Leave Ulaanbaatar and drive westwards to Kharkhorin (375 km), the ancient capital of the great Mongolian Empire.

The city was founded in the Valley of the Orkhon River in 1220 and was the capital city of the Great Mongolian Empire until Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan. The nearby Erdenezuu Monastery is the oldest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia and was founded on the ruins of ancient Kharkhorin in 1586. We will visit the monastery’s magnificent exhibits which include an extraordinary collection of Buddhist paintings, special costumes for religious dances, and superb Buddhist iconography in true Mongolian and Tibetan style.

Overnight in ger camp.