Lake Ugii, Tsenkher Hot Springs, Central Gobi Desert

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 Lake Ugii, Tsenkher Hot Springs, Orkhon Valley, Ongi Monastery, Khongor Sand Dunes

10 Days / 9 Nights Tour MO-45

Duration10 Days / 9 Nights
AccommodationStandard hotel / ger
Meals9 breakfasts, 8 lunches, 8 dinners
GuideEnglish guide
Price2 people: $2,135
Departure pointChinggis Khaan Airport

Overview

Tour codeMO-45
Number of days10 Days / 9 Nights
Departure pointChinggis Khaan Airport
AccommodationStandard hotel / ger
Meals9 breakfasts, 8 lunches, 8 dinners
Hotel usedStandard room
Local guideEnglish guide
Minimum number of participantsFrom 1 person
Booking methodBook online
Local tour price2 people: $2,135

Itinerary

DayScheduleMealsAccommodation
1
Day
Ulaanbaatar
Transport: private car

Depart Narita or Haneda. Connect in Seoul to Ulaanbaatar.

The English-speaking guide takes you to the hotel.

Dinner: not includedCity hotel🏨
2
Day
Ulaanbaatar → Ugii Lake
Transport: private car

After breakfast, depart from Ulaanbaatar for Lake Ugii (about 5 hours). Located in Ugii village, Arkhangai Province. Lake Ugii, home to 170 species of birds and about 20 species of fish, is one of the largest lakes in Mongolia. You can also sightsee by boat. Stay at a ger camp around the lake. Bird watching, hiking and fishing are possible.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
Ger tourist camp⛺
3
Day
Ugii Lake → Tsenkher Hot Springs
Transport: private car

Move to Tsenkher, with its natural hot springs, in Arkhangai Province, called the "Garden of Flowers". About 3 hours.

After arriving, visit a nomad's ger.

Horse riding experience. Receive an explanation from the nomads and set out on a riding experience with your horse onto the grand steppe. Enjoy the horse riding experience.

Enjoy the open-air bath in great nature.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
Ger tourist camp⛺
4
Day
Tsenkher Hot Springs → Karakorum Ruins
Transport: private car

After breakfast, move to the Karakorum ruins by private car, about 2 hours. After arriving at Karakorum, sightseeing at the World Heritage Karakorum ruins. (Erdene Zuu, Turtle Rock, Karakorum Museum)

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
Ger tourist camp⛺
5
Day
Karakorum Hot Springs → Ongi Monastery
Transport: private car

After breakfast, drive south toward central Mongolia.

After arriving at Ongi Monastery, rest.

Visit the monastery.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
Ger tourist camp⛺
6
Day
Ongi Monastery → Bayanzag
Transport: private car

In the morning, to Bayanzag in the South Gobi. Andrews first discovered the dinosaur bone fossil beds here and in 1922 first recorded dinosaur eggs.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
Ger tourist camp⛺
7
Day
Bayanzag → Khongor Sand Dunes
Transport: private car

Head to the Khongor Sand Dunes, the largest and most spectacular dunes in Mongolia. The dunes are known as the "singing sands", reaching a height of 80 m from the plain and stretching about 180 km in length. The spectacular dunes are surrounded by lush vegetation supported by a small river called Khongor.

Hike and slide down the dunes. Visit a camel-breeding family and try a short camel ride.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
Ger tourist camp⛺
8
Day
Khongor Sand Dunes → Yolyn Am Valley
Transport: private car

Enjoy a car journey.

To Yolyn Am Valley in the South Gobi. About 5 hours.

Afternoon, Yolyn Am Valley and the Gobi Nature Museum.

The valley is a place where a thick layer of ice and beautiful green pastures coexist. In summer rain, waterfalls sometimes appear over the rocks. It is also famous for seeing a wide variety of plants and animals up close.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
Ger tourist camp⛺
9
Day
Yolyn Am Valley ✈ Ulaanbaatar
Transport: aircraft, private car

Morning: fly from Dalanzadgad in the South Gobi to Ulaanbaatar. About 1.5 hours.

Afternoon: Ulaanbaatar city sightseeing. Gandan Monastery, the Dinosaur Museum, Chinggis Khaan Square, Zaisan Hill and more.

At 18:00 enjoy a performance by the Mongolian traditional music orchestra.

Breakfast: ○
Lunch: ○
Dinner: ○
City hotel🏨
10
Day
Ulaanbaatar
Transport: private car

By private car to Chinggis Khaan Airport for your send-off. Thank you for your hard work.

