MONGOLIA AT A GLANCE - FAMILY JEEP TOUR

OVERVIEW

In just 4 days you get a comprehensive introduction to Mongolian life, its nomadic heritage, traditions and history. Travel across boundless grasslands and visit the site of Genghis Khan’s medieval capital. Enjoy overnights in traditional felt walled tents in tranquil natural locations. Caring service and enthusiastic company of our expert guides will make your glimpse of Mongolia unforgettable.

Tour is guaranteed to run with a minimum of 4 participants.
 

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Visit the medieval capital of Genghis Khan
  • Learn of lifestyle and mores of Mongolian nomads
  • See the last surviving wild horses in world
  • Overnights in cozy ger hotels
  • Visit museums and attractions of Ulaanbaatar
| Price: 1,173 USD p.p.
| Dates: 2025 , 2026
| Difficulty rating: Easy

ITINERARY

  • Arrival in Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar (UB) city visits

    Arrive in Ulaanbaatar and transfer to a 4 star hotel in city center. After a short rest we take a guided excursion to some of the city’s highlights: the Gandan Temple - city's main Buddhist center, the central square with the memorial complex of Chinghis Khan and Zaisan hill on the city's edge for a panoramic view of UB. Children will certainly enjoy the museum of Traditional Toys and Puzzles as well as the winter palace of Mongolia’s last king with an odd collection of his ceremonial clothes, items of personal use and a private collection of stuffed animals. A folklore show of traditional music, throat singing and contortion will be followed by a welcome dinner. (Lunch, dinner / hotel)

  • Travel to “Little Gobi”

    Accompanied by your guide travel to central Mongolia. The landscape is dominated by vast arid grasslands with rugged mountains and rolling hills in the background. Circular felt walled tents of herding nomads and their large herds of cattle, horses, sheep and goats are a common sight. Our destination, the “Little Gobi” is a spectacular area of sand dunes and granite rock formations that resemble the Gobi desert proper. Here we visit a nomadic family home, known as the ger. It is a simple but reliable dwelling, perfect in extreme weather conditions and suitable for frequent moves from one place to another. Taste 'airag', the fermented horse milk the area is famous for and learn about local life and traditions. Then local cowboys will stage a "Horsemanship show" for you. Nomadic kids start riding at the age of four and develop superb riding abilities by their teens. They will demonstrate lassoing horses, picking tiny items from ground at full gallop and breaking in a horse. For dinner tonight a delicacy of Mongolian cuisine - "khorkhog" or chunks of meat and vegetables pressure cooked with heated rocks will be served. We spend the night in a ger camp, a hotel-like setting where you will be accommodated in gers furnished as cozy hotel rooms. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner / ger camp)

  • Travel to Karakorum and Oginur lake

    After breakfast we travel to Karakorum, the site of the Mongol Empire capital in 1200s. Largely an experiment of city building by nomadic people, Karakorum never became a fully functional capital before it was destroyed by invading Chinese armies in late 14th century. Today the main attraction here is the monastery museum of Erdene Zuu established in 16th century by a Mongol khan as part of introduction of Buddhism as the main religion. The monastery then suffered almost a complete destruction during the anti-religion campaign of 1930-ies with just a dozen of temples surviving till present. We visit the monastery and a local museum to take a glance at a few surviving artifacts of the old capital before continuing on to Oginur, a small freshwater lake surrounded by bare hills. The lake is stopover point for migrating water birds such as Relic Gull, Whooper Swan and several species of geese and ducks. We settle in a ger camp right on the lake’s shore for dinner and overnight. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner / ger camp)

  • Travel to Hustai National Park

    We travel to Hustai NP. It is here that in 1993 a small number of last remaining wild horses known as “Przewalski horses" was brought from several European zoos and re-introduced to their historic homeland after they had been extinct for 5 decades. Today is the most successful wild life preservation project ever seen in Mongolia with over 300 wild horses living in wilderness withstanding predators and harsh climate. Impressively, the park is also home to 220 species of birds, 1200 Red deer and 20,000 marmots. On arrival we get a short introduction to the park’s activities before setting out on a wild life watching hike. We can expect to see Przewalski horses, Red deer, marmots and birds including eagles, vultures and Falcons. Dine in the park’s restaurant and overnight in cozy gers. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner / ger camp)

  • Return to UB, optional city visits

    After breakfast we return to Ulaanbaatar. The rest of the day is at your own for additional city visits and possibly shopping. Your guide will accompany you until good-bye dinner at the end of the day. (Breakfast, dinner / hotel)

  • Departure

    Transfer for your return travel home. (Breakfast)

