1.Discovery tours Mongolia

Staying with nomads tour

This trip gives you wonderful opportunity to get real Mongolian nomadic life style.

Day 1 . Travel to Khogno Khan mountain

Pick up you from your hotel and drive to Khogno Khan mountain . Stay overnight in a ger of nomad family. / Lunch , Dinner/

Day 2 . Travel to Kharakhorum

Drive to Kharakhorum and visit to the Erdene Zuu monastery&Kharakhorum museum. Stay overnight in a ger camp. /Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner/

Day 3 . Drive to Khotont soum

Drive to Khotont soum of Arkhangai province. Visit nomad family . Stay overnight in a ger of nomad family. / Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner ,/

Day 4 .Stay with nomads

Stay with nomad family. In the afternoon you will have opportunity to ride Mongolian horse and experience with milking cows , goats and sheep. Stay overnight in a ger of nomad family. / Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner /

Day 5 . Travel to Ongi Monastery

Drive to Ongi monastery. Stay overnight in a ger camp. / Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner/

Day 6 . Travel to Bayanzag

Continue to drive for Bayanzag . Stay overnight in a ger camp. /Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner/

Day 7. Travel to Khongor Sand Dune

Travel to Khongor sand dunes. Stay overnight in a ger camp. /Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner/

Day 8 . Visit to nomad family and camel riding

Today you will visit a nomad family and you will get opportunity to ride camel throughout the sand dunes. Stay overnight in a ger camp./ Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner /

Day 9 . Travel to Yol valley

Travel to Yol valley. Stay overnight in a ger camp./ Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner/

Day 10 . Travel to Tsagaan Suvarga

Continue to travel toTsagaan Suvraga . Stay overnight in a ger of nomad family. /Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner/

Day 11 . Travel to Baga Gazriin Chuluu

Travel to BagaGazriinChuluu .Stay overnight in a ger camp./ Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner/

Day 12 . Drive to Ulaanbaatar

Today we will drive back to Ulaanbaatar.On the way we will see Zorgol Khairkhan mountain. Transfer to your hotel. End of the service. /Breakfast, Lunch/

Highlight

• Category: Staying with nomads tour

• Places to visit: Ulaanbaatar – Khogno Khan mountain – Kharakhorum – Khotont soum – Ongi monastery – Bayanzag– Khongor sand dunes – Yol valley – Tsagaan Suvarga – Baga Gazriin Chuluu – Ulaanbaatar

•Various activities: Sharing experience with nomads, camel and horse riding and trekking

• Duration: 11nights / 12days

• Total length of distance: 2200kms

• Possible group: Min-2, max-6

• Pleasant season: May – September

Price:USD 2160 /2-3pax/USD 1960 /4-5pax/USD 1960 /6pax/

All activitities will be included in the itinerary and followed on the below:

• Stay at Mongolian nomadic family/ 4 nights/

• Stay at tourist ger camp /7 nights/

• Experienced guide service /English speaking /

• Entrance fees for protected natural areas

• Sightseeing cost

• Mineral /bottled/ water-1.5litre per person a day.

• Transportation

• Horse and camel riding fee

• All food /Breakfast ,Lunch ,Dinner /

Excluded: International transportation to and from Mongolia, hotel stay in Ulaanbaatar, travel insurance and alcoholic drinks, tips and gratuities, laundry and items of a personal nature.

Following items on below wont' be included in the itinerary.

• International transportation to and from Mongolia

• Stay at hotel in Ulaanbaatar

• Travel insurance

• Personal expenses /alcoholic drinking beverages ,telephone calls, etc.,,,/

• Tips and gratitude for your guide and driver /discretionary/

Note

It is our pleasure to arrange your hotel and transfers in Ulaanbaatar.

• International and domestic flight and train tickets would be arranged due to the clients’ requests and wishes with our pleasures.

• We are happy to arrange your international & domestic flight and train tickets as your requests.

• Various city tours are available depend on your interest.

• Private departures are available on request.

Tour information

During the trip, you will be travellingfor 4-8 hours from one to another destination. Every couple of hours, we will have short break for photographs, toilets, stretching etc,,, . On the tour we serve you by 4WD vehicles, mostly Russian and Japanese vehicles. The minivan has capacity of maximum 6 people with luggage and the Japanese jeep has maximum of 3 people with luggage. We always make sure all our vehicles are inspected and well prepared before departure.Overnight mostly we stay at tourist camp and they provide the guest’s accommodation as a ger which is very comfortable and cozy to stay there. Tourist ger camp is able to provide you all the modern facilities including restaurant/bar ,hot shower, western style toilet, etc.,,,

You will be served mostly delicious western style and Mongolian traditional food.

Khogno Khan Natural Reserve

Khogno Khan Natural Reserve covers 46,990 hectares of land and is located in Rashaant county of Bulgan province. The taiga and steppe plants grow in this area and represent two or three different natural zones. This area was taken under state protection in 1997.

