Khuvsgul Lake & Western part& National Parks

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1 Khuvsgul Lake & Western part& National Parks Fantastic Travel Mongolia Highlight Visits to beautiful Karakorum - Mongolian top attractions Lifetime opportunity to ride two humped Bactrian camel in their homeland Explore nomadic lifestyle, culture and tradition Professional team and high quality services Relax the nights in comfortable and finest tourist camps and enjoy the delicious meals Enjoying& discovering different culture, lifestyle of nomad people Sightseeing wide landscape Visiting ancient capital city& oldest Buddhist monastery Staying in a traditional felt ger& looking at the stars through its window Wandering to the biggest horseman Chinggis khan s statue Enjoying a wonderful scenery of Terelj National Park See the lake called ''Mongolian Swiss '' Visit to Tsaatan people Horse trekking Western Part Itineraries Day 1

2 Arrival in Ulaanbaatar city& half day city tour Welcome to Mongolia. Your guide and driver will meet you in the airport. Upon arrival in UB we will visit to Museum of Mongolian National History the museum presents Mongolian history and culture from prehistoric times to the present day. After visiting museum we will have your lunch in the Mongolian food restaurant, you will taste Mongolian dishes.? Next, visit Sukhbaatar square which is lies at the heart of the city surrounded by important buildings such as government palace, banks and theaters and post office, that is the main Square in Ulaanbaatar. Accommodation: Hotel 4*. Meals:, Lunch and Dinner. Day 2 Flight to Murun& Drive to Khuvsgul lake& National Parks Early in the morning you will be transferred to the airport and fly to the Murun, which is center town of Khuvsgul province. Breakfast in the local restaurant we will drive to the Khuvsgul lake. Lunch time we will in the lake and have lunch, have some rest and take a shower. Walk round the lake and view wonderful surroundings. Accommodation: Ger camp. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.?Total distance: 120km, driving for ~2 hours Day 3 Full day at Khovsgol Lake & horse riding to the tsaatan people Today we have a chance to local people do for their living. We will ride a horse and visit to the tsaatan people,who are the reindeer herders, hike in the surrounding pine forests, sail in the lake with boat. We will have so much fun durning whole day. Accommodation: Ger camp. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Day 4 Jargalant village & Jargal Hot Springs After breakfast we will drive to the Jargal Hot Springs, natural hot spring flows out whole year from the ground at 70 Celsius degree in mountainous North Mongolia. Here you can have massage and have a rest in the small pool from natural hot springs.

3 Accommodation: Ger camp. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Total distance: 200 km 6-7 hours Day 5 Terkh white Lake & Khorgo extinct volcano On this day, our journey will continue to Terkh White Lake. We will arrive and have lunch at the camp on the shore of the Lake. Terkh White Lake is a mesmerizing beautiful lake with crystal clear fresh water.?hiking, horse riding, mountain climbing, fishing and swimming are all good here. We will visit Yak breeder s family and experience the traditional customs and lifestyle of local residents.?accommodation: Ger camp. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Day 6 Visiting to Tsetserleg town & Karakorum Early in the morning we will continue our trip to Tsetserleg town, before lunch we will be there and in the town we visit to the local temple and enjoy local lifestyle after lunch we will drive to the Karakorum which was Mongolian ancient capital. On the ruins of the city Erdenezuu Monastery was built. Now Kharhorin is a small village, has about population. Kharkhorin is located at the lower end of the upper valley of the Orkhon river which is included within UNESCO's World Heritage Site Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape Upon arrival in the village, we will enjoy the nature, go hiking. Day 7 Visiting to Erdenezuu Buddhist Monastery/Golden Stupa/ & Elsen tasarkhai sand dunes& camel riding Early in the morning we will visit museum of Karakorum and learn about beautiful ancient Karakorum. Then we will visit to the magnificent and the oldest Buddhist Monastery complex of Erdenezuu, built in the 16th century. Then we will drive to Elsen tasarkhai, sand is sodden under its surface in the center of the country. This sand dune is 80km long and the widest part of the sand dune is 9-10 km. On the way to the sand dune we will visit to the nomadic family and have Mongolian traditional lunch and explore how Mongolian nomads live. After lunch at the ger camp,we will continue to drive to the magnificent sand dunes, where we have a chance to visit camel herder

