Adventurous 12 Days Mongolia Travel: Gobi Desert and Central Mongolia Tour

We start our Mongolia Travel from Enza Tours LLC office. Before we start our tour guide and local driver will introduce them. You will see there an eternally clear sky, blue mirages, golden sands and boundlessly expansive steppe lands, wild asses, ibexes’ camels, mountain sheep and gazelles flourish here, as do different types of flora. That is the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and Waterfall, horse riding, hot spring.

1768 m high granite Stone Mountain in the territory of Adaatsag soum, Dundgobi aimag. They are not only rich in mineral and crystals, but also eye spring, old stone temple ruins related to the 17th century. We will hike around the mountain. Stay overnight in a nomadic family’s Ger or Tourist camp.

Accommodation: Family Yurt  or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, climb up to cliffs, photo shooting, discover dinosaur eggs

It is located junction of the middle Gobi and south Gobi provinces. Tsagaan Suvraga (White Stupa) is interesting to see the sheer slope, facing east, which from a distance seems to be the ruins of the ancient city. Hiking is an excellent point. Stay overnight in a nomadic family’s Ger or Tourist camp

Accommodation: Family Yurt  or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, climb up to cliffs, photo shooting, discover dinosaur eggs

The mountains here are the highest in the Gobi Desert, and the rugged scenery is quite impressive, especially until mid-July while the ice in a gorge remains. Some wildlife viewing. We will walk 3km through a narrow valley, then 3 km back to the minivan. Stay overnight in camping out or Tourist camp.

Accommodation: Family Yurt  or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, climb up to cliffs, photo shooting, discover dinosaur eggs

The Khongoryn Els is some of the most massive and most spectacular dunes in Mongolia. We will see beautiful views, massive dunes and a cold-water spring with a river that leads to two small ponds. Stay overnight in a nomadic family’s Ger or Tourist camp.

Accommodation: Family Yurt  or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking,  camel riding, visiting a natural wonder, climb up to cliffs, photo shooting, discover dinosaur eggs

After breakfast, we will drive to next point Bayanzag; it is located near the centre of Bulgan Soum, is internationally famous for the paleontological discovery of dinosaurs remains from the Paleolithic Era that includes complete skeletons, eggs, and hatchlings of the Cretaceous Period. Dinosaurs skeletons discovered here including Protoceratops, Oviraptor and the heavily armoured Pinacosaurus that were living 70-80 million years ago. Flaming Cliffs were found in 1922 by the explorer Roy Chapman Andrews, who visited in Mongolia.

Accommodation: Family Yurt  or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, climb up to cliffs, photo shooting, discover dinosaur eggs

We will drive to Ongyn temple; it was established in the 1760s by Bari Yonzon Khamba in a small mountainous bank area along the Ongi River. During that time, the monastery had over 1000 monks and a complex of around 30 temples. The Ongi temple is still active, but now only a few monks perform its functions.

Accommodation: Family Yurt  or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, climb up to cliffs, photo shooting

We will drive to the Ulaan Tsutgalan Waterfall; it is on the Ulaan River flows through volcanic basalt rocks formed by a unique combination of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes around twenty thousand years ago. The Waterfall cascades from an impressive height over 20 meters with a width around 10 meters and extends for 100 meters of the Orkhon River.

Accommodation: Family Yurt  or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, photo shooting, discover surroundings

After the long horse trekking tour, we will stay one day here Waterfall to refresh ourselves for the next days. This day, we will cook traditional Mongolian Barbeque or dumplings for you. In the evening, we will play traditional Mongolian game Shagai, Khuruu and cards playing while having a Mongolian beer etc.

Accommodation: Family Yurt  or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking, horse riding, visiting a natural wonder, photo shooting, discover surroundings

After breakfast, we will drive to the Tsenkher hot springs. It is one of the most beautiful hot springs in Mongolia. It reaches a temperature of 86 degree from the forest and enriched by the minerals and optimum pH for the skin. That is why this hot spring mostly used for relaxing and resorting your health. Additionally, this area surrounded by the forest, mountains, and cattle from the nomadic family likewise yaks, horses.

Accommodation: Family Yurt  or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, photo shooting, discover surroundings

The Kharakhorum was established in 1220 and was the capital city of the Great Mongolian Empire. Chinggis Khaan and his descendant Khaan Ugudei, Guyug, and Munkh lived here ruling the empire. Soldiers of the Chinese Ming Dynasty destroyed the town in the 14th Century. The ruins of Karakorum have been protected since 1961 and was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Once we reach there, we will visit the “Erdenezuu” monastery to discover tombs, a temple, and a real Buddhist temple. After that, we will visit the Wall of the Mongolian Empire to learn information. 

Accommodation: Family Yurt  or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, photo shooting, discover surroundings

We will drive to the mountain “Khogno Khan” Nature Reserve. Once you reach the mountain, you will arrive at a nomadic family yurt in front of this beautiful forested rocky mountains. A mountain is a place of hundreds of birds, deer and gazelle. After we will go hiking around the area or to the small dunes nearby called “Elsen Tasarkhai”.

Accommodation: Family Yurt  or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking and  photo shooting,

We will see Takhi, the Asian wild horse. If you have a chance, see a wolf, argali sheep and deer. Enjoy little hiking and photographing the charming landscape and wildlife. Finally, we will drive back to Ulaanbaatar.