NOTE: In 2010 we will be changing our motorcycles from Yamaha WR to brand new KTM 450 EXC off-road enduro competition motorbikes
The Gobi Desert straddling the border between Mongolia and China, is a wild and dramatic place, entirely suitable for motorcycling. We ride on all sorts of roads: asphalt as well as packed mud or gravel tracks with washouts and potholes. All pretty much free of traffic and through some spectacular scenery.
The famous Gobi Desert is not all vast flat steppe under a deep blue sky. There are bizarre rock formations, canyons, the Gurvansaikhan mountain range and sand dunes 100km long, as well as forests of small saxaul trees and other desert vegetation. Apart from a few villages and small towns that we pass through on the way, most of the population have a nomadic lifestyle, frequently moving with their round white felt yurts (“gers”) and herds of camels, goats and horses. This trip is a fascinating cultural experience as well as an off-road bike tour across Mongolia of over one and a half thousand kilometres.
28 Aug
Arrive
Ulaanbaatar and transfer to hotel. Evening meet crew and allocate motorbikes.
29 Aug
Make an early start to get out of Ulaanbaatar city and onto the road leading south to the
Gobi. The road is black-topped for a while, then soon becomes a rough jeep track as it crosses the green rolling hills of Tuv (“Central”) Province. Ride on to Baga Gazriin Chuluu,
a mountain of unusual granite rocks which are home to ibex, marmots, steppe fox and plenty of birds of prey.
30 Aug
Ride through Mandalgov, the capital town of Dundgov Province and continue across the
open steppe of Middle Gobi to Tsagaan Suvraga, an amazing series of cliffs, white and pink limestone rock formations taking the appearance of stalagmites up to 30 meters high. It is an excellent site for some out-of-the-ordinary photography.
31 Aug
The track to Dalanzadgad, capital of Umngov Province (“South Gobi”) has little traffic, even
though we are travelling on the main road. This is Mongolia as one imagines it – distant horizons, dry rocky earth and a huge blue sky. The town appears like a mirage and it takes nearly two hours of riding to reach it after seeing it from afar.
01 Sept
Ride up into the mountains of the Gurvansaikhan Uul (“Three Beautiful Mountains”) . This
national park is so unexpected in the middle of the desert and it is a delight to feel so cool in the deep canyon where sunlight reaches for only a few minutes each day. After walking into Yolyn Am (the “Vulcher’s Mouth”) we ride westwards at the foot of the mountains to Khongoryn Els where huge sand dunes meet the end of the Altai mountain range.
02 Sept
Leaving the golden dunes behind us we ride through a wonderful mountain pass and on to
Bulgan village. Not far from here is Bayanzag, a forest of rare saxaul trees and the “flaming cliffs” where many dinosaur remains have been found and Roy Chapman Andrews discovered the first dinosaur eggs during his expedition of the 1920s.
03 Sept
Today we travel north-east to Mandal-Ovoo and then to Saikhan-Ovoo. Here, on a bend in
the Ongi river, are the remains of two monasteries, one on each bank of the river.
04 Sept
Continue northwards through Middle Gobi to reach Zorgol Khairkhan, a dramatic granite
mountain with bizarre rock formations jutting out against the skyline. Our last night is spent in this wonderful place and if you have enough energy you can climb on the mountain in the evening for great views of the area and different photographic angles.
05 Sept
As we return to Ulaanbaatar, the landscape becomes gradually greener and more
mountainous. Even close to the city people still live the traditional lifestyle; there are more horses and less camels than we encountered in the Gobi. We expect to arrive in Ulaanbaatar in the early afternoon.
06 Sept
Transfer to airport for departure.
Price: Euro €2695 (includes motorbike hire)
Package Includes:
• All meals (except UB)
• Hotel • Tour leader • Motorbike hire
• Support vehicle • All transportation • Fuel for motorbikes
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