Gobi Tour May 2019 02-07 June

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6 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

The Diversity of the Gobi Desert
Gobi – the name evokes images of vast expanses of sand dunes, red colored sediments rich in dinosaur fossils, camel riders and heat reflections above the desert landscape. While all these sights can be seen on the Gobi Desert Tour, there is much more to this landscape that is so rich in natural and human history. The Mongolian Gobi is a diverse landscape where rugged mountain ranges rise above the expansive plains of the desert.

The largest National Park of Mongolia is situated here – “Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park”, which translates into “The Three Beauties of the Gobi”. These three mountain ranges are habitat for Argali, Ibex and snowleopard. The rock formations of the Gobi here have yielded some spectacular paleontology findings such as the first dinosaur eggs, and the first found specimens of Velociraptor and Protoceratops. This area is now protected as “Baynzag Park”.

What's Included

Lunch (Optional[5])
Lunch
Dinner (Optional[4])
Dinner
Breakfast (Optional[5])
Breakfast

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Central Train Station, Ulaanbaatar

Itinerary

Duration: 6 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    6-Day Gobi Tour

    1 stop
  • 1

    Pick up from hotel and begin drive to the Gobi desert. On the way spend time at the Middle Gobi White Shrine or Tsagaan Suvragaa, with beautiful desert views, before making our stop for the evening at a traditional ger camp accommodation.

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
    • Day 2

    Eastern Beuty Mountains

    1 stop
  • 2
    Gobi Desert

    We head south to Dalanzadgad the South Gobi provincial capital, then into the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan (the three beauties of the Gobi) mountains. We'll do a walk in Yolin Am then lunch and head to Nomad ger camp for the night.

    1 day • Admission ticket included
    • Day 3

    Khorgoryn Els (Singing Sands)

    1 stop
  • 3
    Khongoryn Els

    Traveling west along the mountains we begin to glimpse the large sand dune. These are the famous singing sands of Mongolia. We can climb to the top, ride camels and stay for the night in a local ger camp.

    1 day • Admission ticket included
    • Day 4

    Western Beauty Mountains

    1 stop
  • 4
    Flaming Cliffs

    We now return east towards Bayanzag, making our way through winding valley's to visit to a smal hill top temple built by the local herder community before staying with a local herder family for the night in a traditional herder ger stay. In the morning we travel to the famous flaming cliffs

    1 day • Admission ticket included
    • Day 5

    Flaming Cliffs Bayanzag

    1 stop
  • 5
    Flaming Cliffs

    Today we travel east and to Bayanzag, or the Flaming Cliffs, made famous by Roy Chapman Andrews, the real character Indiana Jones was modeled after. Here you can take a walk among the beautiful area and visit the new museum with its dinosaur exhibits. We then head back to Dalanzadgad and a hotel for the night. There will be enough time to visit the new desert museum to learn more about the gobi and its people.

    1 day • Admission ticket included
    • Day 6

    Travel to Ulaanbaatar

    1 stop
  • 6
    Ulaanbaatar

    We have an early start to travel back to Ulaanbaatar. To break up the drive, we take a diversion about halfway to Baga Gazriin Chuluu, an interesting landscape of granite rock formations. It’s a local protected area, and habitat to Argali (mountain sheep); there is also an old monastery nestled in this picturesque landscape. We have a picnic lunch here before setting out for the last few hours drive to Ulaanbaatar. Check into hotel or guesthouse.

    1 day • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Service animals allowed
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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