Naadam-Essence Of Khuvsgul Lake Grand Tour
tour overview
If you want an excellent tour and national holiday in Mongolia, this great trip will give you just that.
This holiday is tailored with Naadam festival and you can celebrate it with us while traveling to Khuvsgul Lake.
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
This tour begins with your arrival in the capital. You will be met by your guide at the international airport of UB and transferred to UB Hotel which is located in the middle of the Ulaanbaatar and very close to the Parliament House and Chingis Khaan Square. 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:
D
DAY 2. KHUVSGUL LAKE
After breakfast you'll be driven to UB Airport where you'll catch a domestic airplane bound for Khuvsgul province where the lake is located. On arrival you'll be driven to your Ger camp, a journey of about 1 hour. After a lunch at the camp, you take 1 hour rest and later you can enjoy your new surroundings. You can venture out on foot with your guide for an initial glimpse of the lake's varied landscapes with its flora and fauna
Accommadtion: hotel
Meals:
B
L
D
DAY 3. KHUVSGUL LAKE
This morning you can walk and a gentle boat trip, both excellent ways to get close to the natural environment. After a lunch, we can visit to Tsaatan (reindeer people) family, to explore their daily life and customs. Today we will ride a horse around lake and take photos of varied natures of the lake.
Accommadtion: Ger Camp
Meals:
B
L
D
DAY 4. ULAANBAATAR
Having enjoyed lunch it's time to pack your bags and travel back to the Moron's airport where you'll board a flight to Ulaanbaatar, which takes about two hours. Transfer to your hotel. After you dinner, you'll be enjoyed by a traditional dance and music performance and later free time and relax in hotel.
Accommadtion: hotel
Meals:
B
L
D
DAY 5. NAADAM FESTIVAL, ULAANBAATAR
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 6. NAADAM FESTIVAL, ULAANBAATAR
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:
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
- 6 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 6 dinners
- Drinking water throughout tour
- All transport ( domestic flight, 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: 7 days
- Price from: $1520
- Accommodation: 4 night 4 Star hotel, 2 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. We try to keep all-inclusive accommodation to a minimum. Please ask us before booking if you have any specific requirements.