Genghis Khan Birthplace Tour

Welcome to join this 9-day Mongolia tour, during which you can not only appreciate the beautiful natural scenery, admire historical heritages, but also enjoy horse trek and visit local herdsmen’s camps. Upon your arrival at the Ulaanbaatar airport, our driver will greet you timely and escort you to check in the hotel in downtown.

Accommodation: Ramada Hotel (4 stars)

After breakfast, our guide and the driver will pick you up from the hotel lobby and then drive to Chinggis City, which will take about 6 hours on the way. In midway, we will visit Genghis Khan Statue Complex located 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of the city of Ulaanbaatar. It is known for a 40-meter tall equestrian statue of Genghis Khan, the founder of Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous land empire in history. Inside the statue is a museum exhibiting precious relics of Mongolian nomadic culture. There is also an elevator leading to a sightseeing platform over the head of the horse, where visitors can have a panoramic view of the endless grassland. Arriving in Chinggis City, check in the prior reserved hotel for a good rest.

The Legend of Genghis Khan:
Genghis Khan was an outstanding military strategist and politician. Genghis Khan, along with Napoleon, Caesar the Great, and Peter the Great, was a great figure who influenced and shook the world. His father was poisoned when he was nine. Legend has it that he had already grown into a legendary boy when he was thirteen. He could summon eagles in the sky with his singing voice, or easily raised his hand and bent his bow to shoot large eagles. His hatred scares the enemies so they planned to kill him. After years' of escape, he gradually became an eagle of the grassland that frightened the enemy and finally he established the country of Mongolia.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Ezent Guren Hotel

Today's trip will begin with a visit to Dadal Village. It will take about 6.5 hours to drive there. When arriving in the afternoon, the guide will escort you to stroll around the village to enjoy its charming rural landscape, consisting of dark pine forests, clear rivers and lakes, and later reside in a ger camp.

Dadal is the birthplace of Genghis Khan and is now a settlement of the Buryat Mongols, it is also a pilgrimage site for the Mongols. Russian style wooden houses, hidden in the thick camphor pine forest, are well arranged. There are very few pedestrians on the streets, and occasionally people ride horses. It seems that this place is indeed a country on horseback, because even very young children ride their horses leisurely on the streets.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Chingis 3 Lake Tourist Camp

After breakfast, we will visit Deluun Boldog and Khajuu Springs. Deluun Boldog is boundary zone a few kilometers up north of Dadal Village, with steppe, rounded hills and shallow gulches. It is said to be the possible location where Genghis Khan was born in 1162. There is a stone erected in 1990 on top of one of the hills, being inscribed with the story of Genghis Khan's birth. Also, the nearby Khajuu Bulag is the mountain spring where he was washed after birth. Then we'll pay a visit to a local herdsman's ger museum.

This afternoon, we will set off for Binder Village with beautiful natural scenery. On arrival, explore the village and then stay overnight at a ger camp in the nearby Kurkh River Valley.

A Nation with Wolf Totem:
Why did the Mongols regard wolf as their national totem? One is a kind of psychology of worship caused by fear, the second is the worship caused by gratitude, as many legends say that wolves rescued the ancestors of a certain nation. In addition, curiosity can also cause worship. Wolves have many habits similar to those of humans, so someone believe that wolves are their ancestors and regard them as totem.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Chingis Toonot Tourist Camp

In the morning, the guide will accompany you to visit Ancestor's Wall not far from Binder Village. It is a 9-feet high and 5-mile-long red granite wall built in the 13th century around a big graveyard of ancient nomadic inhabitants. On the way we will also stop over to see other ancient monuments including Rashaan Khad with abundant rock carvings, deer stones, and Binder Ovoo (Binder cairn) dating from Palaeolithic to the Bronze and Iron Ages.

After lunch, move on to visit Baldan Bereeven Monastery, an important Gelugpa or Yellow Hat Buddhist monastery located in a river valley. Then go to Bayanbulag ger camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:  Bayanbulag Tourist Camp

Today we will depart for the beautiful Blue Lake at 10:00am. As a highlight of this Mongolia tour, it is not only a scenic place surrounded by verdant forests and teeming with various species of flora and fauna, but also one of the most important historical places in Mongolian history, for it is the place where Temuujin was enthroned and titled as "Genghis Khan" in 1189.

After lunch, we will take the car for around 3 hours to Gun Galuut Natural Reserve - the harmonious complex of high mountains, steppes, grasslands, rivers, lakes and wetlands.

What Can Be Expected in Gun Galuut Natural Reserve?
What Can Be Expected in Gun Galuut Natural Reserve? The protected area protects many endangered wild animals and has a very diverse ecosystem. A complex of mountains, grasslands, rivers, lakes, and wetlands, everything remains in its original state. From a distance, water and sky merge at the horizon, with nothing in between. Rare creatures live in the spectacular Baits and Berkh mountain ranges, and Lake Ikh Gun and Ayaga are paradise for birds. They also lay eggs in the longest rivers in Mongolia, the Kherlen River and the Tsengin Burd Wetland. Where you can take a bird-watching tour at the nearby ponds, or ride horses on the vast steppes.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Steppe Nomads Tourist Camp

Today will be another highlight of this Mongolia tour. In the morning, the guide will accompany you to Terelj National Park, famous for the green grassland, lush woods and many rock formations. On the way pay a visit to a local nomadic family, talk with them and experience their traditional lifestyle. On arrival at the park, we will firstly go to admire the Turtle Rock beside the main road. It is a 24 meters (75 feet) high rock formation carved into a turtle only by the force of nature. After, you may enjoy horse trek in the vast park freely on your own.

What Does a Herdsman Family Look Like?
A Mongolian herdsman family is like this: a yurt, a couple, three or four dogs, five or six children, dozens or hundreds of sheep, and of course, horses. Mother milks sheep or cow every day with her little daughter, older children herd sheep on horseback, and father does some daily routine, this kind of the life style has lasted for centuries. They are very hospitable and enjoy chatting with guests. Perhaps the nomad life style will eventually disappear into the vast Gobi and the deep steppes. Come here and visit this vast land, it is the best way to learn a life style which is totally different from yours.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Terelj Star Tourist Camp

After breakfast, drive 2 hours to return back to Ulaanbaatar and visit Zaisan Memorial Hill. The hill was built in memory of the allied Mongolian and Soviet soldiers died in the Second World War. On the top of the memorial hill, you can overlook the surrounding mountain landscape and the entire city. After lunch, proceed to visit Genghis Khan's Square located at the city center. After the visit, you will be given some free time to stroll around or buy some souvenirs for families and friends. If needed, feel free to ask for suggestions from the guide. In the evening, the guide will come to pick you up and go to enjoy an excellent music and dance show "Wonders of Mongolia" performed by the world-famous Tumen-Ekh group. After that, head to the "Bd's Mongolian Barbeque" international chain restaurant for dinner, drawing an end to this tour in Mongolia. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Ramada Hotel (4 stars)

Today accoring to your flight schedule, our driver will escort you to the airport and say good-bye. Thanks for choosing us and wish you all the best!

Meals: Breakfast