Day 1: Tour to Baga Gazariin Chuluu

Meet with your guide and driver. Start the tour to Baga Gazariin Chuluu, a zone of granite stone mountains; the highest peak is 1700 m above sea level. It has been keeping some historical remains such as ruin of a monastery, ancient tombs, etc. Challenge your imagination seeing unique features of the granite formations in Baga Gazariin Chuluu, discover ruin of the old monastery and captured by the emptiness of the Gobi.  Stay overnight in a ger camp. (B/L/D)

Day 2: Tsagaan Suvarga colorful mud cliffs (White Stupa)

Tsagaan Suvarga means "White Stupa.” It is one of the most famous highlights in the Gobi. Tsagaan Suvarga is a strange natural formation of colorful, massive mud cliffs that look like stupas, mound-like structures containing relics. Hiking through the cliffs offers the chance to take amazing photographs. Stay overnight in a ger camp. (B/L/D)

Day 3: Drive to Gobi Gurvan Saikhan Mountain National Park, visit Yol Valley

The Gobi Gurvan Saikhan means "Three beautiful mountains in the Gobi.” The Gobi Gurvan Saikhan Mountain is a beautiful national park itself rich in wildlife and scenic places. Pushed out by the Indian tectonic plates, Gurvan Saikhan Mountain range is relatively young for mountain ages with a growing peak of 2800. The East Beauty in particular is famous for its stunning valleys and the cold springs that turns into glacier later in the autumn. The whole valley is covered by ice until May and ice only started to disappear by the middle of July recently. Several valleys in the mountain keep the glaciers year around. Yol Valley is a country of large birds like lammergeyers, griffins and steppe eagles. Locals share the sorrowing story of life and love, and boast their pride for the beauty of the country. Dreamy mazes of the morning, sneaking wild ibexes, strolling yaks, scouring pikas and the smell of juniper and mint leaves an unforgettable hiking experience. Stay overnight in a ger camp. (B/L/D)

Day 4: Khongor  Sand  Dunes, camel riding

Our journey will continue to Khongor, the largest sand dunes. After reaching the sand dunes, have lunch at the ger camp and visit camel breeding family. Start camel riding and visit the spring water near the sand dune. A camel ride along the dune is fun and comfortable and view from the door is one of a kind with the constant changes of color by the sun. This is the place to stay for a day longer to rest and enjoy the calmness and the unique beauty of Gobi. Visit the sand dunes and start trekking to the top of the sand dunes. Stay overnight in a ger camp. (B/L/D)

Day 5: Bayanzag (Flaming cliffs)

Our adventure will continue to the Flaming Cliffs, where American explorer Roy Chapman Andrews found the remains of dinosaurs including the first dinosaur eggs ever discovered in the world. We will enjoy exploring the cliffs in search of dinosaur fossils we may find and visit the Gobi tree grove named “Bayanzag.” This means “rich in saxaul trees.” This tree only grows in the Central Asian Gobi. Stay overnight in a ger camp. (B/L/D)

Day 6: Drive to Ongi Monastery on the open steppes

Drive first through slate mountains and next on 80 km Ongi steppes leading to Ongi Monastery, one of the biggest seven monasteries in Mongolia. There were two separate monasteries consisting of more than 30 temples on the shores of the Ongi River surrounded by the Gobi Mountains; however, the temples were destroyed during the socialist purge of the 1930s. Now the ruins of the monasteries cover a huge area. Visit a new active temple, a ger museum, explore the monastery ruins and climb a nearby mountain to have panoramic views of the surrounding areas. Stay overnight in a ger camp. (B/L/D)

Day 7: Kharkhorin, ancient Monastery Erdenezuu

This day’s tour takes place in the transition zone from the Gobi desert to the mountain steppes. Kharkhorin, formerly known as Kharakhorum, was once a capital of Chinggis Khaan's Great Mongol Empire in the 13th century. After the move of the Mongolian capital to Beijing, and the fall of the Empire, Karakorum was abandoned and then destroyed by Manchurian soldiers in 1388. Today, in the vast valley of the Orkhon River, the awe-inspiring ancient monastery Erdenezuu coexists with Kharkhorin town. See some valuable religious artifacts in the monastery museum; view its stunning architecture and the Kharakhorum Museum display remnants of the ancient city. Stay overnight in a ger camp. (B/L/D)

Day 8: Visit nomads, horse riding and return to Ulaanbaatar

Today is the last day to spend in the beautiful countryside of Mongolia. On our way to Ulaanbaatar, we will visit a livestock herding nomad family and have some horse riding. We also join the nomads for lunch. Stay overnight in a nomad family. (B/L/D)

Day 9: Ulaanbaatar

Arrive in Ulaanbaatar and check in a hotel.(B)