Visit Mongolia!

City Tour

Day 1. Ulaanbaatar- arrival. Arrival to Ulaanbaatar and transfer to hotel. Depending on time of arrival, you may have a short city sight-seeing tour. Evening welcome dinner. Overnight in hotel.

Day 2. We will begin the day from the Sukhbaatar Square, the central square of Ulaanbaatar. Then we will continue to go on a sightseeing tour of the city, and visit the Natural History Museum, which has on display dinosaur skeletons excavated in the Gobi desert, the Natural History Museum, … gallery. Free shopping time in the afternoon. We will go to some souvenir shops.

Day 3. We will begin the day with a few hours exploring the Black Market. This huge market contains every single item a Mongolian might need, whether they are nomads or urban apartment dwellers. Goods brought from all corners of Mongolia are here for sale. A visit to the market is a colorful experience which gives the visitor an insight to the everyday life of the people of Ulaanbaatar. After lunch we will visit the Bogd Khan Palace museum, the palace of the last Mongolian king, who was considered a living god. Before going back to the hotel we will spend couple of hours in antique shops.

Day 4. We will go to the Gandan, the biggest Buddist Monastery in Ulaanbaatar. Free shopping time in the afternoon. Mongolia is world renowned for its fine cashmere and you will find this and many other souvenir items in the city. What about evening? It is secret. Come to Mongolia and see what this secret is.

Day 5. Transfer to the airport for your departing flight.

Location: Mongolia is located in the center of the Asian continent between two large neighbors Russian Federation and China.
Area: 1566500 sq. km
Average altitude: 1580 meters above sea level. Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, is 1350 meters above sea level.
Landscape: Mountains dominate two-thirds of the country, nearly 8% of the territory is covered by forest and most of the landscape is wide open grasslands, plains, and desert.
Climate: The climate is continental. The coldest month is January and the temperature falls anywhere from -25 to -40C. The hottest month is July and the temperature rises to anywhere between 20 and 30C. The average annual precipitation is 200-220 mm. Wind average speed Is 1.5-4.5 rn/s.
Sunshine: Mongolia is a remarkably sunny country. There ore over 250 sunny days a year, making Mongolia the "Land of Blue Skies". At night you can see an amazing display of stars.
Nationality: Mongolian with a variety of ethnic groups
Population: 2.4 million. About 60% of the population is below 25. The capital Ulaanbaatar has 720,000 inhabitants.
Languages: The official language is Mongolian (Khalkha Mongolian) spoken by the 85% of the population. The remaining 15% speaks Kazakh and Tuvan.
Literacy: Almost all Mongolian adults are literate. Many Mongolians speak and understand Russian. There is a growing desire to learn foreign languages, especially English, Japanese and German.
Religion: The main religion of Mongolia is Buddhism with a minority of believers in Shamanism, Islam, and Christianity. Government: Mongolia has a parliamentary government with a President. The president is elected by general election. Parliamentary and Presidential elections take place every 4 years.
Administrative subdivisions: Mongolia has 21 aimags (provinces). The aimags are then divided into smaller divisions referred to as soums.
Currency: Mongolia has no limit on foreign currency and cheques.
Civilization: Pastoralism is the primary livelihood of rural communities, while Ulaanbaatar is the urban center of the country.
Telecommunications: In Mongolia, most hotels and business centers have International direct dialing, as well as telex, fax facilities, and Internet connection.
Energy: There are many coal fired power stations for electricity generation. Some of the electricity is imported from Russia. Wind and solar power are used locally on a small scale in Mongolia but the potential for expansion in this sector is considerable.
Monetary unit: Tugrog (MNT).
Time Zone: UTC/GMT +8 hours