Camel Festival – 2024

• Activities:Learning nomadic culture and traditions, exploring cultural heritage sites, attend extraordinary Camel Festival
• Duration:5days / 4nights 
  • Season: March 2024

04 Mar 2024 Day 1 Travel to Dalanzadgad town
Morning we will travel to Dalanzadgad town for 560kms about 7-8hours. Afternoon we will lunch at Mandalgobi town. After lunch continue drive to Dalanzadgad. Late afternoon arrival in town. Rest time. Stay overnight in Local hotel. BLD

05 Mar 2024 Day 2 Sightseeing in Dalanzadgad town & Travel to Mukhar Shivert valley
Visit The Gobi Museum of Nature and History. The museum has a collection of more than 4,000 exhibits and artifacts. And there are many paleontological findings of the ancient civilization in the Gobi area. Lunch at local restaurant. After lunch travel to Mukhar shivert valley for 30kms.  Hiking through the valley. Late afternoon back to town.

06-07 Mar 2024 Day 3-4 Camel Festival days!
These days enjoy Camel Festival in the Gobi! This event will be organized by “Tumen Temee” (“Ten Thousand Camels”) – association in order to protect two humped Bactrian camels and reproduce camel herders, to increase their productivity, to increase herder’s income by tourism. In these days we will “breathe” by camels. You will enjoy authentic festival program including, camels racing, children’s concert, camel wool product exhibition, camel polo, parade on camels and competition among couples. Also you will enjoy relay competition with camel. An entertaining competition which shows camel training methods and customs of “Heroes of great Gobi” people, overcomes severe climate and harsh condition of Gobi by their effort and endurance. Teams each having 5 members participate in it and show many methods and techniques of catching camel with lasso, tying and bringing down, putting wooden peg into camel’s nose and loading camel. Optional camel riding is available.

08 Mar 2024 Day 5 Travel back to Ulaanbaatar
Early morning travel back to Ulaanbaatar for 560kms, takes about 7-8hours drive. Arrival in Ulaanbaatar. Rest time. Stay overnight in the hotel. BLD 

Included: All activities described in the itinerary, Local hotel stay (4 nights) in countryside, English speaking guide service, mineral bottled water 1.5L per person per day, entrance fees to Protected Areas, Camel Festival fee, all transfers by 4WD Japanese Jeep in the city and countryside. Meals of breakfast, lunch and dinner as mentioned per

Excluded: International transportation to and from Mongolia, hotel in Ulaanbaatar, travel insurance, alcoholic drinks, tips and gratuities, laundry and items of a personal nature.