6 Days Tour: Explore Central Mongolia's Nature Reserves and Experience Nomadic Lifestyle

This journey will take you through the scenic vistas of Mount Khogno Khan Nature Reserve, Orkhon Valley, and the neighboring dunes known as ‘Elsen Tasarkhai’. Get an insight into Buddhism and Mongolian history, experience the living style of a nomadic family, and have fun with horse and camel rides.

Duration: 6 days
Cancellation: 6 days
Highlights

Day 1. Erdenezuu and the Kharakhorum

Erdene Zuu Monastery - The Kharakhorum was established in 1220 and was the capital city of the Great Mongolian Empire. Chinggis Khaan and his descendant Khaan Ugudei, Guyug, and Munkh lived here ruling the empire. Soldiers of the Chinese Ming Dynasty destroyed the town in the 14th Century. The ruins of Karakorum have been protected since 1961 and was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Once we reach there, we will visit the “Erdenezuu” monastery to discover tombs, a temple, and a real Buddhist temple. After that, we will visit the Wall of the Mongolian Empire to learn information.
• Accommodation: Family Yurt or Tourist camp

Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, photo shooting, discover surroundings

Day 2. Ulaan tsutgalan waterfall

Day 3. Ulaan tsutgalan waterfall

Day 4. Tsenkher hot spring

Tsenkher Hot Spring - After breakfast, we will drive to the Tsenkher hot springs. It is one of the most beautiful hot springs in Mongolia. It reaches a temperature of 86 degree from the forest and enriched by the minerals and optimum pH for the skin. That is why this hot spring mostly used for relaxing and resorting your health. Additionally, this area surrounded by the forest, mountains, and cattle from the nomadic family likewise yaks, horses.
• Accommodation: Family Yurt or Tourist camp
• Activities: Hiking, visiting a natural wonder, photo shooting, discover surroundings

Day 5. Khugnu Khaan Natural Reserve

Khugnu Tarna - We will drive to the mountain “Khogno Khan” Nature Reserve. Once you reach the mountain, you will arrive at a nomadic family yurt in front of this beautiful forested rocky mountains. A mountain is a place of hundreds of birds, deer and gazelle. After we will go hiking around the area or to the small dunes nearby called “Elsen Tasarkhai”.
• Accommodation: Family Yurt or Tourist camp
• Activities: Hiking, photo shooting, Horse riding

Day 6. Khustai National Park

Khustain Nuruu National Park - We will drive to Khustai National Park to see Mongolian wild horses, Przewalski which were re-introduced back to its home and in 1993. Moreover, turn southwesterly along the Tuul River and its riverine forest meadows. At the park first, you will visit the Park museum and conference hall. Then we will discover the Takhi, the Asian wild horse. If you have a chance, see the wolf, argali sheep, and deer as well.
• Activities: Hiking, visiting museums, photo shooting, Horse riding