Breakfast: ○-

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

Highlights and Information


About 120 km from the Tsenkher hot springs to Lake Ugii. Located in Ugii village, Arkhangai Province. 170 species of birds and about 20 species of fish live in Lake Ugii.Representative lakes of Arkhangai, boasting abundant water sources, include Lake Ugii and Lake Terkhiin Tsagaan. Both are designated under the Ramsar Convention to protect important habitats of waterbirds, and many migratory birds such as swans, demoiselle cranes and red-crowned cranes alight every year. One of Mongolia's largest lakes. You can also sightsee by boat. Around the lake are ger camps, convenient for lodging and meals. You can enjoy bird watching, hiking and fishing.

The capital of Arkhangai Province, about 11 hours overland west of Ulaanbaatar. Further in are natural hot springs. Called the hidden bath of Ogedei Khan, an open-air bath in the steppe. It has been chosen as one of the world's 100 hot springs.Its source is 86°C, a natural steppe hot spring flowing directly from a rich source. It is even chosen among the world's 100 hot springs. A must-see place in Central Mongolia for hot spring lovers.While in the open-air bath you can watch a sky full of stars at night. A suitable place for horse riding and visiting nomads. You can also observe alpine plants of the Khangai Mountains and study living things.

Mongolia has many highlights besides the steppe. In the cultural landscape area known as the Orkhon Valley, many ruins and historic sites remain, and the most famous is the Karakorum ruins. When the Mongol and Turkic nomads who have long lived in Mongolia founded their states, they chose the Orkhon River basin for their capitals. Chinggis Khaan also ordered the capital of the Mongol Empire to be established there. By his order, the city of Karakorum was built in 1235, and it is famous for having been, for a time, the center of the world. Erdene Zuu of the Karakorum ruins is one of Mongolia's World Heritage Sites. Suddenly appearing in the steppe, the ruins consist of 108 striking white stupas and outer walls surrounding the Buddhist temple, a group of monasteries with a long history in Mongolia. A little walk from the ruins is Turtle Rock, and the site where the "Karakorum History Museum" was built by a joint project of the Mongolian Cabinet and JICA with Japanese ODA.

Ongi Monastery is in Saikhan-Ovoo District of the province. The two temples on the north and south sides of the Ongi River together are called Ongi Monastery. It is considered one of the largest monasteries in Mongolia. Ongi Monastery was built in 1660. At the time its grounds were huge, with about 30 temples and four large prayer halls. About 1,000 monks are said to have lived there. In the socialist era Ongi Monastery was treated as taboo, and in 1939 it was completely destroyed. Many monks were victims of the great purge. After democratization, several monks returned to the monastery and began giving Buddhist talks. At present, one prayer hall has been completely rebuilt. Traces of the temples still remain around the monastery. The Ongi ruins lie about 18 km south of Saikhan-Ovoo village.

 A place known worldwide because dinosaur eggs and fossils were found here. This area became known to the world around the 1920s through the American explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. Andrews excavated several dinosaur fossils and eggs here, which are now said to be on display in America's largest museum. The area is also famous for many rare objects found that prove people have lived here for millions of years. If you look carefully, you might find a fragment of a dinosaur fossil.


The Gobi Desert spreads across southern Mongolia. Much of it is desert with pebbles and low shrubs, but about 200 km from South Gobi, large sand dunes suddenly appear. The dunes, which continue like mountains as far as you can see, are more than about 50 m high. At the foot of the dunes there is a rare landscape with grassland, grass and short trees growing, and small rivers flowing. You often see camels trekking with tourists. This course lets you enjoy the moving scenery of these dunes, said to be No. 1 in Mongolia. Of course you also stay in a ger from which you can see the dunes. Staying in great nature with no man-made objects as far as you can see makes you completely forget daily life. In slow-flowing time, stroll across the dunes on a camel, and at night look up at the starry sky, and you will truly feel embraced by Mongolian nature.


In the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan Mountains there is a beautiful place called Yolyn Am. Yolyn Am means "Valley of the Eagles" in Mongolian. Indeed eagles fly above the valley, and you can understand the name. The valley is at a high altitude of 2,200 m, and snow remains here even in early summer. In midsummer the snow melts, but the valley without snow is cool and pleasant. On a hot summer day it is fun to walk on the ice in the valley. Wild sheep and goats, wolves, Gobi bears, vultures and wild asses also live here.

Tour Points and Schedule Guide


*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.
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  • 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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