Erdene Zuu monastery

Erdene Zuu monastery is the most ancient Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. It is in the Uvurkhangai Province, near the town of Kharkhorin and adjacent to the ancient city of Kharakhorum. It is part of the World Heritage Site entitled Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape. The monastery was built in 1585 by Abtai Sain Khan, upon the introduction of Buddhism into Mongolia as the state religion. Stones from the ruins of Karakorum were used in construction. It is surrounded by a wall featuring 108 stupas, 108 being a sacred number in Buddhism, and the number of beads in a Buddhist rosary. The monastery was damaged by warfare in the 1680s, but was rebuilt in the 18th century and by 1872 had a full 62 temples inside.

Ongi monastery

Ongi monastery is formerly one of the largest monasteries in Mongolia .Ongi monastery was founded in 1660 and consisted of two temple complexes on the north and south banks of the Ongi River. The older southern complex consisted of various administrative buildings as well as 11 temples. The northern complex built in the 18th century, consisted of 17 temples-among them one of the largest temples in all Mongolia.

The Ongi monastery grounds also 4 religious universities and could accommodate over one thousand monks at a time. But during 1930s the monastery was completely destroyed and over 200 monks were killed by the communists. After democracy of Mongolia in 1990, monks returned to Ongi monastery where they had begun their Buddhist education as young children some 60 years prior. These monks started laying new foundation upon the old ruins, with a vision to restore Ongi monastery and revitalize Buddhism in Mongolia. Ongi River is one of the longest river in Mongolia has 435 km length and flows into Ulaan Nuur. A river takes source from the Khangai Mountain range in Ovorkhangai Aimag.

Bayanzag

Bayanzag is the place where famous explorer and dinosaur hunter Roy Chapmen Andrews’ expedition discovered first time complete skeletons , eggs and hatchlings of the Cretaceous Period in 1922 , the world ever found. Imagine something unique in the area where dinosaurs were lived 70 million years ago. Here also you will see sakaul forest grown in hard condition of the Gobi and red flaming cliffs formed by the erosion of the sand and rock over many thousand of years.

Khongoriin Els sand dunes

Khongoriin Els sand dunes are some of the largest and most impressive sand dunes in Mongolia.Also known as the Duut Mankhan( singing dunes ). Hongoriin Els stretch for more than 180 km with majestic heights of 15-30 m. The largest dunes are north west of the range. You can climb to the top of the sand dunes and slide down : simultaneously the dune begins to make an amazing sound : similar to singing. From the top of the sand dunes the view of the desert is amazing.

Yol valley

Yol valley is one of the natural wonder of Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park and

beautiful deep canyon with many rocky cliffs, has been created by many years of water erosion.The YoliinAm , a protected site in 1965, is 62 km north west of Dalanzadgad. Very wide at the entrance, it narrows gradually into a remarkable gorge. A spring 2 or 3 km long winds its way through the defile and in July, freezing into a thick corridor of ice that stretches along a considerable distance. In earlier times, the blocks of ice rarely melted, being protected from the vicious sunlight. This, however has changed in recent years, partially because of the multitudes of tourists that walk on the ice. You can still see ice here in July but it is almost completely melted by August. Following the canyon to the very end, one emerges into a beautiful wide valley. Surrounding mountains are home to argali, ibex, and many birds of prey, as well as numerous small rodents particular to the Gobi. A small museum marks the entrance to the protected zone and provides information on the petrified trees, fauna and flora of the Gobi.

Tsagaan Suvraga

Tsagaan Suvraga, is located in the Dund Gobi province. It’s 90 degree of straight, consists of many colors of clay deposits. In ancient times, there was a big sea in Khevtee and Bosoo valleys of Tsagaan Suvarga. After dried up the sea, this area became a valley with many glacis and escarpments, covered by many different sedimentary deposits. Tsagaan Suvarga is a big escarpment with 200m height and 400m long. This place has been protected since early times by local nomads .

Baga Gazriin Chuluu

Baga Gazriin Chuluu is located at Mongolian granite rock zone in the Dund Gobi province. Chuluu means stone .Baga Gazriin Chuluu, is a 15km long and 10 km wide stone massif, and it is located 30 km far from south east of Adaatsag sum. This stone massif is also part of the Mongolian granite stone zone. The highest point is Tahilgat Mountain /1758 m/ in the Northwest part of the stone massif.This place is popular at inhabiting the wild sheep,ibex and marmots.Surtiin am is one of many beautiful places in Baga Gazriin Chuluu. This is a narrow canyon with asp, birch, white whicker and elm tree, as well the ruin of a stone temple and the site of 2 yurts where monks lived and meditated since the seventieth century.There is a 20 m long cave near to the Surtiin Am. Crystals can be found around the cave. Life size paintings of deer are painted on a granite stone and another yurt shaped stone called Ger chuluu. According to scientists, 64 tombs and tumuli dated back to Khugnu tribe have been found around Baga Gagriin Chuluu .Also, there is a spring water which comes from under source is good for eye illness.

Zorgol Khairkhan mountain

Zorgol Khairkhan mountain is located in the distance of 180 km-s south east from Ulaanbaatar. This granite rock high mountain is the sacred one and worshipped by local people. It has some springs, and holy peaks, where only men are allowed to reach there. The mountain is very rich with medical plants and mystical stories. There is the beautiful small lake called Khagiin next to the mountain in the east. Local people call it as the Princess lake and it is the main drinking water for the local herds of animals.