A Luxury Adventure - Horseback Mongolia
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A Luxury Adventure

A Luxury experience unleashing the best landscapes of the country together with the most comfortable Ger camps, providing the best compromise between a soft adventure and relaxing moments in incredible places.

You'll start your trip in Ulan Bator, the capital city with a 4* hotel stay (options for 5* are possible) and a general discovery of what Mongolia is all about. Following that 1st day, you will immerse yourself into the deep understanding of the traditional culture and many landscapes choi...

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Day 1Arrival at Ulan Bator and visit of the city

Day 1Arrival at Ulan Bator and visit of the city

  • Arrival at the airport, meeting with our driver. Transfer to your hotel, settling in, and rest.

  • Appointment at 12 o'clock at your hotel with your guide. He will take you to the restaurant of your choice.

  • Let's immerse ourselves in the heart of the Mongolian history, in the wonderful National History Museum. Three floors of a rich, glorious, violent and noble past, from prehistory to Soviet period, including the creation of the great Mongolian Empire by Genghis Khan.

  • Walk in the centre of Ulan-Bator. Discovery of Gengis Khan Square and the House of Parliament.

  • At 18 o' clock, Mongolian traditional show at Tumen Ekh: folkloric dances, contortion, and of course khoomi, the overtone singing.

Day 21st Discovery the Mongolian Nomadic lifestyle and culture

Day 21st Discovery the Mongolian Nomadic lifestyle and culture

  • One day to fully appreciate the nomadic activities and traditions of Mongolia only 55km away from the capital Ulan Bator. You will witness a Mongolian traditional show with songs and danses, as well as many of the nomadic activities: milking the animals, Mongolian craftsmanship with felt making, working with leather or dairy products. You can also observe moving the yurt with pack animals and participate to its building!

    Night under the comfortable yurts and full service of the camp.

Day 3The mini-Gobi, relaxing in an Eco-camp with an incredible landscape

Day 3The mini-Gobi, relaxing in an Eco-camp with an incredible landscape

  • We arrive at the splendid rocky formations of Khogno Khan. Discovery of the park : semidesert steppes, taiga, stunning rocky formations, 80-kilometre (49,71 miles) long sand dunes, are characteristic of this arid area nicknamed "Mini-Gobi".

  • Today, after having enjoyed the beauty of the Mini-Gobi, let's relax at one of the best yurt Eco-camp of whole Mongolia: Sweet Gobi is part of a network of Eco-camps that are very premium and propose many activities and services (such as SPA), with hot towels instead of hot showers.

    It will be a great time to enjoy being outdoors, with a charming accommodation, and service to relax deeply.

Meal and accommodations
Breakfast: Mongol Nomadic
Lunch: Picnic from the camp
Dinner: Sweet gobi
Accommodation: Sweet gobi
1h 30m-110km

Day 4The former capital city, comfortable stay

Day 4The former capital city, comfortable stay

Khogno Khan - Kharkhorin

  • Journey to Kharkhorin, the former capital of Mongolia. The legendary city of Genghis Khan was founded in 1220 and was one of the stages of the silk road. The Mongolian Empire was governed from this city until Kubilai Khan set up the capital in Beijing. Today, there are only a few vestiges left of the former capital.

  • Peaceful visit of Erdene Zuu Monastery, built in 1586 by a nomad prince. The Chinese and Tibetan-inspired buildings are surrounded with 108 sacred stupas. Visit of the Museum of Kharkhorin.

    Tonight we will be hosted in another Eco-camp named Anja.

Meal and accommodations
Breakfast: Sweet gobi
Lunch: Picnic from the camp
Dinner: Anja camp
Accommodation: Anja camp

Day 5-6The land of nomadism, star gazing outdoors

Day 5-6The land of nomadism, star gazing outdoors

Kharkhorin - Tovkhon monastery

  • Visit of Tovkhon Monastery. Vehicles can't go until the top of Öndör Ulaan Hill and we will walk until there to discover Tovkhon Ermitage, where Zanabazar, the first religious leader of Mongolia, created the Soyombo alphabet. The monastery is located 2312 metres (1,44 mile) above the sea level and from that place we'll have a wonderful view of the whole Khangai range. We'll picnic in exceptional surroundings, facing Orkhon Valley.

Tovkhon monastery - Orkhon valley

  • Journey to Orkhon Valley. Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the valley is a land of nomadism and many breeders set their summer camp there.

Day 6

  • let's visit a family of herders of the valley' from the valley. During the day, you will discover their way of life and you will be proposed many activities, such as milking, making traditional dairy products, or rounding up the animals with a horse.

  • Those who wish will go pony trekking along Orkhon Valley, from the camp until Orkhon waterfalls.

  • Visit of Ulan Tsutgalaan falls, white flood flowing on the black stone, transformed in rainbow by a short sunray… These 16-metres (52,49 feet) falls are just magic ! They were formed 20.000 years ago, as a result of a unique combination of earthquakes and volcano eruptions.

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  • Day 5Day 6

    Each of those 2 nights will be spent at the Eco-Camp Ursa Major. A very beautiful site where you will have a very good offering of service, beddings, and extras possible (not included in the original pricing) such as a SPA or star-gazing with a telescope in the middle of the camp.

