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Itinerary name: LAKE KHUVSGUL Area: Northern Mongolia, Khuvsgul province, around Lake Khuvsgul Potential dates: all year around Duration: 5 days/4 nights Difficulty: easy - moderate Total distance: 3 hours domestic flights, 350 km via land Sights: Uushig Deer stone site - National Park Lake Khuvsgul Activities: hiking, visit to reindeer herder family, wild life viewing, horseback riding etc. Price: from 210 USD p.p Lake Khuvsgul - Most popular tourist site of Mongolia. About midway along border between Siberian Russia and Mongolia, in a gigantic stone bowl nearly 110km long and almost 40km wide, lies 3% of the all the fresh water on earth-Lake Khusgul.
Day1. Getting in the Lake. (1.5 hours flight, 120 km) After breakfast time, you will be transferred to Chinggis Khaan airport for a flight to Murun, provincial center of Khuvsgul. The flight will continue about 1.5 hours. After lunch at local restaurant, you we will drive to Lake Khuvsgul which is the deepest fresh water lake in Central Asia. It has the same geomorphologic & ecological origin as Lake Baikal in Russia and constitutes over 1% of the world’s total surface water. Tourists call it the ‘Switzerland of Mongolia’. For rest of the day, you will be sightseeing & walking around the lake. On the route we will visit to world’s largest deer stone and burials at Uushig Valley. Day2. Half-day hiking in a coniferous forested mountain. After breakfast time, you will have half day hiking. Hiking around back mountain of the Lake is unforgettable. You will hike over a beautiful forested mount next to the Lake Khuvsgul. This mount is a branch of Khoridol Saridag Mountains Range, one of the highest mountains (approximately 3351 meter above sea level). Your guide will be accompanying you and packed lunch will be available. While traveling in a green meadow, you can pick some natural wild fruits such as wild strawberry, currant, gooseberry, red bilberry, bog bilberry and etc. Probably, you will see many kinds of wild rare & rarely animals also, such grazing deer, ibex, gazelle or any kinds of birds. In the afternoon, after dinner time, you will enjoy a traditional Mongolian meal ‘Khorhog’ which is made from large chunks of meat and vegetables, ‘pressure cooked’ using hot rocks. You don’t have to eat the rocks but you might be interested to see what is done with them after the meal is cooked! (if you are vegetarian please let us to know.) Day3. Visiting reindeer herders’ family and horseback riding. Today, you will visit a reindeer herders’ family. You will see & enjoy specific lifestyle of those ‘society isolated’ people. Then, you can try riding on reindeer back if you want. Early morning, will drive toward the north for reindeer. On reaching in a foothill of pass Janhai, we visit a reindeer herders’ family. Then, you will be introduced into specific lifestyle of this nation’s minority and especially you will see & enjoy performance of their religion ‘Shaman’. After lunch time, we will enjoy an exhilarating horseback pack trip through untamed wilderness and panoramic scenery. The horseback riding enthusiast will experience an unforgettable excursion through timbered ridges and mountain meadows. We offer horse pack trips suited for all ages and abilities with rides varying in length . Horse pack trips allow you to reach deep into the southern Siberian wilderness. Horseback riding and fun are the main objectives on horse pack trips combined with good nomad’s Mongolian hospitality. Saddle up the whole family for an unforgettable horseback riding adventure. Horse pack trips are all inclusive with guides, all equipment, meals and lodging in tent camps along the trails. Day4. Full free day.
Today is free day. What you want to do here? Up to you.
Day5. Back to Ulaanbaatar. (120 km, 1.5 hours flight) Today, you will fly back to Ulaanbaatar. Early morning wake up needed! We will drive back to Murun town in 3 hours. The flight from Murun to Ulaanbaatar takes one-and-a-half hours. On arrival at the ‘Chinggis Khaan’ international airport in ‘Ulaanbaatar’, you will be transferred to the Ulaanbaatar city. Price range:
Our company offer 2 kind of prices based on customers' specific request and budget for the travel itinerary.
Leave All Matters With Us! First one is luxurious arrangement and you will stay in 3 or 4 star tourist hotels in urban area and tourist camp in rural area and will be served 3 meals in a day and use Japanese Jeep etc.
Save Your Money In Easy and Happy Way! About budget arrangement, it is good way to save your money. You will stay in local guest house or hostels and you will arrange your food yourself and will use Japanese minivan for driving. But you will see same things just like lux arrangement.
Please carefully check what is include and what is not include in these prices! LUXURIOUS ARRANGEMENT
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| 490 USD p.p (based on 2pax) 420 USD p.p (based on 3pax) 380 USD p.p (based on 4pax) 350 USD p.p (based on 5pax) 340 USD p.p (based on 6pax)
| | 350 USD p.p (based on 2pax) 280 USD p.p (based on 3pax) 250 USD p.p (based on 4pax) 230 USD p.p (based on 5pax) 210 USD p.p (based on 6pax)
Up from 6pax please see our group service
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- accommodation in countryside (tourist camp) - land transportation within country (Japanese or Russian minivan) and fuel cost - guide service (English speaking) - all costs of sightseeing in countryside - entrance tickets for National Parks and Government charges - horse or camel hire where specified - support staff including horse/camel men and camp assistants - food service (three meals in a day) - mineral waters | | Prices included: - accommodation in countryside (local ger GH) - land transportation within country (Japanese or Russian minivan) and fuel cost - guide service (English speaking) - all costs of sightseeing in countryside - entrance tickets for National Parks and Government charges - horse or camel hire where specified - support staff including horse/camel men and camp assistants
| Prices not included:
- international transportation - travel insurance, visas, departure tax - alcoholic drinks, gratuities, items of a personal nature - tips for staffs - domestic flights
| | Prices not included:
- international transportation - travel insurance, visas, departure tax - alcoholic drinks, gratuities, items of a personal nature - tips for staffs - food service - domestic flights
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- If you travel alone, please ask us the price for one person! - The prices are changeable by changing components (kind of services) of the itinerary! - If you want to book this travel itinerary, please send us your email to \n \n
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Lake Khuvsgul National Park
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