Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Nomads and wild experience tour description

We intoduce the tour detailed itinerary in the following:
Day 1
Arrival in Ulaanbaatar, we will pick up you at the railway station/airport. Check in and take a city tour including Sukhbaatar square, Gandantegchilen monastery and Natural history museum of Mongolia. Shopping and free time at your leisure.
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Day 2
Today we will drive to Binder territory of Khentii province /East of Mongolia/ and come to our host nomadic family who work with us and live there. It is time to start our wild life. Firstful, we will build our ger which is Mongolian traditional tent to stay. Ger is the truly universal traditional dwelling that has been adapted over the centuries to the realities of nomadic life in harsh steppes. It is incredibly warm in winter and cool in summer and is resistible to powerful winds without being fixed in the ground. Is is easily dismountable and transportable that is so important for nomads during their regular migrations.Ger consists of a wooden frame and is covered with felt. It weighs from 150 to 300 kgs and can be assembled and dismantled in approximately 2 hours. The interior organization of ger is identical everywhere: the door faces the south, the men’s place is in the west part, the north side is the place for honoured guests or old people as well as the place for the family altar, the east side is the women’s territory. The stove occupies the center of the ger. We will build our ger for 3 hours with host family's member.Have mongolian traditional dinner is cooked by household of host family.

Day 3
Gook Gook wake up and dress your mongolian deel /garment/go milking with household and she will teach you. Men will ride horses to bring baby livestocks to get milk them after milking moms. Women will learn cooking mongolian salt milk tea and pastry. Have lunch with your cooked pastry and milk tea. Then we will go to collect dried dung to fire , it is kind of hiking tour around the this area. Hope you come back with many findings.
We will learn to archer and play mongolian traditional game. Have mongolian traditional dinner is cooked by household of host family.



Day 4
Today your host family will introduce neighbors and families surrounding you by horse. It means one day horse trekking around beautiful area.





Day 5
This day we will learn producing diary products and have lunch. Then horseman teach you how prepare racing horses for Naadam festival and wrestling. Today we will learn how cook buuz/dampling/ and have nice dinner.Day 6
in the morning , free time, prepare yourselves to participate in 3manly mini Naadam festival through tourists.We will organize little contest about Mongolian traditional nomadic lifestlye,give small prize to someone who had good experience about it.


Day 7
Today is time to collapse our ger to keep it and drive back to Ulaanbaatar. Also say bye to our host family. Hope you have really good time with wild and nomadic lifestyle.