Our Tours
Basic Mongolian Program
Day 1
Meeting with guide at train station/airport. Transfer to hotel, check-in. Morning free, time for resting, shower, etc. City tour after welcome lunch. Visit the wonderful, still in use, Ganden Monastry, the Sukhbaatar Square and the Winter Palace of the last King of Mongolia; Bogdo Khaan. In the people's Historical Museum, you will get a nice impression of the nomad life of the Mongolian people. Dinner at the hotel.
Day 2
Breakfast. Check-out around 11.00 in the morning. Today you will get an impression of the regular daily life of the ordinary Mongolian. Visit to the National History Museum. Excursion around the (poorer) suburbs, where most people live in traditional gers, followed by a visit to a small ger factory. Transfer to ger camp in Terelj for a 2-day stay. Overnight stay in a comfortable ger at the ger camp. Horse riding and bike rental optional. Lunch and dinner are included today.
Day 3
Breakfast. Guided hike (3 hours) around the park, with a stop for picknick lunch. The walk is not very intensive, anyone with a decent pair of legs can join. After the walk you are free to go hiking, horse riding or having a rest in the ger camp. In the evening a Mongolian barbecue will be organised.
Day 4
Transfer to the train station or airport. End of program.
Included
- Stay in Ulaan Baatar in 3-star hotel. Oyn Bulac ger camp in gers with 3-4 beds;
- Guidance by local English (Russian, French and German) speaking guides;
- Meal package in Ulaan Baatar. Lunches and meals are included as described;
- Entrance fees for museums and parks; taxes for various services.
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4-day Terelj National Park tour
Day 1
Transfer to Terelj National Park, which is located some 70 kms north-east of Ulaan Baatar. Underway, the bus will make a few stops to enable you to shoot some pictures of the gigantic and rough mountaineous landscapes, where some rare flowers ccan be admired. Our destination will be our ger camp in the middle of overwhelming nature. The typical rock formations make up the scenery here. Naturally, you will spend the night in a traditional ger. You can easily explore Terelj (altitude 1600m) on foot, but you can also rent a horse or mountain bike. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.
Day 2
Stay in Terelj. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included. Today you will have an excursion around Terelj, going to the river and visiting some rock formations.
Day 3
Return to Ulaan Baatar after breakfast, accommodation in hotel (bed & breakfast). Free time in Ulaan Baatar. Lunch and dinner are not included today.
Day 4
Transfer to the train station or airport, end of program..
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7-day Gobi Desert Expedition
For those who like rough nature, real adventure and are not afraid of a little bit of suffering, we can definately recommend this 7-day Gobi expedition! You have to prepare yourself on a rough yourney; the route describes a 1700-km circle south and east of Ulaan Baatar. A super decent, reasonably comfortable minivan or Russian 4-wheel drive, driven by an English speaking guide (Russian, German and French speaking guides on request) will take you to Mongolia's most beautiful spots. The sober meals and overnight stays in gers are included. You will spend a few nights in gers, next to a nomad family village, enabling you to get acquainted with their habits and way of life. Along the route you will come across wild animals such as roes, foxes, wolves, vultures, wild goats and horses. You will also encounter genuine nomad tribes with horses, camels and their flocks. Regular stops will be made. Although the driver hardly ever takes the same route due to weather conditions and such like, the program will be similar to the one below...
Day 1
Leave Ulaan Baatar early in the morning for a ger camp (or a hotel, depending on season) near Mandalgov (centre of Dundgobi province).
Day 2
Trip to Dalanzadgat (centre of Umnugobi province). You will spend one night here in a ger camp.
Day 3
You will be taken on a daytrip to the most important sights of the area, like the Eagle's Valley with its wild goats, a glacier (in the middle of the desert!!) and sand dunes. Overnight in a Tuvshin ger camp.
Day 4
Ride to the desert village of Saikanovoo. Underway you will visit a camel breeding and stop at the dinosaur area. Overnight stay in a ger camp in Saikhanovoo.
