TOUR ITINERARY DETAILS:

 

Day 1. Arrival in UB

Our tour guide will greet you at the airport and take you to your hotel, then present you the detailed program of our entire trip. In city tour, we will visit Gandantegchinleng Monastery, the first temple was built in 1835 and was center of Buddhist learnings in Mongolia. Then climb up to Zaisan Memorial Hill beneath the Bogd Khan Mountain, where you can see entire panaromic view of Ulaanbaatar city. The Buddha park is just next to the Zaisan and you will see a huge statue of Buddha reaching 23 meters in height. Our next stop will be a Museum of Bogd Khan Palace which was the residence of the last emperor - blade of Mongolia. The museum contains a rich collection of the King & Queen’s unique items used in their daily life, a gifts received from foreign dignitaries and many more interesting exhibits. 

In the evening, dinner at Mongolian Barbeque!

 

Day 2. The Sand Strings

After breakfast, we will head to the Sand Strings, a rare sight of sand hills with rivers and lake. The length of the sand string continuous over 150 km and is sodden under its surface, so shrubberies such as willow, elm and dogwood, grow in the area.

Stay over at gher camp. 

 

Day 3. Visiting Local herders

Today we will drive to Orkhon river basin where waterfall of the Orkhon Valley is called “Ulaan Tsutgalan”. it was formed by a unique combination of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes about 20,000 years ago. The height of the waterfall is over 20meters (65 feet) and it's river flows an incredible length of 1124 kilometers (709 miles). Orkhon river valley is listed in UNESCO World Heritage Sites for its historical value related to the Great Mongolian Empire. After walking around this beautiful area, we will visit local herders with great hospitality. Tips: This particular family herds Yaks, so be aware of this amusing cattle, there is nothing to worry about ; ).   

Stay overnight at herders gher. 

 

Day 4: Horse Riding to the Eight Lakes

Finally, our exciting horseback riding trip starts from here. The first lake we will visit is Bugat lake one of the eight.   

Stay overnight in tents.

 

Day 5: Horse Riding to Shireet Lake

In the morning, continue to ride towards the biggest lake called Shireet. Then we will visit rest of the lakes Khaya, Khaliun,Khuis, Hunt, Shanaga and Duruu.

Stay overnight in tents.

 

Day 6: Horse Riding to Bodongiin Am

On our way back to the herders family, we will visit Bodongiin Am which has a very different landscape than of eight lakes.  

Overnight, stay at herders family.

 

Day 7: Kharakhorum City

Before reaching Kharakhorum/Karakorum city we will visit “Tuvkhun” monastery which is located in a fascinating mountainous area of forest Steppe in Khangain Nuruu National Park. Take your small travel bag with you and we will start hiking to Shiveet Hill upslope, towards the top of the mountain for about an hour. There we will find recently restored Buddhist monastery of Tuvkhun surrounded by an beautiful nature. There are some intriguing small meditation caves such as mother's womb. Today, we will explore Karakorum city ruin, it was the ancient capital of Great Mongolian Empire built during Ugudei Khan's rein in 1220s. In the center of town youwill find Erdene Zuu monastery. The four stone turtles that originally marked the boundaries of ancient Karakorum still exist nowadays. 

 

Day 8: Ulaanbaatar City

We will dive back to UB early in the morning and after lunch in down town, you can have all the free time to yourself for shopping or visit coffee shops etc. 

In the evening, farewell dinner at Mongolian Barbeque will complete our long journey!

Overnight, stay at hotel.

 

Day 9: Departure