What's Included
  • Breakfast included
  • Lunch provided
  • Dinner served
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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Aaalllfffrrreeeddd
Sep 9, 2024
The best travel ever - Just last week, i have finished my 1 person private tour with Enza Tour. My tour was a customed 7day6nights Central Monoglia Camp. 3nights Nomadic family + 3nights tourist camp. Before trip was booked, there was a lot of email and wtsapp made between me and Enza. When i arrived to Mongolia, Enza already reached me and asked for the hotel pickup detail, which to make sure the next day (first day of the tour) goes fine when meetup her tour guide. Since this was the first time i book a private tour, i was not aware the package included 2 staffs tour guide & driver, each of them handle their job very well. Which makes me feel so premium. Here i also want to shout out Nairam, my tour guide. He is friendly and a REAL storyteller. He shared alot information during our journey, not only about attraction's story and also the surrounding small story and travel tips. In that 7days, we also shared alot on uncountable topic e.g MBTI, Anime, Memes🤣🤣🤣. just like what an old friend did. Since i was a solo traveller, He always help me to take photo & vids as like an influencer did.🕶️ I also thank you him to care me alot, especially when my stomarch was not well (definitely not about the food hygiene, just me over estimated my stomach can handle Mongolian cuisine, Mongolia dish is always more than my expectations.) My trip was included Camel ride and horse ride. Nairam also shared his riding skill to me to make sure everything run safe. He did shows his skillful horse ride in front of me. All in all, this trip is definitely the most memorable to compare my previous travel. And Enza team did show their profession to make everything seamless smooth. For those would like to visit Mongolia, Enza's team definitely the one.
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Trangnd9016wa
Aug 14, 2024
Lots of wonderful memories are made! - At first, I thought it might be too long for one trip but the beauty of Mongolia nature didn't let me down. This tour is perfectly set for someone who really wants to enjoy nature, playing with animal and wants to have a slow time for yourself. I could experient every activity, from learning history of Mongolia to riding horse and camel. I really love the way my tour guide and my driver putting so many efforts to help me and my friend had a great time. We went to the tour during Naadam holiday. We did attended opening ceremony in UB and it was a unforgettable memory, but we didn't expect to have a chance to enjoy watching horse racing in Naadam festival at a small village. It was soooo amazing and it wasn't even in the tour. But thanks to my tour guide and my driver, they made another unforgettable memory for us. I also had my birthday's celebration during the trip, even though I didn't tell anyone. Many thanks to Enza Tours to give me such a beautiful experience and lots of memories. I definitely will come back for more exploration!
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Lesliewiesman
May 28, 2024
A Magical Mongolian Adventure ✨ - My little family of four just came back from a life changing trip to Mongolia with Enza’s terrific company. Everything was superb. From our seamless airport pickup, to our last hugs at the departure gates. We could not have imagined it going any better. Attractions - We booked a 6 day, 5 nights private trip that included The Chinggis Khaan Statue and Terelji national park (Day 1), camel riding at the edge of the Gobi desert (Day 2), breakfast with a nomadic family (they had baby goats!), horseback riding on the afternoon at Ulaan Tsutgalal waterfalls in the spectacularly beautiful Orkon Valley (Day 3), the Buddhist shrine in the old Mongolian Capital city of Kharatorum and Eagle Holding ( Day 4), saw wild Mongolian (Przewalski) horses and Mongolian Mastiff dogs in the lovely Hustai national park (Day 5) and a had a brief stay in Ulaam baatar (Day 6). The kids and I’s favorite by far was the horses and waterfall in Orkon Valley. But please do make note of my “driving” comment below as it was the furthest flung site we visited. Accommodations - We stayed the first night in a luxury tourist yurt, the second two nights in a normal tourist yurt the fourth night back in a luxury yurt. The last night was in a four star hotel in UB, which was super spacious. The colder it is when you come to Mongolia, the more I’d recommend the luxury tourist yurt. They are equipped with either radiant floors or electric space heaters and en-suite bathrooms. Food - The food was quite amazing all four nights. We loved that everything was served warm and nothing was spicy. Which was unique for us coming from Korea! The only food that was a bit lackluster was the food in UB at the hotel. It just couldn’t compare to all of the home cooking we experienced at all the sites in the countryside. Driving - One really, REALLY important thing to understand as you plan your trip to Mongolia, is that the attractions are really, really far away from each other. We drove for at least three hours for three of the days and at least 5-6 hours for two of the days. This allows for some beautiful drive time across the county, but it was a lot more arduous than we were expecting. Especially in the super bumpy off roading terrain. Driver (Auggie) - All the bumpyness aside… the