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Included: Surface transportation - Road taxes - Accommodation as specified - Local Guide - Sightseeing and activities as specified - Museum & park entrance fees - Meals as specified

Accommodation

During your journey, you will be staying at authentic guest gers alongside nomadic families, and depending on the season in a guesthouse or in ger camps. Gers are equipped with beds, linen, a stove, table, and chairs and have electric lighting. Bathrooms and showers are only available at ger camps, with homestay facilities being naturally basic.

Guide

At Tour Mongolia, we believe that a good guide is essential to the enjoyment of any trip. Your guide will be English-speaking by default, but we can also provide German, and Korean-speaking guides - please email us your preference. Your guide will be hand-picked by us to suit your itinerary and requirements. Each guide is personally briefed on all elements of the trip. You will be sent guide details in the confirmation document before your tour.

Transport

On the dust of the desert and mud of the steppe, the Japanese off-road MPV such as Mitsubishi Delica provides comfort and safety for your trip. These 4x4 vehicles are specifically tuned for the rough off-roading that’s inevitable when travelling in the wilds of Mongolia. They provide ample space, and air conditioning and are well maintained while offering good luggage space, seat belts and speed.

Meals

Please let us know your dietary requirements at the time of booking. At ger homestays, meals will be traditional Mongolian home cooking such as Mongolian rice porridge for breakfast and Tsuivan (stir-fry with homemade noodles), or Buuz (steamed dumplings) for lunch and dinner. During your time at ger camps, meals will be a mix of Western and Mongolian cuisine, breakfast is a continental buffet style along with cooked options. Dinner is often a three-course set menu of traditional dishes with a Western twist. Generally, water quality in Mongolia is good. But as a precaution, we advise our guests to drink bottled water that can be purchased in shops, food markets and kiosks in the capital and many of the provincial centres as well as in tourist Ger camps in the countryside. Mineral water is usually not included in our trips as we aim to produce as little plastic waste as possible. But we do provide plenty of warm drinks such as tea and coffee during our trips.

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Others

Not included: International flights - Tips - Laundry - Bar bills - Items of a personal nature - Visas - Photography/filming charges at e.g. museums and monasteries

Insurance

Insurance is not included

Flights

International flights not included.

Optional

Other activities and services not included

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Day 1 Gurvanbulag - Ger Homestay - Horse Ride
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Gurvanbulag - Ger Homestay - Horse Ride

You will be picked up from a pre-arranged Ulaanbaatar location at a time to suits you - We suggest leaving around 8:30 am to make the most of the day. Board the vehicle and head west to the northern part of Gobi. On the way, you will stop briefly visiting Khar Bukhiin Balgas, interesting remains of an ancient fort used by nomadic tribes dating back to the 10th century. It’s onto Gurvanbulag, where you will be staying at a guest ger alongside a nomadic family. Enter the ger and experience the hospitality and traditional nomadic way of life - you can help make and drink milk tea, plus try homemade produce such as yoghurt and dried curds. In the afternoon you will have a chance to do an hour of horse riding in the surrounding hills and the dunes nearby. Or you can walk if you prefer. In the evening enjoy a home-cooked dinner.

Travel details: 4hr/280km to Gurvanbulag

Accommodation: Guest ger next to a nomadic family

Meals included: Lunch; Dinner
Day 2 Karakhorum - Erdene Zuu Monastery; Monument Of 3 Kings
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Karakhorum - Erdene Zuu Monastery; Monument Of 3 Kings

In the morning drive to Karakhorum. First visit Erdene Zuu Monastery in time to hear the monks chanting, which takes place from 10 am. Take a walk around the main temples, and stroll around the grounds. You should arrive at the hostel in time for lunch. Afterwards, take a guided tour of the interesting local museum showcasing the Mongolian Past. In the afternoon, visit the local cooperative felt workshop or Art Gallery. If you are up for it, you can stroll to the Monument of the 3 Kings overlooking the Orkhon River and the fertility stone on the edge of town.

Travel details: 2hr/150km to Karakhorum; short drives in town

Accommodation: Hostel

Meals included: Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 3 Khogno Khan - Uvgun Temple - Elsen Tasarkhai Dunes - Camel Riding
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Khogno Khan - Uvgun Temple - Elsen Tasarkhai Dunes - Camel Riding

Today you head to the nature reserve of Khogno Khan, where you can explore the lower temple complex of Uvgun Temple, see the reconstructed temples, and prayer wheel, and look around the ruins. Then we recommend taking the 45-minute hike up to the older ruined temple complex in the hills - the scenery is fantastic, and depending on the time of year, wildflowers may be in abundance. Head back down to the valley floor, and onto the sand dunes at Elsen Tasarkhai, a 30-minute drive away. Tonight you will stay alongside a family of camel herders - settle into your gers and head off on a Bactrian ride across the dunes for an hour. In the evening enjoy a traditional feast of khorkhog - mutton and vegetables seared and steamed with red hot stones from the fire.

Travel details: 1.5hr/90km Khogno Khan; 45min/30km to Elsen Tasarkhai

Accommodation: Guest ger next to a nomadic family

Meals included: Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 4 Hustai National Park - Wild Takhi Horses - Hiking
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hustai National Park - Wild Takhi Horses - Hiking

After a leisurely breakfast jump in the vehicles for the journey back east to Hustai. You should arrive at your ger camp in time for lunch. The camp is located at the entrance to the National Park, and you will have some time to rest before venturing inside. At dusk, drive from your camp to see the Takhi - this is the time you have a better chance of seeing them up close and in inaccessible areas. You may want to combine the trip with a long walk in the park - in which case you should leave a little earlier. Discuss your preference with your guide. Afterwards, head back to camp for dinner and your last night in a ger.

Travel details: 3hr/250km drive to Hustai National Park

Accommodation: Ger camp

Meals included: Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 5 Chinggis Khaan Statue
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Chinggis Khaan Statue

After breakfast set off for the remarkable Chinggis Khaan Statue complex, Once you arrive, climb up inside until you reach the exterior staircase which runs up the mane of the horse to a viewpoint overlooking the Tuul River, Terelj & the hills of the Khan Khentii and visits the museum of horse culture in the complex. Then will have lunch at the cosy restaurant of the resort. After lunch, return to Ulaanbaatar where you will be dropped at a location to suit you.

• Travel details: 2.5hrs/170km to Chinggis Khaan Statue complex; 1hr/60 km to UB

• Accommodation: -

• Meals included: Breakfast; Lunch

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Essence Of Mongolia - 5 Days

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Itinerary of your trip Essence Of Mongolia - 5 Days

Gurvanbulag - Ger Homestay - Horse Ride

Karakhorum - Erdene Zuu Monastery; Monument Of 3 Kings

Khogno Khan - Uvgun Temple - Elsen Tasarkhai Dunes - Camel Riding

Hustai National Park - Wild Takhi Horses - Hiking

Chinggis Khaan Statue

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