Grand Tour Mongolia Special (12days)

One of the Mongolian tourists attract, Terelj National Park is a picturesque place of high granite cliffs that were eroded by the earth forces creating a magnificent landscape of granite tors as if sculpted by some giant sculptor. Terelj is only 65-70 km east of Ulaanbaatar. Let’s explore the extraordinary formation of rocks and stones; some of them look quite similar to giant turtles and after that visit one of a small Buddhist temple in Terelj national park.

Next, we will continue to the Chinggis Khan Statue complex is located in “Tsonjin Boldog,” a historical place where Chinggis Khaan found his golden whip. The statue created as a memorial to the Man of the Millennium “Chinggis Khaan.” The 40-meter high stainless steel statue of Chinggis Khaan on horseback is the largest of its kind in the world.
• Accommodation: Tourist camp (L+D)
• Activities: Hiking, photo shooting, and visit Chinggis khan statue.

We will drive to the beautiful Baga Gazariin Chuluu, and it is a local protected area. This is a picturesque granite mountain with an elevation of 1751 meters above sea level in the Granite zone of Mongolia territory. There are some interesting sites to visit: a Buddhist temple ruin used by the monks, a stone hole with spring water for the eyes and a small cave.
• Accommodation: camp (B+L+D)
• Activities: Hiking, visiting a historical place, photo shooting and discover nomadic life

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 see 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 and discover camel herding nomadic life

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 and see some wild animals

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, climb up to dunes and camel riding

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 and 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: Tourist camp (B+L+D)
• Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, climb up to cliffs and 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: Tourist camp (B+L+D)
• Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, photo shooting and discover surroundings

After breakfast we will ride a horse and 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 tradional food.
• Accommodation: Tourist camp (B+L+D)
• Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, photo shooting, discover surroundings and horse riding

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: Tourist camp (B+L+D)
• Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, photo shooting and 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: Tourist camp (B+L+D)
• Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, photo shooting and discover surroundings