| Paleontology
tour 6 days
Tour
highlights: Yol Valley/Flaming Cliffs/Nemegt Mountains/Noyon
Uul/Hongoriin Dunes
Tour
Description: Most interesting way to discover the secrets
of the Gobi desert, its wildlife and find out about the dinosaur
skeleton findings by visiting the excavation sites followed
by a documentary of Andrew Roy Chapman expedition in Mongolia
from the lectures of Mr. Perlee, a professor of Paleontology
of the Mongolian State University.
Day
1 Fly to Gobi Ger-camp. Visit the Yol Valley and Gobi Gurvan
Saikhan (3 beauties of the Gobi)-high rocky mountains in the
middle of desert. Argali sheep and Siberian ibex are local inhabitants.
Next morning into the desert... exploring Gobi plants, wildlife
and Saksaul forest. Overnight in tents.
Day
2 Drive
to famous Flaming Cliffs or Bayanzag -the dinosaur graveyard
with mongolian paleontologist, professor A. Perlee. Overnight
in gers.
Day
3- 4 Drive to Gurvan Tes soum and visit Nemegt mountains,
where dinosaur skeletons such as : Prenocephale prenes, Homalocephale
calthoceros were found. On the way there visit Noyon Uul
a dead volcano and a famous cliff that shines like a mirror.
Overnight in tents.
Day
5 In
the morning drive to the Hongoriin Els - a huge sand dunes and
oasis near the Hongoriin River at the northern edge of the dunes.
Overnight in tents under the stars.
Day
6 Return to ger - camp.
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