Lake Khuvsgul and Gobi Desert 8 Days

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From Lake Khuvsgul and the Mountains to the South Gobi Desert, 8 Days Staying in Gers

8 Days / 7 Nights Tour MO-28

Duration8 days / 7 nights
AccommodationStandard hotel / ger
Meals7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 6 dinners
GuideEnglish guide
Price2 people: $1,900
Departure pointChinggis Khaan Airport

Overview

Tour codeMO-28
Number of days8 days / 7 nights
Departure pointChinggis Khaan Airport
AccommodationStandard hotel / ger
Meals7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 6 dinners
Hotel usedStandard room
Local guideEnglish guide
Minimum number of participantsFrom 1 person
Booking methodBook online
Local tour price2 people: $1,900

Itinerary

DayScheduleMealsAccommodation
1
Day
Narita Airport ✈ Ulaanbaatar
Transport: aircraft, private car

Fly from Narita International Airport to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Enjoy your flight.

After arriving in the evening, our local English-speaking staff will meet you.

We guide you to your Ulaanbaatar city hotel.

Dinner: not includedUlaanbaatar city hotel🏨
2
Day
Ulaanbaatar → Murun City → Lake Khovsgol
Transport: Private car / Domestic flight / Horse

After breakfast, fly from Ulaanbaatar to Murun.

After arriving, lunch at a restaurant in Murun. After lunch, head to the tourist camp on the shore of Lake Khuvsgul (about 180 km). After arriving at the tourist camp, a horse riding experience. At Lake Khuvsgul you can enjoy fishing and lake cruises.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
Khuvsgul Tourist Camp⛺
3
Day
Lake Khovsgol
Transport: Private car / Horse

Stay at the shore of Lake Khuvsgul.

By private car (or horse) to a Tsaatan family (about 30 km, 1.5 hours). Lunch is a packed lunch.

Photography at a Tsaatan family's home. See the reindeer and visit a Tsaatan family. You can also ride a yak for a commemorative photo.

Afternoon: by private car to the tourist camp.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
Khuvsgul Tourist Camp⛺
4
Day
Lake Khovsgol → Murun City → Ulaanbaatar
Transport: domestic flight, private car

After breakfast, to Murun by car.

Afternoon: return to Ulaanbaatar by domestic flight with your guide. After arriving in Ulaanbaatar, city sightseeing.

See Gandan Monastery, Sukhbaatar Square and Zaisan Hill.

After a Russian-cuisine dinner, to the hotel.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
Ulaanbaatar city hotel🏨
5
Day
Ulaanbaatar → Dalanzadgad → Yolyn Am
Transport: domestic flight, private car

In the morning, move from Ulaanbaatar to the South Gobi by Mongolian domestic flight. After arriving at the ger camp, check in to a ger for 2–3 people. After lunch, visit a nomad's ger by private car and move to Yolyn Am Valley. Then return to the camp by private car.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
South Gobi Tourist Camp⛺
6
Day
Bayanzag → Moltsog Dunes
Transport: private car, camel

Stay in the South Gobi.

After lunch, see the Bayanzag cliffs where dinosaurs were discovered, and try excavating dinosaur bones. You might find something!

Then move on to the Moltsog Dunes. Enjoy dairy products, camel milk tea, airag and the like, and play Gobi children's games played with stones. Visit the ger of nomads who keep camels, experience their life and culture, and take a short camel riding lesson. Enjoy a camel riding experience. Dinner and overnight stay at the tourist camp.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
South Gobi Tourist Camp⛺
7
Day
South Gobi → Ulaanbaatar
Transport: domestic flight, private car

After breakfast, return to Ulaanbaatar by domestic flight. After arriving in Ulaanbaatar, city sightseeing, visiting the Natural History Museum and others.

Shopping. Go to the Tsagaan Alt shop selling felt products, then to the zakh (Nomin Department Store), which has rock salt and dairy products.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
Ulaanbaatar city hotel🏨
8
Day
Ulaanbaatar → Narita
Transport: private car

A light meal at the hotel; the guide comes to pick you up, and by car to the airport for airline check-in.

Fly home. Arrive at Narita, then dissolve the group. Thank you for your hard work.

Breakfast: ○-

*Itinerary and times may change depending on weather and road conditions.

Highlights and Information

Lake Khuvsgul lies in northwestern Mongolia at the foot of the Eastern Sayan Mountains, near the Russian border. At an elevation of 1,645 meters above sea level, it is long from north to south, 136 km long, 36.5 km wide, with a maximum depth of 262 meters. Lake Khuvsgul, close to the Russian border, is surrounded by coniferous forest, and its natural scenery is like that of Switzerland in the European Alps or the forests of Northern Europe. It is the second largest lake in Mongolia and the deepest. Near Lake Khuvsgul live the reindeer-herding "Tsaatan". Tsaatan means "people who have reindeer". Their dwellings are portable but, unlike the "ger", are conical. The river flowing out of the lake continues to Lake Baikal in Russia. You can enjoy plant observation, trekking, horse riding, fishing and more.