Meal and accommodations
Breakfast: Anja camp (5)
Breakfast: Ursa major (6)
Lunch: Picnic from the camp (5)
Lunch: Picnic from the camp (6)
Dinner: Ursa major
Accommodation: Ursa major

Day 7A comfortable stay at the gate of the Gobi desert

Day 7A comfortable stay at the gate of the Gobi desert

Orkhon valley - Ongi monastery

  • Day of transition between two ecosystems. We leave the green mountains of Khangai to go towards Gobi. We drive across the green steppe and reach Arvaikheer, the capital of province, where we stop to get fresh supplies at the local market.

  • We arrive in the sum of Saikhan Ovoo. West Saikhan Ovoo, some mountains located along the Ongii River, are the perfect place to rest between Northwest of Mongolia and Gobi Desert. In the bends of the river, we can see the ruins of two monasteries, Barlim Monastery on the Northern bank, Khutagt Monastery on the Southern bank.

  • Let's discover this site, best known as Ong lamasery, and the museum. In 1937, the Soviets almost completely destroyed the homes and monasteries where one thousand lamas were living. In 2002, some lamas came back and began to rebuilt the monastery, with few resources but much enthusiasm.

Meal and accommodations
Breakfast: Ursa major
Lunch: Picnic from the camp
Accommodation: Secret of Ongii

Day 8A 5* stay around the Flaming cliffs and dinosaurs sites

Day 8A 5* stay around the Flaming cliffs and dinosaurs sites

Ongi monastery - Bayanzag

  • Last day of track before reaching Great Gobi and its "Three Beauties", the three highest peaks of this part of the Gobi-Altai range : Baruun Saïhan, "the Western Beauty" ; Dund Saïhan, "the Middle Beauty" ; Züün Saïhan, "the Eastern Beauty", the highest (2846 metres, 1,77 miles).

  • Visit of the cliffs of Bayanzag, today are best known as "flaming cliffs", owing to their ochre red colour, where is located the "cemetery of dragons". The cliffs and the saxaul forests that surround them are the evidence of the time when Earth was still inhabited by huge creatures: dinosaurs. Palaeontologist Roy Andrews Chapman was the first man to discover in 1922 some bones and eggs of dinosaurs that we can see today in the Natural History Museum of Ulan Bator and in other museums in the world.

Meal and accommodations
Breakfast: Secret of Ongii
Lunch: Picnic from the camp
Accommodation: Three camels lodge

Day 9-10The largest sand dunes and camel ride

Day 9-10The largest sand dunes and camel ride

Bayanzag - Khongor sand dunes

  • We ride towards the west of the park to reach Khongor sand dunes, "light bay sand". These dunes extend at the foot of the "Three Beauties".

Day 9

  • Visit of the dunes of Khongor. These dunes are the most spectacular ones of Mongolia, they extend on more than 180 kilometres (111,85 miles) long and 20 kilometres (12,43 miles) wide, and have an average height of 80 metres (262,47 feet), the highest one being 120 metres (393,70 feet) high. From the top, the view on the desert is quite amazing. From this place, it's also possible to hear the moving masses of sand, hence the name of "singing dunes". Beyond the dunes, the steppe extends for as far as the eye can see.

Day 10

  • Camelback hike. Camelback hiking in the Gobi Desert is an unforgettable experience. The nonchalant animal will take us with its peaceful gait along the dunes and the Khongor River, "light bay", that flows alternately on the surface and under the ground. We'll go until a small oasis at the foot of the dunes, where some bushes grow, such as saxaul. Camels are very fond of saxaul and Mongolians think it's the most precious wood.

    We will walk until the top of a dune and will have a wonderful view of the desert. Far away, we will see the peaks of the Three Beautiful and, if we listen carefully, we might hear the song of the dunes.

Meal and accommodations
Breakfast: Three camels lodge (9)
Breakfast: Gobi discovery (10)
Lunch: Picnic from the camp (9)
Lunch: Picnic from the camp (10)
Dinner: Gobi discovery
Accommodation: Gobi discovery

Day 11Hiking in the canyons

Day 11Hiking in the canyons

Khongor sand dunes - Dungenee canyon

  • Journey on the track towards the east of "the Three Beauties" to reach the area of canyons. Stop at Dungenee Canyon. We leave the vehicle to start our first magic hike along the river that flows between huge canyons.

Dungenee canyon - Yoliin am canyon

  • Hiking in the canyon of Yol, the bearded vultures canyon. We will walk in the bottom of the canyon that is covered with perpetual snow. The canyon is so steep-sided, that sunrays make the ice melt only in August. The rest of the year there's ice everywhere in the canyon.

Meal and accommodations
Breakfast: Gobi discovery
Lunch: Picnic from the camp
Dinner: Khan bogd camp
Accommodation: Khan bogd camp

Day 12Return flight to the Mongolian capital

Day 12Return flight to the Mongolian capital

Yoliin am canyon - Dalanzadgad

  • 30-kilometres (18,64 miles) journey until Dalanzadgad, the capital of the province, where we'll embark for our return flight to Ulan Bator.

  • Arrival in town and transfer to your hotel where you can rest a few moments.

  • Rest of the day free. With our guide, you can go and shop in the centre of the city.

Meal and accommodations
Breakfast: Khan bogd camp
Lunch: Picnic from the camp
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Hotel
Flight back

Day 13Have a nice journey and see you soon !

Day 13Have a nice journey and see you soon !

  • Breakfast at the hotel. We go with you to the international airport of Ulan Bator. The transfer can be organized at the time you want, according to the schedule of your flight.

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