driver himself was very lovely! So happy and smiley. He was delightful as he was talented. When you are booking, I’d recommend trying to get the best car available due to the conditions of the roads… you’ll need it! Tour guide (Tumen) - In addition to our tour guide, we had an INCREDIBLE tour guide with us. Charming as he was knowledgeable, Tumon made our trip particularly memorable and particularly stress free. It’s normally hard to listen to the same person for so many days in a row… but Tumon is so well practiced… that it feels effortless. Truly one of Enza’s best assets. Enza’s (the tour company owner) - Was great with pre-trip planning… and available at all times. You can tell she loves what she does and is a very honest person. She always goes above and beyond to make sure that you are happy. We were impressed with her professionalism and kind spirit. Don’t hesitate to book either her! We hope our review has been helpful and that you enjoy your time in Mongolia. It is truly a magical place.
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Ingo_m
May 26, 2024
Real Central Mongilia - slow down and enjoy the vast environment - the 6 days have been a great experience :-)) - from pickup to drop our guide Amra and our driver Gana have been caring smoothly for our needs and preferences: We have a horse allergy and really never had any issue with it. Accommodation and Food were chosen local very tasty. This tour really goes into the countryside and showed us beyond the main roads lot’s of places we would have found and reached on our own. - Many thanks for giving us this extraordinary experience.
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Grod2670
Mar 4, 2024
Mongolia during winter - Excelent experience. I did the tour with Amy and Ganna during the mongolian winter. I really enjoy it, its a excelent oportunity to experiment the mongolian winter and the life of the nomads during that season. The tour includes everthing. Its a good choise to visit mongolia.
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Z2198luek
Nov 4, 2023
One-of-a-kind experience of Central Mongolia - My son (8yo) and I had a wonderful 7 days in Central Mongolia in late-October. It was our first time to Mongolia so I decided to play it safe and pre-book airport transfer from/to UBN and it turned out to be the right decision. Our driver (the same one who went on the tour with us) was waiting for us inside the terminal and brought us to our hotel. There're no official taxis in UB (at least, you never see them) so make sure you pre-book your airport transfer. I had some ideas on how to structure the tour and did discuss them with Enza (owner) who was transparent and honest with her feedback. We’ve made some adjustments to the standard tour package, esp. around spending less time in UB and more time “on the road” and added one day which was great. Our local guides were really nice and went above and beyond to make the experience as memorable as possible for us. I feel we built a connection with these wonderful people throughout the tour, which really makes me want to come back. I liked being on a private tour as it gave us a greater amount of flexibility. This was especially important to me as I was travelling with a child. We never felt pressured to leave a place and had the flexibility to do lengthy stops when travelling. When booking the tour, I was a bit worried that it would be difficult to follow a vegetarian diet when in Mongolia. And yes, it wasn´t easy. Most places at which we´ve eaten didn´t have a single vegetarian option on the menu and it was our guide who called them in advance to make sure they prep a vegetarian meal for us. I strongly recommend to stock up on fruits and veg in UB, before going to the countryside. We had one night at a nomadic family and although the place was lacking basic facilities like running water and western style toilets, it was the most memorable one. If you book your tour, try settling for a mix of tourist campls, ger camps and nomadic family stays. The latter will give you the raw and authentic Mongolia experience.
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Reiseonkel918273
Jun 29, 2023
Highly to recommend, sehr zu empfehlen - Good service from German speaking tour operator ENZA (lives in Germany) before the tour. Tour program very interesting and colorful - culture, nature, leisure, activities and recreation. The driver and guide spoke English and did his best to make us content. Four overnight stays in 3 different Ger camps with restrooms and showers to share were comfortable for Mongolian conditions. The night in a private family Ger camp was the best. We saw how they live and work. Even there was a modern toilet and an additional pit toilet, but no shower. For one night no problem cause there were huge water barrels to wash. I would do it again with ENZA TOURS
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Yuushiiin
Jul 15, 2019
Actually 8 Days Central mongolia, but the option is not there, so meh! - Not much needs to be said ladies and gents, if you're planning on exploring Mongolia, and are in need of a guide, go with Enza Tours - regret it you shall not. The service is not only excellent at providing you with a unique and enriching experience, but also the guide goes out of his/her way to ensure your safety and comfort throughout the entire duration of the trip. Enza Tours LLC man, that's all I'm gonna say.
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