One of the world’s great deserts, much of the Gobi is a daunting place of bare rocky mountains, sand dunes, and huge desert flats, relieved by well-watered oases. The climate is harsh, from 40C in summer to -40C in winter, and ravaged by savage winds and dust storms up to 140 kilometers per hour. Gobi is home to desert animals, such as Wild Camel, Gobi Bear and 11 species of nocturnal Jerboa. Oases and sheltered areas support mammals typical of the Desert-Steppe Zone. Rocky Desert Mountains are home to Ibex and Gobi Argali. The harshness favors lizards such as Geckos and snakes such as Tartar Sand Boa. Vegetation is sparse, with Poplar trees fringing oases, and 4.5 million hectares of “Saxaul Forests”. Saxauls a woody shrub (Haloxylon ammodendron), 2 to 4 meters high, crucial to the desert ecology. Readmore…
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Ancient capital city of the Mongolia , was established 1220 and was the capital of largest Chinggis Khan Empire (13th century) world had ever known.
Visit Erdene Zuu monastery, which is the first Buddhist monastery in Mongolia . It was built at the initiative of the most influential Khalkha Lord Abtai Khan, in 1586 on the spot where was Kharkhorin.
Available: June 01 - September 30
Length of tour: 9 days
Tour package price: $ 1500 per person
Includes:
• All transportation according to itinerary
• Taxes of National Protected areas
• Hotel in Ulaanbaatar city and other accommodations in countryside
• 3 meals per day
• Services of a professional licensed tour guide, experienced driver
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From June till September, we can organize a jeep tours in region Altai,
more beautiful natural places in province Bayankhongor, Gobi-Altai,
Zavkhan and Arkhangai, to find out daily lives of nomads.
3 days/2 nights from 540 US $; 4 days/3 nights from 720 US $; + flights
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