Mongolia Women Explorer Grand Tour
tour overview
A fantastic discovery of Mongolia just for women travelers. This is such a lovely and diverse holiday with a great balance of sightseeing and nature. This is a great trip showing several important aspects of Mongolia - the history & culture and the wildlife & nature. Kharakhorum (Khangai Mountain Range), Middle and South Gobi deserts - a wonderful combination of places to enjoy the diverse landscapes with dinosaur fossils of Mongolia.
We will discover the legendary Gobi and UNESCO Heritage Region of Mongolia. The Orkhon Valley, UNESCO Heritage Landscape, lies in the central part of Mongolia along the historic Orkhon River, the archaeologically rich Orkhon River basin was home of successive nomadic cultures which evolved from prehistoric origins in harmony with the natural landscape of the steppes and resulted in economic, social and cultural polities unique to the region.
The Gobi is known for its beauties yet unpopulated rich nomadic culture and nature wonders.
We believe this tour will enthuse and open your eyes to the beautiful wilderness of an amazing country spread with kind nomads. And where you get travel deeper so the tradition, culture and lifestyle of nomadic people with its wilderness become more extraordinary; giving you more
Stunning natural landscapes and friendly nomadic people - this really is the essence of Mongolia.
tour itinerary
DAY 1. ULAANBAATAR
You will be met by your guide at the international airport of UB and transferred to UB Hotel. In the afternoon, after a lunch, you will enjoy a leisurely time of sightseeing around UB and visit to the Gandan Monastery and the National History Museum where presents our history and culture from prehistoric to the present day. Early evening after sightseeing program, we invite you a welcome dinner at a restaurant
Accommadtion: Hotel
Meals:
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DAY 2. BAGA GAZRIIN CHULUU, MIDDLE GOBI
It's time to start your journey, with a 3 hour drive to Baga Gazriin Chuluu National Park, Middle Gobi and this is a semi-desert with rocky small hills and beautiful landscape which is consist with many shaped specific granite rocks. There you can enjoy hiking and horse riding. Stay overnight at tourist Ger camp.
Accommadtion: Ger Camp
Meals:
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L
D
DAY 3. WHITE STUPPA, MIDDLE
Following breakfast you'll be back on the road, heading towards the Tsagaan Suvarga. The drive should take around 5 hours, and you'll have some lovely desert views towards the end of the journey. You can enjoy nature surroundings including the sheer slope, facing east, which from cliff are 30 meters high and 100 meters wide which may be created by over million years the wind. Stay overnight at tourist Ger camp. Following breakfast you'll be back on the road, heading towards the Tsagaan Suvarga. The drive should take around 5 hours, and you'll have some lovely desert views towards the end of the journey. You can enjoy nature surroundings including the sheer slope, facing east, which from cliff are 30 meters high and 100 meters wide which may be created by over million years the wind. Stay overnight at tourist Ger camp.
Accommadtion: Ger Camp
Meals:
B
L
D
DAY 4. EAGLE'S VALLEY
Having had breakfast you'll be driven to the Eagle's Valley in South Gobi. The National Park has been designated a Special Protected Area due to its unique landscape, very rich the rare plants, wild sheep and goat and snow leopard. These have been formed over many centuries by the action of wind and water and some of the peaks are several hundred metres high. You'll observe how plants have adapted to thrive in this environment and should see several of the endangered species of desert. If you are lucky enough, you may see wild sheep and goat, grazing high on the cliff walls.
Accommadtion: Ger Camp
Meals:
B
L
D
DAY 5-6. KHONGOR SAND DUNES
After a breakfast, we will drive to the Khongor sand dunes. We'll spend next two days in here. The sand dunes are vast desert landscape where rise to a staggering 200 metres above the valley floor with razor sharp edges and extend over an area between 2-20 km in width and 180 km in length. Before sun sets, we'll climb up to the highest dunes and see surrounding desert landscape. Back at a ger camp, we'll have a dinner and enjoy listening sound of singing dunes which is generated by Gobi wind before you're sleeping.
Accommadtion: Ger Camp
Meals:
B
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D
DAY 7. BAYANZAG (FLAMING)
Today after a breakfast our drive will take you to the Bayanzag province which is named as a birthplace of dinosaurs. It takes over 4 hours driving. Bayanzag is known as a Flaming Cliffs where the first nest of dinosaur eggs found in 1922 by an American expedition of Roy Chapman Andrews. The place is named as Flaming Cliffs red coloured cliffs themselves are very imposing from a distance, and are particularly fiery in the light of the setting sun. Today you have great chance to explore through one of the world’s most famous paleontological sites.
Accommadtion: Ger Camp
Meals:
B
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D
DAY 8. ONGI RIVER, MIDDLE GOBI
Breakfast at the Ger camp is followed by the drive to Ongi river and Ongi temple. Ongi area is a prime example of the dry desert that used to cover much of this part of South Gobi. The Ongi Temple lies on the banks of the Ongi River and this route is main road to reach the ancient capital city Karakorum. The temple was destroyed by the communist purges of the 1930s and is being restored by a number of monks and after 1990's it is renovated.
Accommadtion: Ger Camp
Meals:
B
L
D
DAY 9. ANCIENT CAPITAL CITY- KHARKHORUM
You'll leave for Kharkhorum early this morning. The journey takes between 5-6 hours and you should arrive about after lunchtime. On the way, we'll have picnic lunch. We will visit museum of Karakorum and the symbolic ruins of ancient city, which was the capital city of the Great Mongol Empire founded in the 13th century. Also visit to the magnificent and oldest Buddhist Monastery complex of Erdene Zuu, built in the 16th century, with 108 stupas.
Accommadtion: Ger Camp
Meals:
B
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D
DAY 10. ULAANBAATAR
This morning, after a breakfast, we'll d drive back to UB. Your hotel is centrally-located in the city, so it's a good place from which to explore the streets, shops and museums. After your 1-2 hour relaxed time at your hotel, we'll go to Gobi cashmere shop and antique/souvenir shop (optional). Early evening, we'll invite you to a farewell dinner and later on give you a time to prepare for your departure.
Accommadtion: Hotel
Meals:
B
L
D
DAY 11. DEPARTURE
After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for your onward flight and our service ends.
holiday information
What's included
Full services of guide and driver
- Full services of both guide and driver
- 10 breakfasts, 10 lunches, 10 dinners
- Drinking water throughout tour
- All transport ( minibus or 4WD)
- National park/reserves entrance fees
- All nights' accommodation including hotel in UB
- All others indicated in program
What's not included
- Visa
- Hotel refreshments
- Travel insurance
- Airplane ticket and taxes
- Excess baggage charges
- Daily personal expenses
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tour details
- Duration: 11 days
- Price from: $1570
- Accommodation: 2 night 4 Star hotel, 7 nights Ger Camp
- Meal plan: All our tours include full board, but other meals are often not included especially in UB. This allows you to try the cuisine in local restaurants and also to choose what and where to eat and how much to spend. Please ask us before booking if you have any specific requirements.