Travel

Tour Itinerary
Day 1. Ulaanbaatar to Baga Gazriin Chuluu (230km)
After an early 7:30am breakfast, the tour begins at 8am with the drive to first destination in the Middle Gobi province. Baga Gazriin
Chuluu is a range of granite hills surrounded by the desert. It is believed Chinggis Khaan grazed his horses here. These hills are a
good place for scrambling and hiking. We stay in a nomadic family ger camp.
Lunch and dinner included.
Day 2. Tsagaan Suvarga (240km)
Today’s drive will be on the paved road. After packing up the camp site, will be driving to Tsagaan Suvarga – a formation about 30
meters tall and 100 meters long and shaped very strangely, as a result of wind and water erosion over thousands of years. From
a distance, it can be mistaken for the ruins of an ancient city. Lunch will be in the town of Mandalgovi city.
Day 3. Yoliin Am Valley (180km)
Today we will be entering South Gobi Desert - Umnugovi province. After having breakfast, we will start the drive to Dalanzadgad
city where you can have a shower, and guide will restock supplies with some fresh food. Lunch will be in a local restaurant, and
we then continue to Yoliin Am (“vultures mouth”), which is a deep and narrow gorge in the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park in
Southern Mongolia. Yoliin Am is notable for a deep ice field. This ice field reaches several meters thick by the end of winter and is
several kilometers long and can sometimes remain frozen throughout the summer. Camping and supper will in the Valley.
Day 4. Khongoryn Els (220km)
Driving on this day can be adventurous, because the road is unpaved. We will start driving at 8am after breakfast. Enjoy a picnic
lunch in the gorgeous canyon, and then continue to the last destination of the day. Khongoryn Els.
These dunes are the largest accumulation of sand in the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park. The spectacular dunes are bordered
by lush green vegetation supported by the Khongoryn Gol river, which is fed by underground sources from surrounding mountains.
Stay in a ger camp run by the local community, including a shower.
Day 5. Khongoryn Els
Take the opportunity to relax and truly appreciate the surrounding landscape. You will spend the day camel riding for the day,
hiking, sand sliding or hanging out with a local nomadic family. There will also be an opportunity to enjoy a shower and cold drinks
from the bar/restaurant as well as a night safari tour, where we will see some of the local wildlife.
Day 6. Bayanzag (150km)
Your destination on this day will be the aptly named “Flaming Cliffs”. The adventure across the vast desert landscape will continue,
this time across what was a prehistoric sea bed. The flaming cliffs are a dream for fossil hunters. They were named by American
adventurer Roy Chapman Andrews who found the first fossils here in 1920. The Bayanzag area is great for hiking and hunting
for fossils. Stay in a family ger camp.
Day 7. Erdenedalai Town (350km)
Your exploits across the Gobi Desert will culminate with one final night camping under the star-studded Gobi sky, gazing at the
milky way, or enjoying the hospitality of a nomadic family one last time.
Day 8. Ulaanbaatar (250km)
Return to Ulaanbaatar with nothing but fond memories and the Gobi sand in your wake you will return to UB, aiming to be back
in town by 6pm, enjoying a last picnic lunch in the wild at Zorgol Khairkhan Mountain. The mountain is venerated and revered by
the locals, who believe it is the home of a great benevolent spirit.
ZORGOL KHAIRHAN MOUNTAIN
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