We have been crafting yurts for generations, and delivering yurts worldwide since 2010. We've made some the finest yurts ever made in Mongolia.
When you do business with us, you can have a peace of mind to receive a high quality yurt as described. This is important especially when you pay your money to someone in another country.
Our yurts are packed with great features that are not available from other yurt sellers.
Our yurts have both felt insulation and reflective insulation. This combination makes our yurts best insulated in their class. None of the other Mongolian yurts have radiant insulation. None of the modern yurts have felt insulation, and they get extremely hot in the summer & very noisy under rain.
All other sellers of Mongolian yurts are intermediaries. They buy yurts someone else produced in Mongolia , and offer the yurts for sale to you at some profit to themselves. When you buy a yurt from us, you pay for the great features, but not to profit the intermediaries. You will get yurt(s) directly shipped from our workshop in Mongolia.
As the maker, we can customize the yurt in most ways you want. We offer discounts amounting to thousands of dollars for early and bulk orders.
Prices you see on website are what you pay for the yurt, inclusive of taxes. There is no extra prices for any of the great features as they come as standard on all of our yurts.When values of all the great features are counted, Original Yurts are priced much lower than poor quality yurts from other sellers.
We only use wood dried in our own kiln. Wood parts in Original Yurts are 50-100% thicker than in other Mongolian Yurts. Our yurts are on average 20cm taller than other Mongolian yurts. The skylight and windows are designed to be 100% waterproof. All windows and some sections of the skylight can be opened /closed for air circulation. We use exterior grade glue imported from the U.S., and exterior grade, lead free paints.
If you have decided to buy a yurt, you have the choice of buying a Mongolian yurt or a so-called Modern yurt. We explained the advantages and disadvantages of Mongolian yurts vs Modern yurts on our Mongolian vs Modern Yurts page. Once you decide to buy a Mongolian yurt, you may have options to choose from which company you can buy from.
Don’t get tricked by the low prices, nice websites and false claims. Buying a Mongolian yurt from any company other than Original Yurts would be the same as purchasing a nice-looking used car with many problems inside. You will end up paying a similar or slightly lower price than ours, but you will get a lot less value for your money and much more headache down the road.
The differences in quality may not be noticeable when the yurts are new, but the poor quality yurts sold by the intermediaries deteriorate in just 1-3 years. Problems with low-quality yurts include:
If you are thinking about buying a Mongolian yurt from any other seller, please check with someone who has used their yurt for at least a year and ask if they have any of these problems.
Even with the best of maintenance, the low-quality yurts from the other sellers will be run down in just 3-4 years. The value of your investment will be close to zero in just a few years. Original Yurts won’t have any of these problems.
We are forced to write about these problems not to sell our yurts instead, but to protect the reputation of Mongolian yurts from profit-seeking intermediaries who claim/say just anything to sell. When made properly and with care, Mongolian yurts are remarkable structures that passed the tests of time.
Wood structures in Original Yurts are 50-100% thicker than in other Mongolian Yurts. In the photos, the thickness of the base of the skylight is compared as an example. Wood on Original Yurts is 75% thicker. All other wood parts in Original Yurts are sturdier. Our 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, and this causes serious problems when wood gets dry during use.
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 often indicates they are made of wool that is not washed properly and much cheaper than the felt we use. These felts emit very unpleasant odors when used in a humid environment.
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, which is cumbersome.
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 a dedicated opening. 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.
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, and our yurts have simply the best insulation.
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 yurts have thin cotton fabric outer cover that quickly gets dirty and moldy and tears down in 1-2 years.
Original Yurts have PVC outer covers that with 10-year manufacturer warrenty. While PVC covers are not breathable, Original Yurts have operable windows and skylight openings for air circulation to let the moisture out.
All windows on Original Yurts are operable; you can open and close them for air circulation. Some sections of the skylight can also be closed and opened. When closed during rain, the skylight is waterproof.
Mongolian traditional yurts generally have short walls because it helps to reduce the amount of energy needed to heat the yurt during the winter. But other countries are nearly as cold as Mongolia, hence we increased the wall height to better serve the taste of our customers.
Starting at 170cm (~5'8"), the walls in Original Yurts are 10 - 30cm (~ 4-12 inches) higher than other Mongolian yurts.
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