Trans Mongolian with Naadam Festival, 24 Days - Departing St Petersburg

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	Trans Mongolian with Naadam Festival, 24 Days - Departing St Petersburg			from
				$5479*
	HIGHLIGHTS: China, Mongolia, Moscow and St Petersburg. Our journey begins in Beijing and over our three days here the 'Scheduled Sightseeing' will begin with some of the cities greatest highlights, the Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square and of course 'The Wall' stretching 5,000 kilometres across the distant hills. Finally the rail journey has begun, we're off aboard the Trans Mongolian Express following the Great Wall northwest towards Mongolia and watch from the window as the towns and villages of Inner Mongolia go by. At daybreak, classic scenes of traditional nomadic life greet us as the train winds impressively across the Mongolian steppe and into the capital. Ulaanbaatar is a contradiction - a metropolis amid endless grass steppes. On day 6 we travel by road to Kharkhorin the capital of Mongolia in the 13th century during the rule of Genghis Khan. The main attraction is Erdene Zuu Hiid Monastery, built in 1586, once the largest monastery and first Buddhist centre in Mongolia. Staying in gers (traditional Mongolian felt tents) we continue onto Terelj National Park with time to wander among it's curious rock formation and wide open spaces and on day nine we journey back to Ulaanbaatar to witness the remarkable Naadam Festival. Mongolia's Naadam Festival - We make our way with the crowds to the Naadam stadium for the spectacular event and demonstrations of the 'three manly sports' - wrestling, archery & horse-racing. Taking our place in the stadium we see not only the athletes, but monks, officials and local celebrities. The first rounds of wrestling and archery begin shortly afterwards, with horseracing the focus on the second day. These races are the domain of younger children, who compete for the title 'tumnii ekh' ('Leader of Ten Thousand'). Traditions abound and we join the crowds in cheering the winners and singing songs to the losers. We mingle with the locals - often taking as much pleasure from watching the audience as observing the competitors! At the completion of the 3 day festival we join the evening train north to Siberia. Lake Baikal & the Trans Siberian Railway to Moscow and St.Petersburg. Continuing towards Russia, leaving Mongolia at Sukhbaatar and travelling beyond the Russian border town to Ulan Ude, then west along the southern shore of the world's deepest freshwater lake - Baikal. Almost in the centre of Asia, Irkutsk with 18th century churches, bright painted shutters and log houses decorated with wooden lacework is a beautiful town known as the "Paris of Siberia". We also enjoy a full day at Lake Baikal and time to visit the village of Listvyanka with its traditional houses and nearby Limnological Museum. We then join the Trans Siberian Railway to Moscow and travel via the Ural Mountains to the far side of the Volga. Moscow's palaces and public buildings now restored to their former glory, the echoing vastness of Red Square, the splendid twirled cupolas of St.Basil's and the Kremlin itself. After a last overnight train ride the journey ends in St.Petersburg, the "Venice of the North", a city of richly filled palaces and museums, wide boulevards and canals. The gilded halls of the Hermitage Museum hung with the works of many great masters, and beyond the city lie the incomparable summer palaces of the tsars at Petrodvorets. Experience Naadam Festival 24 Day Tour departing St Petersburg. 12 nights accommodation in Hotels twin share, 2 nights in a Mongolian Ger shared, 1 night in a Siberian Guesthouse twin share, 8 nights onboard trains in a 4 berth. 17 Breakfast, 1 Lunch, 2 Dinner. Tour Leader. Tour Dossier. Group Size 24 maximum Ask about our great airfares Conditions Valid for sale until 4 June 2012. Price is per person twin share with some multi share. Airfare not included. Additional conditions may apply, please enquire for further details. Prices shown are fully inclusive of taxes. Additional levies, government charges and other applicable fees may apply and are beyond our control. Seasonal surcharges and blackout dates may apply depending on date of travel. Payments made by credit card will incur a surcharge. Prices shown are for payments made by cash in store or Bpay. These prices are a guide to the best price and are subject to change without notice. Prices are subject to change without notice, due to matters outside our control, such as adverse currency fluctuations, fuel surcharges, taxes and airfare increases, please enquire for further details.
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