Day 5
Ride to a yurt camp near Kharakorum, the old capital of the former Great Mongolian Kingdom, founded by the sons of Djengiz Kahn. Visit to the ruins of the ancient, by walls surrounded city of Kharakorum. Within the walls, the Lamaists have built the Erdene Zuu Monastry, where young monks are educated.
Day 6
Ride to the Hustai Park. The park was founded on Dutch initiative. When the Przewalski horses were getting extinct, the Dutch government developed a plan to bring back 16 Przewalski horses (that only lived in 2005) to the Mongolian nature, enabling them to form a new flock. The project was an absolute success as there are some 160 of them now. You will spend one night in the park and you will make a trip through the park to view some of the horses from a distance.
Day 7
Today we will continue our trip back to Ulaan Baatar for a last overnight stay in a comfortable hotel. You will have some spare time to explore Ulaan Baatar. Lunch and dinner are not included today.
Day 8
Transfer to the train station or airport, end of tour.
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7-day Rivers & Lakes tour, the "Green Route"
Mongolia is one of the last remaining countries with a great range of unspoiled nature. Outside radius of a 100kms from the capital, no asphalt roads can be found. Vultures, antilopes, foxes and wolves still live here undisturbed in the wild nature. Here and there you will find a few nomad families at their temporary ger camp. You will even visit these families a few times, allowing you to get acquinted with their way of living.
This Green Route will take you to breathtaking mountain ranges, rivers and lakes, through the enormously vast steppes and grass lands of north-west Mongolia. You will travel with a powerful, quite comfortable Russian 4-wheel driveminivan or jeep with an English speaking guide (Russian, German and French speaking guides on request). Apart from your stay in Ulaan Baatar, three meals per day will be provided. The program is roughly as follows:
Day 1
Departure from Ulaan Baatar in the morning, trip to Kharakorum, the former capital of Mongolia, which was founded by the sons of Genghis Khan. The route goes through a beautiful steppe landscape. Spend the night in a ger camp near Kharakorum, some 450kms west of Ulaan Baatar.
Day 2
A visit to the old ruins of Kharakorum is on the program today. Within its walls, a prominent order of Lamalive in the Erdene Zuu Monastry. Young monks are being educated here. After seeing the place, you will continue the trip over sandy paths, heading for North Tamir and Tsenkher hot springs. You will stay in a ger camp at Tsenkher hot springs.
Day 3
Continuation of the journey to Tsagaan Nur (White Lake), some 200kms further. Overnight stay in a ger camp near the lake shore.
Day 4
Free day at Tsagaan Nur. Try your luck in catching some fresh fish or go for a walk to enjoy the overwhelming beauty of the area! During the day you can have nice walks at the lake or in the mountains (a dead vulcano!). Overnight stay at the ger camp.
Day 5
Departure to Tsetserleg (centre of Arkhangai province), a village in the mountains. Stay at a ger camp.
Day 6
Ride to the Hustai Park. The park was founded on Dutch initiative. When the Przewalski horses were getting extinct, the Dutch government developed a plan to bring back 16 Przewalski horses (that only lived in zoos) to the Mongolian nature, enabling them to form a new flock. The project was an absolute success as there are some 160 of them now. Guided trip into the park to watch the horses from a distance. Overnight stay at the park border.
Day 7
Trip back to Ulaan Baatar. Arrival in the afternoon, accommodation in hotel. Spare time to explore Ulaan Baatar. Lunch and dinner are not included today.
Day 8
Transfer to the train station or airport, continuation with Gardi Tour extension or continuation of your stay on own initiative.
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Huvsgul Lake Tour
Day 1
Arrival in Ulan-Bator. Flight to Murun (centre of province Huvsgul). Stay in a simple hotel. Visit to Museum of local history.
Day 2
Transfer to ger camp at the Huvskul Lake shore. Lake Huvskul is located some 200 kms north of Moron. Because of the lack of (good) road, the trip will take around 4 hours. Free time after arrival.
