Eastern Mongolia Tour: The Grasslands

Day 1|Welcome to Ulaanbaatar — Arrival

Airport transfer, 1 hr

Meet your crew, settle into a central hotel, and — time permitting — take in the National Museum before the reception dinner.

Day 2|Choibalsan — Capital of the East

Fly 2 hrs

Fly east to Choibalsan, capital of Dornod Province, and visit the local museum for the region's history — then ready the vehicles for the great drive across the Menen Steppe.

Day 3|Buir Lake — Across the Sea of Grass

Full-day game drive

The journey across the Menen Steppe is the point: horizon-to-horizon grass, and with luck the sight that defines it — Mongolian gazelle in their thousands, moving like weather. The day ends on the sandy shore of Buir Lake, a Ramsar wetland loud with East Asian migrant birds.

Day 4|Khalkh River — Fields of History

Drive 3–4 hrs

To the Khalkh River, passing the monumental Ikh Burkhant complex. Memorials across the grassland mark the 1939 battle fought here; the museum in Khalkh Gol tells the story of a clash that shaped the Second World War's opening moves.

Day 5|Khalkh River — The Border Grasslands

A second day along the river: more of the battlefield story, birding the wetlands, and the unhurried life of the easternmost herding communities.

Day 6|Choibalsan — Return West

Full-day drive

Recross the steppe to Choibalsan for a comfortable hotel night and an evening wander through the city centre.

Day 7|Ulaanbaatar — Capital Sightseeing

Fly 2 hrs

Fly back to Ulaanbaatar for the Bogd Khan Winter Palace and the view from Zaisan Hill.

Day 8|Fly Home — Departure

Airport transfer, 1 hr

Transfer to the airport for your onward flight.