Nomadic Mongolia
- Amarbayasgalant Monastery Tour , Mongolia
Price
From $70
Duration
2 days / 1 nights
Age range
2 to 80
Operated in
English
Group Tour
Shared acommodation: 90$ per-person/per-day
Overview
The Amarbayasgalant Monastery is one of the three largest Buddhist centers in Mongolia. It is nestled at the foot of Mount Buren-Khaan near the Iven Valley in Baruunburen.
The monastery was founded by the Manchu emperor Kang XI and was designed to serve as the final resting place of Zanabazar, the first spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism. Its construction began in 1727 and ended in 1736. The Amarbayasgalant Monastery was one of the few monasteries to partially escape destruction during the Stalinist purges of 1937. Although the buildings of the central section survived, most of the monastery’s artifacts were looted or hidden. With funds provided by UNESCO, the Amarbayasgalant Monastery began restoration in 1988, Zanabazar’s remains were transferred to a different temple, and some of its artifacts were commissioned in India.
Included/Excluded
- Transportation and driver
- English speaking guide
- Accommodations
- Meals
- Clean drinking water
- Entrance fees to national parks and monasteries
- Horseback and camel riding (as specified in the itinerary)
- Personal shopping
- Insurance
- Alcohol
- Additional activities
- Gathering Point: In front of the Gandirs building (to the right of the State Department Store)
- Distance: Approximately 360 km one-way (last 50 km of the road unpaved)
- To Pack: Warm clothes, additional blankets/sleeping bags, snacks to eat between meals.
Tour Plan
We will leave Ulaanbaatar at 9:00 am and drive to Darkhan, the capital city of the Darkhan Uul province.
We will stop briefly in Darkhan to eat lunch and visit some local attractions. From Darkhan we will drive west to reach the Iven Valley and the Amarbaysgalant Monastery by the afternoon. We will visit the Amarbaysgalant Monastery and eat dinner.
We will spend a night in the ger camp of a local family. Lunch and dinner.
After breakfast, we will visit the monastery and meet monks. For lunch, we will go back to the nomadic family. After lunch, we will go trekking near the Jaran Khashir stupa and Naranbulag mineral springs.
Back at the host family’s ger, we will have a dinner with Otgonbat’s family and stay overnight in a ger.
Stay overnight: host Ger
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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