Hiking Mongolia (9 days)

Day 1. Hiking Mongolia - Khugnu Khaan Natural Reserve

We will visit the Mini naadam on the way to Mount khugnu khan.The Naadam will start 14:00  pm and finish the 16:00 pm. After that,we will drive to Mount Khogno Khan Nature Reserve in the afternoon. On reaching the mountain after a couple of hours, you will arrive at a nomadic family ger in front of this beautifully forested rocky mountain. The mountain is home to hundreds of birds, deer, and gazelle. You will be able to go hiking around the area or to the small dunes nearby called “Elsen Tasarkhai”.

·         Accommodation: Tourist camp (L+D)

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

Day 2. Tuvkhun monastery

Tuvkhun is one of the most beautiful monasteries and was built in stunning scenery on the top of the mountain between towering rock cliffs, surrounded by dense forests. It located in Bat-Ulziit small town of Uvurkhangai province and elevated in 2300 meters above sea level. The monastery established Bogd Gegeen Zanabazar who founded the Mongolian school of religious and art.

·         Accommodation: Tourist camp (B+L+D)

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

Day 3. Ulaan tsutgalan waterfall

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:  Tourist camp (B+L+D)

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

Day 4. Ongyn Khiid monastery

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: Tourist Camp (B+L+D)

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

Day 5. Bayan Zag – “Flaming Cliffs”

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: Tourist Camp (B+L+D)

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

Day 6. “Khongoryn Els” dunes

After breakfast, we will discover the beautiful Khongor Els Sand Dunes with an extraordinary length of 180 kilometres and 15-20 meters full lie on the northern part of the mountains of Sevree and Zuulen. The vast dunes are part of the desert zone that makes up around 3% of Mongolian territory.

·         Accommodation: Tourist camp (B+L+D)

·         Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, camel riding and climb up to dunes

Day 7. ”Three beauty mountains” National Park (Bearded Eagle Canyon)

After breakfast, we will drive to the well know a place “Yoliin Am,” it is the narrow ice canyon of a river that flows through 2815 meters high of sea level Zuun Saikhan Mountains. The gorge sheered rocky walls with a height of about 200 meters high in the central part. This area has been protected since 1965 and has an area of 70 square kilometres. However, today “Yoliin Am” is one of the Strictly Protected Areas of Mongolia. 

·         Accommodation: Tourist camp (B+L+D)

·         Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, local handcrafters, some wild animals

Day 8. Tsagaan suvraga (ancient sea shore)

After breakfast, we will drive to our next point. With its fantastic colour combinations, Tsagaan Suvarga or “White Stupas” is one of Mongolia’s most magnificent natural wonder. It is interesting to discover the scared cliffs of Tsagaan Suvarga, facing east from a distance it looks like the ruin of an ancient town or a complex of white stupas. Over a hundred thousands of years, the wind has carved this fantastic natural wonder. The cliff is 62 meters high and 400 meters wide. Tsagaan Suvarga was a sea bottom, and its eroded cliffs are rich in fossil seashells.

·         Accommodation: Tourist camp (B+L+D)

·         Activities: Hiking, visiting a historical place, photo shooting and discover camel herding nomadic life

Day 9. Drive to Ulaanbaatar

Return to Ulaanbaatar city. Today we will shop at cashmere factory stores of Goyo and Gobi, the most famous cashmere brands in Mongolia.

Tourist camp (B+L)