6 days Amazing Gobi of Mongolia Cultural Tour
There are so many wonderful reasons of many tourists who attracting in Mongolian Gobi Desert
Highlights: Yol Canyon, home of Lammergeier, Highest sand dune of Mongolia “Khongor”, Bayan Zag flaming cliffs, Gobi nomadic tradition and culture, Mongolian Ger, Dinosaur fossils, riding Bactrian camel, Buddhist temple, Rock paint and visit nomadic family.
Hotel upgrade options: Ramada, Kempinski, Best Western Hotel +$30 per person
Note: If you would like to upgrade hotel and Ger-camp accommodation range or stay in tent camp and add more activities in your itinerary please contact us. We would love to make customized tours just for you.
Itinerary
Day: 1 Arrival day
Our guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel. Once there, you may stay in the hotel and get some rest.
Welcome to our beautiful Mongolia!
Accommodation: Hotel (Puma, Springs or similar 4 star hotel)
Day 2: Ulaanbaatar – Gobi – Flaming Cliffs
Our driver will pick you up from the hotel and take you to the airport, where you will fly to the Dalanzadgad airport in Umno-Gobi Province. Here the adventure starts. First we will visit the museum of Bactrian camel in the town. Also you will see geological findings and wild animal taxidermies of Mongolian Gobi Desert. Then we drive to Bayanzag, Flaming Cliffs. This is the only place that found first Protoceratops’s skull and rapacious Velociraptor and phytophagous Protoceratops' fighting fossils in 1972. Also a nest of 15 infant Protoceratops fossils was found from here and it is still very important findings of the paleontology science. Here we learn how to distinguish fossil from fossil look Gobi stones. Arrive at the ger camp accommodations include a restaurant, showers and other facilities. We will have a lunch here.
Afternoon walk around the Flaming Cliffs and visit the Saxaul Tree forest.
You will enjoy this sightseeing destination of their own and provide a spectacular photo opportunity to view the amazing beauty of the Gobi Desert.
Accommodation: Ger camp (Ger is Mongolian traditional dwelling)
Meals: L, D
Day 3: Khongor Sand Dune
After breakfast we will drive to the Khongor Sand Dune. On the way we will stop by ancient Silk Road and Meditation monastery. The monastery was restored recently by the initiative of grandson of the famous Buddhist monk used to live and meditated here. We will lesson beautiful stories about how local people worship and support the monastery and restoring of it. Here you may find your very own peace and release from stress.
For lunch we will visit local family and watch local people will have prepared cultural presentation. Afterwards we will visit at the well, which is gathering of many families and herds point. At the spot we will see small stone market which has many different fossils and minerals. Also we will search here one of the ancient rock art found in Mongolia. These are the full gallery of arts covering many culture and tradition from Bronze Age. Then we will drive around 4 hours to the Khongor Sand Dune and arrive at the Ger camp. After dinner we will ride a camel by the spectacular sand dunes and river with green grass side for an hour. Accommodation: Ger camp Meals: BF, L, D
Day 4: Yol Canyon
In the early morning travel about 2km at the sand dunes. We will also hike to the 195m high sand dunes. This sand hill is called “Singing dunes” by locals which is one of the wonder of Mongolia. We will hear the sound from the sands and learn why it is called “Singing dunes”. This will be worth to climb up to the top and makes you feel you are on the other world.
After lunch we will drive to the Yol Canyon. At the site we’ll visit the local museum to see Gobi wild animal’s taxidermies and dinosaur fossils found from South Gobi. Yol Canyon is a deep and narrow gorge in the Gurvan Saikhan Mountains of southern Mongolia. The valley is named after the Lammergeier, which is called Yol in Mongolian. The Lammergeier is vulture; so, the name is often translated to Valley of the Vultures or Valley of the Eagles.
Accommodation: Ger camp (Ger is Mongolian traditional dwelling) Meals: BF, L, D
Day 5: Ulaanbaatar
After breakfast we will drive to Dalanzadgad and fly back to Ulaanbaatar and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation: Hotel (Puma, Springs or similar 4 star hotel) Meals: BF
Day 6: Departure day
After you check out from your hotel, we will transfer you to the “Chinggis Khan”
Price includes:
All transportation, Ger camp accommodation, All meals, **** hotel in UB, round-trip domestic flight, Guide, Camel and horse riding, airport pick-up services...
