Short Tour: 7 Days
If you are planning a short stay in Mongolia, this trip is just right. So you will experience a good mix of clear lakes, cultural impressions, endless landscapes, nomadic culture and mental recovery.
The highlights include:
Ugii Lake – Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake – Khorgo volcano – Tsencher hot springs – Karakorum Museum – Erdene Zuu Monastery – Karakorum – Przewalski’s wild horses – Visit to nomad families
Prices for individual tours on requested dates
Start date between 11/06 and 24/08:
2 persons: €1.400 per person without flights
3 persons: €1.200 per person without flights
4-5 persons: €1.100 per person without flights
From 6 persons: €1000 per person without flight
Flight from ⁄ to Berlin or Frankfurt: Ab €800
Naadam surcharge: €350 per person in group
Start date up to 10/06 and from 25/08:
2 persons: €1.350 per person without flights
3 persons: €1.150 per person without flights
4-5 persons: €1.050 per person without flights
From 6 persons: €950 per person without flights
Flug ab ⁄ bis Berlin oder Frankfurt: Ab 800€
Naadam-Aufschlag: 350€ pro Person in der Gruppe
Single room & single yurts in yurt camp: €150
Price includes
- 1 night (double or twin room) in 3*hotel in Ulaanbaatar incl. breakfast
- 2 nights in yurt camps with shared sanitary facilities
- 1 night in simple yurts
- Full board during the entire stay in the countryside as per itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)
- English-speaking tour guide
- Minibus transport across country
- Nature reserve fees and entrance fees for sights as per itinerary
- Information brochure with tips for the trip
Price does not include
International flight, costs for additional meals and drinks, film and photo fees, tips, travel insurance, riding charges
Travel route
Day 1
You are picked up in the morning and set out westwards. Today we travel to Ugii Lake (Ugii Nuur), home to a very wide range of water birds. (L,D)
Day 2
Via the town Tsetserleg we go to Khorgo National Park, comprising the dormant Khorgo volcano and Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake (Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur). (B,L,D)
Day 3
We stay in Khorgo National Park, climb Khorgo volcano and enjoy the wonderful view from its peak. If you wish, you can hike from the volcano to our yurt camp, a distance of 12 km. You can optionally go hiking or horse riding and/or recuperate. In the afternoon you can rest at Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake. (B,L,D)
Day 4
Our route takes us through the town of Tsetserleg, the centre of Arkhangai Province. We stop en route to take a look at the mighty ChuluuT Gorge, through which the Chuluug river flows. Then onwards to the Tsenkher hot springs. In the evening you have the option to bathe in the hot spring waters. (B,L,D)
Day 5
Today’s destination is the former capital of Genghis Khan’s Mongolian Empire: Karakorum (Kharkhorin). In the 14th century almost the entire city was destroyed by the Ming Dynasy. In Karakorum we visit the Karakorum Museum, which contains the findings of the German-Mongolian excavations and representations of the different epochs of Mongolian history, from the Stone Age up to the Mongolian Empire. We also visit the famous Erdene Zuu Monastery, which was foundad in 1586 on the initiative of Abtai Sain Khan and is the oldest centre of yellow Buddhism in Mongolia. You have the option to join the Buddhist monks in prayer. (B,L,D)
Day 6
After spending a night in Krakorum, we travel on to Hustai National Park, in whose surroundings a project for releasing Przewalski’s horses (takhi) into the wild has been running for several years. If we’re lucky, we’ll get to see the wild horses. We spend our last evening in the steppe here. (B,L,D)
Day 7
After breakfast we drive to Ulaanbaatar. We spend the night in a hotel. (B)