• Gobi - Karakorum Roundtrip

    Why not try to travel beautiful scientific places in Mongolia? We invites you who want to try an unforgettable experience in Mongolia especially Gobi, mysterious place. In this trip, we will explore tow different sightseeing places in Mongolia included Mongolian Gobi desert; it is a land of two –humped Bactrian camels and was home of dinosaurs on the sea bottom in ancient times and still have petrified bones and eggs of dinosaurs from 70 million years ago. Also tour highlights are day time beautiful scenery eternal blue sky but at the night, we will watch the stars as on our palm also will hike to photograph the charming landscape wildlife an wonderful sightseeing area, historical places including Kharkhorin, and Hustai National park etc.
    Brief itinerary
    Day 1. Arrival in Ulaanbaatar
    Day 2. Flight to Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province. Drive to Yoliin Am and Bayanzag
    Day 3. Drive to Khongoriin Els. Camel trekking.
    Day 4. Drive to Guchin Us, Bayankhongor province
    Day 5. Drive to Orkhon waterfall
    Day 6. Drive to Uurtiin Tokhoi River, Tuvhun Monastery and Karakorum, Erdenezuu Monastery
    Day 7. Drive to Tsenher Hot Spa
    Day 8. Drive to Ugii lake, Khugnu Khan Temple and Hustai National Park
    Day 9. Drive back to UB
    Day 10. Departure
    Day 1. Welcome to Ulaanbaatar
    Arrive in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city. Transfer to the hotel. City tour: Sukhbaatar square. Gandan Monastery. Bogd Khaan’s Winter Palace Museum. Choijin Lama Temple Museum. Zaisan Memorial Hill. Overnight in the hotel.
    Day 2. Yoliin Am (vulture mouth) and Bayanzag (rich saxaul forest)
    Early morning flight to Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province. Drive to Vulture Valley (46 km) Lunch. Walk around and discover the place famous for its dramatic and very unusual scenery-it is a valley in the middle of the Gobi Desert with meters-thick ice even in middle of the summer. Drive to Bayanzag and enjoy the legendary "Flaming Cliffs" named for the red-sandstone that glows a brilliant reddish-orange at sunset. The area holds an amazing number of dinosaur fossils. Dinner and overnight at camp.
    Day 3. Khongoriin Els (Singing Sand Dunes)
    After breakfast drive to Khongor Els, the largest sand dune and the real image of Gobi Desert. It stretches 180km long, 12 km wide. You can climb to the top of the dunes and then slide back down if you have a garbage bag handy. The sand dunes change the color from yellow to silver at dawn/sunset. The dunes make sound like plane engine in a windy day so locals call as "Singing dunes". Riding two humped Bactrian camel to Seruun Bulag oasis (30 km) near Hongoriin gol (river). Overnight at Ger camp.
    Day 4. Guchin Us
    Drive to Guchin Us soum, Bayankhongor province. Visit nomad family and see some processing of diary products and distilling of traditional vodka from fermented milk. Overnight in camp.
    Day 5. Orkhon waterfall and Uurtiiin Tokhoi (25 km)
    Drive to Orkhon waterfall. Also called Ulaantsutgalan was formed by a unique combination of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Lunch. Trip to Uurtiin Tokhoi, a cold spring with carbonic gas, which lies at the cheer-sided canyon of the Orkhon river. Overnight in tent.
    Day 6. Karakorum, Erdenezuu Monastery
    Drive to Karakorum, an ancient capital of Great Mongol Empire founded by Chinggis Khaan in the 13th century. Visit Erdenezuu (Hundred Treasures) Monastery, the first Buddhist Monastery in Mongolia. The monastery is surrounded by 400m stone wall with 108 magnificent stupas (Buddhist shrines) and 4 gates. Overnight in camp.
    Day 7. Tsenher hot Spa
    Drive to Tsenkher health spa with the temperature of 86.5 C. This is an ideal place to have a hot bath and relax after a long journey. Overnight in ger camp.
    Day 8. Hustai National Park
    Drive to lake Ugii, famous for its bird watching attraction. Visit Khognu Tarna Monastery in Khugnu Khan Mountain. Drive to Hustain Nuruu (Birch Mountain Range). The reserve protects Mongolia’s wild horse, the takhi. Possibility to see maral (Asiatic red deer), steppe gazelle, deer, boar, manul wild, wolf and lynx. Overnight in the camp.
    Day 9. Ulaanbaatar
    Drive back to UB. Transfer to the hotel. Lunch. City tour. Shopping. Folklore: tsam danse-buddhist religious dancing, contortion, hoomii (throat singing). Farewell dinner. Overnight in the hotel.
    Day 10. Departure
    Included in the price Not included in the price
    • accommodation
    • 3 meals
    • guide, driver
    • transfer
    • entrance fee
    • museums
    • folklore
    • camel and local guide fee etc
    • international flights
    • travel insurance
    • visas, airport tax
    • drinks
    • personal belongings
    • extra service


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