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Forgo the navigational challenges of self-driving Mongolia and discover the Orkhon Valley and the ancient city of Kharkhorin (Karakorum) on this 3-day guided adventure from Ulaanbaatar. Staying overnight in a ger camp, see the Orkhon Waterfall, ride a horse, tour the Tuvkhun Monastery, Erdene Zuu Monastery, and Kharakhorum Museum, and enjoy eight meals. It will be clear why these beautiful pastoral landscapes are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discover cultural and natural highlights of the UNESCO-listed Orkhon Valley See the Orkhon Waterfall, Tuvkhun Monastery, Erdene Zuu Monastery, and more Spend two nights in a ger camp in Kharkhorin (ancient Karakorum) Feast on eight hearty meals and try riding a Mongolian horse.
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The monastery of Erdene Zuu is a focal point in the history and culture of the Mongol people. Besides paintings, ornaments and embroideries dating from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, it houses a whole library of rare manuscripts and wood-block printed editions. Here, too, are preserved the works of the seventeenth-century painter and sculptor Zanabazar, great illustrator of the Buddhist canon and one of the first Mongol artists to have attained universal stature. In his day there was an extraordinary flowering of the arts and culture in Mongolia. When its heyday, there were about 62 temples and 1500 monks. But during the Stalinist purge in 1930s the monastery was destroyed. In 1965 it restored and became a museum.
Kharakhorum Museum-Karakorum was the capital of Great Mongolia Empire in thirteenth century. It is located on the right bank of Orkhon river, 400 km south-west of Ulaanbaatar which is the current capital of Mongolia. All around this stronghold, craftsmen’s and traders’ quarters and other houses were gradually built, until, by about 1230, the area had taken on the appearance of a town. In 1380, Karakorum was destroyed.
Accommodation: Overnight at Tourist Camp
Meals: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
The Orkhon Waterfall water flows for remarkable 1120 km to the North and lies in the historically significant Orkhon Valley, UNESCO World Heritage site. The waterfall formed by combination volcanic eruption and earthquakes some 20000 years ago cascades down from a height 27 meters. The Orkhon, longest river in Mongolia, begins at the state worshipped mountain Suvraga Khairkhan in the Khangai mountain range. The drainage basin of the river is 132835 sq.km. The river is 10-60 m wide to begin with but it becomes 120-150 m around the end and the speed of the river flow decreases.
Tövhön Hiid-The monastery was built in 1654 by Saint Zanabazar who was a great sculptor and one of the biggest representative of Buddhism in Mongolia. The creation work temple dedicated to religious study and art works became the foundation of today’s Tuvkhun Monastery. It is located on a rocky mountain hill surrounded by forests elevated in 2300 meters above sea level. In 1651, the first religious statesman Zanabazar built a small stony building.
Accommodation: Overnight at Nomad Homestay
Meals: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Amusing Khogno Khan Mountain, Semi Gobi where you can enjoy the wild nature with observing the interesting rock formation, sand dunes, and boundless steppe in one place. Explore Ovgon monastery by trekking to the mountain and visit nomad familyfor learning about their unique culture.
Accommodation: Not included
Meals: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
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