 15. KARAKORUM & HUSTAI WILD HORSE TOUR:
Tour details
Length: 2 nights/3 days
Group size: As you wish
Tour cost:
- USD 725 per person based on 1 person
- USD 489 per person based on 2 people
- USD 419 per person based on 3 people
- USD 349 per person based on 4 – 5 people
- USD 309 per person based on 6 or more people
2009 schedule: Every day
What you will experience:
 How the authentic Mongolian nomadic culture blends with Buddhist cultural and spiritual heritage. See the beauty and tranquility of wide and open steppes of central Mongolia and stunning diversity of varied landscape including sand dunes and rocky mountains observe Takhi, the last reaming wild horse in whole world are being raised in Hustain natural reserve.
Day 1 Drive to Karakorum
Drive to Karakorum situated 385 kms to the west from Ulaanbaatar. Have picnic lunch on the way. After arriving in Karakorum late afternoon, visit the nomadic family and experience nomadic culture and hospitality. Dinner and overnight in gers, Mongolian traditional dwellings.
Day 2 Erdenezuu and Bayangobi
After breakfast check out from tourist camp and have a morning visit to Erdenezuu, the first Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. Transfer to Bayangobi area, which is 2 hours drive from Karakorum to the direction of Ulaanbaatar, where you settle in another ger camp. After having lunch in the ger camp explore the local area including excursions to Bayangobi sand dunes, Hugnukhaan mountain and Uvgun temple. Overnight in gers.
Day 3 Viewing wild horses and transfer back to Ulaanbaatar
After breakfast, drive to Hustain natural reserve. After having lunch in a nearby tourist camp, transfer to the sight where the wild horse are grazing to observe and take photos. Leave the natural reserve late afternoon and arrive in Ulaanbaatar for dinner.
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12. HUSTAI WILD HORSE TOUR:
Hutain Nuruu natural reserve lies about 120 kilometers to the west of Ulaanbaatar. Hustain Nuruu natural reserve is one of the two spots where Przewalski horses, the last truly wild horses in world are being raised in semi-captivity. The last Przewalski horses were last seen in the wild in 1968. Around 1930 -1940 a small number of Przewalski horses was caught from the wild and transferred to zoos and wildlife parks all over the world. Foundation Reserves Przewalski Horse (FRPH) initiated a project to bring theses unique species back to their home country - Mongolia. Hustain Nuruu that was chosen to be main reintroduction ground for the wild horse, already had a long history as a protected region: first as the exclusive shooting ground of the last Khan and thereafter as pastoral reserve for the local people.
13. BAYANGOBI SIGHTSEEING TOUR:
Drive to Bayangobi, situated 290 km west if Ulaanbaatar (It is recommended for groups to have picnic lunch on the way and individual travelers are advised to have lunch after arriving in the tourist camp). After arriving in a tourist camp in Bayangobi region and settle in gers, have an excursion to sand dunes and visit a nomadic family to experience nomadic lifestyle. Dinner and overnight at the tourist camp.
14. KARAKORUM EXPERIENCE:
How the authentic Mongolian nomadic culture blends with Buddhist cultural and spiritual heritage. The beauty of tranquility of wide and open steppes of central Mongolia and stunning diversity of varied landscape including sand dunes and rocky mountains.
