Trans Mongolian Beijing to Moscow
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Beijing to Moscow trans Mongolian: Price from $3650 per person no single supplements!
Inclusions
We’re here to ensure your journey with us is smooth sailing from start to finish, so we offer a few inclusions with each journey to make your life a little easier!
• Train tickets: 4-berth train tickets from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar to Irkutsk, Irkutsk to Moscow and Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Accommodation: Your accommodation nights will include the following; train (8 nights/4-berth), ger (2 nights/shared), Siberian guesthouse (2 nights/shared), hotels (4 nights/twin
share), hostels (4 nights/shared).
• Honchos: (Tour leader) Honchos services are provided in Beijing, Ulaanbaatar, Terelj National Park (Ger Camp), Listvyanka (Lake Baikal), Irkutsk, Moscow and St. Petersburg.
• Visa Support: We will supply you with all the necessary documentation to help you process the required visas for China, Mongolia and Russia.
• Station Transfers: All station transfers are included while you are with the group.
Please note, arrival and departure transfers are not included, please inquire about these along with pre and post accommodation.Accommodation
Your accommodation for every night of the itinerary is included in the price. You’ll stay in a mixture of hostels, hotels and guesthouses along the way which are all nice and close to transport and clean! We’ve chosen them for their character and with your costs in mind. Sometimes it will be multi-share, but mostly twin share, with a mixture of private and shared bathroom facilities. Further afield in the Mongolian countryside we live the life of a nomad and stay in a traditional ger camp. Hostels/Hotels – 8 nights We know you’ll love the hang-out areas, the beds are comfy and most hostels will have Wi-Fi so you can start bragging to Facebook and Instagram from day one! On board the trains – 8 nights Overnight accommodation in trains is in mixed gender, four berth sleeping compartments – two upper and two lower bunks. Depending in your group size you may be sharing with other group members or with local travellers. Don’t be afraid
to say hello! Compartments have bedding, reading lights a big window, a small table, room for a rucksack or two and if you are REALLY lucky – a vase with a plastic flower!Guesthouse – 2 night
Whilst at Lake Baikal you’ll stay in a Siberian Guesthouse – a Siberian wooden Chalet where Tatyana (a very welcoming Russian lady) will cook up some traditional Russian food when you get back from your day by the lake. For those who are game enough there is even a traditional Russian Banya (sauna) so grab some birch twigs and you’ll soon discover a whole new cleansing experience!
Ger Camp – 2 night
Gers are the homes of the Mongolian nomads. In Mongolia today still over half of the population live in gers, either out on the steppe or nestled amongst the high rises in the city. Gers are made up of round wooden-framed felt tents covered in canvas. The basic framework is constructed of collapsible lattice wall sections (khana), a low wooden door, two central support posts (bagana), a wheel-shaped roof frame (toono) and between 80 to 100 poles (uni). Amazingly the nomads can take these down in just 30 minutes, pack them on their ox carts and head off across the steppe to fresh pastures. They’re also useful if you get lost – all doors face south so you don’t need to bring a compass! Staying in a traditional ger is a highlight on a trip to Mongolia. Venturing out to the grasslands you’ll feel just like a nomad. The ger camps have a small group of gers with some basic facilities (toilets and a restaurant). Each of the Gers have beds and a pot-belly stove that the local family will keep burning when cold – very welcome on those winter mornings! !