Area: Northern Mongolia
Potential dates: from May 10 to October 20, in each year.
Duration: 6 days/5 night
Total distance: 700KM
Tour price: 735 USD per person (Based on 5pax)
You will travel around the deepest fresh water lake in the Central Asia called Khuvsgul. It is one of the most attractive places for tourists coming in Mongolia. You will visit nomads’ family & reindeer herders and interact with the nomads. Also, you will hike in a mount next to the lake. There, you can pick some wild fruits. It would be really brilliant rest for you!
Day 1. Fly to Murun, the provincial center of Khuvsgul region (1.5 hrs) – Drive to lake ‘Khuvsgul’(120 km) – Sightseeing.After breakfast, you will be transferred to airport for a flight to Murun, provincial center of Khuvsgul. After lunch at local restaurant, you 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. Overnight at tourist camp ‘Toilogt’.
Day 2. Horse riding a short distance in a beautiful green meadow.Breakfast. Today you will be riding in a mountain, right side of the lake. Surrounding nature is very cool! You will see this beautiful nature spirit and visit nomads’ family and interact with those nomads. Overnight at the camp.
Day 3. Visiting reindeer herders’ family – Riding on reindeer back.Today, you will visit a reindeer herders’ family. You will see & enjoy specific lifestyle of those ‘society isolated’ people. You will see & explore Shaman related items. Then, you can try riding on reindeer back if you want. Overnight at tourist camp.
Day 4. Hiking in a coniferous forested mountain (about 10 km round).Breakfast. Today you will hike in most beautiful forested mountain, which is next to the Lake Khuvsgul . This is a branch of Khoridol Saridag Mountains Range , one of the highest mountains (approximately 3351 meter above sea level). 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. Overnight at the tourist camp.
Day 5. Boating on the lake Khuvsgul - Drive back to Murun (120 km).Breakfast. You will spend this noon by boating on this beautiful lake. After lunch, you will be driven to Murun for a flight to UB. Overnight at the tourist camp.
Day 6. Flight to UB - Sightseeing.On arrival, you will be transferred to your hostel.
Price includes:Two domestic flights, transportation with Russian Jeep in the field. Tourist camp accommodation in the field, three meals a day, English-speaking guide, all sightseeing costs, riding hire where specified, support staff including drivers, mineral water per day, and government taxes.
Price doesn’t include:All costs in UB. International transportation, travel insurance, visas, departure tax, alcoholic drinks, gratuities, items of a personal nature. It would be your responsibility to be fully covered with travel and medical insurance while traveling in Mongolia .
Lake Khuvsgul from top of mountain