Itinerary
DAY 1: Amarbayasgalant monastery (370 km)
The tour will first bring you to visit the Amarbayasgalant, one of the most well-known and largest monasteries of Mongolia. The monastery was built about 300 years ago in honor of Undur Gegeen Zanabazar, the first Bogd (Religious Leader) of Mongolia. It has a unique architectural solution and offers artists a beautiful scenic panorama of its surrounding area. The monastery is still distinguished from other Buddhist monasteries and is developed and recovered independently. Next to the monastery, there is a "monastic school" and it is a "charity monastery" where children from low-income families who want to become monks are trained from an early age. In addition to learning religious studies, the monastic community regularly visits elderly monks and their teachers' homes. They help to prepare the firewood, carry drinking water, and look after their livestock. Although the monastery has fewer than 40 monks, they built a hotel near the monastery and built a tourist camp to welcome domestic and foreign tourists.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Tourist camp
DAY 2: Mongolian Secret History camp (260 km)
This day, you spend a pleasant relaxing day in the environment monastery. We see the Jarankhashar stupa (White stupa assembly), Arvan Khangal (Ten Dharmapalas), a statue of Bogd Zonkhova (Tsongkhapa), and Nine stupas. While we hike up the Iven River valley, we see the place where the tile roof of the monastery was made and visit the place where the construction stone of the monastery building basement was prepared. After lunch, we drive back along the return route to Ulaanbaatar and arrive at the Mongolian Secret History tourist camp.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Tourist camp
DAY 3: Aglag Buteel monastery - Ulaanbaatar (130 km)
After breakfast, we drive to Aglag Buteel Monastery. It is a recently established monastery of the new era and located on a slope of a beautiful rocky mountain. Visit the "Unique exhibits" museum and get acquainted with the thangka and appliques in the church. The museum has special stuffed exhibits of various animals with interesting different shapes and forms than usual. Then, we take a walking tour outside the temple to see 30-40 rock carvings. We walk up and down the mountain between the rocks. So, it is preferable to wear hiking clothes. Finally, our trip ends with a return to UB.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
