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Naadam festival in Khorgo & Terkhiin Tsagaan lake (Code: 2NA10)
Inlcuded services: Shared double accommodation in good middle class hotel, countryside accommodation in Mongolian gers, full board, all transfers, excursion to Khorgo and guide
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1. day |
Arrive in Ulaanbaatar. Transfer to hotel. Sightseeing, including the Natural History Museum with its fine collection of dinosaur fossils. Overnight in hotel.
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2. day |
Trip to Tsetserleg. Travelling through the mountain-steppe you will experience a number of beautiful and diverse landscapes – nothing like you’ll have seen before. Overnight in ger. |
3. day |
Trip to Khorgo. On the way you will pass Tamir River, which is always praised in Mongolian folk songs and poems. You’ll also see attractive locals going to celebrate the Naadam festival, wearing their rich colourful national dresses. Overnight in ger. |
4-5. days |
Naadam festival, wrestling, horse racing and perhaps archery. Staying in a small countryside location you will have the chance to experience the National Naadam Festival from very close distance. Naadam is the Mongolian people’s most enjoyable annual event. Overnight in ger. |
6. day |
Tour to visit Khorgo National Park created by nature. It is an amazingly beautiful place with extinct volcanoes and fantastic lava caves. Tsagaan Nuur Lake- a freshwater lake takes its source from the Khangai Mountain ranges. It lies at an altitude of 2060m and covers an area of 61 sq. km. This lake area includes a small island. Visit a herdsman's family, which breeds yaks. There is also some possibility to ride horses. Take a walk round the lakeshore bird watching. Overnight stay in ger. |
7-9. days |
Trip to Tsetserleg- Kharkhorin-Bayangobi-Ulaanbaatar. Visit the Erdene Zuu Monastery. Visit sand dunes in Bayangobi. Overnight in gers. In the evening of 9. day arrival in Ulaanbaatar. Overnight in hotel |
10. day |
Transfer to the airport. Departure |
Note: Local Naadam-festivals take place from 05-10.July. So ask us about the annual terms of the festivals beforehand.
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