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Naadam and Gobi trip 11 nights, 12 days

$ 5

Per person
  • 11 nights, 12 days
  • Jun 2024 / Central Mongolia
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Itinerary

Your guide and driver meet you at your accommodation and drive to the Naadam Festival stadium. The national holiday Naadam is not only famous among Mongolians but famous around the world. Many tourists, guests, and journalists come to Mongolia to take part. The Naadam Festival starts with a transferring ceremony of the nine white banners from the Government House to the Naadam Stadium, followed by a horse parade. Next, the magnificent opening ceremony starts at 11:10 AM, after the presidential speech at 11 AM. Traditional wrestling, archery and horse racing are main highlights. Moreover, you will see anklebone shooting and Naadam trade, starting from Naadam's main dish Huushuur to traditional Mongolian beverage Airag, souvenirs, traditional clothes and much more.

Accommodation: 3* hotel
Meals: Lunch, Dinner

In the morning, drive to the horse racing area, 30 km west of Ulaanbaatar. The horses race on the open steppes by age categories (6 age categories): from two-year-old horses to full-grown stallions. The racing distance depends on the horses’ age. For example, two-year-old horses race 15 km, while full-grown horses race 30km in the open field. Today, you can 4 years old horse race or 2 years old horse race.

Accommodation: 3* hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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, and rock inscriptions. Challenge your imagination by seeing the unique features of the granite formations in Baga Gazariin Chuluu, discover the old monastery ruin, and enjoy the emptiness and calmness of the Gobi Desert.

Accommodation: Ger camp
Meals: Lunch, Dinner

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

Accommodation: Ger camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The Gobi Gurban Saikhan means "Three beautiful mountains in the Gobi.” The Gobi Gurban Saikhan Mountain is a beautiful national park, rich in wildlife and scenic places. Among them, Yoliin Am/Eagle Valley is accessible by car. After our vehicle brings us to a designated parking area, we will walk through the gorgeous 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 for 2.5 to 3 hours into the valley and back to the vehicle. Bearded eagles, elusive wild sheep, and ibexes are indigenous to the valley.

Accommodation: Ger camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Our journey will continue to Khongor, the tallest dunes. After reaching the dunes, you’ll go hiking along the green river shore, climb dunes, visit a nomad family, and ride a two-humped camel. If you can climb one of the tallest dunes, don't forget to spread the sand northwards against the wind to find out why locals call the dunes "Singing Sand.” The views are fantastic from the top of the dunes.

Accommodation: Ger camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Tour to Flaming Cliffs, an area of red cliffs formed through the erosion of sand and rock over many thousands of years. It is also a site of several successful dinosaur excavations. Among them, a discovery that dinosaurs lay eggs after finding a dinosaur nest made the area the world known. Arrive at the ger camp by lunchtime. Free afternoon to relax and hide from the afternoon sun. You will spend the evening exploring the cliffs in search of dinosaur fossils you may find and photograph the cliffs in the evening sun.

Accommodation: Ger camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

First, you visit the Gobi tree grove Bayanzag, which means “rich in saxaul trees.” This tree only grows in the Central Asian Gobi. Next, drive through slate mountains and on 80 km Ongi steppes heading to Ongi, 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 Desert mountains; however, the temples were destroyed during the socialist purge of the 1930s. Now the ruins of the monasteries cover an expanse area. Visit a new active temple and 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

This day’s tour takes place in the transition zone from the Gobi desert to the mountain steppes. Kharkhorin, formerly known as Kharakhorum, was the 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 Min 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 visit the Kharakhorum Museum display remnants of the ancient city.

Accommodation: Ger camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today is the last day you spend in the beautiful countryside of Mongolia. Leave the ger camp early. On our way to Ulaanbaatar, we will visit a horse-herding nomad family and ride horses. Arrive in Ulaanbaatar, and transfer to the hotel.

Accommodation: 3* hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

The driver transfers you to the airport/railway station.

Meals: Breakfast



Tour price per person
2 Pax:
$ 5
3 Pax:
$ 2,237
4 Pax:
$ 2,046
Included / exclude
    • All transportation set out in Your Itinerary except as specified. We use 4×4 Japanese minivans and Russian vans and Jeep
    • All accommodation set out in Your Itinerary
    • Tour Leader/Guide – Our trained English and Mongolian speaking staff 
    • Airport transfers in Mongolia
    • Domestic flights within Mongolia
    • Horse and camel riding
    • Entrance fees: Entry fees to museums, concerts in UB, monasteries, national parks and road charges for tourists, staff, and vehicles, all as set out in Your Itinerary. 
    • Clean drinking water /2l per day/
    • Your personal travel insurance policy costs. 
    • International flights and costs for visas
    • Personal expenses incurred by You, including airport taxes, alcoholic beverages and soft drinks, laundry, and room services and similar costs
    • Extra baggage – please note that internal Mongolian flights allow only 15 kg luggage. If Your luggage weighs more, You will need to pay the additional baggage charges. 
    • Toiletries
    • Video recording or photography fees at sights
    • Tips and gratuities
    • Wear and tear of or to Your property.
    • Damage to Your property unless such damage is directly caused by Us
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