Central Asia Travel

Beautiful western highlitghts tour

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Day 1: Ulaanbaatar-city tour

After arriving in Ulaanbaatar, you'll be greeted at the airport and escorted to 4* hotel. After lunch, take a city sightseeing tour including a visit to Gandan Monastery with its huge gold plated Buddha, a symbol of Mongolian national pride and cultural revival. See the monks chanting, spin some prayer wheels and view the intricately embroidered thanks. Then visit National Museum of Mongolian History, where you will see artifacts from Mongolia and Central Asia from the Stone Age to the present. Overnight in the hotel. (L/D)

Day 2: Khovd-Tsenkher cave

Early morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Khovd, the capital of Khovd province. Discover Mongolia team will be waiting for you. Drive to Khoid tsenkher cave (Northern blue cave). The rock paintings of the cave dating back 20,000-15,000 years ago are rightfully considered as world class evidence of the Upper Paleolithic period. Numerous symbols and animals painted with rosy and brown colors deep inside the cave depict a quietly standing stag, a buffalo with horns, oxen, ibexes, elephants, ostriches, and two-humped camels either separately or overlapping each other. Overnight in tent. (B/L/D)

Day 3: Khovd- Khar-Us lake

Drive back to Khovd province via Khar Us Lake. There are we have good opportunity to see varieties of birds and beaver. You can rest, hearing sound of various waterfowls gathered in the lake. Visit local museum in Hovd town and Overnight in the hotel. (B/L/D)

Day 4: Bayan-Ulgii-Tolbo Lake

Drive to Bayan-Ulgii province via Lake Tolbo. Admire the attractive view of majestic mountains on the way. Break the trip near the sheer Tolbo Lake and free hiking there. Visit the Zahchin or Urianhai ethnic nomad family. Overnight in tourist camp in Ulgii town. (B/L/D)

Day 5: Altai Tavan Bogd

Today we will have full day drive to Altai Tavan bogd National Park (means The Holy Five) via Tsagaan Gol (White river) valley and through Altai Mountains that are Mongolia's largest and highest mountain range more than 3000-4000 meters high. One famous spot is "Shiveet Hairhan" Sacred Mountain, where we will see the largest rock painting site from the period of the Huns (approx 200 B.C.)(B/L/D)

Day 6: Altai Tavan Bogd horse trek- Potanian Glacier

Today we will ride horse (11km - you can hike also) to Altai Tavanbogd referring to the peaks of Huiten - 4374m and the highest. It is a stunning setting with the awe inspiring massif of high snow capped peaks. We will reach the 20km long Potanina glacier, which is ice river starts from Altai Tavan Bogd Snow Peaks. Back to base camp and overnight in tent. (B/L/D)

Day 7: Uureg lake

Today's destination is Uureg Lake, We will spend rest of day leisure at the lake, walking, bird watching, and swimming. Overnight in tourist camp from 15 km from the lake. (B/L/D)

Day 8: Bayan-Ulgii province

Drive back to Ulgii. On the way visit Kazakh Nomadic family and feel their grade hospitalities. Meet Kazakh Eagle hunter and see his magnificent bird. See how Kazakh women are making felt and other handy crafts. Overnight in tourist camp.(B/L/D)

Day 9:Uvs Lake- Sand dune "Buurug del"

Drive to Sand dune "Buurug del" via Ulaangom capital town of Uvs province. On the way we will see Uvs Lake, a gigantic inland sea in the middle of the desert. Then drive to Buurug del sand dunes which are direct continues of Gobi desert and the most northern edge of desert zone in the world. The dunes and surrounding mountains are designated wilderness; this is a great place to enjoy unspoiled natural beauty in a variety of ways. Here you can climb up to the dunes. Overnight in tent. (B/L/D)

Day 10: visit nomad family, camel ride

Today is a relaxing day. We will visit a local nomad family. There we have an opportunity to experience their way of life, their culture and traditions and ride 2 humped Bactrian camel. Mongolia has more than twenty different ethnic groups speak their own dialect. About ten kinds of ethnic groups live in the four western provinces. (B/L/D)

