Overland Gobi Desert Expedition Tour (trip)
Overland Gobi Desert Expedition Tour
- Ulaanbaatar Airport, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Active & Adventure
“ I am reborn! Simply the best holiday I have ever been on The Gobi desert in Mongolia awesome. I took… ”
| from €1,685* per person | 10 Days | August |
| Comfort accommodations | Exertion level: 3 | |
| Operator: Off The Map Tours | 12 people max | |
These remote parts of Mongolia are the home of rare Gobi bears, wild camels and snow leopards. You are more likely to see ibex, black tailed gazelle, eagles and marmots.
All nights on this trip are spent in traditional ger camps where there are comfortable facilities and lovely surroundings.
We travel by jeep on rough tracks, rarely on good paved roads. In the countryside nomadic people live in gers and we will surely be invited into their homes where we will see a way of life which has changed little in centuries.
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Locations visited/nearby
Mongolia, Asia
1 testimonial about this trip
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Reviewer: Charlotte Lundemo
located in
Jackson,
Mississippi
US
I am reborn! Simply the best holiday I have ever been on
The Gobi desert in Mongolia awesome. I
took around 4000 pictures and movies. We really liked the sand dunes
and camels. I got some great pictures of horses, camels, people and the
environment. It was awesome staying in Ger camps. Our driver, Ot, was
awsome.
Know that your guide and driver are very experienced. It's
typical for a car to break down but the driver's are skilled in getting
them started again. It's just part of the experience. Not everything
always goes as scheduled because it's an adventure trip with no paved
roads, etc. That's what makes it an adventure. There were some scary
monents but just know you're in capable hands.
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Itinerary
15 AugArrive Ulaanbaatar. Transfer to hotel. Afternoon free to see the city.
16 Aug
Set out from the city by jeep on dirt tracks through the green hills of Tov Province to Bag Gazriin Chuluu, a remarkable granite rock formation situated in the central steppe.
17 Aug
Spend a little time exploring these amazing rocks before continuing our journey southwards through Dundgov (Middle Gobi). The landscape suddenly becomes more desertified, dry and rocky with far distant horizons.
18 Aug
Near our ger camp we visit Tsagaan Suvraga where erosion of limestone cliffs has created a dramatic pink and white canyon (the name means "White Stupa", which is what it looks like from a distance). Jeep to South Gobi.
19 Aug
Jeep up into the mountains of the Gurvansaikhan National Park and walk into Yoliin Am ("Vulture's Mouth"), a canyon so narrow that the sun reaches for only a few minutes each day. Jeep west to Khongor Els.
20 Aug
Take a short ride on camels into the big golden sand dunes which are set against a backdrop of the black Gobi Altai mountain range. Jeep to Bayanzag where there is a small forest of low-growing saxaul trees .
21 Aug
See the valley where Roy Chapman Andrews found the first ever dinosaur eggs in the 1920s. Then travel northwards to a place on the Ongi river and stay at a ger camp near monastery ruins.
22 Aug
Jeep to Zorgol Khairkhan, another granite mountain with bizarre rock formations standing out against the big sky. Across the valley is a mountain where fresh spring water comes from the rock and the trees have been decorated with hundreds of blue Khadag (silk scarves).
23 Aug
Jeep to Ulaanbaatar, hopefully arriving early afternoon in time to spend a few hours shopping in the city and enjoying the restaurants and bars. Overnight hotel.
24 Aug
Depart.
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