What is Gobi Desert tourism? By this tour you will see all bests of Gobi Desert & see how it will work etc. This tour enables you to see major highlights of Gobi Desert and Karakorum. Lets see what is like Gobi Desert touristm.
- Explore most famous sights of Gobi Desert
- Feel being on moon surface and see and witness strangely featured place of Ongi monastery ruins
- Visit the home of a nomadic family in the Mongolian steppe
- Discover Erdene Zuu, built from the rubble of Genghis Khan’s capital Karakorum
Length: 7 days
Area: Middle and South Gobi Desert and Central Mongolia
Tour type: Private Package Tours
Climate & Potential date: from early of May to end of September, each year
Difficulty: easier – moderate (No experience necessary. Trips suitable for most ages and abilities)
Prices
Our company offers 2 different prices for this trip.
Tourist ger camp option
| 2270 USD for 1pax 1450 USD p.p for 2pax 1200 USD p.p for 3pax | 1080 USD p.p for 4pax 1010 USD p.p for 5pax 980 USD p.p for 6pax |
| Included: 6 nights in tourist ger camp, food service, land transportation, English speaking guide service, all entrance fees and Government charges, all activities costs, sleeping bag, mineral water | Not included: gratuities for staffs, personal expenses (extra some drinks, souvenir buying, locals concerts etc), travel insurance Single supplement: 240 USD |
Local ger guesthouse option
| 1790 USD for 1pax 1080 USD p.p for 2pax 850 USD p.p for 3pax | 740 USD p.p for 4pax 680 USD p.p for 5pax 650 USD p.p for 6pax |
| Included: 6 nights in local ger guesthouse, land transportation, English speaking guide service, all entrance fees and Government charges, all activities costs, sleeping bag, food service | Not included: gratuities for staffs, personal expenses (extra some drinks, souvenir buying, locals concerts etc), travel insurance |
Gobi Desert Tourism & Karakorum Tour
Day1. Tsagaan Suvarga Cliff
Day2. Yol Gorge
Day3. Khongor Sand Dune
Day4. Bayanzag
Day5. Ongi Monastery Ruin
Day6. Karakorum
Day7. Khustai National Park & back to Ulaanbaatar city
Day1. Tsagaan Suvarga Cliff – hiking
In the morning, we will pick you up from your accommodation at 08:00 o’clock and drive to Tsagaan Suvarga Cliff (470 km – 6 hours on the paved road). It is sheer slope and was an old seabed with sedimentary structure created by millions years and the different colors of the ground represent different times. The formation is over 50 m in its highest point and continues 400 m and looks like a ancient ghost city form a distance. There is no clear date of geography research work and it is good spot take rest and overnight place driving to South Gobi desert from Middle Gobi desert. We will do some hiking around the site. Overnight there.
Day2. Yol Gorge – natural museum
After breakfast time, we will drive to Yol Gorge (200 km – 3 hours 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. Overnight there.
Day3. Khongor Sand Dune – camel ride
After breakfast time, we will drive to Khongor Sand Dune (190 km – 5 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.
Day4. Bayanzag – dinosaur site
After breakfast time, we will drive to Bayanzag (150 km – 4 hours on the 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.
Day5. Ongi Monastery Ruin
After breakfast time, we will drive to Ongi Monastery Ruin (155 km – 4 hours on dirt the road). It is the ruins of a Buddhist monastery founded in 1760 and destroyed in 1937 by communist purges. Located on the shore of the Ongi River, the monastery was formerly one of the largest monasteries in Gobi Desert. Raw violence of the destruction at the site was still visible, still palpable, even though it happened over years ago. We will hike to the ruins for visiting to local ger museum displayed survived objects of destroyed monastery and a small lovely and active Buddhist temple. Overnight there.
Day6. Nomadic family & Karakorum – capital city of Genghis Khan
After breakfast time, we will drive to a nomadic family (200 km – 5 hours on the dirt road). Enjoy the joyful atmosphere and learn the clever nomads’ way of life by taking every chance of taking part in the nomadic life activities like a nomad. Then we will drive to Karakorum (40 km – 1 hour 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 there.
Day7. Khustai Natinoal Park & back to the Ulaanbaatar city
After breakfast time, we will drive to Khustai National Park (300 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 1870 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 (105 km – 2 hours on the paved road) and you will transferred to your accommodation. END the Gobi Desert Tourism & Karakorum Tour.
End time: around 18:00 o’clock
Total driving distance: 1870 km
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Gobi Desert Tourism & Karakorum Tour
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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