This tour offers you great opportunity to discover nomadic culture, wild nature and related history site of Chinggis Khaan. Most of all destinations are not popular tourist area and remote with no public services or amenities. Some tourist GER camps are small and share the common characteristics of being small enough to avoid noisy generators. Rather they are powered by wind generators and solar panels.
10 days / 9 nights
| Day 1 Arrival in Ulaanbaatar |
| Arrive in Ulaanbaatar and transfer to hotel. After check-in hotel, we will do short city tour including Sukhbaatar Square, Chinggis Khaan Monument, Gandan Monastery and Zaisan Hill for panoramic view of the city. Before dinner, we will enjoy Mongolian traditional folklore concert. Have a dinner. Overnight at hotel in Ulaanbaatar. |
| Day 2 Ulaanbaatar - Jalman Meadows |
| Drive to Jalman Meadows on the way stop to visit Chonjin boldog. The Genghis Khan Statue is a 40 metre tall statue of Genghis Khan on horseback, on the bank of the Tuul River at Tsonjin Boldog east of the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator), where according to legend, he found a golden whip. The statue is symbolically pointed east towards his birthplace. It is on top of the Genghis Khan Statue Complex, a visitor centre, itself 10 metres tall, with 36 columns representing the 36 khans from Genghis to Ligdan Khan. After visit Tsonjin boldog continue to drive to Jalman Meadows GER Camp. Ulaanbaatar to Jalman camp is 131 km out of town, 4 hour drive by jeep. The Hentii Mountains are covered with larch and birch forests. This protected area was established in December 1993 and covers most of the Hentii wilderness, stretching all the way up to the Russian-Siberian frontier. Herdsmen keep their livestock in the southern areas, following a lifestyle that is essentially unchanged since the time of Chinggis Khan. To the north is uninhabited wilderness. Although rarely seen, wolves are numerous in the area. There are also wild boar, moose, red deer (Cervus elaphus), marmots and gazelle. Rivers flow down broad steppe valleys past wooded and alluvial meadows with broad leaf forests. Over night at Jalman Meadows tourist camp. |
| Day 3 Jalman Meadows –rafting day |
| In the morning trekking to the upper Tuul River Valley. Met by yak carts, we will load rafting boats onto them and walk to Jalman Meadows Ger Camp by the Upper Tuul River. Defends how many hour would you like to rafting the guide will be choose the beginning of the river side. One boat can sit max 4 people. So, you can enjoy beautiful nature and swimming in the Tuul river, and walking grassland and pick up flowers. Overnight at Jalman Meadows tourist camp. |
| Day 4 Jalman Meadows – Gun Galuut natural reserve |
| Drive to Gun Galuut National Park, passing by Ulaanbaatar. In the afternoon we will explore the area. Overnight at tourist GER camp |
| Day 5 Gun Galuut – Huduu Aral |
| Drive to Huduu aral. Huduu Aral is 20x30km and is a fairly wide Steppe. There was found first Mongolian city Aurag by an excavation. The world-famous Secret History of the Mongols was written 1240. Most related events of this book took place here. Many people follow the footsteps of the great Khaan Chinggis 13th century. The healing source here is a major destination for Mongolians. Here the river Kherlen flows Also surrounding lakes are ideal for birdwatchers, because often you see a bunch of different bird species. The area is located approximately 240 km from Ulaanbaatar. Overnight at toursit GER camp. |
| Day 6 Huduu aral – Ikh Nart |
| Morning drive to the Ikh Nartiin Chuluu Nature Reserve (Ikh Nart) is a nature reserve located in the Dornogobi Aimag or East Gobi Province of Mongolia. Established in 1996, Ikh Nart covers an area of about 66,000 hectares of grassland and semi-desert steppe environments and harbors one of the last remaining populations of Argali Sheep. Situated about 350 km south-southeast of Jalman Meadow camp, the most common ways to access Ikh Nart is by cars and domestic train. Overnight at Ikh Nart tourist Ger camp. |
| Day 7 Ikh Nart – Free day |
| Over night at Ikh Nart tourist Ger camp. |
| Day 8 Ikh Nart – Terelj National Park |
| Drive to Terelj National Park. On the way we will visit the monument of Chinggis Khaan. Afternoon we will visit the Aryapala Monastery. If we have time, we can have an opportunity to do one hour horse riding. Overnight at tourist GER camp |
| Day 9 Terelj National Park - Ulaanbaatar |
| Drive back to Ulaanbaatar and we will do short sightseeing tour including Natural History Museum or National History Museum or Bogd Khan Winter Palace Museum. In the afternoon free time for shopping and for relax. Have a farewell dinner. Overnight at hotel. |
| Day 10 Departure |
| Check out hotel. Transfer to airport. Departure |
10 days / 9 nights
10 days / 9 nights
Cultural tours
ECO '10'
10 days / 9 nights
Moderate
