Karakorum & Orkhon Valley
Key Information
Trip Length: 7 days/6 nights.
Tour Grade: Easy.
Tour Code: SMT-7D
Meeting/Departure Points: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (excluding flights or trains).
Group size: 2-32 travelers-guaranteed!.
Private Departures: Daily, 20 May-20 September. There is a surcharge during the Naadam Festival and applies to travel from July 01 to July 15-High Season in Mongolia, where all services and accommodations are crowded.
Total Distance: about 1000 kms/622 miles.
Airfare or Train Included: No.
Tour Customizable: Yes
Tour Highlights: Upon your arrival in Ulaanbaatar ``Genghis Khan´´ New Airport (52 km /31.33 miles, 2 hrs driving), meet Samar Magic Tours team. First at all, we visit the 40-meter (~133, 3 feet) ``Genghis Khan´´ Equestrian Statue. Visit an small underground museum-has exhibitions relating to the Bronze Age and Xiongnu archaeological cultures in Mongolia, which show everyday utensils, belt buckles, knives, sacred animals, etc. and a second exhibition on the Great Khan period in the 13 and 14th centuries which has ancient tools, goldsmith subjects and some Nestorian crosses and rosaries. Visitors walk to the head of the horse through its chest and neck of the horse, where they can have a panoramic view. Drive to reach Gorkhi/Terelj National Park. Seeing grasslands and beautiful vistas. The valley is about 20kms/12miles long at 1600m. This picturesque National Park is a part of Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area. It is a great place for hiking, trekking, even you can rock climb here at its natural steep granite walls. Explore the Turtle shaped original giant rock. Enjoy walking & hiking to Arryabal Meditation Temple on the top of the small hill. Next, drive towards west to the Authentic Mongol Nomad Show (from 10:00AM-12:00M, about 35-40km/25miles, 1.30 hrs)-It demonstrates traditional living way of real Mongolian nomads and breeding and using of five kinds of livestock and movement from one place to another using ox, yak, camel and horse carts which are the carts. Here you will have the opportunity to hear a Mongolian folk song, to see 5 herding animals, to observe the demonstration of catching and milking sheep, goat, to observe the demonstration of making dairy products. We explore on the way to the West the Elsen Tasarkhai (also known as Bayangobi desert or MINIGOBI)- is a part of the 80kms/50 miles long Mongol Els Sand Dunes and is located on about 280kms/169miles west from the capital Ulaanbaatar. The nature in this area is really spectacular and great for relaxing. During the trip, you will also have opportunities to ride two-humped Bactrian camel, and walk on sand dunes.Journey to Karakorum-the Genghis (Chinggis) Khan's 13th century capital and heart of the mighty Mongolian Empire and in the UNESCO World Heritage Orkhon Valley. Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the Ovorkhangai Province of Mongolia, near today's town of Karakorum, and adjacent to the Erdene Zuu monastery. Next, departure in the direction of the Turkish Memorial Museum (Khushuu Tsaidam) in the Orkhon River Valley, erected in honor of the Turkish princes of the early 8th century Bilge Khan and Kul Tigin with their Orkhon inscriptions, which are admitted as the most impressive monuments of the nomads of the Gokturk Empire. The Bilge Qaghan and Kul Tigin monuments were found in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape, northwest of Kharkhorin (Karakorum). The museum was built in cooperation with the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency in 2008. For better conservation of the monuments, they were brought to the museum and copies of them were placed in the places where they were originally found. On the way back to Ulaanbaatar, we explore Hustain Nuruu Wild Horses National Park (hustai is Mongolian for birch and nuruu means mountains) measures about 57,000 hectares, or including the buffer zone 120.000 ha., and is located on about 120kms/62 miles west from the capital Ulaanbaatar. The flagship species for the Hustain Nuruu Nature Reserve is the reintroduced Przewalski or takhi horse. Currently the park is home to a hundred fifty specimens. We would be pleased to have you join us!.
The Best Time to Travel to Mongolia: May, June, July, August, September.
