Itinerary
Days
1-2 Ulaan Bataar
Day 3 Kharkhorin &
Erdene Zuu Monastery
Day
4 Orkhon waterfall & Tsenger hot springs
Day
5 Tsetserleg & Buyandelgeruulekh Monastery
Day 6 Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake
Day 7 Khorgo Uul Volcano
Day 8 Road to Hovsgol Lake
Day 9 Moron
Days 10-11: Hovsgol
Lake
Day 12 Road to Amarbayasgalant Monastery
Day 13 Amarbayasgalant Monastery
Days
14-15 Ulaanbaatar
Day 16 Depart
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Mongolia Tour:
Land of Genghis Khan
16 Days
 Explore
the natural and cultural wonders of Mongolia, one of the last remaining
wilderness frontiers. Mongolia offers a rare glimpse of an ancient nomadic
culture that has changed little over the centuries combined with stunning
natural beauty - alpine lakes, vast grasslands, forested mountains, volcanoes
and hotsprings - all abounding with wildlife.
Genghis
Khan's 13th century capital is largely in ruins, but from its ruins the
great monastery complex of Erdene Zuu was built. With restored religious
freedom this, like the great temples of Ulaanbataar, is again attracting
increasing numbers of monks and chapels are being restored.
The
volcanic freshwater lake Terkhiin Tsagaan is one of the most beautiful lakes
of the country – perfect (though cold) for swimming with stretches
of sandy beach along its shoreline. Surrounded by extinct and craterous
volcanoes it was formed by lava flows from a volcanic eruption many millennia
ago.
 Hovsgol is a huge alpine lake surrounded by 2000m mountains, thick pine
forests and lush
meadows with grazing yaks and horses. More than 100 small rivers and streams
feed the lake with crystal clear water, through only one river, the Egiin,
exits, its waters eventually reaching Lake Baikal. At least a dozen species
of fish inhabit the lake and rivers, including sturgeon, grayling, lennok,
salmon and taimon.
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Ulaan
Bataar
'Red Hero'. A fascinating blend of old and new
- soviet architecture and ger suburbs - that was established
in the 17th century as home to a living Buddha. |
Karakorum
Genghis Khan’s 13th century capital |
Hovsgol
Nuur
One of Mongolia's most scenic regions - a stunning alpine
lake close to the Siberian border surrounded by evergreen
forests, icy streams and lush meadows.
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Volcanic
Lakes
Freshwater lakes surrounded by volcanic peaks. |
Erdene
Zuu
Mongolia’s first and greatest monastery;
built from the ruins of Karakorum it has been a center of Buddhism
for over 1000 years. It suffered a great deal of damage by successive
invasions of Manchus and Soviets, but is once again an active
monastery. |
Vast
Grasslands
The
nomadic life of the steppe continues. |
Amarbayasgalant
One of the
largest and most beautiful monasteries in Mongolia. |
Tsetserleg
A lovely
town ringed by mountains and green summer pastures - the lovely
16th century monastery of Buyandelgeruulekh which miraculously
escaped the Stalinist purges. |
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