Upon arrival at the airport, you will be welcomed by our team. We will bring you to your comfortable, centrally located hotel. Ulaanbaatar is a fast-growing modern city with more than 1.5 million habitants. Depending on your arrival time, a city tour will be organised.
City sightseeing includes the newly built Genghis Khan Museum is the largest museum and holds a collection of over 8,300 objects relating to Great Khans of the Mongol Empire and the history of Mongolia from Xiongnu to the end of the 20th century, with a portion of the collected artifacts on display in nine exhibition halls.
Another must-visit sight is the Bogd Khan's Winter & Summer Palace, a series of beautiful traditional buildings in which the eighth Living Buddha and
the last king lived. It is now a museum displaying fascinating artefacts and costumes associated with the last king as well as his collection of stuffed animals.
We will stop at the Gandantegchinlen Monastery. It is the largest and most important monastery of Mongolia. We will scroll through the different monasteries and see the magnificent statue of Migjid Janraisig, an 82-foot-high statue gilded in gold and covered with silk cloths.
We will finish the city tour with Zaisan hill to have a view of a whole Ulaanbaatar. The city sightseeing tour takes about 5 – 6 hours.
We'll leave in the morning to the direction of Terel National Park, located 70 km from the capital and travel through a valley surrounded by forested hillsides and stunning granite cliffs. Wildflowers and plants blanket the valley, which is home to peacefully grazing herds of yaks, horses, goats, and sheep. The park with its granite rocks, pine trees and river is a picturesque area that is perfect for hiking, horse riding, swimming or just sitting back, relaxing and enjoying the view. We will visit several sightseeing places in the area.
The Genghis Khan Monument will be our first stop. The latter is a massive aluminium statue of Genghis Khan mounted on his horse. It is possible to ascend to the top of the monument, where you will be rewarded with a breathtaking view of the surrounding area. A small museum provides a thorough overview of the history of the Great Mongol Empire, including the succession lines of the great Khans and their invasions. We will visit Turtle Rock and the Aryaval Monastery, a small meditation monastery at the foot of the mountain. There are good possibilities for hiking, climbing and horseback riding.
We will be going to Khogno Khan National Park today. We will trek in the Khogno Khan Mountains at the end of the day, walking up the mountain and taking in the incredible views of the hills, sand dunes, and grasslands. We'll also pay a visit to the charming Ovgon Monastery.
The Elsen Tasarkhai Sand Dune, also known as Little Gobi, is a 100-kilometer-long sand dune.
Pick up early in the morning and drive directly to Khustai national park, 130 kilometers outside of Ulaanbaatar.
The Przewalski's Horse is a rare and endangered subspecies of wild horse found in Central Asia's steppes, also known as the Takhi horse. It has been reintroduced to its natural habitat in Mongolia, where it was once extinct in the wild. In 1993, Khustain Nuruu National Park was designated as a reserve, but in 1998, it was upgraded to a national park. In the park today, there are approximately 350 Takhi horses. There are 459 vascular plant species and 217 bird species in the park.
We will meet the park staff and be introduced to the project after arriving at the Khustain Nuruu National Park camp and discovering the park.
The time has come to leave and drive back to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's capital. You can use your free afternoon to see as you fit to do some shopping maybe cashmere. In the evening we will go see lovely cultural show and admire the contortionists while watching colorful and rhythmic Mongolian dances and the famous Mongolian throat singers.
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