GOBI MIRAGE TOUR

5 Nights in gers

Tour grade: Easy & moderate

6 Nights / 7 Days

No camping

1 Nights at 3* hotels

TOUR OVERVIEW

The Mongolian Gobi Desert is the largest dinosaur fossil reservoir in the world. The Gobi Desert is a vast, arid northern China and southern Mongolia region. The Gobi is known for its dunes, mountains, and rare animals such as snow leopards, black-tailed deer, marten, lynx, wild cats, antelopes, and two-humped Bactrian camels.

The region is especially essential regarding dinosaur fossils from the late Cretaceous period, the last of the three main periods of the dinosaur age, representing dinosaur evolution's final phase. There are lots of exciting things to discover from the Mongolian Gobi. That's why this tour is one of our travelers' best and top-rated tours. Enjoy every moment with us!

Tour Highlights & Destinations

Experience nomadic life
Mongolian Traditional Folk Concert
City tour
Gandan-Tegchlen Monastery
Mongolian National History Museum
Zaisan Hill memorial
Bogd Khan Winter Palace
Horse & Camel riding for 1 hour each
Tsagaan Suvraga White Stupa
Yol Valley
Khongor Sand Dunes
Bayanzag Flaming Cliffs
Baga Gazriin Chuluu Rocky Formation
Mongolian Traditional BBQ

lots of modern buildings and a horseman statue

Day 1. Arrival day / City Tour (L)

Today, we will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to the hotel***.
If you want, you can rest for a while, and then we will start a city tour.
We will visit
- Mongolian National History Museum and Chinggis khan main square

- Chinggis Khan museum
- Gandan-Tegchlen Monastery
- Zaisan Hill memorial, from which you can see the whole city. After that, we will see the Mongolian traditional folk concert at 6 pm and have Dinner / Transfer to the hotel.

Day 2. Drive to Tsagaan Suvraga/White Stupa (B/L/D)

This morning, after having breakfast at the hotel, our guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel, and we will drive to Tsagaan Suvarga, which is located in Dundgovi province.
It is interesting to see the sheer slope facing east, which seems to be the ancient city's ruins from a distance.

Tsagaan Suvraga, 90 degrees straight, consists of many colors of clay deposits. Overnight at a tourist ger camp.

Day 3. Drive to Yol valley /Vulture Canyon/ (B/L/D)

This morning, we will drive to Yol Valley (Vulture Canyon). It is a beautiful deep canyon with many rocky cliffs created by many years of water erosion.

After arrival at the canyon, we will take a 2-hour hike and see parts of a glacier left over from the winter months.

We can visit the local Natural History Museum on our way in/out of the park, where dinosaur eggs and bones, petrified trees, and a snow leopard are displayed. Overnight at a tourist camp.

Day 4. Drive to Khongor Sand dunes (B/L/D)

Khongor sand dune is one of Mongolia's largest and most spectacular dunes, standing as high as 200 meters above the ground, 7-8 km wide, and 180 km long. Climbing the dunes is breathtaking, not just for the top view.

It surprises climbers that the dunes make a singing sound while you climb; that is why it is nicknamed the singing dunes.

The sand dunes make you feel extraordinary comfort and infinite peace. Once we get there, we will ride a camel along the Khongor dunes. The two-humped Bactrian camels are very comfortable to ride as they walk slowly and gently. You will be well supported by the humps, sitting comfortably between them. Overnight at a tourist ger camp.

Day 5. BayanZag Flaming Cliffs (B/L/D)

Today, we are going to drive to visit the Bayanzag area. Known as a Flaming Cliffs "Cradle of Dinosaurs," the first nest of dinosaur eggs ever discovered was found in 1922.The site was famous for the remains of a dinosaur that lived here 60 million years ago.

You can walk around where dinosaurs once roamed and see saxaul trees and other classic desert vegetation overnight in a tourist ger camp.

Day 6. Drive to Baga gazariin chuluu /Rocky formation/(B/L/D)

The astonishing granitic formations of Baga Gazariin Chuluu, "stone of the little place," are located northwest of the Dundgovi province. Therefore, you can see on the rock the inscriptions written by two venerated monks who lived there in the 19th century.We will visit the ruins of an old temple dating from the 17th century.

We can see a deep, narrow hole.

The stagnating rainwater could treat ocular illnesses. There is a little ladle on the rock for the people to wash their eyes with the sacred water. Overnight at a tourist ger camp.

Day 7. Drive to Ulaanbaatar city & Departure (B/L)

This morning, after having breakfast, we will drive to the city and arrive around noon. Then, we will be able to do some shopping afterward and drop you off at the airport. Departure.

Thank you very much for traveling with us!