NAADAM FESTIVAL AND MONGOLIAN BLUE PEARL TOUR OVERVIEW

If you want an excellent tour and national holiday in Mongolia, this great trip will give you just that.

This holiday is tailored with Naadam festival and you can celebrate it with us while traveling to Khuvsgul Lake.

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: Khuvsgul Lake
Day 03: Khuvsgul Lake
Day 04: (10 July) Fly back to UB
Day 05: (11 July) Opening ceremony Naadam Festival, UB
Day 06: (12 July) Naadam Festival- Archery and Horse Race
Day 07: Departure
DATE: 7-13 July, 2020
DURATION: 7 days
ACCOMMODATION: 4 night 4 Star hotel, 2 nights Ger Camp
TRANSPORTATION: All transportations by private vehicle. (4 WD, Minivan or Minibus). This destination is required domestic flight between UB and Moron, Khuvsgul.
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: 7 days
Price from: $1880
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, 2 nights Ger Camp.
18 meals-6 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 6 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

This tour begins with your arrival in the capital. You will be met by your guide at the international airport of UB and transferred to UB Hotel which is located in the middle of the Ulaanbaatar and very close to the Parliament House and Chingis Khaan Square. In the afternoon, after a lunch, you will enjoy a leisurely 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. KHUVSGUL LAKE

After breakfast you'll be driven to UB Airport where you'll catch a domestic airplane bound for Khuvsgul province where the lake is located. On arrival you'll be driven to your Ger camp, a journey of about 1 hour. After a lunch at the camp, you take 1 hour rest and later you can enjoy your new surroundings. You can venture out on foot with your guide for an initial glimpse of the lake's varied landscapes with its flora and fauna.

Accommodation: Hotel. Meals: BLD

Day 3. KHUVSGUL LAKE

This morning you can walk and a gentle boat trip, both excellent ways to get close to the natural environment. After a lunch, we can visit to Tsaatan (reindeer people) family, to explore their daily life and customs. Today we will ride a horse around lake and take photos of varied natures of the lake.

Accommodation: Ger Camp. Meals: BLD

Day 4. ULAANBAATAR

Having enjoyed lunch it's time to pack your bags and travel back to the Moron's airport where you'll board a flight to Ulaanbaatar, which takes about two hours. Transfer to your hotel. After you dinner, you'll be enjoyed by a traditional dance and music performance and later free time and relax in hotel.

Accommodation: Hotel. Meals: BLD

Day 5. NAADAM FESTIVAL, ULAANBAATAR

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 6. NAADAM FESTIVAL, ULAANBAATAR

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 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

7-13 July, 2020

NAADAM FESTIVAL AND KHUVSGUL LAKE TOUR

NFKH-01

7 days

From $1320

What's included
Full services of both guide and driver

* 6 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 6 dinners

* Drinking water throughout tour

* All transport ( domestic flight, 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 night 4 Star hotel, 2 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 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. We try to keep all-inclusive accommodation to a minimum. 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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