Grand Tour
Key Information
Trip Length: 15 days/14 nights.
Trip Type: Easy to Moderate.
Tour Code: SMT-MCT-15D
Meeting Point: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (excluding flight).
Departure Point: Lhasa, Tibet (excluding flight).
Small Groups: 3-32 travelers-guaranteed!.
Valid Season: June-July-August-September
Tour Highlights: This is a unique way to Discover Mongolia and Tibet. Both Mongolia and Tibet are high plateaus with open steppes and cold, arid climate, and so makes a perfect combination to visit in one trip. This great tour will give you plenty of opportunities in Mongolia to ride Bactrian camels on the sand dunes, meeting nomadic people, staying in a traditional tent, seeing grasslands and beautiful vistas which are great options for families, couples, small group of friends. Incredible journey in fifteen days. Mongolia-Tibet Great Tour gets you to the Wonder of Mongolia and Tibet. This journey designed especially for families, private trip, and small group. Bactrian Camel riding, meeting nomadic people, staying in a traditional tent, seeing beautiful vistas. Explore Yolyn Canyon in Gobi Desert. Climb up the towering piles of the Moltsog Sand dunes. Expedition to the Spectacular Flaming Cliffs in Gobi Desert, where many fossilized dinosaur bones and eggs have been found. With a night stopover in Beijing, we fly into Lhasa- the capital city of Tibet. We spend the first three days, acclimating and exploring the major Buddhist monasteries, and ancient temples. In Lhasa, we pay visits to the Potala Palace, was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India, the Jokhang Monastery, the Barkhor market, Sera Monastery and Norbulingka Palace. And then we will travel to Tsedang- the gateway to the Yarlung Valley. In Tsedang, we explore Samye Monastery-the first Buddhist monastery of Tibet and Yumbulakhang Palace - the first Tibetan palace building. We will travel to Gyantse via Yangdrok lake. Explore Perkhor Chode Monastery. Next, we will travel to Shigatse. Explore Tashilhumpo Monastery. From Tibet, we have options to fly back to Beijing or other Chinese cities. We would be pleased to have you join us!
Tibet-is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas in the People's Republic of China. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people. Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 4,900 metres (16,000ft).
The Best Time to Travel to Mongolia: June, July, August, September.
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Day 1, Tuesday, Friday
Arrival in ``Genghis´´ Khan New Airport. Meet Samar Magic Tours.
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Day 2, Wednesday, Saturday
Ulaanbaatar tour. (B)(L)
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Day 3, Thursday, Sunday
Fly to Gobi Desert-Yolin Canyon (Valley of Vultures). (B)(L)(D)
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Day 4, Friday, Monday
Gobi: Moltsog Sand Dunes-Camel riding-Flaming Cliffs. (B)(L)(D)
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Day 5, Saturday, Tuesday
Fly back to UB-Gorkhi/Terelj National Park. (B)(L)(D)
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Day 6, Sunday, Wednesday
Great Statue of Genghis Khan-Ulaanbaatar. (B)(L)
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Day 7, Monday, Thursday
International Flight to Beijing. (B)
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Day 8, Tuesday, Friday
Fly Beijing/ Lhasa, Tibet. (B)
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Day 9, Wednesday, Saturday
Lhasa: Potala Palace-Sera Monastery. (B)(L)
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Day 10, Thursday, Sunday
Lhasa: Jokhang Monastery-Barkhor Market-Norbulingkha Palace. (B)(L)
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Day 11, Friday, Monday
Lhasa-Tsedang: Samye Monastery and Yumbulakhang Palace. (B)(L)
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Day 12, Saturday, Tuesday
Tsedang-Gyatse via Yangdrok lake-Perkhor Chode Monastery. (B)(L)
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Day 13, Sunday, Wednesday
Gyatse-Shigatse-Tashilhumpo Monastery. (B)(L)
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Day 14, Monday, Thursday
Shigatse-Lhasa. (B)(L)
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Day 15, Tuesday, Friday
Departure Lhasa or Post tour. (B)
| Group size | 2024/2025 Mongolia-Tibet Adventure Tour |
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| 3 persons or more | $ US 8,508 / € 7,577 |
| Individual Supplement | $ US 1,092 or € 973 |
2024/2025 Land tour costs per person in $ US or in Euros (€), based on double standard room from (15 days, excluding not specified flights)
What's Included?
One-way trip International Airfare Ulaanbaatar/Beijing by Mongolian Airlines or Air China.
Round-trip Domestic Airfares Ulaanbaatar/Gobi Desert/Ulaanbaatar, including the domestic tax in Mongolia.
One-way trip Airfare Beijing/Lhasa.
3 nights at Holiday Inn hotel 5* or Blue Sky & Tower hotel 5* or at Top Shangri-La hotel 5* or similar. Blue Sky & Tower hotel, 5* or similar, based on specified double room with breakfast in Ulaanbaatar.
2 nights in Gobi Nomad Lodge in Gobi Desert or similar with Full board.
1 night in Terelj Mountain Lodge or similar in Gorkhi/Terelj National Park with Full board.
English or Spanish speaking local guide in Mongolia (*according to early request!).
Enjoy the Mongolian Performers (concert which includes the Tsam dance, traditional Mongolian singers, dancers, Tuvan throat singing and contortionists).
1 hour of ride two humped Bactrian camels in Gobi Desert.
1 night at New Otani Chang Fu Gong hotel 5* / Double Tree by Hilton Beijing hotel (equivalent 5*) / Sheraton Grand Beijing Dongcheng hotel (equivalent 5*) / Sunworld Dynasty hotel 5* or similar in Beijing.
4 nights at Lhasa Tse Dang hotel (equivalent 4*) / Thangka hotel (equivalent 4*) / Lhasa Gang-Gyan hotel (equivalent 4*) / Lhasa Tashi Norta hotel (equivalent 4*) or similar, based on double standard room in Lhasa with breakfast.
1 night at Tsedang hotel 3* in Tibet.
1 night at Gyantse hotel 3* in Tibet.
1 night at Shigatse Manasorawa hotel 3* in Tibet.
English speaking local guide in Tibet.
All transfers for arrival, departure and sightseeing programmes on private basis, including the all petrol.
Meals included as stated in the itinerary (B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner).
Welcome lunch in local traditional restaurant in Ulaanbaatar.
All applicable main entrance fees to the specified protected areas, national park, museums, and monuments in Mongolia.
All applicable main entrance fees in Tibet.
Entrance permit to Tibet.
One Mongolian traditional folk songs concert in Ulaanbaatar.
Meeting nomadic camel family in Gobi Desert.
Mongolia Taxes.
What's Not Included?
Not indicated airfares.
Occasional flight delays or cancellation.
Airport tax in Beijing.
Visa.
Early Check-in!.
Late Check-out!.
Excess baggage (the internal flight in Mongolia allowance only to carry 5 kg and luggage 10 kg totally 15 kg load for domestic flight, and above that overweight must be paid ($1.5/1kg).
Any rescue costs or costs of early departure.
Changing of date of departure.
The traveler is responsible for having proper travel documents, such as a valid passport, proper visa, the necessary passport pictures, and the International airfares.
Travel insurance.
Items of personal nature such as gratuities to porters at hotels, telephone / telex / fax charges, laundry, beverages, meals, optional activities, and services not specified in the itinerary.
Extra photo charge imposed at Gompa/monuments if applicable.
Any circumstances beyond of our control, such as the imposition of quarantine restrictions, weather conditions, etc.