Naadam-Ancient Capital City Grand Tour
tour overview
From the excitement of Naadam Festival, to the heart of the Mongolia with its history and nomadic culture, this holiday is a feast for the senses.
Naadam is the biggest festival of the year for Mongolians and is held in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar during the National Holiday from July 11-13. It begins with an elaborate introduction ceremony featuring dancers, athletes, horse riders, and musicians. After the opening ceremony, the competitions begin. As usual, it runs for three days in all parts of the country and consists of horse racing, archery, and wrestling. These competitions are called the manly games.
Stunning natural landscapes and friendly nomadic people - this really is the essence of Mongolia.
tour itinerary
DAY 1. ULAANBAATAR
When you arrive at Ulaanbaatar you will be met and taken to the UB Hotel. The remainder of the day is at leisure, allowing you to relax after your flight, and you have a choice of local restaurants for meals today. After a lunch, you will enjoy a 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. ANCIENT CAPITAL CITY KHARKHORUM VIA HUSTAI NP
We head out of the city early this morning to Kharkhorum via Hustai NP which serves as a breeding centre for Takhi re-introduction programmes throughout Mongolia and the Central Asian Steppe. Takhi is the world's last truly wild horse and is critically endangered. Early afternoon we will arrive in Kharakhorum and visit Erdenezuu Monastery. After it we will visit Karakhorum Museum. Overnight stay at Ger camp.
Accommadtion: Ger Camp
Meals:
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DAY 3. ULAANBAATAR
This morning, having had breakfast, you'll set off for UB ,on the way you'll stop to lunch at different tourist camp, here you can walk around the a sand dune called as Elsen Tsarkhai and have the opportunity to ride horse and camel. After a lunch, we'll continue to drive to UB and total driving time is 3 hours, so you'll arrive at UB in good time. On arrival we will take you to hotel and in the evening you'll enjoy traditional folk music and dance performance.
Accommadtion: hotel
Meals:
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D
DAY 4. OPENING CEREMONY OF NAADAM FESTIVAL,UB
Today is the real highlight for us - the day you witness for our national holiday. After a breakfast, we will be attending the opening ceremony of the Naadam Festival in Ulaanbaatar. Undoubtedly, Naadam is the most colourful and most important annual cultural event. It begins with an elaborate introduction ceremony featuring dancers, athletes, horse riders, and musicians. After the opening ceremony, the competitions begin. As usual, it runs for three days in all parts of the country and consists of horse racing, archery, and wrestling. Before leaving the stadium, we will attend archery competition.
Accommadtion: Ger Camp
Meals:
B
L
D
DAY 5. HORSE RACING FIELD, HUI DOLOON KHUDAG, UB
We will drive to horse racing field of Naadam festival with Mongolian racers from all over Mongolia. You'll be busy on the horse racing field watching horse racing competitions. Today's horse racing is important because 5-year-old horse as we call them Soyolon which are most powerful and fastest horses. After enjoying horse racing, we'll drive to Mongol Nomadic Camp to experience of nomadic traditional way of living. The camp will show us livestock and cattle breeding and invite the guests to the Mongolian ger with artefacts, offer tea and dairy products, host and hostess explain furniture and feature of the Mongolian ger to the guests answer their questions and intercommunicate with each other.
Accommadtion: Ger Camp
Meals:
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D
DAY 6. DEELTEI MONGOLIS FESTIVAL,UB
After enjoying a breakfast, depart a Ger Camp in Terej NP for Deeltei Mongols Traditional Costume Festival, Chingis Khaan Square in Ulaanbaatar and on the way we'll visit the biggest statue of Chingis Khaan. "Deeltei Mongols" the annual Mongolian costume festival, as part of the Naadam Festival, is organized annually to promote Mongolian culture and tradition. Also it introduces national costume exquisite design to foreigners.
Accommadtion: hotel
Meals:
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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
- 5 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 5 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: 6 days
- Price from: $970
- Accommodation: 4 nights 4 Star hotel, 1 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.