7 days, 6 nights in Mongolia: Karakorum, Erdene Zuu, Mongol Els dunes, Hustai and Terelj parks, ger stays, horse and camel riding and Ulaanbaatar.
Trip highlights
- Discover the Mongol Empire, a country with more than 1,000 years of recorded history
- Explore Ulaanbaatar
- Experience the life of Mongolia's traditional nomads and ride horses on the steppe
- Sleep in a ger and watch the stars
Led by historiansEvery trip travels with an expert history lecturer who brings each site to life in plain language.
Off the beaten pathCentral Asia, the Middle East, the Himalayas — places most tour companies never go.
Private groups, no rushingRight-sized groups and unhurried time at the places that matter most.
Beyond ordinary travelEvery tour is designed by writers and professional travellers to create experiences that reflect who you are — for travellers who want more than an ordinary holiday.
About this tour
The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous land empire in history, and in the 13th and 14th centuries it stretched from East Asia to Eastern Europe. This 7-day, 6-night trip covers the heritage that grew out of it: Kharkhorin (Karakorum) and its museum, Erdene Zuu Monastery, the Genghis Khan Statue Complex, and the Buddhist monasteries of Ulaanbaatar.
It also covers Mongolia's landscapes and nomadic life: the Elsen Tasarkhai sand dunes, Hustai National Park with its Przewalski's horses, Terelj National Park and Turtle Rock, a nomadic tourist camp, camel and horse riding, and nights in gers.
The tour is led by Ajarn Chen Sa-ngam (อ.เชนทร์ เสนงาม), who has more than 30 years of experience in overseas history tours. The sources list two departures in 2024, 15-21 June and 10-16 August. Thai passport holders can enter Mongolia for 30 days without a visa. The price excludes flights; a ticket on the recommended airline costs about 28,000 baht.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1Bangkok – Hong Kong – Ulaanbaatar
Meet at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 08:00. Fly MIAT Mongolian Airlines OM 5636 at 11:00 to Hong Kong, change planes and continue on OM 298, arriving at Chinggis Khaan International Airport at 23:10 (local time is one hour ahead of Thailand). Overnight in Ulaanbaatar.
Day 2Ulaanbaatar – Kharkhorin
Drive about 6 hours 13 minutes to Kharkhorin (Karakorum), Genghis Khan's legendary capital, founded in 1220 in the Orkhon Valley on the Silk Road as a political, economic and religious centre, until the Ming army destroyed it in 1380.
- Karakorum Museum, with 13th-14th century artefacts, stone tools, pottery, coins, Buddha images, inscribed steles and a model of Karakorum as it was in 1250
- Erdene Zuu Monastery, the oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia, built in 1585 from stone taken from the ruined city and ringed by a wall with 108 stupas
Day 3Elsen Tasarkhai – Hustai National Park
Drive about 1 hour to Elsen Tasarkhai, 'the separated sand', a small desert in the steppe that is part of the Mongol Els dunes, known locally as the 'singing dunes'. Visit a camel-herding family in their ger, walk the dunes and ride a Bactrian camel. You may see maral deer, wolves and foxes.
Then drive about 3 hours to Hustai National Park, home to more than 800 Przewalski's horses.
Day 4Nomadic camp – Genghis Khan Statue – Terelj
Drive about 43 minutes to a Mongol nomadic tourist camp for a performance that opens with Mongolian long song and the horsehead fiddle (morin khuur). Visitors can join archery, wrestling and horse-racing activities and see sheep and goat milking, wool shearing, felt-making, ger-building and traditional cooking.
Then see the Genghis Khan Statue Complex, built in 2008 for the 800th anniversary of the empire; the stainless-steel equestrian statue is the largest in the world. Continue to Terelj National Park for the night.
Day 5Terelj National Park – Turtle Rock – horse riding
Explore Terelj National Park, with its granite mountains, forests, grassland, wildflowers and rock formations shaped by wind and rain. See Turtle Rock, a boulder shaped like a giant tortoise and a highlight of the park, and go horse riding for about an hour with an expert giving basic instruction.
Day 6Nomadic family – Ulaanbaatar
Visit a local nomadic family and see rural life that has barely changed for centuries. Then explore Ulaanbaatar.
- Sükhbaatar Square, the political and cultural centre, with the monument to the leader of the 1921 revolution
- Museum of Mongolian National History, from prehistory to the present
- Gandantegchinlen Monastery, the largest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia, with its gilded bronze Avalokiteshvara statue and a monastic university
- A cultural show of singing, dancing and Tuvan throat singing
Day 7Ulaanbaatar – Hong Kong – Bangkok
Transfer to Chinggis Khaan International Airport. Fly OM 297 at 06:20 to Hong Kong, change planes and continue on OM 5637, arriving at Suvarnabhumi at about 16:30.
Included
- All accommodation (twin sharing)
- All meals as specified (16 meals in total: 6 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 5 dinners)
- Drinking water during the trip
- Entrance fees at all sites
- Tour leader, English-speaking local guide and driver throughout the trip
- Basic travel insurance
Not included
- Four international economy-class flights
- Business Class flight supplement
- Single room supplement
- Other personal expenses not on the program
- Camel and horse riding charges
- Tips for tour leader, local guide and driver (70 USD for the whole trip)
- Other drinks during travel and in restaurants, and drinks in hotel rooms (except drinking water)
- Excess baggage charges
- 7% VAT, 3% withholding tax and all other taxes
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