Price Includes:
  • All accommodation: hotel (2 nights), ger (3 nights)
  • Indicated meals & drinking water
  • All visits, sightseeing, national park and permit fees
  • Overland transport (Russian 4WD vans)
  • Itinerary related transport
  • Airport transfers
  • English speaking guide
Price Excludes:
  • Travel insurance
  • Optional activity fees (camel, horse riding, boating etc)
  • Meals not indicated
  • Drinks & Alcohol
  • Gratuities

REVIEWS

Tripadvisor Reviews:

Ali Riza, Turkey

My friend and I purchased a customized tour from Mongolia Trekking and I felt that I would not see and experience this much of Mongolia if I had not purchased the tour from this company. The guide was nice and helpful. Her English was very advanced and we never had any communication problem. The driver was hardworking, he sometimes helped the guide to spot the animals that we could not see. We went to Karakhorum and the Turkish museum nearby (46 km), we saw the wild (free) horses and climbed the hills to see ovoos...
It was worthed and we truely enjoyed the trip. The ger camps we stayed at were clean and well-equipped.


Merel Dk, Thailand

Hi Bat,

Hope you're well.  
Just wanted to say thank you again for all your efforts in making our trip to Mongolia unforgettable. Everyone had a fantastic time! The ger camps were super cool and it was wonderful. Hope that I will have another chance to visit in the future.
 
Kind regards.

Wandering Nomad111

Excellent 3-day tour of Mongolia
We recently completed a 3-day tour with Mongolia Trekking. The experience was perfect from start to finish. I corresponded with Batbayar via email to book the tour and arrange payment. Emails were returned promptly and with excellent English. Batbayar suggested a tour based on our interests and also assisted with arranging pick-up from the bus station (for a small fee) as well as receipt of our onward train tickets - this flexibility was much appreciated.
 
Our guide, Byamba, spoke English as if it were his native language and patiently answered all of our questions, and explained Mongolian history to us. He was also a really cool guy! We drove vast distances over the 3 days, visiting temples, the former Uighur capital, Kharkhorin, the Prezewalski horses at Khustai National Park and many other sights. The highlight was the authentic stay (for 2 nights) with a real Mongolian nomadic family. Driving through the vast wilderness to get to the family added to the authenticity of the experience. During the entire tour, we were driven in a clean and spacious 4x4 SUV.
 
As for the stay with nomadic family, we were the only guests staying with the family at the time, and were able to observe their daily life, including the herding of hundreds of sheep, goats, etc. The ger/yurts were very comfortable, with clean and warm bedding (it got very cold at night!) and a bedside lamp. The toilets were clean and functional. Although the family did not speak English, our guide did a fantastic job of bridging the gap. The food was plentiful and tasty.
 
Overall, Mongolia Trekking (including Batbayar and Mr. Uugaa) and our guide (Byamba) as well as our nomadic family hosts went out of their way to make our stay in Mongolia a very enjoyable one. I picked this company based on a lot of research and Tripadvisor reviews. This tour, as organised by Mongolia Trekking, far surpassed my expectations. I highly recommend this company.

Team Christie Travel

Family Weekend Trip to Mongolia
Our family had an amazing trip to Mongolia over a 4 day period....we wish it had been longer. For the children, it was an experience they will never have again. Sighting Przewalski horses, sleeping in Ger's, driving over gorgeous countryside, being hosted by a Mongolian family, getting involved in their daily routines, herding livestock, patting newborn calves eating traditional food and lots more....but best of all was being able to ride on wild Mongolian horses...with a little help from the host family!!! The team at Mongolia Trekking really looked after us from the time of booking the tour, right through to delivering us to the airport for our departure home. The guide and driver were so keen to make sure the children had the most wonderful experience...which in turn meant the adults did as well. Thank you to all the team.

Adin E

Perfect tour!
How could we describe in a few sentences the amazing experience we had at Little Gobi.
We spend 3 days with a very welcoming nomadic family, sleeping in their beautiful ger, in the middle of an undescribable landscape.
360• of an amazing view, just us, animals and nature.
The camels riding accross sand dunes had been one of the most unforgettable memories (or maybe it was the delicious homemade meals we ate all along our stay).
Our perfect guide, Nara, was very thoughtful and he explained us a lot about nomadic way of life.
Thank you very much for this incredible traditionnal Mongolian experience !

Kellym, UK

Highly Recommended: Amazing help with car + driver trip planning
Batbayar has incredible knowledge of Mongolia, the terrain, camping spots, beautiful places to visit, distances and time between places. He was able to plan us the most incredible 2 week trip around central Mongolia. He spoke very good English and was easy to communicate with. Highly Recommended

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