Naadam Festival Tour

Day 1 (July 10): Arrive in Ulaanbaatar We  will meet you at airport upon your arrival in Ulaanbaatar city/capital of Mongolia/ and take you to the hotel you choose. After breakfast at the Hotel nine, We will visit to Gandan Monastery, Central square, Bogd khan's palace museum, Zaisan memorial hill.The rest of day is for you to get rid of fatique and enjoy the short city tour. Prepare yourself,  the camera with full battery, torch, and other stuffs/suitable clothing for horse/camel riding/.  Overnight: Hotel  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast you will see naadam's opening ceremony and  all day long at the stadium for the festival. Naadam  is held in during from July 11–13 annual, in the National Sports Stadium. Naadam begins with an elaborate introduction ceremony, featuring dancers, athletes, horse riders, and musicians. After the ceremony, the competitions begin. The competitions are mainly horseback riding. Naadam is the most widely watched festival among Mongols, and is believed to have existed for centuries in one fashion or another. Naadam has its origin in the activities, such as military parades and sporting competitions such as archery, horse riding and wrestling, that followed the celebration of various occasions, including weddings or spiritual gatherings. It later served as a way to train soldiers for battle. Now it formally commemorates the 1921 Revolution when Mongolia declared itself a free country. Naadam also celebrates the achievement of the new state. Naadam was celebrated as a Buddhist/shaman holiday until secularization in the 1930s. The three sports are called "Eriin 3 naadam" which is called three games of man in English. Genghis Khan's nine horse tails, representing the nine tribes of the Mongols, are still ceremonially transported from Sukhbaatar Square to the Stadium to open the Naadam festivities.  Overnight in a Hotel  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner   

Then in the afternoon, we will explore Terelj National park and Genghis khan statue.  After exploring Terel NP we will back to Ulaanbaatar in the evening. Terelj National Park is located 75 km on the side, on the way you will explore Ovoo-the pile of sacred stones, according to the local legend, the spirit of nature dwells in the heaped Rocks which were set for the god of nature and the blue sky. Terelj National Park is Mongolian's best-known national park for good reason, it was created in 1965, popular among the Mongolians for its magnificent granite rocky hills, rock formations especially Turtle Rock, and green forests.On the way to park you will visit to Biggest Equestrian Statue in the world.  Overnight in Ger camp Meals: B, L, D