4 family and explore their unique nomadic lifestyle and do camel riding for one hour. You will feel comfortable while you are riding camel, which are called Bactrian have 2 humps. Your guide will help you have to ride them and know about more about this animal.?return to the Ger camp near the sand dunes for dinner and overnight.? Accommodation: Ger camp, and Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Day 8 Hustai National Park trip& wild horses In the morning, we will drive to the Hustai National Park. This area is home to the Mongolian wild horse known as Perzevalski horse (takhi) with unique landscape that features mountain and steppe.?after lunch at Hustai Ger camp, we will visit the small Informational center about the national park and wild horse. The takhi and marmots are easy to see around 2-3hrs earlier than sunset, when they come down from mountains for water to stream.?in early evening, we will take short drive and hiking to see the horses in their natural habitat. Seeing these truly wild horses which numbered in the hundreds of thousands of years ago, will make you feel like you have traveled thousands of years back in time. There is great opportunity to take photo for these endangered horses. If you are lucky, you can see fox, deer, roe deer, eagle, and more animals and birds?accommodation: Ger camp. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Day 9 Bogd Khaan National Park& Manzushir Temple& Terelj National Park In the morning we will drive to the Bogd Khaan National Park which is strictly protected place has an area of 416 square km and the highest point is Tsetsee Gun is 2256 meters above sea level. The Bogd Khan Mountain has over 220 species of plants, some rare animals like red deer, musk deer, Siberian deer, Siberian ibex, wild boar and many species of birds such as common buzzard, woodpecker, stork and others. The mountain is great for hiking and it is popular for its forest with larch trees, grasslands, stunning plants and its animal life. Then we will drive to the Terlj National Park.Upon arrival in the park we will go to the Turtle Rock, or called Melkhi Khad by the locals, is an interesting rock formation looking like a turtle. This giant rock formation is a popular spot for visitors to the area. There are you can ride a camel or travel on horseback around scenic nature.?then we will visit to the Arayabal meditation center is surrounded by scenic mountains with interesting rock formations and sits at top of the mountain. Very beautiful scenery on the top of the mountain. Accommodation: Ger camp. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Day 10

5 Gun Galuutai Resort In the morning we will drive to Gun Galuutai resort. Now we are at the edge of east part of our country.?we will arrive there by the lunch time and we will spend our time to visit nomadic family, drink airag,/fermented horse s milk/, riding horses. Accommodation: Ger camp. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Day 11 Chinggis Khaan Statue& back to hotel In UB After breakfast we will drive to the Chinggis Khaan Statue, is a 40-metre (130 ft) tall statue of Chinggis Khaan on horseback, on the bank of the Tuul River at Tsonjin Boldog, historical place for Mongolians. To reach on the top of the statue we will walk to the head of the horse through its chest and neck, where they have a panoramic view. Having lunch in the restaurant we will drive back to the hotel in UB. Day 12 City tour& traditional performance At around 9 am we will pick up you from hotel and go to the GandanMonastery. There we can admire tall \ 26-meter-high/ majestic gilded indoor statue of Megjid Janraisig. Then we will go the Zaisan hill, which is in the south in UB. Here you can view whole city. Our next stop is Bogd Khaan s Winter Palace museum, one of the most visited museums in Ulaanbaatar. You will enjoy it. In the evening, we will visit Wonders of Mongolia folklore show by famous Tumen-Ekh ensemble - is one of the most successful folk art groups.?dinner is at Bd s Mongolian Barbeque international chain restaurant.? Accommodation: Hotel 4*. Meals:, Lunch and Dinner.