• Category: Special trips

• Places to visit: Moscow - Ekaterinburg - Ulan-Uud - Baikal lake - Ulaanbaatar - Kharakhorum - Ulaanbaatar - Beijing

• Activities: Trekking, sightseeing, cultural visits

• Duration: 18 nights/19 days

• Covering distance: 8650kms

• Number of participants: Min-2, max-13

• Season: August

• Date of departures (start in Moscow):
2010: TS01 18Aug

Day 1 Arrival in Moscow
Arrival in Moscow. Pick up and transfer to hotel. Free explore for city sightseeing. Stay overnight in the hotel.

Day 2 Sightseeing in Moscow
Free explore for city sightseeing in Moscow. Check out of your room around midnight. Transfer to the station and overnight onboard. B

Day 3 Arrival in Ekaterinburg 

Arrive in Ekaterinburg at 01.20am. Pick up and transfer to hotel. Stay overnight in the hotel. 

Day 4 – Sightseeing in Ekaterinburg

Enjoy sightseeing around the Ekaterinburg, the border city of Europe & Asia. Visit to Romanov Graves & and you will see part of Ural Mountain range. Taste Ural cuisine and tea. Evening transfer to railway station. Catch local train 01.40am to Ulan-Ude. Stay overnight on board. BL

Day 5 – On board
Across the River Yenisei, at Krasnoyarsk. Stay overnight on board.

Day 6 – On board
Across the River Angara, at Irkutsk. Stay overnight on board.

Day 7 – Travel to Ulan-Ude, capital city of Buryata
Arrival in Ulan-Ude, the capital city of Buryata at 13.10pm. Pick up and transfer to hotel. Free explore for city sightseeing. Stay overnight in the hotel. D

Day 8 – Visit to Famous Buddhist temple & travel to Baikal lake

Morning excursion to Ivolginsky Datsan, and learn about features of Buddhism in Buryata. You will visit main temple where the imperishable body of Khamba Lama Itgelt. Then visit to Buryata village for enjoying local cuisine and Russian tea culture. Travel for 170km to a tourist camp at the shore of Baikal lake. Enjoy Russian bath & sauna. Stay overnight in tourist camp. BLD

Day 9 - Trekking along the Baikal Lake shore
Day trek along shore of Baikal Lake. Optional boat trip. Siberian cuisine. Late afternoon travel back to Ulan-Ude. Stay overnight in hotel. BLD

Day 10 – On board
Transfer to train station and train journey to Mongolia. Stay overnight on board. B

Day 11 – Arrival in the capital of Felt Nation
Early morning arrival in Ulaanbaatar at 06.10am. Transfer to hotel, shower and breakfast. Enjoy city tour includes the Gandan Monastery ceremony. Then you will attend a special Mongolian Tea ceremony. Late afternoon travel to Khustai National Park for exploring wild horses so called Takhi. Stay overnight in Ger camp. BLD

Day 12 – Visiting nomads and experiencing culture

Travel to Gurvanbulag community of nomadic herders who live nearby the sacred mountain Khognokhaan where unique combination of steppe, forested mountain and Gobi sand dunes all found at one location. Cultural immersion and you can closely communicate with nomad people. Learn cultural features of nomadic lifestyle. Stay overnight in mobile Ger camp run by the community members. BLD

Day 13 – Enjoy trekking & horse riding
Trekking trip (optional horse riding) to the mountain and sand dunes. Enjoy real Mongolian BBQ. Stay overnight in mobile Ger camp run by the community members. BLD

Day 14 – Visit to Kharakhorum 

Continue travel to Kharakhorum, visit Erdenezuu monastery. Evening you will attend presentation about Mongolian history and culture by the local scholar. Stay overnight in Ger camp. BLD 

Day 15 – Back to Ulaanbaatar

Travel back to Ulaanbaatar. Overnight stay in the hotel. BL

Day 16 – Depart to China 

Early morning transfer to the railway station where you will board the Beijing bound train. Overnight stay onboard. 

Day 17 – Arrival in Beijing

Arrive in Beijing Central Station at the end of the long lasting train journey along the most fascinating routes through Russia, Mongolia and China. Pick up and transfer to hotel. Visit to Tian-An-Min Square. Stay overnight in the hotel. D

Day 18 – Travelling to Great Wall
Enjoy a day excursion to the famous Great Wall. Stay overnight in the hotel. BLD

Day 19 – Departure
Transfer to airport and departure. B