Trip to Mongolia and Beijing.
Take this trip leaving the USA on June 30 or July 1, returning in early August.
Peking
Ulaan Baatar
Erdenet, Bulgan
Bulgan, Bulgan
Uran-Togoo Tulga Mountain Natural Reserve
Khutag, Bulgan
Selenge, Khövsgöl
Tsengei, Khövsgöl
Mörön, Khövsgöl
Khövsgöl Lake National Park
Khatgai, Khövsgöl
Jankhai, Khövsgöl
Mörön, Khövsgöl
Ölzii, Erdenetandal, Arkhangai
Khorgo, Tariat, Arkhangai
Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur, Arkhangai
Zaankhoshuu, Arkhangai. Taikhar Chuluu rock formations
Tsetserleg, Arkhangai.
Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai
Lun, Tov
Ulaan Baatar
Terelj, Tov
Ulaan Baatar
Zuunmod, Tov
Manzhir Khiid
Nairamdal Zuslan
Ulaan Baatar
Peking
Home.
Day 1 and 2. Travel to BeiJing, China.
Day 3 and 4. See sights and BeiJing and adjust to climate change.
Day 5. If a Wednesday then one takes train #3, the Chinese train to Moscow, and get off in Ulaan Baatar. late in the afternoon of day 6.
Day 6. Get off the train in Ullan Baatar and take a four-person suite at the Mandukhai Hotel (T14,520). It’s just west of the State Department Store.
Day 7 Ulaan Baatar. Watch Nadaam festival horse races.
Day 8 Ulaan Baatar. Watch Nadaam festival again.
Day 9 Ulaan Baatar. A third day in Ulaan Baatar.
Day 10 Take 14 hour train to Erdenet (T4103 per person for soft sleeper)
Day 11 in Erdenet, Bulgan Province. Stay at the Selenge Hotel (T5500 per person) while in Erdenet. Visit the Mining Museum and Copper Mine.
Day 12. Begin rental of jeeps and hiring of guides. Drive out of Erdenet to Bulgan the provincial capital (68 km). In Bulgan visit the museum adn the Dashchoinkhorin Khiid monastery. Continue (about 60 km) to Uran-Togoo Tulga Mountain Natural Reserve and see the extinct volcanoes. This would be a good place to camp for the night.
Day 13. It’s 353 km from Bulgan to Mörön in the Khövsgöl Province. One passes through Khutag in the Bulgan Province and Selenge and Tsengei in Khövsgöl Province. Finally, one arrives at Mörön, the capital of Khövsgöl Province. Pass quickly through Mörön and go another 100 kilometers or so up to Khövsgöl Lake National Park. Stay on the Western Shore.
Day 14. Day at Khövsgöl Lake National Park.
Day 15. Day at Khövsgöl Lake National Park.
Day 16. Day at Khövsgöl Lake National Park.
Day 17. Drive back south through Mörön, Khövsgöl and south into Arkhangai Province and the Ölzii, Erdenetandal, Arkhangai. There are about 413 kilometers between Mörön and Tsetserleg, but we’re not going directly there. We turn west on the highway between Tsetserleg and Tosontsengel. It’s about 100 kilometers from there on to Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park, Arkhangai Province. We can camp there. If we can’t make it all the way in a day we can camp along the road somewhere.
Day 18. Day at Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park.
Day 19. Drive 171 kilometers from Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur to Tsetserleg, the capital of Arkhangai Province. Stop at Zaankhoshuu on the way to see the Taikhar Chuluu rock formations. In Tsetserleg we may stay at a hotel such as Bulgan Hotel or Khangain Hotel, or we might decide to camp north of town.
Day 20. Day in Tsetserleg to see Buyandelgeruulekh Khiid and the Zayayn Gegeenil Süm temple. Then drive 160 kilometers to Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai Province. We will probably stay in a Ger Gamp, probably the Chandmam camp about 13 km south of Kharkhorin on the road to Khujirt.
Day 21. Day to enjoy the sights around Kharkhorin, including the Erdene Zuu Khiid and the Shankh Khiid. Spend a second night at the Chandmam camp.
Day 22. Day to drive to Ulaan Baatar. Stay again at the Mandukhai Hotel
Day 23. While we still have the jeep, drive to Zuunmod and the Manzshir Khiid near the holy Tsetseegun mountain. Night back at the Mandukhai Hotel
Day 24. Day trip to Terelj. Hike around Terelj. (170 kilometers round trip) Back in Ulaan Baatar turn in jeep and say goodbye to guide and driver/mechanic.
Day 25. Go to Nairamdal Zuslan to stay at the Nairamdal Zuslan International Children’s Centre. (US$80 for adults and US$35 for children)
Day 26. Day at Nairamdal Zuslan International Children’s Centre.
Day 27. Another day at Nairamdal Zuslan International Children’s Centre.
Day 28. Back to Ulaan Baatar for last day of sight-seeing in the capital city.
Day 29. Take train back to Beijing.
Day 30. Arrive in Beijing. Night in hotel.
Day 31. Look around Beijing and prepare to return to America.
Day 32. Return to the United States.
Use of jeeps and staff from day 12 to day 24 (13 days, or two weeks). T220 per kilometer. Total kilometers is probably 68+353 +400+340+413+175+80+400+171+170= 2570 km (T565,180) About $1,000 US for the jeep. Plus US$ 10 per day for two staff (US$260). Camping 7 or 8 to 9 nights. Hotels are generally $10 per person per night. 4 nights with two additional adults=$240 (Chandmam camp is $30 per night for two nights) =$360. 4 person suite in Ulaan Baatar is 8 nights for $25 per night= $200. Children camp is $690. Train to Erdenet is $30 for all four of us. Total cost in Mongolia aside from food should be not more than $2800. Food will not add much to this.
Other costs are flights to BeiJing in summer for family of four plus the hotel and costs in Beijing and the cost of the train to Ulaan Baatar. Tickets at $900 each, train to Ulaan Baatar at $140 each, and hotel in Beijing for 4 nights will cost $200, and other expenses in Beijing will be about $50 per day. So total costs outside Mongolia will be $4500.
One month trip for family of four to Mongolia should cost $7,200 or less. Includes a few days in Beijing.