Stargazing tour in the Great Gobi

Stargazing tour in the Great Gobi ( 7day/6nights )

What to expect

Overview

Itinerary

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What to expect

Meet Nomadic Herders

Of course, the highlight of our trip is meeting the nomads and their friendly livestocks. Staying with them is a priceless opportunity to experience their way of life while it’s still around. Discovering wild nature all along the way

Mongolia is perhaps best known for its steppes, or endless expanses of grasslands. These prairie regions are characterized by their lack of trees. Be Awed By An Natural Beauties and See Facts of Dinosaurs

The tour will take you through some of Mongolia’s pre-history, with visits to historic spots as the Bayanzag /flaming cliffs/ found Dinosaur fossils. Ride A Horse Through Grand Yol Valley

We’ve partnered with local herders for access to authentic local experiences, including nomadic home-stays and horse-riding through the Yol Valley, which is a blaze of colour in the spring and autumn months. Ride A Camel in their homeland, Gobi Desert

Enjoy a ride on the good-natured and sure footed Bactrian camels as you traverse across the amazingly beautiful Gobi Desert.

Service included

Shared accommodation at Ger camp
Private English speaking guide and driverr
All meals as listed
All entrance fee
Horse/Camel ride
Mongolian barbecue
Letter of Invitation
All transfers and transportation
Bottled drinking water p.p

Service not included

Personal expenses
Optional activities
Camera fee for museum & monastery
Travel Insurance
Single supplement
Tips for your driver and guide

Overview

Mongolia Gobi Desert, the habitat of the rarest animals and a unique natural landscape. The area is often imagined as a lifeless desert like in many other parts of the world. In reality, most part of the Gobi Desert is a land of steppes, sands, mountains, rich with wildlife and also, it is a home of two humped camels. The Mongolian Gobi Desert is the largest dinosaur fossil reservoir in the world. The region is especially important as regards dinosaur fossils from the late Cretaceous period, which is the last of main three periods of the dinosaur age, representing the final phase of dinosaur evolution.

Itinerary

Day-1.Baga gazriin chuluu – Small rock formation

Our destination for today Bagagazriinchuluu /rock formation/ is a 15 km long and 10 km wide stone massif, is located Middle Gobi. Over 20 kinds of medical herbs and many species of animals such as wild sheep, ibex and marmot exist here, if you have chance you might the wild animals. Surtiinam is one of many beautiful places in Bagagazriin stone massif. This is a narrow canyon with asp, birch, white whicker and elm tree, as well the ruin of a stone temple and the site of 2 yurts where monks lived and meditated since the seventieth century. Overnight in Ger camp ( B L D )

Day-2.Bayanzag-Flaming Cliffs

Today we will drive to the homeland of Dinosour Fossils to explore it. This is Neolithic site where the large dinosaurs' skeletons on show in Ulaanbaatar Natural History Museum were found. In the west, it is better known as the Flaming Cliffs so named explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. He also discovered petrified forests remain of mammals and in particular the skeleton of hornless rhinoceros, the largest known mammal in the world. Overnight in Ger camp ( B L D )

Day-3.Khongor sand dune

After breakfast we will drive to Khongoriin Els which is called the “Singing Dune” for the sound of the wind howling through the dunes. Its over 180 km long, 3-5 km wide, lowest point 10m high, highest point is 200-300 m high from the earth. Its around 1530-1600 meter a.s.l. This is one of the largest and most spectacular sand dunes and a cold water spring with a river that leads to two small ponds. Overnight in Ger camp ( B L D )

Day-4.Second day at the Khongor sand dune

Taking a rest while you are enjoying the view of the nature. And we will do camel riding to the Khongor River. Overnight in Ger camp ( B L D )

Day-5.Yol valley – Three Beauty of Gobi National Park

After breakfast we will start drive to the “Gobi Three Beauties” National Park and will hike to the narrow ice canyon. It is called Yoliin am (Volture’smounth) by the locals is one of the main attractions in the Gobi for its stunning vistas. This area is a home to endangered snow-leopards and Lammergeyers(Bearded Vulture) where “eternal ice” usually remains throughout summer. There you guys might see some wild animals. Overnight in Ger camp ( B L D )

Day-6.Tsagaan suvraga – White stupa (White cliff)

Early morning we will start drive to WhiteStupa which is located in Ulziit Soum, MIddle Gobi. The name TsagaanSuvarga (White Stupa) is given by local people to the impressive and legendary cliff which is eroded by natural phenomen on. Having 10 million years history, the cliff indicates different times by its colored layers. TsagaanSuvarga is interesting to see the sheer slope, facing east, which from a distance seems to be the ruins of the ancient city. Enjoy hiking around colorful Stupa, feeling like meditation in there. Overnight in Ger camp ( B L D )

Day-7.Back to Ulaanbaatar-Celebrate The End Of An Adventure