Classic Tours

Explore the Mysterious Land of Southern-Northern Mongolia
Tour code: CL'21' Southern-Northern

21 days/20 nights

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Day 1

Arrival at Chinggis Khan International Airport or Ulaanbaatar Train Station and meet our guide and driver. Transfer to hotel and check in* (The check in and out time is 12.00 in the noon and early check in not guaranteed) Relaxing in the morning. Lunch and afternoon short city tour in Ulaanbaatar city: visit Main Square Sukhbaatar – Chinggis Khan’s monument, Natural History Museum, Bogd Khan’s Winter Palace Museum and visit Zaisan Hill for Panoramic view of Ulaanbaatar. Overnight at hotel.

 

Day 2

Drive to Gobi desert through Baga Gazriin Chuluu or known as Rock formation. We’ll drive around 280 km through steppe by overview of land-sea and grandiose formation of rocks and basalts of Baga Gazriin Chuluu. Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 3

Tsagaan Suvarga (White Shrines), one of the picturesque places in Middle Gobi. Just 30 km’s away from here you can find cave paintings left from the Bronze Age. Driving to the cave paintings offers one of the uneasy roads but it offer great panoramic view on both sides of the hill on whose top the road itself lies. Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 4

Drive through Gobi desert will give you an exotic view of the desert – with boundless view of horizons, rare species of mammals and plants. Visit to Vulture gorge or known as Yoliin Am which located in Gobi Gurvan Saikhan or known as Three Beauties of Gobi. It is end of the Altai mountain ranges and chance to see wild animals such as wild sheep, ibex, condor, golden eagle and of course vultures. Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 5

Drive to Khongor sand dune or known as Singing Dune. Khongor sand dune is one of the biggest sand dunes of Mongolia. It has an extraordinary length of approximate 100kms and 12 kilometers wide. There is an oasis near a river Khongor at the northern edge of the sand dunes. Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 6

Free day for leisure nearby the sand dune. Dune journey and camel riding is available. Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 7

Drive to Bayanzag or known as Flaming cliffs. Bayanzag is famous for dinosaur remains-complete dinosaur skeletons and eggs. American Geologist Ray Andrew Chapman has been discovered this area in beginning of 20 century and getting famous all over the world. Visit to Dinosaur fossils found area. If you see carefully, you could find piece of bone or dinosaur egg. Afternoon short hiking Gobi tree-saxaul forest. Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 8

Drive up to Ongi temple ruin. It was one of the Mongolian biggest 7 temples. There are 2 temple ruins which were built up in 1780s. After people’s revolution in 1921, these two temples destroyed and lamas (monks) were killed. If you get up early, you will have a chance to see some wild animals such as wild sheep, wolf etc… Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 9

Drive to Karakorum nowadays a functioning monastery in constant renovation to its former splendor. Once, 1000 monks used to inhabit Erdenezuu Monastery.  It had some 100 temples within its 400 by 400 meters long walls.  The monastery was sacked during the purges of 1937. Only the walls and 3 temples remain.  Erdenezuu is still one of the most fascinating sites of Mongolia, and usually we will be able to experience and see the prayers. Also here you can see Mongolian only Tibetan style temple as well. Depends on time around you might visit the monastery at next morning. Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 10

Drive to Orkhon waterfall. This waterfall is 24 meter high in the volcanic landscape, hot springs the surrounding hillside. The black volcanic rocks that carpet the landscape exploded from the earth 20 to 30 million years ago, when nearby Togoo crater was still active. In early summer waterfall may be completely dry. Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 11

Drive to Taikhar stone via Tsetserleg town. Here is you can see one of the most beautiful temple museum of Mongolia which called Zaya bandid gegeen temple. Arrive at Taikhar stone and short hiking in bank of Tamir River. Overnight GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 12

Drive to Khorgo Terkh National Park. On the way you will drive through Chuluut gorge. This gorge is beautiful gorge comes from volcanic earthquake. Arrive at Khorgo and Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 13

Full day for hiking to White Lake or known as Terkhyn Tsagaan Nuur shore and nearby mountains over 2000m above sea level. On the way visit Cave of the Yellow Dog, Ice cave and Zaluuchuud cave etc … hike back to Ger camp and overnight.

 

Day 14

Drive to Jargal Jiguur GER camp which located in on the way of Khorgo Terkh National Park and Murun town. Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 15

Drive to Khuvsgul Lake. Lake Khuvsgul, 136 kilometers long and 36 kilometers wide, at 1,645 meters above sea level, is the second largest lake in Mongolia as well as the deepest. Known as the “the blue pearl of Mongolia”, because of its crystal clear waters, it flows into the Eg River (Egiin Gol), which then joins the Selenge, and finally reaches Lake Baikal. Overnight at Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 16

Visit Tsaatan or known as reindeer people where located app 50kms from our camp site and it takes 2.5 hours of driving. (Depends year around) There will be two families one is Tsaatan herder and Shaman. Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 17

Free day for leisure. Overnight at tourist GER camp (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 18

Drive to Uran Togoo Mountain. This mountain is 500 – 600 meter wide and 50 meter deep crater. Overnight at GER Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 19

Drive to Amarbayasgalant monastery, It is the best preserved old monastery in Mongolia. This is main Chinese style monastery in Mongolia: architecture, plan of various temple buildings and artistic details deserve a careful visit. The temple is in use and inhabited by many monks. Overnight at GER (Mongolian traditional felt accommodation)

 

Day 20

Drive to Ulaanbaatar. Arrive at Ulaanbaatar. Shopping in cashmere shops and see the Mongolian traditional folklore concert. Overnight at hotel.

 

Day 21

Check out from hotel and transfer to Chinggis Khan International Airport of Ulaanbaatar Train Station for departure. End of the tour

Including:

  • All local transportation by 4WD vehicle
  • Hotel stay 3 – 4 stars hotel for twin sharing bed
  • GER camp stay for 3 – 4 people in one GER (single supplement on request with charge)
  • 3 meals a day
  • Horse riding
  • National park entrance fee or other taxes during the trip
  • English speaking guide (other language guide on request)
  • Sightseeing

Not Including:

  • International flight or train fares
  • Insurances
  • Beverages
  • Any additional which is not mentioned above

Minimun group size:
4 people in one group

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