• Category: Community based tours Mongolia

• Places to visit: Ulaanbaatar – Gurvanbulag community – Khustai National Park – Ulaanbaatar

• Activities: Learning nomadic life, sharing experience with herders

• Duration: 8nights / 9days

• Covering distance: 740kms

• Number of participants: Min-3, max-12

• Season: June – mid September

Our trip offers about nomadic life, staying with the hospitable nomads is a great way to experience real Mongolia at its best. You can stay with them for a few days to experience real nomadic culture and you can see and try dairy product making, sheep herding, mare and cow milking etc. Most of them have extra ger for their guests neighboring their ger and you will stay in their guest gers, which are roomy and comfortable. You will enjoy real nomadic delicacies and beverages and can help the nomads in their everyday work. Washing facilities are simple in nature, outhouse mainly.

Day 1 Welcoming day
Arrive in Ulaanbaatar the capital city of Mongolia. Transfer to your hotel. Evening enjoy traditional art performance and Welcome dinner. Stay overnight in the hotel. D
Day 2 Drive to Khustai National Park
Travel to Khustai National Park for 110kms. The area 50.620 hectare reserve protects the Takhi (Przewalski’s Horse), and its steppe and forest–steppe environment. Late afternoon drive through the park to see wild horses. On the way we will see Ungut, ancient grave site. Stay overnight in Ger camp. BLD

Day 3 Travel to Gurvanbulag community
Travel to Gurvanbulag soum (a local administration unit) in Bulgan province for 200kms. Gurvanbulag is a small community, initiated by few local families who live in the beautiful natural reserve of Khognokhaan Mountain. Visit to nomad family and taste traditional dairy products like aaruul-dried curds, Mongolian salty milk tea-Suutei tsai, Mongolian biscuit-Boortsog and so on. Stay overnight in Community Based Ger camp run by the local community. BLD

Day 4 Trek to small sand dune
In the morning explore a way of living as nomads. Experience the milking cows, goats and sheep. Afternoon half day trek to Elsen Tasarkhai small sand dune about 5-6kms for 2-3hours. In the evening you will be filled with a lesson on “Shagai”, traditional game. You will play “Shagai” with the family members. Stay overnight in Community Based Ger camp run by the local community. BLD
Day 5 Horse based nomad culture
Today we will watch how Mongolian skillful cowboys catch horses by “uurga” – traditional wooden lasso and training an untamed horse that has never been ridden before. Afternoon there we will visit “Nomad Library Project” and even we can involve to daily work. For dinner you will enjoy “Khorkhog”, is real Mongolian barbeque, grilled with hot stones. Stay overnight in Community Based Ger camp run by the local community. BLD

Day 6 Travel to Kharakhorum & visit Erdene Zuu Monastery
Travel to Kharakhorum for 100kms. We will visit Erdene Zuu monastery, the largest and first Mongolian Buddhist temple complex built on the remains of ancient Mongolian capital Kharakhorum city. Visit a local cooperative to attend a workshop for making small felt products. Stay overnight in Ger camp. BLD

Day 7 Travel to sacred mountain Khognokhaan
Travel to Khognokhaan Natural Reserve about 100kms for 2 hours, the unique combination where mountains, forest and Gobi-type landscapes are all combined in one location. Trek to local Buddhist temple Erdenekhamba and ruin of 16th century Uvgun Monastery. Afternoon we will visit a nomad family who breed camels. Optional camel riding is available. Everybody can have an opportunity to take a photo while riding this giant, but very mild animal. Move back to Ger camp and stay overnight. BLD

Day 8 Travel back to Ulaanbaatar
Travel back to Ulaanbaatar as driving 5hours for 280kms. Transfer to your hotel. Shopping and Farewell dinner. Stay overnight ni the hotel. BD

Day 9 Departure
Departure. B

• Tour starting (start in Ulaanbaatar):
2015:
GB01 15 Jun;
GB02 06 Jul;
GB03 24 Aug;
GB04 07 Sep

Price from:
USD 1390per person

Included: All activities described in the itinerary, twin/double basis hotel accommodation (2 nights) in Ulaanbaatar, stay in  Community Based Ger camp & Ger camp (6 nights) in countryside, English speaking guide service, entrance fees to Protected Areas and sightseeing costs, transfer by Russian minivan in countryside. Meals of breakfast, lunch /picnic during the treks/ and dinner will be provided during the countryside stays.

Excluded: International transportation to and from Mongolia, travel insurance, mineral (bottled) water and alcoholic drinks, tips and gratuities, laundry and items of a personal nature.

An advantage of this trip you can travel through different zones and enjoy vast open spaces with natural contrasts within several days. During the trip, approximately it takes 4-7 hours driving from one to next destination. Each 1-1.5 hours, we have short stop frequently for photographs, toilets, stretch and meet with local nomads. In the countryside, we use 4WD vehicles, specially, Russian minivans and Japanese jeeps. Normally, 2-3 people are in one jeep with luggage. The minivan has capacity of 7 people with luggage. All vehicles used in our tours are insured and carefully prepared before departures. Our drivers are also good mechanics, have many years of experience for driving through unmarked, unpaved bumpy roads in countryside.

Overnight we stay tourist camp. It is very enjoyable for the guests to stay in tourist camps when they are in countryside. Most of the tourist camps supply the Mongolian traditional dwelling “Ger” as guest’s accommodation. Ger is a very convenient dwelling as moveable, dome-shaped and constructed of wooden framework and felt cover. Tourist Ger is heated by a wood stove and furnished with traditionally painted wood-framed beds (with full sized mattresses 137x190cm) or hotel standard size beds with clean sheets, comforters, pillows and blankets. Normally, three or two beds are in one Ger. If client want to stay alone in a Ger there will be an additional charge. The camp provides restaurant/bar, western-style toilet, washing facilities and showers. The numbers of low-impact eco Ger camps are increased and many business people started in practicing for environmentally friendly concepts in last year’s. We prefer and cooperate with Ger camps that follow this core responsibility and able to provide best services for our clients.

When you stay in Ger camps, the camp provides meals of mostly western cuisine and also we can enjoy Mongolian traditional cuisine. Sometimes there are not many choices for meals in tourist Ger camps due to their remote location. Mostly we have picnic lunch from ger camps. It is also available to have and taste traditional dairy products such as yogurt /Mongolian name is tarag/, dried milk curds /aaruul/, milk tea /suutei tsai/, fermented mare’s milk wine /airag/, sour cream /tsotsgii/ and cheese /byaslag/ when you visit to nomad herder families.

Generally, in Mongolia water quality is good. But you are advised to buy mineral water. Bottles of Mineral water are available from shops, food markets and kiosks in capital and many of the provinces centers and tourist Ger camps in countryside. Mineral or bottled water usually exclude in our offers since we try to produce as less garbage as possible. But other hand we provide well plenty of drinks like tea and coffee during our tours.

We highly appreciate your decision for traveling to Mongolia with our company. Thus, we are pleased to assure the quality of your tour.
Please kindly check our Terms & Conditions and fill out the online booking form as below. With your given information we would get back to you immediately for further confirmation.
Thank you very much and look forward to see you soon!