Eej Khairkhan Mountain Tour


Route:
Ulan-Bator – Bayankhongor Province – Gobi Altai Province–Gobi Ih Darkhan Gazar (Gobi Natural Reserve Park)- Urult Valley – Eej Khairkhan Mountain- Ulan-Bator
Duration:
8 days, 7 nights
Region:
3
Highlights:
Apr 15-24, May 15-24, Jun 1-10, Jun 15-24, Jul 1-10, Jul 15-24, Aug 1-10, Aug 15-24, Sep 1-10, Oct 1-10 in 2017
Price from:
USD 2490


Tour brief

Arrival in Ulan-Bator city. Ulan Bator is Mongolia's capital and largest city. Its population as of 2014 was over 1.3 million; almost half of the country's total population. Located in north central Mongolia, the municipality lies at an elevation of about 1,310 metres (4,300 ft) in a valley on the Tuul River. It is the country's cultural, industrial and financial heart, the centre of Mongolia.
After passing through the immigration, we will arrive at the hotel and check-in. Dinner included.

Price includes
  • Accommodation (Hotel and tour camp)
  • Meals as specified in the itinerary (Breakfast and Lunch Included)
  • Snacks
  • Local transportation
  • Airport Pick-up
Price excludes
  •   Round trip air ticket
  •   Your travel insurance (compulsory)
  •   Other personal expenses
  •   Driver
  •   Tour guide
  •   Entertainment tickets/ entrance fees as specified in the itinerary
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Ulan-Bator

Arrival in Ulan-Bator city. Ulan Bator is Mongolia's capital and largest city. Its population as of 2014 was over 1.3 million; almost half of the country's total population. Located in north central Mongolia, the municipality lies at an elevation of about 1,310 metres (4,300 ft) in a valley on the Tuul River. It is the country's cultural, industrial and financial heart, the centre of Mongolia.
After passing through the immigration, we will arrive at the hotel and check-in. Dinner included.

Ulan-Bator

After breakfast at the hotel, we will start the sightseeing tour in Ulan-Bator city. The first destination will be “National Museum of Mongolia”. It is the largest national museum of Mongolia located in Ulan-Bator. Exhibitions cover prehistory, pre-Mongol Empire history, Mongol Empire, Mongolia during Qing rule, ethnography and traditional life, and twentieth-century history.

Then, we will visit “Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan”. The palace is the only one left from originally four residences of the eighth Javzandamba Khutughtu, who was later proclaimed Bogd Khan, or emperor of Mongolia. The palace displays many of the Bogd Khan's possessions, such as his throne and bed, his collection of art and stuffed animals, his ornate ceremonial ger. After lunch, we will walk through the city center and visit at State Department Store, souvenir and antique shops and cashmere shop. After dinner, we will take a rest at the hotel. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Ulan-Bator-Bayankhongor Province-Gobi Altai Province

After breakfast, we will travel by car, heading to Gobi Altai Province.(1000km from Ulan-Bator) On the way, we will stop by and stay overnight in Bayankhongor Province, due to the long travel. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Gobi Altai Province

This day, we will arrive in Gobi Altai Province. We will stay overnight in Bayan Tooroi village, Tsogt Soum. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included).

Gobi Ih Darkhan Gazar (Gobi Natural Reserve Park)

After breakfast, we will start traveling through Gobi Ih Darkhan Gazar (Gobi Natural Reserve Park) by camel. You will encounter various kind of wild animals such as antelope, gazelle, wild camel, gobi bear which is called “mazaalai”. There is almost no tourist camp. So, we will stay overnight in tent and eat dinner cooked outside on a fire. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Urult Valley

After breakfast, we will travel through Urult Valley, where you can see various kinds of wild leopard in rocky mountains. We will have a lunch cooked outside on a fire on the mountain. You can enjoy walking tours through the rocky mountains. After dinner outside, we will stay overnight in tent.

Eej Khairkhan Mountain

After breakfast, our trip on Eej Khairkhan Mountain will begin. We should strictly follow the instructions set by local tour guide while we are traveling through the mountain. Eej Khairkhan Mountain at 2,275 m is located between Tsogt and Altai sums of Gobi-Altai province north of the Great Gobi Strictly Protected Area.
This area was protected in 1992 as a Nature Reserve and in 1995, it was included in the category "Cultural and Historical Sites". For centuries, Eej Khairkhan Mountain was reserved and worshipped by the locals in their belief that mountain blessed families with children. The nine green-framed stone pots, which are set aside the deep rocky strip near the solitary mountain, cut off the Gobi Middle Mountains, on the western side of Eej Khairkhan Mountain very much attract the interests of nature lovers and conservators. When the first pot is filled up, it creates a little waterfall by spilling its excess water to the next pot through the stone threshold, which is 40-50 cm long. We will enjoy lunch cooked outside on a fire in the valley of the mountain.

Departure After breakfast, we will go to the airport for our flight back home.

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