Day 1 · Ulaanbaatar
Arrive in Ulaanbaatar
You arrive in Mongolia's capital, a city of over a million people where nomadic tradition meets modern life.
- Overnight
- Shangri-La Ulaanbaatar
10 days · 9 nights
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Ulaanbaatar
Day 1 · Ulaanbaatar
You arrive in Mongolia's capital, a city of over a million people where nomadic tradition meets modern life.
Day 2 · Ulaanbaatar
An expert guides you through the country's largest museum and its relics of the Mongol empire. A welcome dinner follows.
Day 3 · Ulaanbaatar
A senior lama shows you Gandan Khiid and its great gilded statue and talks about monastic life. After a fine arts museum, the afternoon is yours.
Gobi Desert
Day 4 · Gobi Desert
You fly to the Gobi and watch local archers in the late afternoon. After dinner you step outside to see the stars.
Day 5 · Gobi Desert
You walk the narrow Yol Valley looking for lammergeiers, ibex and argali sheep, then visit the Flaming Cliffs, where dinosaur eggs were first found.
Day 6 · Gobi Desert
You ride a Bactrian camel through the Moltsog Els dunes, visit a herding family and watch a ger being built. You can also hike to petroglyphs in the Havsagit Valley before a sunset dinner.
Ulaanbaatar
Day 7 · Ulaanbaatar
You fly back to Ulaanbaatar for an evening of traditional dance and khoomi throat singing, followed by dinner.
Days 8 to 9 · Ulaanbaatar
You watch the opening ceremony with its dancers, riders and musicians, then return for a second day of archery, wrestling and horse racing. A farewell dinner closes the trip.
Day 10 · Ulaanbaatar
After breakfast, a private transfer takes you to the airport.
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Mongolia
12 days · 11 nights
Ulaanbaatar → Olgii → Ulaanbaatar → Gobi Desert
You start in Ulaanbaatar, then fly west to Olgii in the Altai Mountains to meet a Kazakh family and spend two days at the Golden Eagle Festival. Back in the capital you visit Gandan monastery, then fly to the Gobi for three nights of canyons, camel rides and the Flaming Cliffs.
You begin in Ulaanbaatar with its museums and Gandan monastery, then fly to the Gobi for three nights among dunes, canyons and the Flaming Cliffs. Back in the capital, you spend two days at the Naadam Festival with its opening ceremony, archery, wrestling and horse racing.
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Small group tour | 12 days | Ulaanbaatar · Olgii · Gobi Desert