HIGHLIGHTS
- Trek in Mongolian Altai mountains, with its spectacular scenery
- Meet nomadic Kazakh families and experience their genuine hospitality
- Explore recently discovered petroglyphs sites
- Visiting Eagle hunters and get introduced with this fascinating culture
- Trek for 5-7 hours a day through spectacular mountain scenery
- Mongolian and Kazakh culture.
- Tuvan Shaman Throat singer
- Capital city, Ulaanbaatar tour
- Horse riding along lake shore of beautiful Khoton lake
- Great Altai Tavan Bogd mountain and Potanin ice glacier
- Very friendly staff with luxury service according to Mongolian conditions
Day 1 - Arrive to Ulaanbaatar (Capital of Mongolia) (D)
Get picked up from Ulaanbaatar airport and get transferred to hotel. Spend the day getting some rest and dealing with jetlag. Our tour guide would meet you at 18:00 at hotel lobby to take you to welcome dinner.
Day 2 - City Tour (BLD)
Tour the city, visit Bogd khaan palace museum, Dashchoilin monastery, Sukhbaatar’s main square. Have lunch according to time allowance and shopping at State department store.
Day 3 - Fly Heading to Altai Mountains (BLD)
We arrive to Ulgii city and get transferred to the hotel. We'll visit the local town museum which is the best museum among the Western provinces. Then we'll have time to explore exciting places among the city such as the town center, black market etc.
Day 4: North gate (BLD)
In the far western corner of Mongolia lie the Altai Mountains, a stunningly beautiful region of snow capped peaks, immense glaciers and large alpine lakes. We would start our trip heading West by 4x4 jeeps. On the way you have chance to see remote mountain country, when crossing big passes. Along the way we marvel at the Yamaat petroglyphs, a recently uncovered site in remote terrain featuring more than 1O thousand images of hunting and combat scenes, mythological figures, and symbolic sacred art. Overnight in tent.
Day 5- Altai Tavan Bogd Base Camp. (BLD)
This is where our trek begins. After a big western style breakfast, you will get prepared for the trek while our camel crew loads up our camels. We would cross a few rivers as we follow a trail to Altai Tavan Bogd (ATB) Base camp. In this remote corner where Mongolia, China, and Russia meet, we discover a beautiful swath of untouched wilderness, topped by the 14,000-foot peaks of Tavan Bogd National Park. We trek for 12 km today to the National Park Base camp at the foot of the magnificent Altai Tavan Bogd Glaciers. The glacier is at the foot of Khuiten Peak (4374m) the highest point in Mongolia. Nearby, Nairamdal Peak marks the triple border point common to Mongolia, Russia and China. Overnight in tent
Day 6 – Tsagaan gol (BLD)
Heading downhill we will trek to Tsagaan gol valley following the white glacier river and beautiful deep canyons, Near the tuvan gers we will cross the glacier Tsagaan gol river trough bridge. Until 2011, we had to cross the river by horse; Actually that was an exciting river crossing with horses and camels. We then head downriver and set up camp in a lush green pasture at the foot of glacial bowls. In the evening we would visit a local Tuvan family. This very little population of Tuvan people are keeping their old tradition as it was. They believe on Shamanism. According to situation we would have chance to meet a Tuvan Khomii throat singer.
Day 7 – Before Takhilt mountain pass. (BLD)
Heading downhill, we stop in to visit some of the local Tuvan people, who follow traditional Shamanistic beliefs. Tuvan language is different than both Kazakh and Mongolian languages. Their tradional clothes and gers looks like Mongolian ones. We continue on and ascend up into the Khar sala valley. The scene of Khara sala valley is very beautiful with snow caped high peaks. We would set up our camp right in to this valley.
Travel Safe and Happy
with KAZAKH TOUR team!