Mongolia, a country with great nature continuing unbroken from ancient times. Nature as far as the eye can see. Those who don't know it tend to picture the Gobi Desert as a desolate desert like the Sahara without a single blade of grass, but the actual Mongolian Gobi comes in various types. "South Gobi" means in Mongolian land where sparse short grass grows; the image is a desolate desert without a single plant, but in fact it is only 25% of the national territory. Camel herding is the most commonly seen here. Many dinosaur fossils have also been excavated here, stirring a romance of the ancient past. The Moltsog Dunes, about 50 km north of the South Gobi airfield, offer scenery that is exactly the image Japanese people picture of the Gobi Desert.

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*The above itinerary and times may change locally depending on weather and traffic congestion on the day. In that case, please follow the instructions of the local staff. We appreciate your understanding.
*Meals may become box lunches, and the hotel / restaurant / ger may each be changed. Based on this itinerary, we can also arrange extending your stay or adding destinations. Please feel free to consult us.
Sightseeing Map

Local Mongolia Tour Points
  • The above price is the per-person price when the tour runs with2people. Depending on the number of participants, a more economical price plan may be available.
  • Accommodation is the hotel listed above or a hotel of equivalent class.
  • In Ulaanbaatar city hotels, two people normally share one room.
  • If one person uses a room alone, an additional charge of $40 per night applies.
  • At tourist camps, rooms (gers) are normally shared by 2–4 people.
  • If you use a tourist camp ger as a single, an additional charge of $25 per night applies.
  • An English-speaking guide stays with you throughout, and a professional licensed driver is arranged.
  • The vehicle is a private vehicle suited to the number of people: sedan, minibus, 4WD, etc.
  • Meals: as stated in the itinerary (standard three-course meals)
  • Sightseeing and meals may change due to local conditions such as weather or flight delays.
  • We also accept requests for additional arrangements such as extra nights, a private guide or a private car, and for hotel specification or upgrades.
    *Please consult us when booking.
  • We can arrange Mongolia flight tickets. If you wish, please clickMongolia discount flight tickets.
  • Based on this itinerary, we can also arrange extending your stay or adding destinations. Please feel free to consult us.

Operating conditions and notes

Booking deadline

For tour bookings, please book at least 15 days before departure (excluding public holidays). If a booking is made after that, we will first reply to you by email to confirm that we can reach each other reliably before we start the arrangements. Bookings 7 days or more before departure will be accommodated as far as possible, so please consult us. (Cancellation charges start from 10 days before, so please note.) Please check the usage guide before booking.

Price notes

This course operates from 2 people, but we can accept a booking for 1 person. In that case an additional charge for a one-person departure and a single-room supplement apply. Please ask us for the price of a one-person departure before booking.

Payment method

After you reserve by email and phone, we will send a travel confirmation and an invoice to your email address. After checking the invoice, transfer 50% of the tour price to our bank account. The booking becomes official after we confirm receipt. The remaining 50% is paid by bank transfer before the trip starts.

Included in the tour price

Meal costs and service charges stated in the itinerary
Accommodation costs and service charges stated in the itinerary
Sightseeing costs stated in the itinerary (guide fee, admission fees)
Domestic flights or free internet and water

Not included in the tour price

Round-trip international airfare or international train fare

Optional tour fees

Overseas travel insurance

Personal souvenirs

Beer, liquor and other alcoholic drinks

Cancellation fees

From 18:00 local time 10 business days before the tour date to 18:00 local time 8 business days before: 20% of the total booking amount

From 18:00 local time 7 business days before the tour date to 18:00 local time 5 business days before: 30% of the total booking amount

From 18:00 local time 4 business days before the tour date to 18:00 local time 2 business days before: 40% of the total booking amount

From 18:00 local time 2 business days before the tour date to 1 business day before: 50% of the total booking amount

On the tour date: 100% of the total booking amount

 

How to Book

How to Book

1. Inquiry
Please tell us your dates, number of people and flight information.

2. Itinerary and quote
We will send you an itinerary and a quote.

3. Booking
Please send a copy of your passport (up to 15 days before departure).

4. Travel confirmation and invoice
We will send you a travel confirmation and an invoice.

5. Payment
Transfer 50% of the invoiced amount (the booking is confirmed after we confirm receipt). Please transfer the remaining 50% before departure.

For participation conditions, cancellation rules and more, please seeMongolia Travel Guide/Basic Information.

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