Highlights of Ulaanbaatar - Private City Tour
Highlights of Ulaanbaatar - Private City Tour
Ulaanbaatar Panorama
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In the morning your guide will pick you up from any location in Ulaanbaatar and welcome to this engrossing yet flexible and physically easy day tour.
Walk the city’s central square and listen to entertaining comments of your guide about the past and present of Ulaanbaatar. Visit the memorial complex of Chinggis Khan and have your photo taken in front of his grand statue. Count steps to the top of Zaisan hill and enjoy a panoramic view of the city. Feel the peaceful charm of Gandan Monastery, main Buddhist center and take a curious look at Buddhist rituals and services. Finally get a concise picture of the country’s history from early humans to modern era at the National Museum of Mongolia. Particularly interesting to ladies can be the collection of traditional costumes of over 20 ethnic groups, their jewelry and luxury accessories. An optional performance of folk music and dance with the celebrated art of throat singing as the highlight can be a suiting finish to the great day.
Itinerary
Монголын Үндэсний Музей
1 hoursAdmission Ticket IncludedA concise yet comprehensive overview of Mongolia’s history from early humans to modern era based on a vastly rich collection of artifacts. Particularly interesting to ladies might be the collection of traditional costumes of over 20 ethnic groups, their jewelry and luxury accessories.Sukhbaatar Square
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe central square of Ulaanbaatar originally bore the name of Sukhbaatar, a people’s hero of the beginning of 20th century when the country’s journey toward independence started. Today it bears the name of Chinggis Khan’s (Mongolian spelling) and provides a great view point to many important landmarks of past and the present not to mention the rich vibe of cultural events and social gatherings: wedding, graduations, reunions etc.Gandantegchenling Monastery
1 hoursAdmission Ticket IncludedOne of the principal centers of Buddhism in Mongolia. It’s a vast architectural complex with a colossal gold-plated statue of the Buddha as the main visitor attraction. The complex also includes a religious school, a huge library of precious books and a dozen of temples where Buddhist services and rituals a held. Significantly, the 13th Dalai Lama briefly stayed here in 1904 having fled the British invasion of Tibet.Zaisan Memorial
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeAn elevated hill on the city’s edge providing a panoramic view of the ever-growing metropolis. It’s a ring fresco wall inset with a colorful mosaic depicting a timeline of 7 decades of Soviet Mongolian cooperation. It has a hearth for an eternal flame as the centerpiece. With over 600 steps from the base of the hill to its top, Zaisan is popular venue for spending leisure time of the Ulaanbaatar residents.Tumen Ekh Ensemble
1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not IncludedAn entrancing introduction to Mongolia’s folklore songs, traditional dances and the internationally acclaimed arts of throats singing and contortion. It’s a chance to see and listen to horse fiddles, the icon of Mongolia’s traditional musical art. A Buddhist ritual dance of deities wearing elaborate masks is also an essential act of the repertoire.
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