Day 3
Tour around the lake and a picknick lunch.
Day 4
Boat tour to the island and lunch on the island (optional). Return to camp.
Day 5
Mountain and forest day (high mountain excursion with lunch in the forest). Return to camp.
Day 6
Leaving the camp for Ulan-Bator. Lunch on the way. Arrival at Selenge river. Tent camp at Selenge river (largest river in Mongolia). Dinner prepared by guide.
Day 7
Arriving in Erdenet (second largest city in Mongolia). Stay in a hotel. Visit Erdenet mine (Erdenet has one of the largest copper mines in the world)
Day 8
Leave for Ulan-Bator. Free time. Lunch and dinner are not included on this day. Overnight in Ulan-Bator in a comfortable hotel.
Day 9
Transfer to the station or airport, end of tour.
Included
- Stay in hotels and ger camps.
- Guidance by local English (Russian, French or German) speaking guides.
- Meal package at ger camps (breakfast, lunch and dinner, except in Ulan-Bator).
- Entrance fees for museums, and parks, taxes for lake Hunvsgul.
- Flight ticket to Huvsgul.
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Kharakorum Tour
Day 1
Departure by Russian 4x4 jeep or minivan to Kharkorum. Along the way, several stops will be made to take pictures of the beautiful scenery. Overnight stay in Kharakorum ger camp. Breakfast, picknick lunch and evening meal are included.
Day 2
Stay in Kharkorum ger camp, excursion around Kharakorum and the Erdene Zuu Monastery. Breakfast, picknick lunch and evening meal are included.
Day 3
Breakfast, transfer back to Ulaan Baatar, crossing vast steppe land. Lunch along the way. Drop off at in Ulaan Baatar at hotel. Overnight stay in hotel.
Day 4
Breakfast in hotel, transfer to train station. End of program.
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Hustai Tour
Day 1
Departure by Russian 4x4 jeep or minivan to the Hustai Reserve. Overnight stay in Hustai (ger camp). Lunch and evening meal are included.
Day 2
Excursion Hustai Wildlife Reserve. Possibility for horse riding. Breakfast, picknick lunch and evening meal are included.
Day 3
Breakfast, transfer back to Ulaan Baatar. Lunch along the way. Drop off at in Ulaan Baatar at hotel. Overnight stay in hotel.
Day 4
Breakfast in hotel, transfer to train station. End of program.
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Gobi and Green combined in Mongolia
13-day adventurous expedition
Day 1
Arrival in Ulan Bator. Transfer to hotel in Ulan Bator. Welcome lunch around midday, meeting with guide. Sightseeing Ulaan Baatar.
Day 2
Departure to Hustai National Park. The park was founded on Dutch initiative. When the Przewalski horses were getting extinct, the Dutch government developed a plan to bring back 16 Przewalski horses (which only lived in zoos) to the Mongolian nature, enabling them to form a new flock. The project was a complete success as there are some 160 of them now. You will spend one night in the park and you will make a trip through the park to view some horses from a distance.
Day 3
Departure to the Khorgo volcano in the 77.267 acres large Khorgo Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park. Top top of the volcano is 2.965 meter high. In the park, one can find fantastic lakes among old volcanos. Many of these lakes were formed by lava currents of volcano eruptions that occurred millions of years ago. Along the journey you will visit the Chuluut river and the Khorgo Canyon, a beautiful canyon with great views. Overnight stay in the Khorgo yurt camp.
Day 4
Daytrip to the dead volcano and lake Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur, in this lake you can do some swimming and fishing. Sometimes the weather is a liitle cold for swimming in the morning. When you take a dive later that day, the lake will be warmed by the sun. At the lake you will actually find Mongolia's only small sandy beach. It is an excellent place for fishing, but you might have to buy a licence first. There are a few park guards who issue these licences, but normally they are hard to find. Overnight stay in the Khorgo yurt camp.
