Arrival in Ulaanbaatar. Arrive in Ulaanbaatar, meet at the airport and transfer to 5* hotel Khan Palace or similar. Visit the Gandan Buddhist monastery, Museum of National History and the Genghis monument on the Sukhbaatar Square. Dinner at a fine restaurant.

Ulaanbaatar - Elsen Tasarkhai - Karakorum. Breakfast. We drive to Karakorum with a stop at Elsen Tasarhai sand dunes through the green grassland, arrive at the stunning sand dunes, streams and rocky mountains, hiking around. Visit a nomadic family and see their lifestyle. Continue the drive to Karakorum, transfer to luxury tourist resort.

Karakorum. We visit legendary monastery Erdene Zuu, the first Buddhist monastery in Central Mongolia founded in 1586, and its surroundings like the ruins of Tumen Amgalant palace of Ogoodei Khaan, The Phallic stone etc. Overnight at a luxury tourist ger resort.

Karakorum - Hustai National Park - Ulaanbaatar. After breakfast we drive to Hustai National Park, one of the most popular national parks of Mongolia through the rolling steppes. Arrive in Hustai, view the wonderful Takhi wild horses and other wildlife. Then continue the drive to Ulaanbaatar, arrive and transfer to the hotel.

Ulaanbaatar - Terelj National Park: We drive to the stunning Terelj National Park. We have an opportunity to explore a traditionally furnished ger "museum" and try some of the local mare's milk or yak cheese. We are also having a demonstration and training class for the traditional Mongolian sport of archery. Overnight at luxury Terelj Hotel.

Terelj - Ulaanbaatar. After breakfast we drive back to Ulaanbaatar, arrive and transfer to hotel. Zanabazar fine arts museum displaying the best collection of medieval Buddhist art works of Mongolia including famous gilded cast Tara sculptures by Zanabazar, first Mongolian Buddhist ruler and outstanding artist. Traditional folk concert in the evening.

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ACCOMMODATION & TRAVEL INFO:

Hotel: You will stay at the versy best hotels & resorts in Mongolia & enjoy the best services, care & food. While in Ulaanbaatar you will stay at modern deluxe Khan Palace hotel right in the downtown, in Karakorum you will stay at luxury Dreamland Resort founded by the 1st Mongolian Grand Sumo Champion mighty Asashoryu. And in Terelj National Park you will stay at the very first high end 5* hotel in Mongolia - the luxurious Terelj Hotel.

Transport: You will travel by new, comfortable 4x4 Japanese minivans during your overland journeys in Mongolia.

Tour guides: You will be accompained by a fluent English/French/German speaking experienced Mongolian tour guides, who will share their extensive knowledge on their motherland, culture & heritages.

Dining: There's a common misunderstanding that Mongolians have a very unhealthy diet and live only on meats and dairy products. However nowadays this misunderstanding is slowly fading as more and more tourists visiting Mongolia is getting introduced to it's modern- balanced diet. Even if you're a vegetarian there's no problem about that, modern Mongolia has so much to offer when it comes to food, from non-vegetarian to vegetarian. Specially when travelling with Selena Travel you don't have to be concerned about your diet restrictions, because, we pay a good attention to our client's diet and eating habits. Whether you're a vegetarien or not, our duty is to keep you satisfied throughout the tour and that's why we work with the best restaurants in Mongolia and try to keep the meals flexible to our clients' diet restrictions rather than offering what they're not used to.

SITES VISITED DURING THE TOUR:

Kharakhorum was flourished in the IV-IX century by the Kirgis tribe and in 1220 the great Emperor Chinghis Khaan declared it as the capital city of his vast Empire. Many other Mongolian Khaans used Kharakhorum as the capital of Great Mongolian Empire, however, the Chinese Ming soldiers burnt the city several times in 15-17th century. Today there are many interesting sites left to visit; the legendary turtle rock sculptures, Buddhist stupas and the ruins of this once great city to name a few.

Erdenezuu ("One Hundred Treasures") was the first Buddhist monastery in the Mongolian Empire. It was established in 1586 on the orders of Abtai Sain Khaan, a direct descendent from Genghis Khaan. The monastery has a massive square wall, 420 meters in length each side, a total of 108 Stupas and 17 temples. Today Erdenezuu monastery still shows its glory with collections of many priceless religious objects and incredibly beautiful Mongolian arts.

"Elsen tasarhai" is a part of the Great Mongolian Sand dunes and extends about 80 km. The scenery is a perfect combination of desert, picturesque mountains, river and green grassland and makes you feel like you are in heaven.

Hustai National Park is the place where the wild Takhi- Przewalski horses have lived peacefully since 1993 when they were reintroduced to their native land Mongolia. Here we are able to see and photograph these beautiful wild horses at pasture and Red Deer, Wolf, Asian Marmot, various species of waterfawls and prey birds etc., as well.