15days/14nights
Tour grade: Medium
Style: Private Tour, Join in Group Tour
Have you ever dreamed of galloping on a Mongolian sturdy steed across the lush green valley under the cobalt blue skies? This epic horse trekking tour will take you to the Central Mongolia highlights on Mongolian horses, those once made Genghis Khan and his soldiers' world journey a possibility. The UNESCO world heritae site Orkhon river valley and Central Mongolia is a cradle for numerous nomadic empires throug the centuries and one of the best places in Mongolia for horse riding. During the trek you will ride in various terrains from hilly steppes to mountains with the most spectacular views. You will start your horse trek at Lake Ugii and make your way to the Orkhon Waterfalls visiting some of the most important sites in Central Mongolia including the ancient capital Karakorum, Erdene Zuu monastery, Tuvkhun and Shankh monasteries, and some random nomadic families to witness the renowned Mongolian hospitality and generousity of nomads.
The horse trek is fully supported and suitable for all levels of riders from novices to advanced riders - our horses are energetic and not lazy, and our guides are experienced and effervescent! Let's ride in the beautiful steppes under the blue skies of Mongolia.
Arrival in Ulaanbaatar, private transfer to the hotel
Arrive in Ulaanbaatar, meet at the airport after customs formalities and transfer to the hotel. The remainder of the day is for you to get over jet lag and take a good rest before your wonderful journey across Mongolia.
Accommodation: Centrally located hotel 3*
Ogii lake
After Breakfast, meet your English-Speaking local guide and drive to Lake Ogii. Stop for a lunch on the way. Arrive early in the evening and transfer to ger camp. Prepare for your horse ride and enjoy the wilderness. Horse riding practice around Lake Ogii.
Accommodation: Ger camp
Meals:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Horse riding day around the Ogii lake
Early rising to enjoy your breakfast over the admiring sunrise. As the terrain is hilly steppes, perfect for horseback riding, we will cover 35-40 km each day with great views and wilderness as well as lots of fun! Tent camping under the starry skies of Mongolia.
Accommodation: Tent camping
Meals:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Arriving in Karakorum. 25-30 km ride
We continue the ride and arrive in Karakorum in the early evening, transfer to tourist ger camp. Take shower and enjoy the evening with good dinner and cold beers!
Accommodation: Ger camp
Meals:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Horse riding to Shankh Monastery. 20km ride
This morning: we’ll start horse riding toward the Orkhon Waterfalls. We’ll overnight near Shankh Monastery.
Accommodation: Tent camping
Meals:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Horse riding to Tuvkhun Monastery. 30-35km Rides each day
On these 3 days we ride our horses to legendary Tuvkhun monastery, in Khangai mountains. Visit the legendary monastery and hear the stories related to Zanabazar – Mongolian 1st Buddhist Saint. Day 8, we’ll arrive in Tuvkhun monastery. Tent camping. On day 9, we’ll overnight at ger camp on the Orkhon river shore.
Accommodation: Tent camping
Meals:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Tuvkhun – Orkhon waterfalls ride 20-30 km rides each day
We continue the ride to the Orkhon Waterfalls; arrive at the waterfalls in the evening of day 10.
Orkhon Waterfalls ride. 15-20km ride
Visit the nomadic families on horseback to see their lifestyle and witness their hospitality, and ride in the vast valley of the Orkhon river.
Accommodation: Tent camping
Meals:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Karakorum – Elsen Tasarkhai
Today, we’ll leave our horses and say goodbye to horse keepers. We drive to Elsen Tasarkhai via Karakorum. Arrive in Elsen Tasarkhai, you can have an optional camel riding on the Elsen Tasarkahi sand dunes. Overnight at ger camp.
Accommodation: Ger camp
Meals:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Hustai national park
This morning we drive to Hustai national park, transfer to Hustai National Park, where the Takhi wild horses graze peacefully with other wild animals. View the gorgeous Takhi wild horses in the evening.
Accommodation: Ger camp
Meals:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Ulaanbaatar
After breakfast, we drive to Ulaanbaatar for 2 hours and start the city tour. The city tour of Ulaanbaatar takes you through some of the principal sights of this unique city. You visit the Gandan Monastery, housing a 26-meter-high gilded statue of the Buddha. Your tour also takes you to the Genghis Khan monument on the Sukhbaatar square and the Museum of National History, which has a number of fascinating displays of traditional Mongolian clothing and weaponry, as well as exhibits charting the course of Genghis Khan's empire-building. Enjoy traditional folklore concert by the magical Tumen Ekh ensemble. Farewell dinner.
Accommodation: Centrally located excellent hotel 3*
Meals:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Departure from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
You are transferred to the airport/train station after breakfast. End of service.
Meals:
Breakfast
Tour Price:
1 PAX - 7050 USD per person
2 PAX - 4650 USD per person
3 PAX - 3650 USD per person
4-5 PAX - 3350 USD per person
6-7 PAX - 3150 USD per person
Single Supplement - 520 USD per person
Included services
Aug 10, 2012. Gobi & Karakorum Explorer tour
Our recent "The Gobi & Karakorum Explorer" tour with you was excellent, everything exceeded our expectations! It was a super trip in our lives and we loved our Mongolia holiday so much. Our guide Joe was kind, well organised, accurate and informative, polite and caring and always provided us with timely information. And our driver Jack is super, very friendly, professional and always on time.
We are wild travelers, having been to many places in the world - but Mongolia is still truly unspoiled and uncontaminated. Selena Travel's services were perfect right from the very first email. We would like to thank Selena Travel, our guide and our driver for having made this Mongolia experience a truly beautiful one with so many wonderful memories.
by Rafaella, Benedetta, Lidia
Sending you some of our nicer pictures. Some are chosen for their beautiful scenery while the rest are just us happily playing and goofing around. There are a couple of shots of us doing some Mongolian wrestling, as suggested by Oyuna since we missed out on the mini-Naadam festival. She said since we missed it, we might as well organise our own festival by playing some Mongolian games. Haha... We had so much fun playing those games!!! :)OK, I hope you like the pictures we send you. Best regards to everyone at Selena Travel and thank you once again for all your assistance.
by Margaret Suganda
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