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WONDERFUL HIKING TOUR


Tour code: N-12
Arrange time: February-November
Total distance: 1100 km by jeep, 45 km walking
Activity: Hiking, horseback riding-1 hour
Special items advised to bring: Good hiking shoes, Flashlight, Sun glasses and hat

Day 1: Ulaanbaatar capital
Arrival in Ulaanbaatar city, Transfer to hotel, Accommodation, Lunch in Chinggis restaurant, City tour including visits to Gandantegchilen Monastery- Present biggest monastery, which houses for giant standing Buddha statue, National History Museum gives you real insight into Mongolian origin and history, Natural History Museum offers nice chance to see petrified dinosaur skeletons and nestled eggs, Visit main Square Sukhbaatar, Friendship Monument on Zaisan hill, Free time for shopping the main street shops, art shops and antique shops, National Folk Performance Concert with songs and contortion acts, Dinner, Stay in hotel

Day 2: Wild Horses National Park
Breakfast, Drive to Khustain Nuruu National Park, where herds of wild horse Przevalskii are re-acclimatizing since 1991, Explore wild horses /Mongolian name is takhi/ in several enclosures, Visit natural museum displaying about wild horses and the national park area including flora and fauna, Lunch in restaurant at the national park, Drive to Elsen tasarhai sand dunes /210 km & 5-6 hours driving/, After dinner walking on sand dunes with bushes and vegetation, Stay overnight in Ger tourist camp

Day 3: Elsen Tasarhai Sand dunes
Breakfast, Walking on the sand dunes exploring the nature beauty, Going on a hike to White lake Lunch, Hiking to Khogno Khan Mountain, Visit to Temple Ruins Erdene Hambiin Temple and Temple ruins, which was damaged by Mongols in 1930's, Hiking to edelweiss carpeted hill, birch forest, Explore the surrounding view of valley, sand dunes, lake and hills on the Manduhai peak of Khogno Khan Mountain, Walking back to tourist camp, Dinner, Stay overnight in tourist camp

Day 4: Khara Khorum
Breakfast, Drive to Khara Khorin town, where developed Khara Khorum capital of Great Mongolian Empire in 13-th century, Explore Erdene Zuu Monastery Museum - First Biggest Buddhist Center in medieval ages and it was closed and badly damaged in1930's, Explore Turtle rock on the south hill, Lunch at the tourist camp, Hiking to nomads Ger house, Visit to horse breeder's family to explore the nomadic lifestyle and to have talking with nomads about their life and tradition, There is nice chance to try Mongolian national drink-Airag-fermented mare's milk and other milk products, Experience daily activities of local people, 1 hour horseback riding, Dinner-Mongolian Cuisine-Barbecue picnic, Stay overnight in tourist camp

Day 5: Tovkhon Temple
Breakfast, Drive to Tovkhon temple in beautiful mountainous area, Trekking visit to Buddhist temple, After lunch hiking to small cave called mother belly, Soft hiking to the peak of hill with stupa, where the surrounding nature view looks fascinating, Trekking in the hills, Dinner, Stay overnight in tent camping

Day 6: Khangai Mountain National Park
Breakfast, Hiking to Khangai Mountain national park, which comprises mountain ranges, Orkhon river and waterfall, Wonderful hiking in green valleys and smooth hills, Picnic lunch in open air, Continue hiking, Total hiking distance is 10 km, Dinner, Stay overnight in the tent camping

Day 7: Khangai Mountain National Park
Breakfast, Hiking to high mountainous area, Wonderful hiking in green valleys and mountains, Picnic lunch in open air, Continue hiking and taking pictures of wild nature beauty, Total hiking distance is 12 km, Dinner, Stay overnight in the tent camping

Day 8: Khangai Mountain National Park
Breakfast, Hiking to high mountains with forest, Joyful hiking in green hills and mountains, On the way explore the nomads families, Picnic lunch in open air, Continue hiking to Orkhon river, Total hiking distance is 12 km, Dinner, Campfire, Stay overnight in the tent camping

Day 9 : Orkhon waterfall
Breakfast, Walking to Orkhon waterfall- The biggest and sacred waterfall in Mongolia, after lunch, There is nice chance to photograph yak herds and explore how the local people are taking care for yaks and milk yaks, if the herd has gentle yaks for riding, try yak back riding, Hiking to small waterfall and try fishing- 3 hours, Dinner, Stay overnight in tourist camp

Day 10: Elsen Tasarhai sand dunes
Breakfast, Drive and explore the rectangle graves and deer monuments with decoration of deer horns dated to ancient centuries in Bronze Age, Explore the River Cliff Uurtiin Tokhoi, Lunch, Drive to Elsen tasarhai sand dunes in Burd village area, Free time, Dinner, Stay overnight in the tourist camp

Day 11: Ulaanbaatar
Breakfast, Drive to Ulaanbaatar city, Transfer to the hotel, Lunch, Half day hiking tour in city, After lunch visit to Mongolian Last King's Winter Palace Museum, where is possibility to explore the temples and art works made by Mongolian artists, Visit Intellectual Museum, which displays the incredible puzzling toys and magic toys made in Mongolian intelligence and method, Dinner, Stay in hotel

Day 12: Departure
Breakfast, Transfer to the airport/ train station, Departure

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