Upon arrival in Ulaanbaatar city, we will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to a hotel in downtown. After you settled in, we will start a short city tour in winter Ulaanbaatar. In the evening, we will see a traditional art performance.

• Travel time: From airport to Ulaanbaatar New International airport, 35 km on road.
• Meal(s): Lunch + Dinner
• Accommodation: 4-star hotel near the city centre

After breakfast at the hotel, we drive out of the city to visit a nomadic family where we spend the Lunar New Year. Once we arrive at the nomadic family’s home, your host family will welcome you with warm hospitality. In the evening, we begin lunar new year’s eve routines and customs with our host nomadic family.

   – Experience how Mongolian nomads prepare feast foods, special meals and drinks for the Lunar New Year’s celebration.

   – Help the nomadic family to take care of their livestock animals before they begin the feast.

   – Ride a horse for a short distance to bring drinking water from a frozen river with nomadic kids.

   – Visit the neighbour nomadic family by horse, according to the nomadic lunar new year’s eve custom.

   – Learning traditional games with a nomadic family.

• Travel time: From Ulaanbaatar to the nomadic family, 140 km on dirt road. Approx 5-6 hours of driving but depends on weather and road conditions.
• Meal(s): Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
• Accommodation: Mongolian traditional “ger” – a round-shaped felt dwelling with no separate rooms, no shower, no water from the wall, and no western toilet. We will spend the night in an extra ger of the nomadic family.

Today we wake up early before dawn to join the host family for walking the first path of the new year before sunrise following a Mongolian custom relating to the individual’s birthday and year. Then we will do a lot of what Mongolians do on the first day of the New Year, following the Mongolian nomadic custom with the host family. Customs to do on the first day of the Lunar New Year:

   – Having a New Year’s breakfast with nomadic people.

   – Introduction to traditional greeting called “Zolgolt” & customs of Tsagaan Sar.

   – Traditional gift of Tsagaan Sar.

   – Ride a horse.

  – Free time (horse and camel riding available on request).

   – Learn Mongolia traditional dance “Zadgai tsagaan”, “Khumuun turlukhtun”

   – Enjoy the nomadic “Lunar New Year” tradition.

• Travel time: Short drives only, near the nomadic family
• Meal(s): Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
• Accommodation: same as the last night

After having breakfast at the camp, we will drive to Khustain Nuruu National park. The national park is famous for its unique inhabitants such as the world’s last species of truly wild horses named ‘Przewalski’s horse’, Asiatic red deer, roe deer, mountain sheep ‘Argali’, ibex, and lynx. Once we arrive in Khustain Nuruu National Park, we will watch a documentary movie about their story, and you will get a chance to see a rarely seen Takhi, the wild horses in nature. Overnight in a ger camp.

• Travel time: From the nomadic family to Khustai National Park, on average 130 km on dirt road. Approx 4-5 hours of driving, but depends on weather and road conditions.
• Meal(s): Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
• Accommodation: In a ger camp near the entrance of the National Park.

Today we will have breakfast at the camp, then drive travel to Terelj National Park. After 2-3 hours of driving, we will reach Terelj National Park and visit a tourist resort. In the afternoon we will explore this alpine-like beautiful landscape, and if time permits, we will do a short dog-sledding on a frozen river between the forest. Overnight in a tourist resort.

• Travel time: From Khustai National Park to Terelj National Park, on average 120 km on a paved road. Approx 4 hours of driving, but depends on weather and road conditions.
• Meal(s): Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
• Accommodation: Sleep in a tourist resort in the park

Today we will have breakfast at the resort then drive back to Ulaanbaatar. Relaxing hours at the hotel. Also, you have time to visit the world’s number one cashmere store and Mongolian souvenir shops, and experience city nomads’ Lunar New Year by visiting Mongolian families in the afternoon. In the evening, our farewell dinner will take place in a restaurant.

• Travel time: From Terelj National Park to Ulaanbaatar city, on average 80 km on a paved road. Approx 2-3 hours of driving, but depends on weather and road conditions.
• Meal(s): Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
• Accommodation: 4-star hotel near the city centre