• Category: Special trip ( Unguided journey )

A.m. Pick up at your hotel at in Ulaanbaatar at 09h15 and transfer to the railway station. Depart by the slow train at 10h00 and spend 6h20 traveling southeast over the grassland steppe, which gradually becomes the more arid Gobi steppe. Disembark at Shivee Gobi, a train platform seemingly in the middle of nowhere, but actually near the small town of Shivee Gobi, which serves a nearby open pit coal mine. Shivee Gobi is the next small platform after Choir. Drive to Ikh Nart. LD

Day 2-3: Ikh Nart

For two days we will explore the Ikh Nart area on foot through the Ikh Nart rocks areas and try view different kinds of wildlife. There is Argali Sheep, which are most common to be seen, but also Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica) and bird life. Walks. Three parallel mammal research projects are ongoing by Mongolian and foreign scientist's. It is on Argali Sheep and Siberian Ibex, as well as on small carnivores primarily geared towards as Corsac Fox (Vulpes corsac), Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), Badger (Meles meles) and Pallas's Cat (Otocobolus manul) but also collecting any possible data on Lynx (Lynx lynx) and Wolves (Canis lupus) as well as its prey species such as gerbils, jerboas. And hedgehogs. For aviafauna there is ongoing research of Cinereous Vulture and Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni). Botanist's are also regular visitors. Research outcomes will be made available at camp through our guides, as well as directly by Mongolian student researchers, as it develops. Herders come and go at the Ikh Nart area. They are essentially reliant on pastures and any precipitation, why they are migrating a lot. Being Gobi herders, they migrate a lot. Very interesting, hospitable and hardy people. BLD

Day 4: To Ulaanbaatar
A.m. Drive to the tarmac road 60km and then drive to Ulaanbaatar for 4 hours. B

Included: All activities described in the itinerary, stay in Ger Camp (3 nights), English speaking guide service, entrance fees to Protected Areas and sightseeing costs, all transfer by Russian van in countryside and by train. Meals of breakfast, lunch /picnic during the treks/ and dinner will be provided during the countryside stays.
Excluded: International transportation to and from Mongolia, travel insurance, stay hotel in Ulaanbaatar, mineral (bottled) water and alcoholic drinks, tips and gratuities, laundry and items of a personal nature.

Note:
•We are happy to arrange your hotel and transfers in Ulaanbaatar, private car transportation to our destinations at discounted rate.
•International and domestic flight and train tickets would be arranged due to the clients' requests and wishes with our pleasures.
• City sightseeing tours are offered as optional.
• Private departures are available on request.