Activity jammed Khuvsgul Lake tour includes horseback riding along the shore of the picturesque lake and its surroundings, nomad family and reindeer family visits, trekking, and historical relic exploration, besides the Moron town tour. A return domestic will help you to discover Khuvgul Lake's pristine surrounding in 3 days.
Itinerary
Day 1: Fly to Murun, a central town of Khuvsgul province. The town tour, see deer stones and Khuvsgul Lake
Meet at your accommodation in the morning and transfer to the airport for a flight to Murun, a central town of Mongolian remotest northern province Khuvsgul. Next, visit the local museum, followed by a visit to the local market. Have lunch at a local restaurant and start the adventure off-road to Uushigiin Uvur, a complex of deer stones, burial mounds, and tombs. Deer stones are the first monuments of humans; the earliest of them belong to the 13th to the 9th century BC, while most deer stones date to The Bronze Age. The sun, the moon, belts, knives, and jumping deer were carved fantastically on restored, standing stones. The deer stones you will see today are renowned as the best-kept ones among Central Asian 600 deer stones. The journey continues to the beautiful freshwater Lake Khuvsgul and checks in at a ger camp late afternoon. Leisure time to enjoy the lake.
Accommodation: Ger Camp
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Day 2: Visit the reindeer people, explore the lake’s surrounding on horseback
The Reindeer Tsaatan people live in the depths of the taiga forest. A few reindeer are the primary resource of their livelihood. In the summer months, a few reindeer families move from the Taiga mountains close to the lake to supplement their income. After breakfast, we will visit the reindeer people and take pictures with the reindeer. Next, soft hiking up a hill to see the lake's panoramic view. Spend the rest of the day riding horses along the lake’s shore.
Accommodation: Ger camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3: Drive to the provincial center to catch a flight to Ulaanbaatar
Drive to the provincial center to catch a flight to Ulaanbaatar. Land in Ulaanbaatar after one and a half hours. The driver will transfer you from the airport to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Background
Is Khuvsgul Lake Tour suitable for you?
This soft tour highlights the beautiful, pristine surrounding of the fresh-water Lake Khuvsgul, located on the southern edge of the Siberian taiga. The tour does not include any demanding physical activities. You will have a maximum of 1-2 hours hiking and 1-3 hours horse riding with the support of your guide and a local horse riding guide. Domestic flights last only 1.5 hours, respectively, and lands at the airport near the provincial center town Moron. Driving between the Moron town and the lake takes 2 to 2.5 hours.
Meals
Tour meals are included according to the itinerary. In the countryside, ger camps serve occasional European but mainly Mongolian meals. Meat is the main ingredient for meals and is served for lunch and dinner along with vegetables, salads, and soups. There will be more meat in traditional Mongolian meals. A typical breakfast is tea or coffee, bread, jam, butter, eggs, and sausage. There are some cookies, cheese, cereals, pancakes and more at some of the ger camps for breakfast. For lunch, meals include salads, Mongolian soups and the main course (pasta, rice, vegetables, beef/mutton/chicken/fish near lakes/rivers), and dessert and tea. Salads, a main course, a dessert, and tea will be served for dinner. With nomads, you will try authentic Mongolian meals. Different types of meals offered simultaneously are not customary in the Mongolian tradition. If you are a vegetarian or have other dietary restrictions, please inform us in advance, and we will make arrangements accordingly. We will supply two 0.5L bottles of water a day. Supplying one larger bottle (1.5 liters) of water instead of 2 small bottles of water is available upon request. More informarion on Mongolia Meals
Accommodation
You will stay in the nomadic dwelling Gers of the Ger camps for 2 nights at the lake's shore. The tour does not include hotels in Ulaanbaatar. If you wish, we will be happy book your preferred category of hotel. For more detailed information about the main accommodation ger camp, please visit Mongolia ger camp
Guides
English-speaking Khuvsgul local guide will serve you.
When is the best time to travel to Khuvsgul Lake?
The most suitable time to travel to the lake is between 10 June and 10 September. The reason is the lake's frozen surface remains till 10 June, and the weather sharply cools after 10 September. The weather is warm and enjoyable between 10 June and 15 August. The weather is crisp mornings and evenings between 15 August and 10 September and warm during the daylight. Snowfall may occur in early June, late August, and September. Average day temperatures are +20°C, highest +25°C at the end of June, at the end of August, and in September.
July and the first half of August are the warmest as well as wettest months. July and August average daylight temperature is +25°C, hottest +32°C, and night temperature could drop to +10°C. The temperature dramatically falls if it rains.
Therefore, we suggest you bring clothes suitable for warm, cool and wet weather in July and August. Bringing your warm, windproof jackets, layers of trousers, a nice warm woolen hat, and gloves are recommendable when traveling in June and September besides your light clothes.
