SOVIET TOUR-Horse ride-Amarbayasgalant monastery

Day 1. Stay in hotel Platinum. Travel city tour to Ulanbator. City tour to Sukhbaatar Square, a large and famous landmark at heart of capital city, Natural History Museum, Chinggis khaan museum. which houses a large collection of Mongolia’s natural history, culture and minerals exhibits; Zaisan hill and Memorial Monument for Russian soldiers.

Day 2. After breakfast we drive to Darkhan city. /200km/ On October 17th. 1961, in Davkhar’s rail way station, fundament of new city was established and temporary construction workers houses were built, in what is now Old Darkhan.

Darkhan City was founded on October 17th, 1961 in Burkhant Valley and the city was built with the help of Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia Germany and Hungary.

We stay at Hotel. After dinner we walking in city tour.

Day 3. After breakfast we drive to Zulzagiin gol. /20km/ At the end Zulzaga river, between the Tsagaan and tain ovoos, on the steep cliff thereare two rocky hills. During the socialist time people used wrong name as “Visitor rock”for the hill. It’s real name is ORvon. It is astonishing to see from the top of the hill basin of Zulzaga and Khuiten rivers and to hear the strong flow of Zulzaga river among the cliff with big rocks. Just below the hill, you can see the old dam of artificial lake and ruin of head quarter for the lake which was initiated by the Gombyn Damdin, the late Mayor of Darkhan city in 1978. Today we visit to nomadic family. We horse ride full day. We overnight in Nomadic family. On the way we will shoot with a bow and arrow.

Day 4.

After breakfast  We drive to the Amarbayasgalant monastery.  Visit the exotic Amarbaysgalant monastery and enjoy its history, after lunch. Hiking in and around the monastery and take good pictures. Amarbaysgalant monastery was established by the order of the Manchu Qing Dynasty’s Emperor Kangxi/Enkh-Amgalan Khaan/ and built between 1727-1736 for giving respect to his teacher Undur Gegeen Zanabazar/High Saint Zanabazar/. The monastery consists of over 30 temples and it is one of the less destroyed monasteries in Communist time, which is protected by the Government of Mongolia since 1943. It is an excellent place to enjoy the Buddhist cultural heritage of Mongolia. Overnight stay in a tourist camp. /150km/.

Day 5. In the morning you will witness a praying ceremony held by the 50 monks living in the monastery. Then we visit the horse herder family and you will have an impression of the daily life of the nomads living in this valley. 

Aglagiin khiid / temple/

We will drive to Aglag Buteel Temple, which has a beautiful valley of streams, pine, birches, cedar trees, and mountain area. This is the home of Purevbat Lama, one of the most influential figures in modern Mongolian Buddhism. Set up on a hill, you can hike up to the temple and then follow the path though the forests which takes you past sculptures and sacred places including caves that you can pass through, symbolising cleansing of sins and rebirth. After a great walk around the monastery and having lunch, we will continually drive on asphalt road back to Ulaanbaatar.

Day 6. Your guide and driver will take you to the airport or train station and wish you well on your departure and future travels.