Ulaanbaatar

DAY: 1 Arrive in Ulaanbaatar

You will land in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. At the airport, you will meet with your translator who will take you to the city center. If your flight arrives early, you will be taken on a city tour on this day. Your luggage will be dropped off at your hotel before you enjoy the city tour.

City tour: The National History Museum, the Chinggis Khaan Square, and lunch or dinner with your guide.  Then you will be taken to do some shopping if desired before being dropped at your hotel and then see you tomorrow!

Ulaanbaatar - Baga Gazriin Chuluu 280km

DAY: 2 On this day, you will be taken to our first point of the Gobi desert and steppe. We will drive to  Baga  Gazriin Chuluu which is a very interesting rock formation that can be seen. You will be taken to the old ruins of the monastery in the rock and one more cave. Here you will stay with nomads or at a tourist camp for the first time in the Mongolian countryside. Lunch will be taken from Ulaanbaatar in the box and will be enjoyed surrounded by the peaceful views of the steppe. 

•  Breakfast - Hotel
•  Lunch - Lunch in a box
•  Dinner - Tourist camp or Nomad family
•  Accommodation – Ger

Baga Gazriin Chuluu - Yolin Am 450km 

DAY: 3 This day, you will drive to the Yol canyon and the Dungenee canyon. These are amazing places to hike around the canyon and valley, it is amazing views. In the canyon, you will have a chance to look for the Yoll bird /Gypaete vulture/ /it is called also the bearded vulture/. It is a kind of  Vulture which is one of Mongolian’s biggest birds. Around Dungenee and Yol canyon, you will be able to see the mountain goat /ibex/ and wild mountain sheep Argali. After the hike, you will arrive at a tourist camp to spend the night.

•  Breakfast - tourist camp or nomad
•  Lunch - lunch in the box
•  Dinner - tourist camp
•  accommodation - Ger

Yolin Am - Hongoryin Els 160km

DAY: 4 Today, your team will drive to the Hongoryn els which are  Mongolian’s longest Sand dunes. These are 180 km long 5-15 km wide and 300 meters high sand dunes! Here you will ride a camel next to the sand dunes and climb to the top of the sand mountain and, if you are lucky enough to do so by sunset, you will be taken away even more by its beauty. We will stay at a tourist camp or nomad family. /based on your choice/

• Breakfast - Tourist camp
• Lunch - Local restaurant on the way
• Dinner - Nomad family or Tourist camp
• Accommodation- Ger

Hongoryin Els - Bayanzag /Flaming Cliffs/ 150km

DAY: 5 Today you will drive to the Bayanzag flaming cliffs. Bayanzag means rich in saxaul trees. This place is called ‘red flaming cliffs’ which is where many bones and dinosaur eggs have been found. It is one of the most beautiful places in the Mongolian Gobi desert. The highlight of this area is the sunset watched from its cliffs; the colors and light are a breathtaking sight not to be missed!  You will stay the night at a tourist camp here.

• Breakfast-Tourist camp or Nomad
• Lunch - Lunch in the box
• Dinner - Tourist camp
• Accommodation- Ger

Bayanzag - Tsagaan Suvraga 265 km

DAY: 6  Drive to Tsagaan Suvarga, it is one of the emptiest areas in Mongolia. Between rock desert and semi-arid steppes, we reach the white stupa, Tsagaan Suvarga. White Stupa is an honored name by the Mongolians. We will stay at a tourist camp here. 

Tsagaan Suvraga ( White Stupa ) The scarp of Tsagaan Suvarga is located in Ulziit soum of Dundgovi province. It is interesting to see the sheer slope, facing east, which from a distance seems to be the ruins of the ancient city. The cliffs are 30-35 meters high and 80-100 meters wide. Over thousands of years, the wind and rain have created this amazing structure. It is a sheer slope and was an old seabed with a sedimentary structure created by millions of years and the different colors of the ground represent different times. The formation is over 50m at its highest point and continues at 400m.

•  Breakfast - tourist camp
•  Lunch - Lunch in the box
•  Dinner - tourist camp
•  Accommodation - Ger

Tsagaan Suvraga - Ulaanbaatar 160km

DAY: 7  

The last day of this trip. We will drive back to Ulaanbaatar and start our driving at the same time as on previous days. The last herds of horses will be crossing the road before our dumbfounded eyes, the last yurts smoking far away, and the steppe will be with us until the last moment... We will stop for lunch somewhere. When we arrive back in Ulaanbaatar we can go shopping at the state department store, the cashmere factory store, the souvenir shop, etc…

At 6 pm we will watch a Mongolian traditional show at Tumen Ekh Ensemble: folkloric dance, contortion, and khoomii, the overtone singing. After the show, you and your team will go to the hotel where you can say Thank you and Goodbye to your team! 

• Breakfast - tourist camp
• Lunch - lunch in the box
• Dinner - - - - -  your own
• Accommodation - Hotel

Departure

DAY: 8  This day is your last day in Mongolia. Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport. Also, the transfer can be organized at the time you want, according to the schedule of your flight. Thank you for you traveled with us, we hope you have a good journey back, and see you soon!

INCLUDED

• Transfers airport/hotel/airport
• 2 nights in 3*hotel in Ulan Bator, breakfast included 
• Water 
• 5 nights in a comfortable tourist camp with warm showers
• Food during the trip
• Japanese 4WD jeep or Russian UAZ mini Van 4x4 with the driver,
• Petrol
• English or French-speaking guide
• Camel riding
• Entrance fees for the parks and museums indicated in the program
• City tour tickets
• City tour lunch

EXCLUDED

• International flight
• Passport and visa fees
• Travel Insurance
• Extra drinks/alcohol/ some special type of coffee, tea, etc…
• Dinner in Ulaanbaatar
• Phone calls
• Any excursion that is not indicated in the program