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Tsaatan festival held in Khuvsgul lake area provides a great opportunity to see both Tsaatan reindeer breeders’ ancestral culture and exploring natural beauty of the area. For generations, the Tsaatan herded their reindeers in the deep green taiga of Northern Mongolian mountains and worshiped the spirits of nature and practiced shamanism. The festival unfolds the Tsaatan culture from many exciting angles such as a concert of Darkhad folklore songs, marching of reindeer herds, bonfire festival, and shamanistic rituals performed among the teepees.

Length: 12days/11nights
Tour grade:
Moderate
Group size:
2-14people
Departure 2012:
29 Jun-09 Jul

Highlights:
Amarbayasgalant the largest scale Buddhist activity holding Monastery, Khuvsgul lake, Reindeer festival, cultural exploration of reindeer people, experience shamanistic rituals, Khorgo extinct volcanic park, hot spa bath, Erdenezuu and Kharkhorum, capital city of Mongolian Empire

Guided privately! However you are a single person, a couple, or a group; you'll have your own guide and driver for all airport pickups, drop-offs, and daily excursions.

Customizable! Do you want to travel longer or shorter or want to explore more? Please let us know, and we will design itinerary and cost again for you.

Day 1

Ulaanbaatar city
Arrival in Ulaanbaatar transfer and check in hotel. In the afternoon city tour visiting Gandan Monastery largest Buddhist center in the county, Sukhbaatar Square and Chinggis Khaan’s Monument, National Museum of Mongolian History and enjoy Mongolian Folk Art performance. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 2

Amarbayasgalant Monastery
Drive to Amarbayasgalant Monastery, It is the most beautiful and well preserved old monastery in northern Mongolia. The thing makes this monastery an amazing is its architecture of main temple, constructed without single iron nail and all based on wooden block puzzles. The monastery was built in 1717 by order of Manchu Emperor for memory of great saint Zanabazar, the first reincarnate head lama of Mongolian Buddhism . Overnight at ger camp.

Day 3

Uran Togoo Mountain
Morning stay at temple and drive to Uran Togoo Mount town via Erdenet city was built under one soviet inspired master plan in the ’1970 for host the copper miners. Erdenet’s copper mine plays an important role in Mongolian economy and it consists around 30 percent of annual GDP. Togoo Mountain is oldest dead volcano. Overnight at ger camp.

Day 4

Khuvsgul Lake
Drive to Khuvsgul Lake. Lake Khuvsgul, as a dubbed as Mongolia Switzerland and a lake surrounded with lash green forest mountains. In addition, it is a 1% of fresh water resource of the world. Overnight at ger camp.

Day 5

Tsaatan Festival
Visit Tsaatan well known as reindeer people where located app 50kms from our campsite and it takes two and half hours of driving. (Depends year around) There will be two families one is Tsaatan, reindeer herder and Shaman. Overnight at ger camp.

Day 6

Tsaatan Festival
Free day for relax. Free day for relax. You can have short horseback riding, hiking along the lakeshore. Overnight at ger camp.

Day 7

Shine Ider Village
Drive back to Murun town and visit Local black market. On the way, you will visit Bronze Age deer stone monument site and arrive at GER camp, which located in on the way of Khorgo National Park. Overnight at ger camp.

Day 8

Khorgo National Park
Drive to Khorgo Terkh National Park, which is famous by its natural beauty.  Arrive at Khorgo and overnight at ger camp.

Day 9

Tsenkher Hot Spa
Morning stay at lake side and drive down to Chuluut river great canyon which huge creation of volcanic earthquake and late afternoon arrive at Tsenkher hot Spa relax and have spa bath. Overnight ger camp.

Day 10

Kharkhorum
Drive to Kharkhorum. Visit to Erdenezuu the first Buddhist Monastery in Mongolia. 400x400m walls with 108 stupas surround the monastery complex. Early 20th century there was more than 100 temples and over 1000 lamas used to serve. The monastery was sacked during the purges of 1937. Nowadays, only one temple holds religious activity and rest works as a museum. Overnight at ger camp.

Day 11

Ulaanbaatar
Drive to Ulaanbaatar city. Transfer to hotel free for leisure; Visit Natural History Museum and shopping in cashmere and souvenir shops and dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day 12
Departure
Check out from hotel and transfer to Ulaanbaatar Train Station for departure.
reindeer herd
Tsaatan camp
reindeer rider
tsaatan people
 
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Tourism Development Institute of Mongolia
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