Discover the silence of the Gobi desert in the Ikh gazriin culuu and Rock painting visiting-mountain. There is no other tourist. Discover a primitive people’s life from petroglyphs. After visiting the highlight of destination in the Gobi desert, we will ride 2 days horse in Eight lakes in the Orkhon valley. Visit honourable nomadic family in the 8 lakes. This place is natural uniqueness surrounded by inaccessible mountains.
Day 1 Ih gazriin chuluu
In the morning, driver and guide will pick you up from your accommodation and drive to Middle Gobi desert. We will have lunch on the way in a local restaurant. And drive further to Ikh Gazriin Chuluu. It is 60 square km granite-mountain range in the steppe. In this rocky mountain range, we will explore a small cave, ruined temple in a rocky valley. Enjoy Gobi lushes, flowers and desert trees. Here is no people and family just some wild animal like argali –wild sheep and vultures. This place is proper to hike. Stay over in tourist Ger camp.
Day 2: Tsagaan suvraga & rock painting
Morning, drive to Tsagaan suvraga. On the way, you will see folk of vultures soaring on carrion, camels and the scene of the Gobi desert. We will walk around Tsagaan suvraga. This place is nice to take a photo. Then we will get a hotel on the steppe. You can see empty endless steppe just through your window. We will have lunch here. After lunch, we will drive to Bronz-Ages rock painting. The area of this place is black, empty and remote. But still, there are some camels, sheep, goat and nomadic families. Some people say this place is like the other planet. You will discover the messages of primitive people by carved. The paintings are a lot; nature is fascinating. Drive back to camp, have dinner and relax.
Day 3: Yoliin-am valley
Today we will visit Yoliim am valley (Vulture gorge). The valley locates in the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National park. Have lunch in Dalanzadgad town. When we reach the park, we will visit a small natural museum. The main Gobi’s findings of minerals, the desert animal taxidermies, dinosaur fossils, petrified stones are in the museum. In Yoliin am valley, you will walk through the gorge. Here you will see a bearded vultures flying above the high rocks. On land, pikas running from hole to hole. Ibexes- a wild goat drinks water from the stream here, sometimes we see ibex.
Day 4: Hongor sand dunus nomadic family visit
Today we will drive to Hongor dunes – the southernmost landscapes in the tour. The fascinating thing is the landscape of the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan mountain, and the dune locates parallel. We will drive between them. The dune is 130 km long. Nomadic families live with their sheep, goat, and camels here. On the way, we will visit the Gobi desert nomadic family. We will arrive at the tourist Ger camp at lunch. Afternoon, ride a camel and climb to dunes. It is 200-meter high loose sand. Relax in camp.
Day 5: Hongor dune
Today is a relaxing day staying in the same place. We will have a small walk around the Gobi desert stream and green part. The dune is just beside the stream. You can hike or walk how you want. Also here is Gobi’s berry – Mongolian wild black wolfberry grows along with Hongor Gobi river.
Day 6: Bayanzag
Today, we will drive to Bayanzag. If you are hiker, we can hike through the mountain. Bold, black mountains are just on the way. After lunch, we will walk through Flaming cliffs. Bayanzag - Cliff was the homeland of dinosaurs during the Jurassic period. Dinosaur’s eggshell was founded very first time in the world from this place. Bayanzag is red cliffs on the endless empty steppe. It was bottom of the sea or big lake during the Jurassic era. Then we will drive to the Ger camp which locates the middle of nowhere in the steppe.
Day 7: Ongi ruined temple
To get the central part of Mongolia, we drive trans – Ongi ruined temple. Today we will drive off-road to Ongi. Here we will visit the ruined temple and a little walk through a black mountain. The temple locates beside the Ongi River. The temple was ruined in 1937 during political purge by the Soviet Union. The temple was built in 1760 by Buddhist monks, and nearly 1000 monks had lived before it ruined.
Day 8: Eight lakes base camp
The green central part tour starts from today. The monadic families getting more, green mountains, yaks, horses will appear more frequently than the Gobi desert. We will have lunch in Arvaiheer town. We will buy our food for 2 days horse ride from this town. Afternoon we drive farther to 8 lakes base camp. We will drive over the mountains and hills. Evening arrives at the camp beside Shireet lake. Sleep in tourist Ger camp.
Day 9: Horse riding
We will ride a horse two days and see our car on the second day. The total riding km is nearly 10 km in two days. So you can take clothes and some stuff for a day in a small bag back. We will carry our luggage to yaks. Morning, preparing luggage and load up to our horses will take some time. The first day we will ride 4- 5 hours through 3 lakes. We will have a picnic lunch beside the shore of the lake. And Afternoon arrives at nomadic family. You will ride the same horse for two days. If you are riding a horse just the first time, it will be a new experience. Most of the beginner visitor ride very well. Our horses are calm with tourist and our horse guides – the horse herders are experienced with visitors. Today we will stay in nomadic family’s spare ger. The family has horses, sheep, goat and yaks. And they stay just close with the fourth lake.
Day 10: Horse riding and Orkhon waterfall
Morning, we will pack luggage to the horse and mount our horses. We will have a picnic lunch on the way in the forest. After riding 3-4 hours, see our car. The driver will pick up us and drive to Orkhon waterfall. We will stay beside the waterfall in a Ger camp. Evening, we will hike through a waterfall.
Day 11: Tsenher hot spring
Morning hours, we will drive through Hangai mountain and arrive at hot spring camp at lunchtime. After riding a horse for 2 days, relaxing in hot spring will release your body. The hot spring is 86 Celsium from underground. The Tourist camps have their swimming pool in a fence. You can relax in the pool from 7 – 10 PM. Optional hike around the stream of hot spring.
Day 12: Kharhorin & Khugnu haan mountain
Today we will visit Erdene zuu Buddhist monastery in Karakorum village and drive further to Hugnu khaan mountain. This is a granite rock mountain range in the steppe. We will hike through the mountain.
Day 13: Ulaanbaatar
Morning, drive to Ulaanbaatar. On the way, have lunch. Arrive in Ulaanbaatar around 3-4 PM.
Participants | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Price Per Person | $ 3490 | 2190$ | 1790$ | 1590$ | 1490$ |
Included | Not included |
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Start date | End date | Available | Status | Price | |
05/05/2020 | 06/16/2020 | 10 | Confirmed | 990$ | |
05/05/2020 | 06/16/2020 | 10 | Confirmed | 990$ |
For your journey in Mongolia, it is possible joining a fixed departure tour with a group, which has the advantage of providing a friendly atmosphere and to let you benefit from the best price. Our groups are composed of an average of 3 to 10 participants.
Our departures are confirmed without any additional fees to the price of 990 Euros from a minimum of 3 participants. If you are only 2 participants registered for this particular departure however, we can still organize the tour for you against an added fee of 300 Euros per person.
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Day 1 Ih gazriin chuluu
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Day 2: Tsagaan suvraga & rock painting
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Day 3: Yoliin-am valley
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Day 4: Hongor sand dunus nomadic family visit
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Day 5: Hongor dune
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Day 6: Bayanzag
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Day 7: Ongi ruined temple
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Day 8: Eight lakes base camp
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Day 9: Horse riding
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Day 10: Horse riding and Orkhon waterfall
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Day 11: Tsenher hot spring
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Day 12: Kharhorin & Khugnu haan mountain
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Day 13: Ulaanbaatar
Total distance: 1480km