Preparing for an overseas trip is overwhelming, this article will help you to ease that when you travel to Mongolia.
How many days should you spend in Mongolia?
Mongolia is massive. Mongolia is the 18th largest country in the world, right after Iran. It is almost impossible to grasp how enormous and untouchable the places of Mongolia. Sheer vastness, beautiful nature and culture – You decide how long you should stay in Mongolia depending on what you want to see and how long you want the experiences to last. Basically, it all depends on your own personal preferences.
However, If you genuinely want to experience all the wonders of Mongolia, staying at least a week or more is recommended. Or depending on what you want to see in Mongolia, your visit can even be 1-3 days but full of excitement. If you lack the time to plan everything out, the tours Geru Travel Mongolia will help you to plan your best travel. Hit us up!
Where to go exactly in Mongolia?
Since you have decided how many days that you are going to stay in Mongolia, now you have to decide where to visit, what to do, what to see right?
Mongolia is famous for its nomadic lifestyle and culture, history, and of course it’s beautiful nature. So depending on your interest you can choose to visit the Gobi which is the world 6th largest desert or Altai mountains to witness eagle hunting on your own eyes or to eastern Mongolia to explore the birthplace of Chingis Khaan.
Please read our article about the most visited places in Mongolia and the Best things to do in Ulaanbaatar. Articles would be helpful. If you let us know where you want to visit, we can arrange everything for you to make your trip to Mongolia unforgettable.
Budget
Moving on, now we have to set our budget. Basically, you have these three options. Go budget-friendly, or moderate, and luxury.
When you decide to travel budget-friendly you can expect that you would spend an average of 70$ per day depending on where you go. (Not including Ulaanbaatar)
Moderate travel prices will start from 130$. You can expect that you would stay in tourist camps with well-prepared food, showers, and electricity.
Luxury option as it’s name implies during this trip you would be staying at costly hotels and enjoying the fanciest restaurants in Mongolia.
Accommodation: Overnight stay in Ulaanbaatar would start from 10 USD (1,140.02 JPY) for a hostel to 500+USD 56,995.75 JPY) for a luxury hotel.
When you go to the countryside, you can choose between a nomadic family ger camp or a tourist camp, and of course camping in your own tent. Nomads ger camp would be around 10$-20$ per night.
Tourist camps on the other hand will start from 40$-100$.
Camping is of course free.
The other daily costs you have to pay when traveling to Mongolia would be like this:
Meals in local cafeteria 4 USD
Meals in restaurants 8 USD
Bottled water 0.4 USD
Local transportation 0.20 USD
Entrance tickets 3 USD
Alcoholic beverages 2 USD and more
Self-organize or tour company? Which is better?
Since you’re making plans to travel to Mongolia, now you must be wondering if it’s better to self-organize everything or go with a tour operator who can speak your language at least.
Organizing and traveling on your own means you’ll be fully responsible for securing your own accommodations and transportation and of course communication as well. Also, you will need to navigate yourself around to look for food and drink. Plus, the language barrier may become a problem. While traveling you will need to rely solely on what you have researched about Mongolia to get you from one side to the next while looking for internet and travel apps you can enjoy yourself in Ulaanbaatar and more urban places, but once you leave the city there is only vast land without any electricity or internet connection. So, that’s where the problems would start.
But, if you choose to travel with a local tour operator company, here is what you can expect from your trip.
Travel Itinerary that confirmed everything. Tour companies know exactly how to organize tours since they have the experience they will save you from the hassle of making an itinerary that is best for you. Tour operators will even customize one based on your preferences. Also, there is a chance that you can get group discounts. The more people in your travel group, the more cheap your travel expenses will be. So where to find travel mates? Tour operators!
Knowledge about Mongolia and travel. If you can not choose where to visit, the tour operator companies are here to rescue, since they have intimate knowledge about Mongolia and tourism. For sure no language barrier if you seek our tour operator. Our travel guide and tour managers all speak Japanese and English.
Safe and secure
Tour companies can secure your safety during your adventure activities. During the trip, you will be accompanied by a professional tour guide who can speak Japanese and English fluently, and of course full of knowledge about Mongolia. They know exactly how to keep you safe and sound during horse or camel riding, hiking, or just while sightseeing. Since your guides will be knowledgeable about local weather conditions and the environment, they will be aware of all the potential danger zones and avoid any risks.
For all these reasons, we highly recommend you choose a tour operator company to organize your journey to Mongolia.
So, now one last thing left. Hit us up, and we will create your dream trip!
