1 Day Semi-Gobi Tour: Exploration of Elsen Tasarkhai Sand Dunes with Camel or Horseback Ride
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7 Ratings
Ulaanbaatar
Embark on a thrilling 1-day semi-Gobi tour to explore the stunning Elsen Tasarkhai sand dunes. Enjoy a camel or horseback ride, visit a local nomad family, and immerse yourself in Mongolian culture.
Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Gobi - The Gobi Desert is a vast, arid region in northern China and southern Mongolia. It’s known for its dunes, mountains and rare animals such as snow leopards and Bactrian camels. In the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, the Khongoryn Els sand dunes are said to sing when the wind blows.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Items needed provided upon request
  • Lunch included
  • All fees and taxes included
Additional Information

Following your morning pick-up from your Ulaanbaatar hotel, you’ll be transported to the Elsen Tasarkhai sand dunes, a scene of semi-arid beauty punctuated by large sand dunes. A lunch break will be arranged at an appropriate location during the journey. The mountain area is a sanctuary for birds, deer, and gazelle, and you’ll have the chance to explore the small nearby dunes known as Elsen Tasarkhai on a couple of hours’ camel trek. Later on, you’ll spend time with a local nomad family, gaining a deeper understanding of their lifestyle, culture, and customs. The tour concludes when you are taken back to Ulaanbaatar.

Location
Gobi
Industrial Street, 3rd khoroo, Khan-Uul District
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jia
Aug 21, 2023
Great experience riding camel - We are 6 persons from Taiwan, and we enjoyed riding camels, although it’s only a mini hobo desert, but we still excited to see the sand and camels stepping on it. However, this summer quite weird in Mongolia as it rains very often, our tour guide said Mongolia rarely rains in summer. Luckily, it’s about one hour to rain at mini Gobi desert, and that time tour guide took us to have lunch in one family’s her. The sky changed very quickly to sunny after raining, we enjoyed riding camels, a great experience traveling in Mongolia, and our tour guide also let us to have horse riding, but the saddle is hard, our backside very pain. The trip from Ulaanbaatar to mini Gobi desert spend a lot of time in car (about 5 hours), thanks for our tour guide, he is friendly and humor, good in English, can ask him much questions.
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V8058atjohny
Apr 6, 2023
A must experience - Ger, Nomads, Gobi & camel ride - I didn't know what to expect when I booked this tour. It is a must when visiting Ulanbataar. Without giving out too much detail (it would be more fun to discover), it gave a glimpse of Nomadic life & was fun. Our tour guide, Bayer, is not only knowledgeable but very friendly & helpful. Highly recommend him. Just brace yourself for a long drive to Gobi.
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Roveljohn_j
Apr 2, 2023
Amazing snow in the desert experience - Bayar was a very good guide and helped me thru all the way as a solo traveler. He speaks very good English. It was a memorable experience.
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Thisizedge
Jan 21, 2023
Great tour, totally recommended - I’ve been to this tour with a very cool guide, Bayar, he speaks very good English, he’s been super helpful and a great help in different ways. Looking forward to go out more together. Thank you!
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Brad_o
Aug 16, 2022
My Mongolian experience - Bayar was an excellent guide. He made my Mongolia experience memorable He was so accommodating and helpful and caring..
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Traveler1811191
Dec 30, 2019
Very nice visit - It was a very nice tour I had the opportunity to do with Amazing Mongolia. Bayar, the guide, has been very kind and shared a lot about Mongolian culture during the day. He tried his best to make sure that I get to experience everything that was planned and more.
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Sooolucky
Jul 13, 2023
Semi-Gobi day trip with camel ride was nice, assuming you like a very long road trip - We arranged this day trip for our first day in-country, sort of a "toe dipping" experience before we set off for the main focus of our trip, mountain biking in the Selenge River Valley. The highlight of the trip was getting a taste for the vast, wide-open spaces of this beautiful country. Though we enjoyed the camel ride, it was a bit touristy and if you've spent time at other sand dunes, the semi-Gobi is not particularly remarkable. We also had a visit to a ger, and that was interesting to see how the semi-nomadic herders live during the summer months. Our guide was pleasant, kind and spoke good English. We enjoyed our time with him. The main thing to know if you're contemplating this day trip is that it requires a VERY LONG DRIVE each way...about 5 hours to the camel riding/ger visit location and then 5 hours back. Lots of car time for very little "event" time (i.e. camel riding and visiting the ger). We don't regret doing it, as it was a nice first day activity, but it does kill about 12-13 hours, most of which is spent in the car, which may or may not be how you wish to spend your time.
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