Day 1 Arrival at Ulaanbaatar
On your arrival in Ulaanbaatar you will be transferred to the Chinggis Khan Hotel. After lunch at a local restaurant there will be a city tour including the National History Museum, the richest collection of Mongolia’s history, from Stone Age to modern times. It allows retrospecting the unique culture of nomadic horse riders and their lifestyle. The exhibition contains many artifacts of traditional handicrafts and arts, military equipment and arms of Chinggis Khaan warriors. Afterwards we will visit the Mongolian Military museum, a short introduction to the secrets of Mongol’s military prowess of XIII century. A welcome dinner will be served at a local restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2 Maikhan Tolgoi – Archery and Horse riding
This morning you will be met by your guide at the hotel lounge and start driving to the east of Ulaanbaatar, where you will be trained to be a warrior of Chinggis Khaan. You will stay at Nomads ger camp, where you will have theory and practical lessons to become a warrior. After lunch you will have Archery and Horse riding classes, as you know that Mongolian warriors were all skilled archers. There is a stone monument dedicated to the Chinggis Khaan's nephew who struck the target from 335 ald or about 500 meters. After dinner at your ger camp you will mount your horse and go for a night guarding post for looking after the warrior’s horses.
Day 3 Training - Warrior’s repast
After collecting your horses you will have breakfast at your ger camp. The highlight of today’s program is that you will learn how to cook Warrior’s repast and learn about how to make Mongolian milk product including and some special recipes which are still common at the present time.
You will master riding horses and learn skills of catching a horse with a lasso and learn to shoot from a standing position and as well as from the horseback. N. Vitsen, a scholar who visited Mongolia in the last century described: "...they sit low on a horse to turn the bow easily towards the enemy. They ride fast but then turn and make a shot.” Dinner and overnight will be at the same ger camp.
Day 4 Tactics class – Worship of Eternal Blue Sky of Chinggis Khaan-Mongol Festival
Today you will learn Chinggis Khaan war/battle tactics including inspecting and finding the better war position. You will learn one of the main components of the 3 manly games - Olympic games of nomads- wrestling tricks. Later in the afternoon you will learn a Mongol song to sing later during a festival before you set off to the warfare. XIII century Mongols worshipped the blue sky and believed their ancestors were Chinggis Khaan. Before going to a war they used to invite a shaman to call the spirit of a war victory followed by a big festival with rich meals and arts.
Day 5 – 6 Horse ride from Urtuu to Urtuu “Maikhan tolgoi – Terelj – Gunjin Monastery”
Mongols moved great distances. Extremely simple life style and employment of although simple but well proven technologies enabled them to do so. You will do exactly the same during these three days – true days of challenge. The skills you have acquired in the past few days will help you to survive on the Mongol Ride.
Each day we will ride a distance of one “urtuu”, one third of what Chinggis’ postmen rode in one day. A perfectly organized network of ‘urtuus’ covered the whole of the Mongol Empire, enabling message delivery from as far as the Black Sea within 2 weeks.
Day 7 Chinggis Troops Camp and return to Ulaanbaatar
After a relaxed morning you will drive to “Chinggis Troops camp” – tourist base of Ministry of Defense of Mongolia where you have an opportunity to disclose your natural talent, as well as test your agility, adroitness and accuracy by the use of variety of weapons to shoot static and moving targets.
In the afternoon we will be met by our support team and taken to Ulaanbaatar for a farewell dinner. During dinner there will be a small ceremony to hand you a Certificate for your successful participation in the Chinggis Khaan Warrior Training program. Overnight in the hotel.
Day 8 International departure
Today you will be transferred to the airport for your departure.
Prices include the following: Transportation within Mongolia, twin accommodation in a 3 star hotel. Single accommodation can be arranged at an additional cost. Tented accommodation while on trek, three meals a day, English-speaking guide, all sightseeing costs, transfers, camel or horse hire where specified, support staff including drivers, horse/camel men and camp assistants.
Prices do not include: International transportation, travel insurance, visas, departure tax, alcoholic drinks, gratuities, items of personal nature.
It is the responsibility of the client to be fully covered with travel and medical insurance while traveling in Mongolia.
Please note: An additional ‘single supplement’ is given with all our prices. This refers to single room accommodation in hotels only. It does not refer to single accommodation in gers or tents. We endeavor to place single clients in their own ger or tent whenever possible.
Should circumstances beyond our control, such as the imposition of quarantine restrictions, require a change of itinerary, we will inform your agent and propose an equivalent itinerary.
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