Road Trip to Gobi Desert plus Kharkhorin (Big Loop)

Road Trip to Gobi Desert plus Kharkhorin (Big Loop)

Need a ride for your Gobi tour? Hire a local, and start amazing road trip through most popular tourist attraction in Gobi Desert plus ruin of Ongiin Khiid monastery and Erdenezuu Temple in Kharkhorin in 8 days. Together we can make tours to famous singing sand dune, flaming cliffs, ice valley, visit temples, monasteries, visit to local nomadic family, eat and drink local food, horse riding in valley, camel riding to the sand dune, hiking in mountain, watch wild animals, camping with tent in the middle of nowhere, watching night stars and many more

Itinerary

Day 1: UB - Baga Gazriin Chuluu

Stop At: Baga Gazriin Chuluu (Small Rock Formation), Delgertsogt Mongolia
Start driving to Baga Gazriin Chuluu stone massif. The highest one is 15 km long and 10 km wide granite stone-mountain elevated at 1768m above sea level. Check in to a ger camp nearby. Dinner at the ger camp. Hiking, trekking in the stone-mountain is possible.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Sleep in ger. You bring your own sleeping bag

Day 2: Baga Gazriin Chuluu - Tsagaan Suvarga

Stop At: Tsagaan Suvarga (White Stupa), Mongolia
Breakfast at the ger camp. Start driving to Tsagaan Suvarga via Mandalgobi city. Lunch at a restaurant of Mandalgobi city. Watch Tsagaan Suvarga, massive earth formation eroded in wind and rainwater which was once bottom of sea. Check in to local guesthouse run by local nomadic family. Dinner at local family. Sleep in ger.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Sleep in ger

Day 3: Tsagaan Suvarga - Yolin Am

Stop At: Yolin Am Ice Field, Mongolia
Breakfast at the ger camp. Start driving to Dalanzadgad city. Stop at local cafe of Dalanzadgad for lunch. Continue driving to Yolyn Am ice valley. Hiking trekking at the mountain. Horse riding is available here. Check in to a ger camp run by locals. Dinner at the ger camp. Sleep in ger.
Duration: 24 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Sleep in ger

Day 4: Yolin Am - Khongoryn Els

Stop At: Khongoryn Els, Gobi Desert, Dalanzadgad 212503 Mongolia
Breakfast at the ger camp. Start driving to Khongoryn Els Singing Sand Dune via Bayandalai village. Reach Khongoryn Els Singing Sand Dune and check in to a local guesthouse run by local nomadic family. Camel riding to the sand dune is available. Climbing to the top of the sand dune. Return to guesthouse. Dinner at guesthouse. Sleep in ger.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Sleep in ger

Day 5: Khongoryn Els - Bayanzag Flaming Cliffs

Stop At: Bayanzag Saxual Forest, Mongolia
Breakfast at guesthouse. Start driving to Bayanzag Flaming Cliffs via Bulgan village. Lunch along the way in Bulgan village cafe. Watch Bayanzag Flaming Cliffs. Check in to ger camp. Dinner at ger camp. Sleep in ger.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Sleep in ger, local nomadic family guesthouse

Day 6: Bayanzag - Ongiin Khiid Monastery ruin

Stop At: Ongiin gol, Mongolia
Breakfast at the ger camp. Start driving to the ruin of Ongiin Khiid. Visit Buddhist monastery site, built in 1760, but was destroyed by communists in 1937. Check in to local ger camp. Dinner at the ger camp. Sleep in ger.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Sleep in ger

Day 7: Ongiin Khiid - Kharkhorin/Erdenezuu

Stop At: Kharkhorin, Kharkhorin, Ovorkhangai Province
Breakfast at the camp. Start driving to Kharkhorin via Khujirt village. Lunch at a local cafe in Khujirt village. Continue driving to Kharkhorin. Reach Kharkhorin by late afternoon. Visit Erdenezuu Temple, the oldest Buddhist temple built in 1585, using the leftover material of Karakorum city. Visit local Karakorum museum, and archeological site. Check in to a local guesthouse. Dinner at the guesthouse. Sleep in ger.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Sleep in ger

Day 8: Kharkhorin - Ulaanbaatar

Stop At: Hustai National Park, Hustai National Park, Tov Province
Breakfast at the guesthouse. Start driving to Ulaanbaatar. Visit to Hustai National Park, where you can watch last wild horse on the globe in the wild. Reach Ulaanbaatar by late afternoon. Lunch at the local cafe along the way.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.