NAADAM FESTIVAL AND ANCIENT CAPITAL CITY TOUR OVERVIEW

From the excitement of Naadam Festival, to the heart of the Mongolia with its history and nomadic culture, this holiday is a feast for the senses. ​

Naadam is the biggest festival of the year for Mongolians and is held in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar during the National Holiday from July 11-13. It begins with an elaborate introduction ceremony featuring dancers, athletes, horse riders, and musicians. After the opening ceremony, the competitions begin. As usual, it runs for three days in all parts of the country and consists of horse racing, archery, and wrestling. These competitions are called the manly games.

Stunning natural landscapes and friendly nomadic people - this really is the essence of Mongolia.

BRIEF ITINERARY

Day 01: Arrive in UB, Mongolia
Day 02: Kharkhorum via Hustai National Park (Wild horses)
Day 03: ( July 10) Ulaanbaatar

Day 04: (July 11) Opening Ceremony of Naadam Festival

Day 05: (July 12) Horse Racing Field

Day 06: Departure

DATE: 8-14 July, 2020

DURATION: 6 days

ACCOMMODATION: 4 night 4 Star hotel, 1 nights Ger Camp

TRANSPORTATION: All transportations by private vehicle. (4 WD, Minivan or Minibus). This destination is not required domestic flight.

ADVENTURE LEVEL RATE: Comfortable & Active

PRIVATE TOUR: Book this trip as a private departure just for you on your selected date. SINGLE SUPPLEMENT OPTION: We offer the opportunity to pay a supplement to pre-book a single room.

TAILOR MADE TOUR

As this is your holiday, please feel free to discuss your preferences with us and we will cover or cut a tour according to your wishes.

Tour Details

Duration: 6 days
Price from: $1320
Private Tour:
You can book this trip as a private departure just for you on your selected date.
Optional Single Supplement:
We offer the opportunity to pay a supplement to pre-book a single room.
Accommodation & Meal Plan:
4 nights 4 Star hotel, 1 nights Ger Camp.
15 meals-5 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 5 dinners.
Health:
For some countries you will undoubtedly require vaccinations for your visit. But Mongolia is generally safe place to travel and no specific vaccination is required.

BOOK CONFIDENTLY

When you arrive at Ulaanbaatar you will be met and taken to the UB Hotel. The remainder of the day is at leisure, allowing you to relax after your flight, and you have a choice of local restaurants for meals today. After a lunch, you will enjoy a time of sightseeing around UB and visit to the Gandan Monastery and the National History Museum where presents our history and culture from prehistoric to the present day. Early evening after sightseeing program, we invite you a welcome dinner at a restaurant.

Accommodation: Hotel. Meals: D

Day 1. ULAANBAATAR

Day 2. ANCIENT CAPITAL CITY KHARKHORUM VIA HUSTAI NP

We head out of the city early this morning to Kharkhorum via Hustai NP which serves as a breeding centre for Takhi re-introduction programmes throughout Mongolia and the Central Asian Steppe. Takhi is the world's last truly wild horse and is critically endangered. Early afternoon we will arrive in Kharakhorum and visit Erdenezuu Monastery. After it we will visit Karakhorum Museum. Overnight stay at Ger camp.

Accommodation: Ger Camp. Meals: BLD

Day 3. ULAANBAATAR

This morning, having had breakfast, you'll set off for UB ,on the way you'll stop to lunch at different tourist camp, here you can walk around the a sand dune called as Elsen Tsarkhai and have the opportunity to ride horse and camel. After a lunch, we'll continue to drive to UB and total driving time is 3 hours, so you'll arrive at UB in good time. On arrival we will take you to hotel and in the evening you'll enjoy traditional folk music and dance performance.

Accommodation: Hotel. Meals: BLD

Day 4. OPENING CEREMONY OF NAADAM FESTIVAL,UB

Today is the real highlight for us - the day you witness for our national holiday. After a breakfast, we will be attending the opening ceremony of the Naadam Festival in Ulaanbaatar. Undoubtedly, Naadam is the most colourful and most important annual cultural event. It begins with an elaborate introduction ceremony featuring dancers, athletes, horse riders, and musicians. After the opening ceremony, the competitions begin. As usual, it runs for three days in all parts of the country and consists of horse racing, archery, and wrestling. Before leaving the stadium, we will attend archery competition.

