Mongolia: Mini Desert Private Overnight Tour

Meet the Elsentasar Sea Desert,
1 night 2 days tour

Elsentasaryan Desert, also known as "Mini Gobi", "Mini Desert", and "Bayangobi", is located 350-400km west of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Its name means "segmented and connected sand" and it is a small sand dune in the middle of a grassland. It is a popular tourist destination because you can experience the desert without having to go all the way to the Southern Gobi Desert. Popular tours include experiencing the traditional Mongolian house, Ger, watching the sunset in the mini desert, riding a sand sled, and riding a camel.

Introduction to major tourist destinations

1. Kharkhorin Walls:
Kharkhorin was the capital of the old Mongol Empire founded by Genghis Khan and is home to the Erdene Zuu Monastery.
The wall surrounding this temple is 400m long and wide, and there are 108 stupas (stone towers) on top of the wall.

2. Erdenjo Temple:
Erdene Zuu Monastery, Mongolia's first Lamaist Buddhist temple, was built in the 13th century by Genghis Khan's son, Ogedei Khan, in Karakorum (Kharkhorin), the capital city, as he expanded his territory into Europe.

3. Ger (camp accommodation):
Mongolia has changed from a traditional nomadic society to a society that lives in fixed houses centered around large cities today. However, even now, most of the people living in the grasslands outside of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, live in gers. You can experience a ger firsthand.

4. Elsentasar Desert:
Enjoy the Mongolian desert by riding a sand sled on the sand dunes, or by trekking through the desert while watching the sunset.

Tour Schedule Guide

• 15:00 - Kharkhorin Wall (Korean lunch provided on the way)
• 16:00: Erdene Zuu Monastery
• 20:00 PM: Sunset trekking in Elsantasar desert (sand sledding)
• 21:30 PM: Rest and overnight in the ger

• 10:30 AM - Camp breakfast (breakfast provided) followed by camel trekking in Elsantasar Sea desert
• Tour End