Check out our Mongolia Adventure Travel. A trip to the Gobi desert offers you a real adventure into the far ultimate part, not touristic, of Gobi Desert which is called Inner Gobi of Altai and magnificent landscape. A stop for a breathtaking view of the endless desert will give you an opportunity to watch the sun-set over this tranquil scenery. Also, the drive takes you to some of the most famous less explored places such as Khermen Tsav and Bugyn Tsavs. Are you ready to go to real Mongolia adventure tour?
- Explore most wilderness part of Gobi Desert
- Hike around Central Mongolian alpine lakes
- Explore the capital of Genghis Khaan – Karakorum
Length: 11 days
Potential date and weather condition:
Tour type: Mongolia Expedition Tours
Area: Ultimate Gobi Desert & Central Mongolia
Difficulty: easier – moderate (No experience necessary. Trips suitable for most ages and abilities)
Group size: min 4pax – max 12pax
Age requirement: 12+ All travelers under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Personal Departure: this tour is not possible for personal departure.
Trip grading: moderate
Prices
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2140 USD for solo sign up
1680 USD p.p for more than 2pax sign up
Included: 3 nights in tourist ger camp, 6 nights in the tent, 1 night in local hotel, food service, land transportation, English speaking guide service, mineral water, all entrance fees and Government charges, all activities costs, sleeping bag and camping gears, domestic flight drop off
Not included: OW domestic flight, gratuities for staffs, personal expenses, travel insurance
Single supplement: 440 USD
Mongolia Adventure Travel Itinerary
Day1. Yol Gorge & Bayanzag
Day2. Khongor Sand Dune
Day3. Nemegt Formation
Day4. Naran Daats Oasis
Day5. Khermen Tsav
Day6. Khermen Tsav
Day7. Bichigt Petroglyphs
Day8. Tsagaan Cave
Day9. Arvaikheer town
Day10. Karakorum
Day11. Khustai National Park & back to Ulaanbaatar city
Day1. Yol Gorge – natural museum & Bayanzag – famous dinosaur site
We will pick you up from your accommodation & transfer to the airport. Fly to Dalanzadgad town (1 hour flight). After you landed there, our guide & driver will pick you up & drive to Yol Gorge (50 km – 1 hour on the paved road). Yol means vulture in Mongolian and the gorge is located in Gurvan Saikhan Mountain range & stretches over 10 km. The narrowest part, only 3 or 4 person can pass in same time, of the valley is completely shaded from the direct sun shine by high cliff walls. Also, the valley is famous for the fact that there is ice created in winter by small stream of the valley present there even during the hot summer months until mid of Jul. We will do an hour hiking there & then also visit to the small natural museum. After lunch time, we will drive to Bayanzag (100 km – 2 hours on the dirt road). After you landed there, our local guide & driver will pick you up & drive to Bayanzag (100 km – 2 hours on dirt road). American zoologist Roy Chapman Andrews discovered this place and named as Flaming Cliffs. A lot of dinosaurs’ findings such as Protoceratops & dinosaur’ eggs have been found there in first time. The red colored cliffs themselves are very imposing from a distance, and are particularly fiery in the light of the setting sun. We will walk around the site. Overnight there.
Day2. Khongor Sand Dune – camel ride
After breakfast time, we will drive to Khongor Sand Dune (150 km – 4 hours on the dirt road). Khongor is biggest sand dune in the Gobi Desert that extend from 5 to 10 km in width, nearly 100 km long, with crests rising 80 to 300m above the surrounding landscape. The booming sound produced by the masses of moving sand can be heard from afar when occurs windy day. Hence locals called it as Singing Sands. Near Khongor River at the northern edge of the dunes, there is an oasis. We will ride camels today to explore these massive sand-dunes and explore the area where climbing one of the dunes affords the energetic traveler with an unforgettable experience of endless vistas across a sea of daffodil-colored sand. Overnight there.
Day3. Nemegt Formation – famous dinosaur site
After breakfast time, we will drive to Nemegt Formation (160 km – 5 hours on the dirt road). In these days we will see the natural wonder and historical sight Nemegt Formation. It is the place which is protected as belonging to National Park Gobi Gurvan Saikhan by the government. There is many fossilized remains and findings of dinosaurs and some of them are protruted on the surface of the land. Overnight in the tent.