Day11: Uvs town

After breakfast drive back to Ulaangom for your departure flight to Ulaanbaatar. Take a small city tour including local museum and market. Overnight in local hotel. (B/L/D)

Day12: Ulaanbaatar

fter breakfast you will have a flight back to Ulaanbaatar. You may choose an optional city tour where you will be taken to souvenir and cashmere shops before enjoying an evening concert of National Folklore. Overnight at the hotel. (B/L/D)

Day 13: Departure

After breakfast, you will be transferred from your hotel to the airport. (B)

Highlights

Khar us lake

About 40km to the east of Khovd City is Khar Us Nuur (Dark Water Lake), the second-largest freshwater lake (15,800 sq km) in Mongolia – but with an average depth of only 4m. Khovd Gol flows into this lake, creating a giant marsh delta. Khar Us Nuur is the perfect habitat for wild ducks, geese, wood grouse, partridges and seagulls, including rare relict gulls and herring gulls – and by late summer a billion or two of everyone’s friend, the common mosquito.

Altai Tavan bogd

This huge mountain range is over 900 km long stretching from western end of the country passing through Gobi-Altai Aimag. The highest peak is 4374 m high Mount Khuiten. This 100km-long mountain range starting from Mount Khuiten to Gichgenii Nuruu is known as Altai range. There are glaciers at the height of 3500-4000m of the mountain range

BAYAN-ULGII AIMAG /KAZAKH PEOPLE/

Bayan-Ulgii aimag (province) is located in the West region of our country. It is bordered with Russia and China. 97% of the population is Kazakh whereas the rest 3% are Mongolian minority groups, such as Tuva, Uriankhai and Zakhchin. Kazakh life style and habits are differed from Mongolian due to different reasons. Most of the population is Muslim

Tsagaan Gol Valley

White River Valley (Tsagaan gol) is place where the 4 season of the weather in one hour, where the mountains are meeting the sky and friendly Tuvan nomads showing you unexpected hospitality.

Uureg lake

Uureg Lake is 42m deep and its surface is 237sqkm. Here you can see numbers of birds and can visit local nomads. The lake is very suitable to swimm in sunny days.

Uvs Lake

Uvs Lake Large number of gulls and migratory birds live at Uvs Lake during summer. This immense lake 80 kms long and 80 kms wide is located 28 kilometers northeast of Ulaangom town. Remarkable ecological diversity desert, marsh, dunes, semi desert, steppe, taiga (thick forest), tundra and glaziers in a relatively compact zone, characterize the basin of the Uvs Lake.

Tolbo lake

Tolbo Nuur is a freshwater lake about 50km south of Ulgii, on the main road between Ulgii and Khovd City. It is high (2080m), expansive and eerie but the shoreline is treeless with few mosquitoes and a few families camp here every summer. A major battle was fought here in 1921 between the Bolsheviks and White Russians, with the local Mongolian general, Khasbaatar, siding with the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks won and there are a couple of memorial plaques by the lake.

The Essentials

1. Package price

2. Tour dates: 2017

3. Group size

Minimum 3pax

Maximum 15pax

4. Single Supplement in Ger camp

Single occupancy in ger camps, USD per person

5. Tour includes:

Transfers upon arrival and departure
English speaking guide at all times
In the countryside all lodging will be in ger camps
Accommodation in a hotel or hostel in Ulaanbaatar,
All meals are provided as stated in the itinerary
Ground transportation: in the countryside by a chauffeur driven jeep, bus in the city area
Park entrance fees
Sightseeing as per itinerary
1 liter of drinking water per day per person

6. Package price DOES NOT INCLUDE:

Hotel extras, such as telephone calls, bar bills and laundry services, travel insurance, medical insurance, visa application fees, alcoholic beverages, personal expenses such as items of a personal nature, gratuity to local guides and drivers, airfare or train ticket, airport taxes, excess baggage charges (over 33pound / 15kilo), changes of arrival/departure flights, additional services, any charges of force majeure beyond our control (e.g. imposition, quarantine restrictions, etc.), optional excursions unless stated in your itinerary, etc…

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