WINTER MONGOLIA

Upon your arrival at Chinggis Khaan Airport at Khushig Valley, our friendly helpful team will welcome you at the airport. We will escort you to the hotel in the outskirt of UB city.

Meal: Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel

After breakfast, you’ll head to Elsen Tasarkhai. It is 80 km long sand dunes, located on the border of the Gobi and steppe zone, and surrounded by bushes and a small forest. We lodge in a herder family nearby and spend leisure time riding a camel and walking on dunes. In the evening, you’ll cook dinner and eat together with the family members. In the herder family’s ger (yurt) on the edge of the sand hills of the steppe, you will spend the night under the millions of stars.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Herder family  

In the morning, we drive to the place where the famous ancient capital Karakorum was. There, you will visit the Karakorum Museum which tells us the story of how the Karakorum flourished as the capital of the Mongol Empire. Then, along the way, we see the turtle stone statue which is an important monument of Kharkhorin city. We also stop by the large Buddhist monastery, Erdene Zuu, which was built in 1586. Crossing through the frozen Orkhon River ice, we come to a herder family living in his winter encampment at the foot of the mountain. Then, in another herder family’s settlement, you will get to know more about the culture of horses and livestock breeding. While you are enjoying Mongolian national food and drink, you can get acquainted with Mongolian winter clothes and learn how to wear them.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Herder family   

Our next destination is Tsenkher’s Hot Spring. We arrive at a tourist camp nearby the spring. Set between forested hills, at an altitude of 1860 meters above sea level, Tsenkher’s hot spring is the second hottest spring in Mongolia and it gushes up to 10 liters per second. Scientists believe that the spring area was formed during the Quaternary period. Its hot water temperature is 86 degrees below ground and comes out from deep earth without blending with soil water as a result of its high pressure. It is an alkaline spring containing hydrogen sulfide and silicon compounds. You will take a spring bathing in the pool while enjoying and relaxing. This spring has healing properties for muscle tension, neuritis, muscle stiffness, joint disease, arthritis, and soft tissue injuries. While you’re taking a bath in hot springs in the outdoor stone pool, you may take photos in your swimsuit with the outside snow background to keep the memories from the trip. You can also lie down in the pool of the hot springs during the night under the millions of stars in the sky.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Tourist camp

After breakfast, we drive to Tsetserleg city, the provincial capital of Arkhangai. You will visit the ethnic museum in a Buddhist temple house with 400 years of history. Also, we will come to the oldest inscription with the Brahmi, the ancient It is a revered mountain and the idol of the local people. The mountain looks like a triangle from every side. There are trails for hikers in the mountain, and because of its natural scenery, you can enjoy the beauty of the surrounding by trekking in the fresh air. At the end of the day, you will stay at a hotel named “Malchin (Herder)” and rest well to get rid of fatigue.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel

We take breakfast early morning, drive on the back route to Ulaanbaatar and arrive at Khustain Nuruu National Park. We visit an “information center” accompanied by the ecologist’s commentary. The "takhi" also registered as “Przewalski’s horse” in the world’s biology foundation is the Mongolian wild horse and it was extinct by the 1960s. However, in 1992, the “takhi” wild horses that were left in the zoos of European countries were brought back to their native land. In addition to the takhi, the Kustain Nuruu National Park region became a suitable habitat to the populations of maral (Asiatic red deer), steppe gazelle, marmot, and suslik.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Tourist camp

After breakfast, we go for spotting wild horses and deer flocks. In winter, animals’ appearance is refreshed and they look majestic. Then we return to UB for a city tour. You’ll visit Chinggis Khaan Museum, Sukhbaatar Square, and shopping malls. End of the day, you arrive at the hotel and prepare smoothly for your departure.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel

We transfer you to the airport according to your flight schedule from Chinggis Khaan International Airport.

Meal: Breakfast