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Day 1
Ulaanbaatar ``Genghis Khan´´ New Airport. Transfer. (L)
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Day 2
Genghis Khan Statue-Terelj National P.-ULB (B)(L)
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Day 3
Authentic Mongol Nomadic Show-Ulaanbaatar.(B)(L)
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Day 4
Bayangobi desert-Karakorum (Central Mongolia). (B)(L)(D)
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Day 5
Karakorum-Orkhon Valley-Turkish Memorial-Karakorum.(B)(L)(D)
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Day 6
Hustain Nuruu N.P.-Ulaanbaatar.(B)(L)
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Day 7
``Genghis Khan´´ New Airport. Departure Mongolia. (B)
| 20 May-20 September-2025 | Millenium Plaza Hotel 4*, Premium Hotel 4* |
Holiday Inn Hotel 5*, Ramada Hotel 4* Double Standard Room |
Blue Sky & Tower Hotel 5* Double Deluxe Room |
| 16 persons or more | $ US 1,518 / 1,399 € | $ US 1,545 / 1,499 € | $ US 1,655 / 1,599 € |
| 12-15 persons | $ US 1,628 / 1,499 € | $ US 1,735 / 1,599 € | $ US 1,843 / 1,699 € |
| 7-11 persons | $ US 1,735 / 1,599 € | $ US 1,843 / 1,699 € | $ US 1,898 / 1,749 € |
| 2-6 adults | Consult | Consult | Consult |
| Individual Suplement (4 nights in Ulaanbaatar) | $ US 377 / 340 € | $ US 508 / 460 € | $ US 572 / 519 € |
2025 Land tour costs per person in $ US or in Euros (€), based on double indicated room from (7 days, excluding flights or trains)
Free: If you have a group of 16 persons (15 paying persons + 1 free, based on twin/double room: 8) Excluding flights, trains, and the single room at hotels in Ulaanbaatar city.
What's Included?
4 nights at selected & confirmed hotel in UB city, based on double/twin indicated room with breakfast.
2 nights in traditional tourist camps, based on Standard Ger for 2 people or more (according to the request!).
Meals as specified (6B, 6L, 2D), including one bottle of mineral water per person/a day.
English or Spanish speaking local guide (*according to your request!).
All transportation on comfortable japanese Land Cruiser Toyota 4x4 or similar in private, including the all petrol.
All entrance fees to the 40 meters /~133,3 feet ``Genghis Khan´´ Statue on horseback, Gorkhi/Terelj National Park, Hustain Nuruu National Park, Karakorum, the Turkish memorial museum, monuments, museums, and monasteries.
One Mongolian traditional folk songs concert.
Authentic Mongol Nomad Show.
Bactrian Camel riding on Elsen Tasarkhai Sand Dunes.
Meeting True Nomadic people.
Near the Great Statue of Genghis Khan, we can take beautiful photos with the Kazakhs and their Golden Eagles.
Service fees include 10% VAT, 2% Ulaanbaatar city tax and 5% service charge for Ulaanbaatar city hotels.
Gentle hiking through wonderful landscapes.
Accommodation in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar: Holiday Inn hotel 5*, Blue Sky & Tower Hotel 5*, Ramada hotel 4*, Millenium Plaza hotel 4*, Premium hotel 4* (4 nights).
Karakorum: Tourist Gers camp (2 nights).
What's Not Included?
Flights and occasional flight delays or cancellation.
Trains and occasional train delays or cancellation..
Visa.
Excess baggage.
The binoculars, telescopes and tripod (if necessary).
Any rescue costs or costs of early departure.
Changing of date of departure from Ulaanbaatar.
Early Check-in.
Late Check-out.
The traveler is responsible for having proper travel documents, such as a valid passport, proper visa, the necessary passport pictures, and the International airfares.
Travel insurance.
Items of personal nature such as gratuities to porters at hotels, telephone / telex / fax charges, laundry, beverages, meals, optional activities, and services not specified in the itinerary.
Any circumstances beyond of our control, such as the imposition of quarantine restrictions, weather conditions, etc.
