Explore Mongolia Overland Tour In 6 Days
About this tour
We take you to places you’ve never been and gives you access to people and places you might not encounter on your own. This trip includes special activities and places planned exclusively for the group based on their interest and needs. Meeting the nomads and visiting the monasteries and ritual sites the group will enjoy the magnificence of nature and culture in harmony, making this a trip that will have added value and interest to our travelers. The itinerary includes:
● Hike or camel trek through the Mini Gobi Desert.
● Meet local nomads and stay in traditional yurts, Ger camps.
● Visit historical places such as Ariyabal temple, Chinggis Khaan Statue and Khugnu Khan Mountain
● See traditional dance and song concert including throat singing and contortion
● And many more . . .
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex, Mongolia
Our driver will pick you up at an arranged time. We will travel about 1.5 hours to the great statue of Genghis Khan, and this is where the fun begins. This statue is not only the largest statue of Chinggis Khan in Mongolia but in the entire world. Its height is 40 meters (130 feet). From the visitor’s center, the top of the statue is accessible by elevator. Here we learn how and why Mongolians conquered the World in 13th century. This vantage point provides great photo opportunities. Next, we will go to 13th Century National Park. Getting to know and experience the Mongolian way of life, customs, traditions, and military activities of the 13th Century in its genuine environment is far better than watching it on TV, at a movie, theater or reading about it in books. Many people wish to escape today’s urban life, metropolitan hectic schedules, noisy and polluted cities to a fresh and peaceful environment; “13th Century National Park” aims to provide you with these opportunities by welcoming you to its micro (macro) kingdom. You will be amazed as you watch and experience the 13th Century’s Mongolian lifestyle. The six (6) different camp areas offer insights on early Mongolian state affairs, livestock breeding, traditions, customs, garments, etc. Lunch will be served in the 13th Century National Park as Mongolian Traditional cuisine. We will then drive to the Terelj National Park.
Day 2: Gorkhi Terelj National Park, Улаанбаатар, Mongolia to Hustain Nuruu - Biosphere Reserve - Hustai National Park, Mongolia
After breakfast, we will ride a horse for an hour in the green field through Zurkhaich valley and will head to Turtle rock, which is the first sight of the program. The Turtle rock is the biggest animal shaped unique rocks located in the resort area and it looks identical to a giant turtle on a hill. Next sight is Ariyabal Meditation temple. This is very well known old temple standing in the middle of mountain and view from temple is just amazing. The local people visit the center to offer their prayers and good wishes and dreams. After all this activity, we will drive to Khustai National Park. Here, we will stay in nomadic family. While having overnight at the nomadic family, you will be introduced to the nomad’s lifestyle and learn from their culture and tradition.
Day 3: Hustain Nuruu - Biosphere Reserve - Hustai National Park, Mongolia
After breakfast at the nomadic family, we will drive to the Khustai National Park. This is the place where you can see the Takhi or Przewalski wild horses, which went to extinction at the end of the 19th century in Mongolia and have been recently reintroduced to Mongolia in the Khustai Mountains. First, we will visit the national park information center. Together with a camp guide we will drive deep into the Khustai Mountain (about 10 km by dirt, and search for the horses and see them and take pictures with them. Then, we will go back to the nomadic family. Here, you have a great opportunity to take part in local people for their daily work such us give an animal water to drink, helping with the goat milking, cleaning the fence, collecting firewood and herding sheep.
Day 4: Hustain Nuruu - Biosphere Reserve - Hustai National Park, Mongolia to Elsen Tasarkhai (Sand Dune Mini Gobi), Mongolia
Today we will drive about 250km to Elsen Tasarkhai (Mini-Gobi) which is very unique and historical site. The long strip of sand dunes covering an area of 47000 hectares, this park contains many historical monuments, forests of silver birches and poplar trees, and sources. The ecosystem of this park is particularly interesting because the steppe and the taiga meet here. So, we can find a fauna and a flora that are characteristic of these two ecosystems, and also some wonderful landscapes. Here we visit Tsogtoo’s family to learn from their tradition and culture and experience the nomadic life such as riding a camel and horse, and milking cow and goat. In the evening we will play Mongolian traditional game “Shagai”.
Day 5: Elsen Tasarkhai (Sand Dune Mini Gobi), Mongolia to Kharkhorin, Mongolia
After breakfast, we will drive to the east for Karakorum, an ancient Mongolian capital site. Today the site is completely ruined and instead one of the major Buddhist Monasteries that were erected few hundred years ago stands there today. Also we will visit Karakorum museum to take a journey to Turkic empire and Great Mongol Empire in 13th Century. After all activities, we will get back to the Khogno Khan and rest.
Day 6: Elsen Tasarkhai (Sand Dune Mini Gobi), Mongolia to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
After your breakfast, we will go to Khogno Khan, granite Formation Mountain. It is a unique place, many different forms of natural landscapes, Gobi sand dunes, forests and Rocky Mountains. We will have an opportunity to hike on the small sand dunes. Also we will visit Uvgun Monastery, dated from the 17th century. The monastery is located in the Khogno Khan Mountain. The Enlightened Bogd Gegeen Zanbazar who as a Mongolian Buddhist religious leader, philosopher and artist founded Uvgun and Zaluu temples to honor his religious teacher. After that we will drive back to Ulaanbaatar.
What's included
What to know
Our journey begins with the great statue of Genghis Khan and including visiting Khustai National park, where the Przewalski horses graze. It is home to them and experience with a part of Mongolian wildlife. The journey will go to some historical places and hiking on the small dune, and visiting Uvgun Monastery, which was destroyed in the Stalin purge. Don’t miss this exploration through the vast land of the endless blue sky.
Route & locations
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex, Mongolia