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GOBI DESERT & ORKHON VALLEY

Tour duration: 8 DAYS
Status: full package guided tour
Tour price:
~2,280 usd for 1 person
~1,320 usd per person for 2 people
~985 usd per person for 3 people
~800 usd per person for 4 people
~720 usd per person for 5 people
~640 usd per person for 6 people

Included services

  •  english speaking guide
  • A driver with 4wd vechicle+ fuel
  • Accomodation
  • Meal /Breakfast, lunch, dinner+pure drinking  water /unlimited/
  • Entrance fees to national parks and museums
  • visa support invitation letter if needed
  • horseriding, camelriding
  • airport pick up & drop off

Excluded services

  • personal expenses
  • snacks & alcoholic drinks

This day we drive about 5-6 hours and reach ‘tsagaan suvarga’’. This is one of great wonders of Mongolian gobi desert.

This white and colourfull rock formation stands around 30 metres in height and has been shaped strangely as a result of thousands of years of wind and water erosion.

It seems like a floor of sea, so it is a clear evidence that there was sea millions years ago.

After breakfast we drive to ''Yoliin Am'' canyon.

‘’Yoliin am’’ means golden eagle”s valley. There is huge stone canyons and big eagles built up their nests on the rock, day time we can see flying eagles over high peaks of the rocky canyons.

The Eagles have white colour on their chest. So they are named golden eagle. It is the coldest area of Mongolian gobi desert,because high rocky walls hide enormous space from sunshine.

So there pretty big layers of ice lay until middle of July.It is really good to do hiking through canyons. There also we visit an interesting museum.

We drive around more than 3 hours on the earth road and then reach the sandslope which is named ‘’khongoriin els’’.

The sandslope is also called as a singing dune, when it is windy day sand makes something noise like airplane. The sandslope lays around 180km from west to east direction, the wide is 3-4km,but the widest part is 20km… the highest peak is around 200metres, but climbing the highest peak up is not so easy and it is a  lot of fun for travellers. This brilliant ,incredible place gives us amazing activities such as camelriding ,sandsledding ,climbing up and other exotic feelings.

So we normally stay here for 2 nights. Definitely we could create unforgettable memories and lots of fun.

In the morning we drive to the flaming cliffs. The destination has 2 names ‘’baynzag’’ and flaming cliffs.

Normally it is called bayanzag by locals, but it is famous for named as a flaming cliffs in the world. In the early years of last century /1920s/ American anthropologist Roy Chapman Andrews was travelling through Mongolian gobi desert from China to Europe. During his journey he discovered flaming cliffs and found many dinosaur bones and eggs.

Also natural formation and views are also incredible and red coloured walls are attractive. It seemed to be a bottom of sea millions years ago.

Afternoon we drive around 2 hours & reach ongi Monastery. 

This monastery is 150km from bayanzag to the north direction near by Saikhan ovoo town of middle gobi province.

This is mostly ruins of pretty big buddist town. More than 300 years ago the buddist town originally built up here and location of town seemed to be beautifull and incredible in gobi, there is river ‘’ongi’’, and some unique shaped rocks. At actual period of activity it has incredible designed temples and more than 1000 monks worked there. Unfourtunately, during 1930ies the monastery badly damaged and hundreds of monks were killed by political repression, some of monks joined to army to survive and some of them became a typical worker in a factory also to survive.

We will see there some actual memorials and ruins of it and visit museum about it.

After breakfast we drive 280km through boundary area of the desert & steppe, atmosphere of views of nature & weather is interesting.

We reach ‘’orkhon valley’’. Orkhon valley is the most touristic and beautifull zone in the  central part of Mongolia.

It is the most common and popular touristic,relaxing and exploring actual nomadic culture and historical things. Orkhon valley is 450km from UB, the national park has a gorgeous and dramatic waterfall,orkhon river and burnt black rocks from errupted volcano lay through the beautifull valley ,then along those, nomadic families and tourist camps ,domestic animals /yaks ,sheep,horses/ also decorate the valley. In summer it is very often rainy and beautifull rainbow comes also very often.

So it is very green and surrounded by forestous mountains. It is really best choice for photographing, horseriding, camping and hiking in this wonderfull park.

In the morning after breakfast we will drive around 2-3  hours and reach ancient capital city kharkhorum at the active period of 13th century.

Grandson of Chinggiskhaan Khubilai governed that city and unfornutely he moved capital Kharkhorum of great empire of Mongolia to Beijing in china in the 13th century. To be very honest that city now looks one of  typical modern village in Mongolia, but especial thing is there are some historical heritages, monuments from that period and also many tourist camps , guesthouses and new statues, museums  which is showing the history related to the 13th century and Mongolian history. It is still touristic place and many tourists visit there every year.

After breakfast we drive to Ulaanbaatar, we make little stops in Mini gobi for photographying of Khugnu Khan mountain range & Mongol els.

Finally we drop off you at your hotel in Ulaanbaatar. 

Highlights

~Explore the stunning contrast between the Gobi desert and the Orkhon Valley
~Experience authentic nomadic culture and traditional ger hospitality
~Visit some of Mongolia's most spectacular natural & historical landmarks
~Discover waterfalls, sand dunes, canyons, volcanic landscapes & wide open steppe
~immerse yourself in the silence,space,and spirit of the Mongolian wilderness

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