Day 5
A ride to Kharkhorin. We will make a few stops underway, among one at Taikhar Chuluu, a very special formed, large rock. The rock is the subject of many legends of which the best known one is the legend of the Great Baatar, the hero. He is said to have killed a large snake by throwing the rock on it. The locals say the rock has many holy Tibetan writings, but these are hard to find. On the top of the rock you will also find an Ovoo. An Ovoo is a piramid-shaped collection of rocks, wood and other offer gifts like bright blue silk ribbon. The Ovoos are usually situated on the top of a hill or mountain. It is an old Shamanistic tradition to sacrifice for the gods. The tradition: walk around the Ovoo three times (clockwise) and bring a small offer (usually a stone) and make a wish. Ovoos are holy to the Mongolians, any digging and hunting near an Ovoo is prohibited. The Mongolians also believe that people who do not show respect for the Ovoo will become sick or even may die. Later-on we will visit the small city of Tsetserleg, the centre of of the Arkhangai province. Tsetserleg, which means "garden", is a beautiful place. The city is surrounded by mountains and along the streets are many trees. Overnight stay in the Kharkhorin yurt camp.
Day 6
Visit to the ruins of the old city of Kharkhorum, which was founded by the next of kin of world famous conquerer Genghis Kahn. Only the impressive city walls are still intact. Hardly any proof of the existence of the old city itself is remaining today. The former city is situated between the vivid trade routes and is surrounded by a wall with four gates. Each gate had its own market with its own specialty. Grain in the east, goats in the west, oxes and cars in the south and horses in the north. Outside the wall were many yurts, it once should have been a great sight. Within the walls you will find a small museum and the fantastic monastery of Erdene Zuu (one hundred treasures). The monastery was the first Buddhistic monastery in Mongolia. During the Stalinistic period, the temple was heavily damaged and all religious rituals were forbidden. The sanctuary has been restored where possible, but remains not half as beautiful as it used to be. Some elderly monks of the Order of the Yellow Caps still teach young monks between 8-20 years of age here. It is a true experience to attend the lessons. Subsequently we will drive to Gobi Saikhan Ovoo. You will spend a night at ger camp next to the village.
Day 7
Sunday. Stay in Saikhan Ovoo to experience the everyday life of Mongolian nomads. The mountanious area is situated along the river Ongiin Gol. Two ruined monasteries, the Barlim Khiid and the Khutagt Khiid, are found here. Together they are better known as Ongiin Khiid. Visit the sand dunes here. Overnight at the ger camp.
Day 8
Monday. Departure to yurt camp "Tuvshin" near Dalanzadgad, the capital of Ömnögov. The town has a small museum with some remains of dinosaurs which were found in the Gobi. Overnight in a ger camp.
Day 9
Tuesday. Today we will visit the Eagle's Valley with its large wild goats, which is situated high in the mountains. You will make a walk over the icecap (in the middle of the desert!) and you will visit a camel breeding. In the Gobi desert you will come across many camels. In some villages, breedings can be found. A camel can easily do without water for a whole week and can carry up until 250 kilos of burden. Moreover, a camel produces around 5 kilos of whool and some 600 litres of milk each year. Overnight stay in one of the yurt camps of Dalanzadgad.
Day 10
Wednesday. Departure to Mandalgobi, the centre of the province of Dundgobi. Dundgobi is a very varying area. Green in the north and extremely dry in the south. The surrounding area contains hundreds of graves of Mongolian warriors. Little is known about these graves, but they probably date back from the Genghis Kahn times. The graves can be recognised by an unnatural gathering of large rocks on a small bump. Some 50 years ago, Mandalgobi consisted of only 40 yurts, nowadays it is a medium sized city with many facilities. It has an airport, multiple hotels, a monastery, a museum and some shops. The museum which is situated there is divided into two parts, a nature historical part and an etnographic part. Overnight stay in a simple hotel in Mandalgobi.
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Day 12
Departure to Ulan Bator. Overnight stay in a good hotel with rooms which have all modern facilities. Lunch and dinner are not included today.
Day 13
Transfer to the station or airport, continue with extensions or continue tour on your own.
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