Gobi Desert by Flight

Tour description:

Experience the essence of the Gobi Desert as you visit a nomad family, explore three famous Gobi sites, learn about significant paleontological discoveries, and immerse yourself in the beauty of nature. You'll find yourself in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by the vastness of the Gobi

Tour highlight:

Khongor Sand Dunes

Camel riding

Exploring the Flaming Cliffs

Learning about paleontology

Hiking in the Vulture Valley

Visiting a nomad family

Making traditional food, "Buuz"

Day 1: Ulaanbaatar (D)

Arrival in Ulaanbaatar. Your guide will welcome you and pick you up from the airport. Have dinner and check into the hotel.

Day 2: Khongor Sand Dunes (B+L+D)

Early in the morning, We will take a domestic flight to Dalanzadgad city, and from there, our journey continues to Khongor, home to the largest sand dunes. Driving approximately 160 km, we'll reach the sand dunes, where the adventure unfolds. Activities include hiking along the green river shore, climbing sand dunes, visiting a nomad family, and experiencing an hour of camel riding. For those who conquer one of the tallest sand dunes, don't forget to spread the sand northwards against the wind, a local tradition explaining why the dunes are known as 'Singing Sand.' The views from the top are fantastic. Overnight in a tourist camp.

Day 3: Flaming Cliffs (B+L+D)

After breakfast, we will drive for a 160 km drive to the Flaming Cliffs, renowned for the groundbreaking discoveries made by American explorer Roy Chapman Andrews, including the first dinosaur eggs ever found. We'll enjoy exploring the cliffs, searching for dinosaur fossils, and then proceed to the Gobi tree grove known as 'Bayanzag,' meaning 'rich in saxaul trees.' This unique tree species thrives exclusively in the Central Asian Gobi. Overnight sleep in a tourist camp.

Day 4: Yoliin Am - Eagle Vulture (B+L+D)

After breakfast, we will drive 160 km to Yoliin Am. There is a mountain range lying in this region named Gobi Gurvan Saikhan meaning "Three beautiful mountains in the Gobi.” It is a beautiful national park rich in wildlife and scenic places. Among them, Yoliin Am/Eagle Valley is accessible by car. We will walk through the valley into the depths of a sheer rock canyon, which accepts no sunlight. Therefore, it has ice until the end of June. The hiking continues for 2.5 to 3 hours for travel into the valley and back to the vehicle. Golden eagles, elusive wild sheep, and ibexes are indigenous to the valley. Overnight in a tourist camp.

Day 5: Ulaanbaatar

Early in the morning we will fly back to Ulaanbaatar. Departure at your hotel. End of the tour.

Optional airport service for your departure from Ulaanbaatar or tour extension are available based on your wishes*

Highlight

Khongorym sand dunes

This 180km long range of sand dune is situated at back of Mount Sevrei and Zuulun on west of Mount Gobi Gurvan Saikhan in Umnugobi Aimag. This sand dune is 3-15km wide and 15-30m high. Hundreds of sand dunes will be appeared from top of the Khongoryn Els. The scenery is brilliant with Rocky Mountains on the south, sand dunes in the centre and a river oasis on the north. Floodwater coming down from Mount Zuulun flows through the sand dune and absorbs into the soil. This absorbed water gives rise to a small river Khongor which flows for about 10km to west along the sand dune. At back of the sand dune there are several tourist camps from where one can reach the sand dune by riding or trekking on a camel.

Baynzag

A lot of dinosaurs’ findings such as skeleton & dinosaur’ eggs have been found there. Before reach in Bayanzag, we will see Gobi precious stone market. It is really interesting. American zoologist Roy Chapman Andrews named this place as “End of the World”. As scientists defined it was an inland sea bottom some 200 million years ago. The Flaming Cliffs themselves are very imposing from a distance, and are particularly fiery in the light of the setting sun, and it is an interesting place to wander about to get a closer look at one of the world’s most famous paleontological sites

Yolyn am – Vulture gorge

.Yoliin Valley is the narrow canyon of a river that flows through Zuun Saikhan Mountain (2,816m above sea level). The gorge has sheer rock walls with a height of 200m in the central part of the gorge. It has been protected since 1965 and has an area of 70 square kilometers of strictly protected area. A spring is two or three kilometers long. The wind strongly flows through gorge and freezes into a thick corridor of ice that stretches along for a distance

Tour price:

Tailored to fit your travel schedule, this tour package offers complete customization from May to October. Tour price per person, as detailed below.

Staying at tourist camp per person:

2 pax – 1327 USD

3 pax – 1237 USD

4 pax or more – 892 USD

Price included: Price not included:

Museum tax Travel insurance

Entrance to sightseeings Visa fee

English speaking tour guide Hotel extra service

Transfer Alcoholic drinks

Full board Any charges arising from major force

Domestic flight events beyond our control

Camel riding

Drinking water

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