Day 1. Arrival

Upon your arrival in Ulaanbaatar, your preferred language speaking guide will warmly welcome you, and transfer you to the Terelj National Park 80 km southeast of Ulaanbaatar for the overnight rest. According to the schedule of arrival, lunch and dinner at a local restaurant, also half day city tour is available.

Day 2. Terelj, 13 century, Ulaanbaatar

After breakfast, spend the day touring the area and enjoying the magnificent alpine scenery. Visit to local nomadic herder’s family, and top attractions including 13^th Century Park, the Turtle rock, and Aryabal temple are the highlights of this day. Lunch and dinner and overnight stay is at ger camp. (B/L/D)

Day 3. Ulaanbaatar

After breakfast, the traveling party drive back to UB. Today is dedicated for sightseeingthe top attractions of Ulaanbaatar, including Gandan Monastery, Zaisan hill, Chinggis square, and Bogd Khaan palace museum. A cultural folk concert is also the highlight of the day. After dinner at a local restaurant, depart by train to Russia, heading Irkutsk.

Day 4.Train coach

The program of this day alters according to the train you take. By express train, you arrive in Irkutsk this day, thus please skip this and jump to the next day’s program.

By regional regulartrain, the 4^th day of travel is spent in a comfortable sleeping coach where you can look at the authentic Mongolian and Russian rather humblecountryside.

Day 5.Irkutsk

On the second day of your railway travel, you arrive in Irkutsk around noon, andyou will be picked up by the guide. Then have city tour around Irkutsk. Dinner is at a local restaurant around 18:00.After this go to your hotel (Marriott), and have rest, enjoy your free time.

Day 6.Irkutsk

After breakfast at the hotel, you have a whole day trip including Circum-Baikal Railway where you will have a meal in the train coach. Then dinner is at a local restaurantin Irkutsk. After that, the party goes to Listvianka village to explore the sights and settle to hotel there, and have overnight rest.

Day 7.Irkutsk

Today is dedicated for Listvianka trip, following the breakfast. You will visit Talsy museum and Baikal museum to get to know more about the culture, and have lunch in local restaurant. After dinner, a climb to the Chersky Peak is available to you. At 18:00 have dinner at a local restaurant, and then go back to the hotel for overnight rest.

Day 8.Irkutsk

Have breakfast, after this go to Olhon Island. On the way to Olhon have lunch in the local restaurant. Arrive inthe Island,settle in hotel (Baikal View Hotel). Have free time and rest.

Day 9.Irkutsk

Have breakfast in hotel, enjoy a short free time and retreat back to Irkutsk, have lunch in local restaurant. Arrive in Irkutsk and have city tour. Visit churches, monuments, etc. then have dinner in a local restaurant and go to the airport for international departure.

Just before midnight you arrive in Ulaanbaatar.

Your guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel, and proceed check-in.

Day 10. Karakorum

After breakfast, drive to Karakorum, the 13th century capital of the Mongol Empire. Visit Erdene Zuu Monastery, which was once one of the largest monasteries in Mongolia, but heavily damaged in the 1930s. Tour the monastery grounds and visit several temples with excellent examples of Buddhist iconography dating from the 16^th century. Visit the symbolic ruins of Karakorum. In the evening try Mongolian style archery game. Dinner and overnight in a ger camp. (B/L/D)

Day 11.Hustai Nature Reserve

Breakfast in the camp and drive to Hustai Nature Reserve, and arrive around lunchtime. After having a lunch in the camp, explore the Hustai Nature Reserve by watching a short documentary on the Mongolian “takhi” wild horses and looking at the last true wild Takhi/Przewalski horse inthe field. Then drive back to Ulaanbaatar. After having a dinner, rest overnight at your hotel. (B/L/D)

 Day 12.Transfer

Buffet breakfast at the hotel, and then transfer to your international departure point. Before the time you leave, shop at local cashmere and goods stores. (B)