Day 1|Ulaanbaatar — Arrival
Airport transfer, 1 hr
Meet your crew and settle into a central hotel. The National Museum's dinosaurs, empires and modern era fill a spare afternoon before the reception dinner.
3-star hotel
Dinner
Khuvsgul Lake Tour
Price
From US$2,500
per person
Duration
7 days
Season
Enquire for dates
Single supplement
US$350
Overview
Mongolia's north is another country: larch forest, crystal water and the deepest lake in Central Asia — Khuvsgul, sister to Baikal. Fly to Murun, cruise the Blue Pearl beneath forested mountains, meet Tsaatan reindeer herders at their lakeside camp, and return past the four-metre deer stones of Uushigiin Uvur.
- Khuvsgul Lake — the 'Blue Pearl', 2% of Earth's fresh water
- Boat cruise beneath forested mountains
- Meet Tsaatan reindeer herders and their animals
- The Uushigiin Uvur deer stones — Bronze Age masterworks
- Optional horseback riding and lakeside birdwatching
- Summer departures, June to September
Day by day
Itinerary
North to the Blue Pearl: Khuvsgul Lake, the deer stones of Uushig, and the reindeer people of the taiga's edge.
Ulaanbaatar
Murun
Day 2|Murun Town — Gateway North
Fly 1.5 hrs
Fly to Murun, capital of Khuvsgul Province, and take the town's measure — museum, market and the mountains rising to the north.
Local hotel
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Khuvsgul Lake
Day 3|Khuvsgul Lake — The Blue Pearl
Drive 3 hrs
Drive to the lake and let it do the rest: a cruise on water so clear the stones glow beneath the hull, ringed by dark taiga and bright shingle beaches.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4|Khuvsgul Lake — Reindeer People
Ride out to a camp hosted by Tsaatan reindeer herders and spend the day in their company — the animals, the ortz tents, the taiga way of life. Optional horseback riding and birdwatching round out the lake days.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Murun
Day 5|Murun Town — Deer Stones Road
Drive 3 hrs
Return south via Uushigiin Uvur, a complex of twenty Bronze Age deer stones — the tallest four metres — then an evening in Murun with its local museum.
Local hotel
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Ulaanbaatar
Day 6|Ulaanbaatar — Dinosaurs and Song
Fly 1.5 hrs
Fly back for the Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs — Gobi giants first unearthed in the 1920s — and an evening of Tumen Ekh's music, dance and contortion.
3-star hotel
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7|Fly Home — Departure
Airport transfer, 1 hr
Transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
Breakfast
Season / Departure Dates
2027: Jun 1-7; Jul 1-7; Aug 1-8; Sep 1-7 2028: Jun 1-7; Jul 1-7; Aug 1-8; Sep 1-7
From the field
Gallery
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