the best modern materials that function well and last longer under various climate conditions around the World.
Why Choose Us ?
Almost all yurt sellers claim that they have the highest quality yurts, but they don’t substantiate their claims. In fact, none of them can match the great features that come as standard in our yurts without any additional charges. Most of these features are not available from other sellers, or, they require additional charges if available. Don’t make the purchase decision without checking if the yurt you would like to buy has all of the features that Original Yurts have. Below we compare some of the main features Original Yurts have against other yurts. In doing so, we do not intend to degrade others; the goal is to provide the customers with the necessary information to make the choices best for them.
Direct from the Maker, no profit to intermediaries
All other sellers of Mongolian yurts are intermediaries, they buy cheap yurts in Mongolia and resell them to you at a huge margin. When you buy from us, you get unbeatable value for your money that comes from better materials and higher quality instead of paying for profit to the intermediaries. The differences in quality may not be noticeable when the yurts are new, but the poor quality yurts sold by the intermediaries deteriorate just in 1-3 years. So make sure you get references from someone who used their yurts at least for a few years.
Sturdy wood parts
Wood parts in Original Yurts are 50-100% thicker than in other Mongolian Yurts.
Photo Below: Comparison of skylight base thickness as an example.
Double-layer, high quality felt insulation
Original Yurts have two layers of felt stitched together to improve insulation by creating a vacuum in between the layers. The felts are thoroughly washed and sterilized and do not emit unpleasant odor.
Other Mongolian yurts mostly use so-called “black” felt, which indicates they are made of wool that is not washed properly and much cheaper than the felt we use. The “black” felts emit very unpleasant odors when used in a humid environment.
So-called modern yurts do not have felt insulation at all. As such, they are very poorly insulated from heat/cold as well as outside noise. As documented in various books and forums/ groups for people living in yurts, modern yurt dwellers need to use earplugs to keep calm when it is raining, and they watch TV only with the subtitles on as they can’t hear the sound.
Photo below: Comparison of felts in Original Yurts and other Mongolian yurts.
Complete transparent acrylic skylight finish
The skylight in the Mongolian yurts is large, allowing plenty of natural light. There are various ways to waterproof the skylight. In Mongolia, skylights are always open and people use skylight cover or “urkh” every time it rains.
Most of the sellers of the Mongolian yurt resort to covering the skylight with cheap clear vinyl, which completely blocks airflow through the skylight.
The skylight or, “toono” in the Original Yurts is fully covered with thick transparent cast acrylic making the skylight fully waterproof while still allowing ventilation through dedicated openings. Again, this is at no extra cost. Some other sellers offer full acrylic skylight (but still not waterproof) as optional and charge $1500+ for an average yurt.
Photo Below: Comparison of skylight finish
Durable outer cover with 10-year material warranty
There is a trade-off between keeping the yurt breathable and having a good outer cover. The outer cover made of natural material help keep the yurt breathable, but they do not hold up well when exposed to the elements. All other Mongolian yurt sellers have thin cotton fabric outer cover that quickly gets dirty and moldy and tears down in 1-2 years (photo).
Original Yurts have PVC outer covers that last 10+ years. While PVC covers are not breathable, Original Yurts have operable windows and skylight openings for air circulation to let the moisture out.
Reflective insulation
Reflective insulation, or radiant barrier insulation, reflects the heat both ways and helps keep the yurt cool in the summer, and warm in the winter.
Reflective insulation is the main insulation in modern yurts as they do not have felt. None of the other Mongolian yurt sellers have reflective insulation.
We are the only company that offers both felt and reflective insulations, providing unbeatable insulation properties.
Check here for an 8-second video showing how “reflective” the insulation is.
Operable windows
Windows in Original Yurts are operable; they can be opened and closed for air circulation. This is not the case for any of the other sellers of Mongolian yurts.
Most of the modern yurts have vinyl windows. The cost of adding a real window to a modern yurt can be quite high.
Photos below: Comparison of windows in Original and other yurts
Use of high quality wood, glue and paint
Original Yurts are 100% made with wood dried in our own kiln exceeding the ISPM 15 compliance requirements (for disinfestation). Some of the yurts made in Mongolia are made of wood not dried properly there will be all sorts of problems because of this.
We import the exterior-grade Titebond III Ultimate to use in the Original Yurts. Producers of yurts sold by other Mongolian yurt sellers use locally procured interior-use glue.
We recommend and offer water-based acrylic paint for outside, which are the most durable and easy to restore. Most other yurts made in Mongolia are painted with oil-based paints. It is not common practice to apply primer in Mongolia. Paint on these yurts peel off in 2-3 years.
The hinges, locks, handles and other materials we use in Original yurts are of much higher quality than in yurts from other suppliers from Mongolia.
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What people say about Originial Mongolian Yurts?
I'm really happy that I purchased from Original Yurts. I made the decision after I visited their workshop in Zavkhan during a horseback riding trip in Mongolia. The quality of the yurt is incredible, every details are well thought of. Very easy to communicate, and purchase experience was great.
Sandra Herrick
Oregon, USA
We’ve set up our yurt, so far so good. What beautiful work! Thank you so much for this beautiful home!
Joanna Vinton
Vermont, USA
I just finished building yurt number two, and did an oversized platform this time with 4 ft deck in the front for seating. Will be furnishing it this weekend and it should be starting to rent by next week! The first one started renting on June 1st and it's been booked almost every weekend since.
Jason Lee
California, USA
What a beautiful yurt! It is well constructed, it was packaged extremely well, and Amara is a great communicator. My timing was poor for when I ordered it and when I put it up. It was housed in a barn for a year and then it laid outside for several months just covered by tarps, but as you can see, it was still in great condition! This is a testament to it's being well packaged. I'm very happy with Original Yurts and I thank Amara for all her help and patience with me.
Stacey Bogart
North Carolina, USA