Day 1|Welcome to Ulaanbaatar — Arrival
Airport transfer, 1 hr
Meet your crew and settle into the capital, with the National Museum and city centre before the reception dinner.
3-star hotel
Dinner
Mongolian Nomads' Spirits Tour
Price
From US$4,200
per person
Duration
12 days
Season
Enquire for dates
Single supplement
US$400
Overview
A journey through the Mongolia that lives between monastery and steppe. Terelj's granite valleys and Hustai's wild horses open the way to the Orkhon heartland — Karakorum, the waterfall, Zanabazar's mountaintop retreat — before the healing waters of Tsenkher, the birdlife of Ramsar-listed Ugii Lake, and the Khitan ruins of Khar Bukh Balgas.
- Erdene Zuu, Tuvkhun and the great sites of the Orkhon Valley
- Soak in the Tsenkher hot springs
- Ugii Lake: swan geese, Pallas's fish eagles and white-naped cranes
- The ninth-century Khitan ruins of Khar Bukh Balgas
- Wild horses at Hustai, granite valleys at Terelj
- Nomadic family stays and fermented mare's milk in season
Day by day
Itinerary
Temples, hot springs and the deep heartland: twelve days through the spiritual landscape of central Mongolia.
Ulaanbaatar
Terelj
Day 2|Terelj National Park — Granite Valleys
Drive 2 hrs
Gorkhi-Terelj's picture-book scenery: the 108 steps of the Aryabal meditation temple and a ridge walk over the southern taiga.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hustai
Day 3|Hustai National Park — The Wild Horses
Drive 3–4 hrs
Across to Khustain Nuruu, where over 220 reintroduced takhi roam the rolling steppe — the world's only true wild horse, back in its homeland.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Khugnu-Tarna
Day 4|Khugnu-Tarna National Park — Three Landscapes
Drive 3–4 hrs
Boulder mountains, dunes and green steppe in one sweep: the Uvgun temple, horse or camel riding through the sands, and an evening with a nomadic family.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Kharkhorin
Day 5|Kharkhorin — Karakorum
Drive 2 hrs
The Mongol Empire's capital: a guided walk through Erdene Zuu's temples and treasures, then the Kharkhorin museum's soul-stirring collections.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Orkhon Waterfall
Day 6|Orkhon Waterfall — The Cascades
Drive 4–5 hrs
Up the UNESCO-listed valley to the volcanic waterfall, past deer stones, petroglyphs and the burial mounds of forgotten khans.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Tuvkhun Monastery
Day 7|Tuvkhun Monastery — The Aerie
Drive 2–3 hrs
Climb the narrow path to Zanabazar's 1648 meditation retreat on Mount Shiveet-Ulaan, meet the head lama, and take in the Khangai from his eyrie.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Tsenkher
Day 8|Tsenkher Hot Springs — Healing Waters
Drive 3–4 hrs
A day to be kind to yourself: soak in Tsenkher's steaming spring pools under the larches, with therapists on hand.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Ugii Lake
Day 9|Ugii Lake — The Bird Lake
Drive 3 hrs
Ramsar-listed Ugii teems with life: swan geese, Pallas's fish eagle, white-tailed eagle, white-naped cranes and Asian dowitcher among them. Boat, fish or ride — and taste airag, fermented mare's milk, with a lakeside family.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Khar Bukh Balgas
Day 10|Khar Bukh Balgas — The Khitan City
Drive 2–3 hrs
Delve into the ruined fortress-city of the Khitans, raised in the ninth and tenth centuries — remarkable stonework with the steppe wind for a caretaker, and its story told around the evening stove.
Ger camp
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Ulaanbaatar
Day 11|Ulaanbaatar — Return
Drive 4 hrs
A panoramic drive back to the capital: the Dinosaur Museum, cashmere shopping and the Tumen Ekh ensemble by night.
Hotel
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 12|Fly Home — Departure
Airport transfer, 1 hr
Transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
Breakfast
Season / Departure Dates
Departures on the 3rd-14th of the month: May 3-14; Jun 3-14; Jul 3-14; Aug 3-14; Sep 3-14.
From the field
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