Arrive in    'Ulaanbaatar' and go to hotel. Afternoon or evening meet the tour leader and rest of group. The pre-tour meeting is about the day by day itinerary and safety issues. Overnight in hotel.

Meet the tour crew and allocate motorbikes. Start riding along a potholed tarmac road to reach the village of "Gachuurt". Following the "Tuul" river for several kilometres, the road quickly becomes very poor, rough and    'Rocky', with mountains either side. Heading uphill through pine and silver birch forest, cross two mountain passes at over 1800 meters altitude, then down into the valley to the village of    'Terelj'. There are many tourist Ger camps and hotels in this beautiful valley. Stop to visit the amazing silver statue of    'Genghis Khan'  on a horse and visit the museum located in the base of the statue. Continue eastwards riding through typical lush green meadows and hills inhabited only by nomadic families with their herds of animals. Overnight camping.

After the coal mining town of    'Baga Nuur'  we ride parallel to the "Kherlen" river for a while and along a long flat valley before reaching the village of "Tsenkher Mandal". After a few kilometres on the new black-topped “Millennium Road” we turn southwards, back onto the hard-pack track. We come upon the rather surprising health spa    'Avaraga Toson'  where many local people go to bathe and heal various ailments. Not far from this “holiday village” is a statue marking the place where the first book describing the history of Mongolia was written:    'The Secret History'  of the Mongols. Continue in a south-westerly direction until reaching the wide "Kherlen" River.   'Wooden'  bridges are quite exciting and make for some good photographs. Overnight camping.

The wide empty valley is crossed by many tracks and after a while we head up to a low pass at an altitude of 1273 meters and cross a wild remote stretch of steppe where you may see    'Gazelle', steppe foxes, eagles, or other wildlife. Pass through the pretty village of "Bayanjargal" and continue on for a further 40km or so, bypassing another health spa "Buureljuut Rashaan" and on to the village of "Gurvan Bag" where the line of the Trans Siberian Railway crosses our track. The trail passes by more dramatic and beautiful granite rocky mountains and over    'Buuraliin'  davaa pass at an altitude of 1603 meters with fantastic views at the top. Ride down to the mining town of "Nalaikh" and back to "Ulaanbaatar" along the tarmac road    'Overnight in hotel'.

        Departure.

(Tour price is based on a group of 4 people. Motorbike rent cost  USD $130 per day including fuel)

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