Accommodation: Ger Camp. Meals: BLD

Day 5. HORSE RACING FIELD, HUI DOLOON KHUDAG, UB

We will drive to horse racing field of Naadam festival with Mongolian racers from all over Mongolia. You'll be busy on the horse racing field watching horse racing competitions. Today's horse racing is important because 5-year-old horse as we call them Soyolon which are most powerful and fastest horses. After enjoying horse racing, we'll drive to Mongol Nomadic Camp to experience of nomadic traditional way of living. The camp will show us livestock and cattle breeding and invite the guests to the Mongolian ger with artefacts, offer tea and dairy products, host and hostess explain furniture and feature of the Mongolian ger to the guests answer their questions and intercommunicate with each other. Accommodation: Ger Camp. Meals: BLD

Day 6. DEELTEI MONGOLIS FESTIVAL,UB

After enjoying a breakfast, depart a Ger Camp in Terej NP for Deeltei Mongols Traditional Costume Festival, Chingis Khaan Square in Ulaanbaatar and on the way we'll visit the biggest statue of Chingis Khaan. "Deeltei Mongols" the annual Mongolian costume festival, as part of the Naadam Festival, is organized annually to promote Mongolian culture and tradition. Also it introduces national costume exquisite design to foreigners.

Accommodation: Hotel. Meals: BLD

DAY 7. DEPARTURE

After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for your onward flight and our service ends.

Departing

Tour Name

Code

Duration

Price

8-14 July, 2020

NAADAM FESTIVAL WITH ANCIENT CAPITAL CITY & NATIONAL PARKS TOUR

NFACC-01

6 days

From $1320

What's included
Full services of both guide and driver

*5 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 5 dinners

* Drinking water throughout tour

* All transport ( minibus or 4WD)

* National park/reserves entrance fees

* All nights' accommodation including hotel in UB

* All others indicated in program

What's not included

* Visa

* Hotel refreshments

* Travel insurance

* Airplane ticket and taxes

* Excess baggage charges

* Daily personal expenses

Accommodation

4 nights 4 Star hotel, 1 nights Ger Camp

The accommodation we offer on our adventure holidays is as varied as the specific destinations themselves. On some adventure holidays can vary from the most basic camping to comfortable 5 stars hotel. Price based on Standard accommodation in UB. Ask us for details of the different option offering upgraded accommodation.

Ger Camp is the same as hotel outside of the UB that serves customers with gers instead of hotel rooms and always located at the best viewing spot. Ger Camps have ger restaurants, common washing facilities such as shower and sauna. Ger camp restaurant serves both Mongolian and Western dishes. Based on twin occupancy, the gers provide an authentic style of Mongolian culture and allow you to travel the remote wilderness in comfort. All camps have fully equipped sanitary facilities in conformity with the foreign guest’s service standard such as hot and cold showers, sauna and comfortable rest room separate building.

Transportation

All transportations by private vehicle. (4 WD, Minivan or Minibus). This destination is not required domestic flight.

Meal plan

All our tours include full board, but other meals are often not included especially in UB. This allows you to try the cuisine in local restaurants and also to choose what and where to eat and how much to spend. Please ask us before booking if you have any specific requirements.

Adventure level rate

Comfortable & Active- Relatively physical and active days that return to cozy accommodations at night.

Private tour

Book this trip as a private departure just for you on your selected date.

Single supplement option

We offer the opportunity to pay a supplement to pre-book a single room.

Tailor made tours

As this is your holiday, please feel free to discuss your preferences with us and we will cover or cut a tour according to your wishes.

Holiday Status

You no longer need to worry about cancellations due to low numbers as most of our departures in Mongolia, whether joining shared services for excursions or completely going solo, are guaranteed to depart.

Family Rooming

We will room your family in the most appropriate way using a mixture of twin, triple, double and single rooms as necessary. Please note that sometimes a triple room may be a twin room with an additional bed added. We will leave it to you to decide who shares with whom in your family group.

Passport

A full passport is required for all of our holidays and this should be valid for at least six months after the completion of your trip. To secure your booking and avoid incurring additional charges, you must provide information on your booking form precisely as it is shown on your passport.

Visa

You may require a visa to enter Mongolia. Your consultant will be happy to advise you on visa requirements.

Booking

Only once you are completely happy with any holiday itinerary we create for you will we ask for a payment. In order that we can secure availability for your booking we would typically require a deposit of 15%.

Vaccinations

For some countries you will undoubtedly require vaccinations for your visit. But Mongolia is generally safe place to travel in terms of health and no specific vaccinations are required.

Website Information

All information on this website is correct at the time of completion. Subsequently, this information can become outdated and inaccurate. We reserve the right, therefore, to change any of the information included on our website and this amended information will then form part of your booking contract with ourselves.

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