Gobi and Karakorum Tour

Journey through Mongolia's legendary Gobi Desert to the ancient imperial capital of Karakorum. Explore towering limestone cliffs at Tsagaan Suvraga, hike through the ice-filled Eagle Valley, ride Bactrian camels across the singing sand dunes of Khongor, walk where dinosaurs roamed at the Flaming Cliffs, discover the ruins of Ongi Monastery, visit the 13th-century Mongol Empire capital and Mongolia's oldest Buddhist monastery, and encounter the world's only truly wild horses at Hustai National Park. This 8-day adventure covers the full spectrum of Mongolia — from stark desert landscapes to green rolling steppe, from paleontological wonders to living nomadic culture.

• 1Tsagaan Suvraga — 60m ancient seabed cliffs glowing at sunset
• 2Yoliin Am — ice-filled gorge in the heart of the Gobi Desert
• 3Khongor Sand Dunes — camel riding, dune climbing, sandboarding on 300m singing dunes
• 4Bayanzag Flaming Cliffs — world-famous dinosaur fossil site discovered in 1920s
• 5Ongi Monastery — haunting ruins of one of Mongolia's largest monastic complexes
• 6Erdene Zuu Monastery — Mongolia's oldest Buddhist monastery with 108 stupas
• 7Kharkhorin Museum — best museum outside Ulaanbaatar covering Mongol Empire history
• 8Hustai National Park — see the Przewalski's horse (Takhi), the world's only wild horse
• 9Nomadic family visits with traditional food tasting (airag, khorkhog, aaruul)
• 10Spectacular Gobi stargazing far from any city lights