Day4. Naran Daats Spring & Zulganai Oasis
After breakfast time, we will drive to Naran Daats Oasis (60 km – 2 hours on the dirt road). We will walk around the spring and relax in silence. After lunch time, we will drive to Zulganai Oasis (40 km – 2 hours on the dirt road). The lush green carpet of shrub land and fields sit in stark contrast to the barren hills in the background of this typical oasis. We will walk through the oasis and discover it. Overnight in the tent.
Day5. Khermen Tsav Formation – ultimate wonder of Gobi
After breakfast time, we will drive to Khermen Tsav (40 km – 1 hour on the dirt road). It is most famous canyon of Gobi desert. In translation it means as Khermen – “citadel” and Tsav means “crack”. It is the most legendary impressive place with its color and contrast because this deep canyon has been forming over thousands of years from water and wind erosion. Khermen Tsav is a geologic museum of epic proportions, where earth’s many million year history is displayed. We will walk around there and explore the site. Overnight in the tent.
Day6. Khermen Tsav Formation
After breakfast time, you will have free time. We may drive further for next destination in this day. Overnight in the tent.
Day7. Bichigt Petroglyphs – ancient gallery
After breakfast time, we will drive to Bichigt Petroglyphs (150 km – 4 hours on the dirt road). It is situated in the Bayan Hill, has one of the world’s greatest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs – figures carved in the rock over a period of 5,000 years and depicting themes connected with animal husbandry, navigation, war and magic. It is home to the greatest complex of rock drawings in Asia, with approximately 1,000 petroglyphs drawn by members of the Hunnu people and other tribes of Nomadic impires on hundreds of exposed rocks dating from the 3000 BCE to the 8th century; cosmological, figurative, and cartographic motifs are featured, in some locations forming monumental hunting and ritual `scenes´. Overnight in the tent.
Day8. Tsagaan Cave – cave man’s home
After breakfast time, we will drive to Tsagaan Cave (100 km – 3 hours on the dirt road). In 1996, it was discovered that this cave housed Stone Age man some 700,000 years ago, and has subsequently become the site of numerous archeological digs. You will have dinner and camp overnight near the Tsakhir Mountain. Overnight in the tent.
Day9. Drive to Arvaikheer town
After breakfast time, we will drive to Arvaikheer town (210 km – 5 hours mostly on the dirt road). Arvaikheer is the provincal center. Overnight in the local hotel.
Day10. Karakorum – Genghis khaan’s capital city
After breakfast time, we will drive to Karakorum (130 km – 3 hours mostly on the paved road). Karakorum, the capital of Great Mongolian State where today there is a small local township. After 200 years its sacked by Chinese, Erdene Zuu, built in 1586, is the first Buddhist monastery to have been built in Mongolia and by various construction materials were taken from the ruins of Karakorum. We will respectively visit to Erdene Zuu Monastery, Karakorum Museum & other interesting historical sights there. Overnight in the tourist ger camp.
Day11. Khustai National Park & back to Ulaanbaatar city
After breakfast time, we will drive to Khustai National Park (270 km – 5 hours on the paved road). National Park Khustai where re-introduction of the wild takhi horses (Przhevalsky’s horses) has taken place since 1992. Takhi is last wild horse subspecies surviving in the 21st century. It was discovered in western Mongolia in the late 1870s by the Russian explorer N.M. Przhevalsky. Then we will be spent at leisure hiking in the surrounding mountains for seeing the wild horses. If we luck we may see also maral deer & other animals. Then we will drive to Ulaanbaatar (90 km – 2 hours on the paved road). after we transfer you to your accommodation.
End time: around 19:00 o’clock
Total driving distance: 1650 km (+ 600)
Information
- Above prices are changeable by changing components (kind of services) of the itinerary.
- This is a private tour and you or your travel buddies will be in the tour.
- Domestic flight companies accept only 10kg-15kg lugguge incuding your carry on bags too for free transfer.
- It is your responsibility to ensure you are in correct pick up location at correct time as stated on your booking form.
- No smoking in travel vehicles or aircraft.
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