Mongolia Travel Guide » Flaming Cliffs

Classic Tour with Naadam festival

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:11:37 +0000

The nature beauty is awesome here and is a great place for hiking, horse riding and relaxing.

Days and Activities:

Arrival
Opening ceremony of Naadam. After lunch drive to the horse racing place.
After breakfast drive to archery place.
Drive to Tuv province to see “Horsemen” show. We can see the wonderfull skills of mongolian horsemen.
Drive to Kharhorin, the ancient capital of the Mongolian Empire, located 400km (6-8 hours with breaks) southeast of UB.
Drive to Tsetserleg, center of Arkhangai province, stop at the Tsenkher sum. Drive continue passing Tsetserleg town.
Morning walk by Bolor toli river-bank near Taikhar stone, Afternoon drive to Tariat sum via Chuluut river canyon, picnic lunch.
Visit surrounding sightseeing-Khorgiin togoo dead volcano mountain, Caves, horse back riding, visit local horse breeding family. Overnight in ger camp.
In the afternoon drive back to Tsetserleg town,hotel accommodation, stay in a hotel.
In morning drive to Kharakhorum. Lunch at ger camp in Kharakhorum.
Drive to Khongoryn Els or “singing dunes” with the wind howling through the sand (2600 feet high, 20 km wide and 100 km long) for spectacular views of the desert.
Explore Khongoryn Els dunes. Camel riding is optional. Visit camel breeder family. Drive to ger camp. Overnight at ger camp.
Visit Flaming Cliffs where an American expedition headed by Roy Andrew Chapman first discovered the fossil site and the first ever recorded dinosaur eggs in 1922. Stay overnight in ger camp.
Visit Yolin Am and park museum. This 40 km long canyon in the
Fly back to UB. Visit the Zaisan Memorial, a prominent landmark looking over the city of Mountain. Walk.
Guide will transfer you to the airport for your departure flight home.

Maximum price : $1900.00
Minimum price : $1500.00
Groupsize : 11

Tour season / Departure dates : Jun – Sep
Duration : 16 days

Tour to Gobi

admin — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:35:28 +0000

That’s the Gobi Desert of Mongolia!

Full description & Itinerary

Day one: Arrive in Ulaanbaatar

Day two: Today, explore Ulaan Baatar with your guide. Locally known as “UB,” Ulaan Baatar (pop. 819,400) was, for centuries, a mobile “tent city” that followed the Royal Court around the country. Its oldest buildings date from the 17th century, when the city finally settled by the Tuul River.

Day three: After visiting Gandan Hiid (monastery), the largest Buddhist Temple in Mongolia drive to Kharhorin, the ancient capitol of the Mongolian Empire, located 400km (6-8 hours with breaks) southeast of UB.

Day four:
After breakfast observe the Erdenezuu then drive into the Gobi Desert. Stops along the way for lunch and breaks.
Visit and explore the ruins

Day five: Drive to Khongoryn Els or “singing dunes” with the wind howling through the sand (2600 feet high, 20 km wide and 100 km long) for spectacular views of the desert.

Day six: Visit Flaming Cliffs where an American expedition headed by Roy Andrew Chapman first discovered the fossil site and the first ever recorded dinosaur eggs in 1922.

Day seven: Visit Yolin Am and park museum. This 40 km long canyon in the Gurvansaikhan Mountains is home
to the endangered snow leopards and has a place where ice remains into August. Picnic lunch.

Day eight: Fly back to UB. Start the day with at Zaisan Memorial, a prominent landmark looking over the city of UB.

Day nine: Guide will transfer you to the airport for your departure flight home.

Maximum price :
1200.00
Minimum price :
1000.00
Groupsize : 10

Tour season / Departure dates : Jun – Sep
Duration : 9 days

The Ice Canyon, Flaming Cliffs and Sand

admin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

3 days/2 nights from 540 US $; 4 days/3 nights from 720 US $; + flights

Full description & Itinerary
Experience the charm of the different Mongolia:
The bone dry, vast Gobi Desert. Yolin Am (the ice canyon), The Flaming
Cliffs (Bayan Zag) and endless sand dunes are all part of this
itinerary. Your own individual trip. Overnight in comfortable ger camps
close to the attractions.

Day 1:
You will be picked up at your accommodation in UB and transferred to
the airport for a morning flight to the Gobi desert. From the Gobi
airport, drive into “Goviin Gurvan Saihan” (The three beauties of the
Gobi) National Park and check into your ger camp. After lunch, visit
“Yolin Am” (the Vulture’s Mouth) ice canyon which is a short drive away
from your camp. The area consists of an oasis, attracting wildlife from
all around the area for grazing and drinking. The highlight of this
valley is the ice remaining inside the canyon until August every year,
surviving the desert heat to form what is better known as the “Gobi
Glacier”. Overnight in a ger camp close to Yolin Am.

Day 2: Drive
to “The Flaming Cliffs”, (“Bayan Zag”) made of red sand stone, which
during sunset seem to be on fire. The name of the area actually refers
to its richness of saxaul forest but is more commonly known for its
cliffs of red sand stone. The cliffs are known as one of the world’s
biggest Dinosaur’s graveyards and until today, fossils of dinosaur’s
bones can be found in the area. From Bayan Zag you will keep on driving
to the Moltsog Els, an large area of sand dunes. Depending on travel
dates, there might be the chance to take a short ride on a camel
through the dunes. In the afternoon, return to your ger camp for the
night.

Day 3: Flights
usually leave the Gobi mid morning, leaving you enough time for
breakfast and your drive to the local airport. Your flight returns to
UB around noon. You will be picked up from the airport and transferred
to your accommodation in UB.

Maximum price :
750.00
Minimum price :
540.00
Groupsize : 19

Tour season / Departure dates : Anytime
Duration : 3 days