Your international flight/train to Mongolia is on your own arrangement. After custom formalities and baggage claim, you will be met by a Premium Travel driver and taken to the centrally located hotel in Ulaanbaatar.

Accommodation: Hotel 4*; Meals: No meals planned on this day.

Meet with your tour guide and the rest of the group at 9am in the morning, and start the Ulaanbaatar city tour. Today we will visit the most principal sites of Ulaanbaatar including the Gandan monastery – a home to the 26m gilded statue of Megjid Janraisag, and the National Museum of Mongolia. Have welcome lunch at a Mongolian restaurant. After lunch, we drive for 1hr to Giant Genghis monument – an impressive 46m statue of Genghis Khan on horseback, indeed the largest equastrian statue on earth. Return to Ulaanbaatar in the evening at around 6.30pm.

Hotel 4*; Meals: B, L 

After breakfast, meet your tour guide and transfer to the airport at 8.40am for a flight scheduled at 10:20 to arrive in Moren at 11.40hrs. Arrive in Murun, the centre of Huvsgul province and visit the town bazaar for some last minute shopping. Then drive towards Tsagaannuur village for full 8 hrs crossing many rivers, passing mountain passes and green meadows.  Arrive at a family run small local tourist camp, have dinner and overnight.

Base camp: B, L, D

We will start the morning early, have breakfast and start drive at 8am to Tsagaannuur village, where we will meet border officers. Continue the drive and meet the horse keeper & horses. Have picnic lunch before the ride starts. Start horse riding through the forests towards the Tsaatans’ summer camp. Arrive in the east Taiga after a long horse riding journey with a number of river crossings and endless beautiful scenery. Set up the tents near the Tsaatans’ huts for the next few nights.

Tent camping: B, L, D 

Enjoy 2 full days with the Tsaatan tribe, learn about their culture, everyday life and their traditions such as taming and riding reindeers, milking reindeers, processing skins etc while appreciating the relaxing, beautiful nature. There’s an endless photography opportunity as the Tsaatan people are hearty and hospitable – there’s a lot to capture about this vanishing culture and the challenges they face every day. Meals cooked by tour cook. 

Tent camping: B, L, D 

Say goodbye to the Tsaatan people, head south and start riding horses through the beautiful Taiga. After about 6hrs of horse riding, we will reach the jeeps, leave horses and drive to the base camp (about 3 hrs). Arrive at the base camp in the evening, dinner and overnight.

Local camp: B, L, D

This morning we will drive south toward the Lake Huvsgul, where we will have a day of leisure. Arrive at the Lake in the evening, check into a tourist camp. Enjoy hot shower, nice dinner (perhaps some drinks) & rest.

En-suite tourist camp: B, L, D

Today is spent in leisurely activities and sightseeing on Lake Huvsgul and its’ surroundings – there are a number of ways to spend the day, including optional bike ride, gentle walking, boat trip and a half day jeep tour to the highest point in the region to see the panorama. Meals at the camp

En-suite tourist camp: B, L, D

Breakfast at 7am at the camp, and drive to Murun to cathc the flight to Ulaanbaatar (flight times: 12pm-1.20pm). Upon arrival in Ulaanbaatar, take a half day city sightseeing including the fabled Bogd Khaan’s Palace Museum and an optional shopping for cashmere / souvenir.

A folklore concert by the magnificent Tumen Ekh ensemble featuring Khoomei – Mongolian throat singing and contortion performance followed by farewell dinner. Transfer to the hotel by 9pm.

Hotel 4*. B, L, D

Extend your tour with another tour or transfer to the airport for flight home.

Meals: B