Gobi Desert Safari And Luxury Camping, Mongolia

Gobi Desert Safari In Mongolia Itinerary

• Day 1 - Arrival and Tour to Baga Gazariin Chuluu

  Welcome to Ulaanbaatar and meet with your guide and driver. Take some rest and start the tour to Baga Gazariin Chuluu, a zone of granite stone mountains; the highest peak is 1700 m above sea level. It has been keeping some historical remains such as the ruin of a monastery, ancient tombs, etc. Challenge your imagination seeing unique features of the granite formations in Baga Gazariin Chuluu, discover ruin of the old monastery and captured by the emptiness of the Gobi.

  Accommodation: Ger camp

  Meals: Lunch, Dinner

• Day 2 - Tsagaan Suvarga colorful mud cliffs

  Tsagaan Suvarga means "White Stupa.” It is one of the most famous highlights in the Gobi. Tsagaan Suvarga is a strange natural formation of colorful, massive mud cliffs that look like stupas, mound-like structures containing relics. Hiking through the cliffs offers the chance to take amazing photographs.

  Accommodation: Ger camp

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 3 - Drive to Gobi Gurban Saikhan Mountain National Park, visit Eagle Valley

  The Gobi Gurban Saikhan means "Three beautiful mountains in the Gobi.” The Gobi Gurban Saikhan Mountain is a beautiful national park itself rich in wildlife and scenic places. Among them, Yoliin Am/Eagle Valley is the one accessible by car. After our vehicle brings us to a designated parking area, we will walk through the resplendent valley into the depths of a sheer rock canyon, which accepts no sunlight. Therefore, it has ice until the end of June. The hiking continues 2.5 to 3 hours for travel into the valley and back to the vehicle. Golden eagles, elusive wild sheep and ibexes are indigenous to the valley.

  Accommodation: Ger camp

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 4 - Khongor Sand Dunes, camel riding

  Our journey will continue to Khongor, the largest sand dunes. After reaching the sand dunes, we’ll go hiking along the green river shore, climb sand dunes, visit a nomad family and have an hour of camel riding. If you can climb one of the tallest sand dunes, don't forget to spread the sand northwards against the wind to find the reason hy locals call the sand dunes "Singing Sand.” The views are fantastic from the top of the sand dunes.

  Accommodation: Ger camp

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 5 - Flaming Cliffs

  Our adventure will continue to the Flaming Cliffs, where American explorer Roy Chapman Andrews found the remains of dinosaurs including the first dinosaur eggs ever discovered in the world. We will enjoy exploring the cliffs in search of dinosaur fossils we may find and visit the Gobi tree grove named “Bayanzag.” Which means “rich in saxaul trees.” This tree only grows in the Central Asian Gobi.

  Accommodation: Ger camp

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 6 - Drive to Ongi Monastery on the open steppes

  Drive first through slate mountains and next on 80 km Ongi steppes leading to Ongi Monastery, one of the biggest seven monasteries in Mongolia. There were two separate monasteries consisting of more than 30 temples on the shores of the Ongi River surrounded by the Gobi mountains; however, the temples were destroyed during the socialist purge of the 1930s. Now the ruins of the monasteries cover a huge area. Visit a new active temple, a ger museum, explore the monastery ruins and climb a nearby mountain to have panoramic views of the surrounding areas.

  Accommodation: Ger camp

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 7 - Kharkhorin, ancient Monastery Erdenezuu

  This day’s tour takes place in the transition zone from the Gobi desert to the mountain steppes. Kharkhorin, formerly known as Kharakhorum, was once a capital of Chinggis Khaan's Great Mongol Empire in the 13th century. After the move of the Mongolian capital to Beijing, and the fall of the Empire, Karakorum was abandoned and then destroyed by Manchurian soldiers in 1388. Today, in the vast valley of the Orkhon River, the awe-inspiring ancient monastery Erdenezuu coexists with Kharkhorin town. See some valuable religious artifacts in the monastery museum, view its stunning architecture and the Kharakhorum Museum display remnants of the ancient city.

  Accommodation: Ger camp

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 8 - Visit nomads, horse riding and return to Ulaanbaatar

  Today is the last day to spend in the beautiful countryside of Mongolia. On our way to Ulaanbaatar, we will visit a horse herding nomad family and have some horse riding. We also join the nomads for lunch. Arrive in Ulaanbaatar and check in a hotel.

  Accommodation: Ger camp

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

• Day 9 - Transfer to the airport/railway station

  We will transfer you to the airport.

  Meals: Breakfast