DAILY ITINERARY
Day 1 Arrive Beijing
Upon arrival at Beijing Airport, you will be met and transferred to hotel. Welcome dinner.
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Transfer to the airport and fly to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of
Mongolia. After arriving in Ulaanbaatar, you'll be greeted at the
airport and escorted to your hotel. After settling in, you’ll be taken
on a city sightseeing tour including a visit to the Gandan Monastery
with its huge gold plated Buddha: a symbol of Mongolian national pride
and cultural revival. See the monks chanting, spin some prayer wheels
and view the intricately embroidered thanks. On to Sukhbaatar Square,
which is surrounded by all central departments including the Government
house. After having lunch in a restaurant we will visit the Natural
History Museum, where you have a chance to see all flora and fauna of
Mongolia and complete dinosaur skeletons and eggs.
B/L/D Ulaanbaatar Hotel Day 3 Ulaanbaatar – Naadam festival preview
After breakfast at the hotel you will go out with your guide to see the
preview of the Naadam Festival. You will visit the horse-racing arena
to watch a race of foals and archery. You will then have 500 horseman
show and in the evening you can enjoy a national folklore performance.
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Day 4 Ulaanbaatar – The Opening Ceremony of Naadam Festival
Today you will watch the inauguration ceremony of Naadam which is
opened by the president of Mongolia . You will see a performance of the
national instrument Morin Khuur and a choir concert before attending
the horse races taking place outside the city center.
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Day 5 Ulaanbaatar/Dalanzadgad
Early morning flight to the capital of the South Gobi, Dalanzadgad. The
flight takes one and a half hours and on arrival at the airstrip in the
Gobi a local driver will take you to Yol Am, or ‘Eagle Valley’. Yol Am
is a wonderfully picturesque place with ice even in summer and it
surrounded by sheer rocky walls which form incredible canyons. Visit
Gobi museum. The areas are situated in the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National
Park that encompasses the "Three Beauties" peaks and the most easterly
points of the Altai Mountains.
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Day 6 Dalanzadgad/Sand Dunes/Dalanzadgad
After breakfast at the camp you will be driven to Khongor Sand Dune.
These are Mongolia's largest sand dunes, reaching a height of 800
meters in some areas. The sand dunes change color with each hour of the
day, from yellow to silver to rose-colored from dawn to sunset. Drive
back to your ger camp.
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Day 7 Dalanzadgad/Bayanzag
Today we will drive to Bayanzag, known as a Flaming Cliffs where the
first nest of dinosaur eggs ever discovered was found in 1922. Visit
the site famous for the remains of dinosaur which lived here 60 million
years ago. You can walk around where dinosaurs once roamed and see
saksaul trees and other classic desert vegetation.
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Day 8 Bayanzag/Ulaanbaatar
After breakfast you will fly back to Ulaanbaatar. Upon arrival, you
will drive to Terelj National Park, 70 km outside of Ulaanbaatar.
You’ll explore the extraordinary formation of rocks and stones, some of
them look quite similar to turtles. There is an opportunity to walk
round or ride horses rented from the local area. The Terelj National
Park incorporates parts of Khenty Mountain Range. Return to Ulaanbaatar
in the afternoon. A farewell dinner will be arranged.
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Day 9 Ulaanbaatar/Irkusk
You will be transferred to the airport and fly to Irkusk, the capital
city of Siberia, Russia. Remainder of the day will be at leisure.
Irkutsk is known as the "treasure house" of Siberia. Founded in 1661 by
the Cossack Yakov Pohabov, Irkutsk has been located for more than 300
years on banks of the Angara River, the beloved daughter of "father"
Baikal. It is probably the only city of Siberia that has preserved its
historic character- old time wooden houses, built without a nail,
decorated with skillful carving harmonize with the splendid stone
buildings of Siberian architecture. There are about 700 monuments of
history and culture in Irkutsk.
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Day 10 Irkusk
Today
you will take a city tour visiting the Znamensky Russian Orthodox
Church, Historical Museum, Spasskaya (Savior) church, the Epiphany
Cathedral, the Polish Roman Catholic Church, the monument of the
explorers of Siberia, the Okhlopkov Drama Theater and a local market.
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Day 11 Irkusk – Listvyanka
Today
you will be transferred to the village of Listvyanka by the Lake
Baikal. Visit the Taltsy Museum of Wooden Architecture on our way from
Irkutsk to Listvyanka to see some interesting samples of old wooden
houses which were brought there from all over Siberia. Upon arrival to
Listvyanka, you will also visit the Limnological Museum (or Museum of
Baikal), where you learn about flora and fauna of the lake and see some
unique species in aquarium. A walk to Tshersky peak- to see the
beautiful Baikal Lake panorama.
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Day 12 Listvyanka /Olkhon Island
Transfer
by bus then by ferry from Listvjanka to Olkhon Island, the entire trip
will take around 6 hours. You will spend the night in a ger camp by the
lake.
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Con Day 13 Olkhon Island
Olkhon
is the center of Siberian Shamanism, and there are annual spiritual
gatherings on the island, as well as ethno-music parties in the summer.
The main places on Olkhon island, that you will not miss, is the Shaman cave — a sacred place in Khuzhir, the main village on the island on the shore of Lake Baikal. You will also visit the "Three Brothers" rock, and mysterious and enchanting Khoboy Cape on the northeast end of the island.
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Day 14 Olkhon Island /Irkusk
Transfer
back to Irkusk to spend the last night in Siberia. to catch your flight
back to Beijing. Upon arrival, transfer to hotel and rest.
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Day 15 Irkusk/Beijing
Board your flight back to Beijing. Upon arrival, transfer to hotel and rest. Farewell dinner.
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Day 16 Beijing/ home city
Today you will be transferred to the airport and depart for your home city.
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