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This tour is of high value. With relatively little cost one can experience the beauties and mysteries of Mongolian Gobi desert and experiment a train journey through the southern part of Mongolia. Excursion to one of the largest sand dunes in Mongolia, 18th century Buddhist Monastery of Khamariin Hiid built by famous Mongolian religious aristocrat, poet Danzanravjaa well know as lama of the Gobi and dinosaur bones revealed by wind in sandy surface and remains of petrified trees aged 65 million year are some of the features of this tour.

Length:  4days / 3nights
Tour grade: As you wish
Group size: 2-15people
Potential period: May-September, departure available everyday

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.

Choose Your Own dates! This is not a fixed-departure-date tour. Just let us know the dates that you want to travel to Mongolia, we will manage everything.

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

Train to Sainshand
After breakfast transfer to Ulaanbaatar train station to catch the Ulaanbaatar – Sainshand domestic train. The train departs at 9.50 and arrives in Sainshand town at 19.50. The full day train journey takes you through the transmission zone from the mountain steppe region of central Mongolia to southern Gobi desert. After arrival in Sainshand train station transfer to Shand hotel where you have western dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2

Round trip in East Gobi
After breakfast in the hotel we attend a short city tour including visits to the provincial museum and Danzanrabjaa museum. Transfer to Shand tourist camp situated 14 kilometers away from the town. After having lunch in the tourist camp we start the East Gobi round tour. The round tour starts from a visit to a dinosaur skeleton site, where you will encounter an amazing scene of dinosaur bone aged about 70 million years revealed on the ground. In the same area you will also see peaces of petrified wood. From the dinosaur site we arrive in the famous cave site named 108 caves, which has a lot of historical relevance with Khamariin Hiid Monastery and its founder 18th century charismatic religious leader Danzanrabjaa. Then we visit Khamariin Hiid monastery. Arrive back to Shand tourist camp and stay in gers overnight.

Day 3
White Sands and take train back to Ulaanbaatar
After having breakfast in the camp we will have an expedition to one of the largest and most famous sand dunes in Gobi desert – White sands. Enjoy the awesome scenes of the beautiful white sands and walk and trek along their loose slopes. Drive back to the tourist camp. After lunch we visit to a local camel breeder’s family. Drive back to Shand hotel in Sainshand where we have dinner and hot showers. Transfer to train station for 20.55 train that takes the whole night to reach back to Ullaanbaatar.
Day 4
Arrive in Ulaanbaatar
At 08.00 arrive back to Ulaanbaatar and transfer to the next connection of your tour.
nomadic family
sunrise
land of Shambala
Khamar Monastery ritual
 
Your assurance of excellence and reliability:
Ministry of Nature,
Environment and Tourism
Mongolia National Tourism Organisation
Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Tourism Development Institute of Mongolia
National Competitiveness Institute of Mongolia
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