Private Mongolia Tour: 9 Days Genghis Khan Birthplace Exploration

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival in Ulaanbaatar, Airport Pick-up
1 stop
1
Ulaanbaatar
Welcome to join this 9-day Mongolia tour, during which you can not only appreciate the beautiful natural scenery, admire historical heritages, but also enjoy horse trek and visit local herdsmen’s camps. Upon your arrival at the Ulaanbaatar airport, our driver will greet you timely and escort you to check in the hotel in downtown.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Drive to Chinggis City, with a Stop at Genghis Khan Statue Complex
2 stops
2
Chinggis Khan Statue Complex
After breakfast, our guide and the driver will pick you up from the hotel lobby and then drive to Chinggis City, which will take about 6 hours on the way. In midway, we will visit Genghis Khan Statue Complex located 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of the city of Ulaanbaatar. It is known for a 40-meter tall equestrian statue of Genghis Khan, the founder of Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous land empire in history. Inside the statue is a museum exhibiting precious relics of Mongolian nomadic culture. There is also an elevator leading to a sightseeing platform over the head of the horse, where visitors can have a panoramic view of the endless grassland.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
3
Arriving in Chinggis City, check in the prior reserved hotel for a good rest.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Chinggis City - Dadal Village
1 stop
4
Today's trip will begin with a visit to Dadal Village. It will take about 6.5 hours to drive there. When arriving in the afternoon, the guide will escort you to stroll around the village to enjoy its charming rural landscape, consisting of dark pine forests, clear rivers and lakes, and later reside in a ger camp.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Visit Birthplace of Genghis Khan, Drive to Binder Village
2 stops
5
After breakfast, we will visit Deluun Boldog and Khajuu Springs. Deluun Boldog is boundary zone a few kilometers up north of Dadal Village, with steppe, rounded hills and shallow gulches. It is said to be the possible location where Genghis Khan was born in 1162. There is a stone erected in 1990 on top of one of the hills, being inscribed with the story of Genghis Khan's birth. Also, the nearby Khajuu Bulag is the mountain spring where he was washed after birth. Then we'll pay a visit to a local herdsman's ger museum.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
6
This afternoon, we will set off for Binder Village with beautiful natural scenery. On arrival, explore the village and then stay overnight at a ger camp in the nearby Kurkh River Valley.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Binder Village and Bereeven Monastery
2 stops
7
In the morning, the guide will accompany you to visit Ancestor's Wall not far from Binder Village. It is a 9-feet high and 5-mile-long red granite wall built in the 13th century around a big graveyard of ancient nomadic inhabitants. On the way we will also stop over to see other ancient monuments including Rashaan Khad with abundant rock carvings, deer stones, and Binder Ovoo (Binder cairn) dating from Palaeolithic to the Bronze and Iron Ages.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
8
After lunch, move on to visit Baldan Bereeven Monastery, an important Gelugpa or Yellow Hat Buddhist monastery located in a river valley. Then go to Bayanbulag ger camp for dinner and overnight stay.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Blue Lake (Khökh Nuur) - Gun Galuut Natural Reserve
2 stops
9
Today we will depart for the beautiful Blue Lake at 10:00am. As a highlight of this Mongolia tour, it is not only a scenic place surrounded by verdant forests and teeming with various species of flora and fauna, but also one of the most important historical places in Mongolian history, for it is the place where Temuujin was enthroned and titled as "Genghis Khan" in 1189.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
10
After lunch, we will take the car for around 3 hours to Gun Galuut Natural Reserve - the harmonious complex of high mountains, steppes, grasslands, rivers, lakes and wetlands.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 7
Visit Terelj National Park and a Nomadic Family
1 stop
11
Today will be another highlight of this Mongolia tour. In the morning, the guide will accompany you to Terelj National Park, famous for the green grassland, lush woods and many rock formations. On the way pay a visit to a local nomadic family, talk with them and experience their traditional lifestyle. On arrival at the park, we will firstly go to admire the Turtle Rock beside the main road. It is a 24 meters (75 feet) high rock formation carved into a turtle only by the force of nature. After, you may enjoy horse trek in the vast park freely on your own.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 8
Ulaanbaatar City Tour
3 stops
12
After breakfast, drive 2 hours to return back to Ulaanbaatar and visit Zaisan Memorial Hill. The hill was built in memory of the allied Mongolian and Soviet soldiers died in the Second World War. On the top of the memorial hill, you can overlook the surrounding mountain landscape and the entire city.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
13
Sukhbaatar Square
After lunch, proceed to visit Genghis Khan's Square located at the city center. After the visit, you will be given some free time to stroll around or buy some souvenirs for families and friends. If needed, feel free to ask for suggestions from the guide.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
14
Tumen Ekh Ensemble
In the evening, the guide will come to pick you up and go to enjoy an excellent music and dance show "Wonders of Mongolia" performed by the world-famous Tumen-Ekh group. After that, head to the "Bd's Mongolian Barbeque" international chain restaurant for dinner, drawing an end to this tour in Mongolia.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 9
Departure from Ulaanbaatar
1 stop
15
Ulaanbaatar
Today accoring to your flight schedule, our driver will escort you to the airport and say good-bye. Thanks for choosing us and wish you all the best!
1 hour • Admission ticket free

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• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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