Camping in Remote Mongolia by Ourselves
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- Renting a Land Cruiser and driving around Central Mongolia has been our favourite adventure in this incredible country. Being able to explore remote areas and camping anywhere we like has unveiled a side of this country that we have fallen in love with. Central Mongolia is covered with steppe, livestock, and not much else, and being out here in an off-roading vehicle means we can explore it all! Being self-contained in our rented Land Cruiser brings a sense of freedom we rarely get while traveling.
This video starts where part 1 left off (check out part 1 here if you missed it: • Camping in Remote Mong... ) . After camping near the Mini Gobi, we wake up to the sight of camels approaching our camping area and spending the morning eating their breakfast with us. Combined with the goats, sheep, horses, and cows that we see all from our rooftop tent, this is the most magical morning of our lives. It doesn't get any better than watching 2-humped camels do breakfast yoga from the comfort of our tent.
We finally visit the Mini Gobi Sand Dunes that we parked so close to last night. These dunes are nothing compared to the sand dunes of the Gobi Desert, but they're still pretty special. Afterwards, we make our way to the Ancient capital city of Mongolia; Karakorum. Karakorum was once a huge, prominent city along the Spice Route, but today it takes a bit of imagination to "see." There is a gorgeous Buddhist temple on site that survived the USSR though!
Another stunning drive later (just be cautious of the sheep), and we arrive to Ogii Lake which is our campsite for the night. Mico took a swim with some horse poop and we had the chance to enjoy a new side of Mongolia - one with water! We have seen so little water since arriving in Mongolia that it was almost weird to camp beside Ogii Lake. We had a delicious dinner and watched the sunset with some vey strong Mongolian vodka to keep us company.
On the third day of our trip, we were awoken again by animals right outside our rooftop tent. I think we discovered why people camp in rooftop tents here and not on the ground! The drive out of Ogii Lake was more eventful than we expected, and the views did not disappoint as we began the long drive back to Ulaanbaatar. For lunch we got to check out our first Mongolian truck stop, which was so nice! We had Mongolian food for lunch and then endured a little more off-roading before arriving back in the capital city just as a huge wind storm passed through. Listen closely to the end of the video and you can hear a huge pane of glass shattering!
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== Chapters ==
0:00 The second half begins!
1:30 The most amazing morning of our lives
6:24 Finally seeing the Mini Gobi
10:57 Pit stop at Karakorum
14:46 To swim, or not to swim?
17:43 Camping nights in Mongolia
20:04 Another unexpected wake up
24:50 Mongolian truck stop
27:12 Who else heard the glass shatter?
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It's absolutely clear in this video that Mico has mastered the art of drone shots! Incredibly beautiful cinematography! Well done guys!!
Mico says thank you so much! I totally agree - his drone work has been awesome!
It's Uvurkhangai province. I think I'm not missing my hometown but when I watched this blog suddenly I'm crying because I live in abroad 10 years. Thank you so much guys.❤❤
We understand why you would miss Mongolia! It is a beautiful country ☺️
You guys are so polite 😂 usually people just honk the horn when there's a bunch of sheep on the road
Hahaha we're very new to having sheep on the road 😂
Hahahaha 😅😅😅
So surprising to see so much green! Your watchers seem to be really attracted to explaining so much about Mongolia. Thank you to them for such good explanations!
Looks like you were on on a total Mongolian safari complete with diversified landscapes and wildlife, even some camel yoga 🤣. Mongolia is truly a beautiful destination worth putting on a must see list. I really enjoy these free form overland videos as it showcases more of the area you are traveling through and all the impromptu stops or activities.
Thank you! We really enjoyed putting this style of video together. Hopefully we can capture more videos like this during the drive through Central America
This walled place is called Erdenezuu monastery. Located just outside of the old city. Kharakorum city was 16 times bigger than this temple.
Oh wow! Thank you for clarifying for us!
yeah, nothing left from the ancient capital.
This experience is so extraordinary as the both of you have the entire plains to yourselves in the middle of the Mongolian wilderness. And those drone shots are amazing!😊
It really was so special! We are already dreaming of our next visit where we'll rent a car for much longer and explore the North 😊
@@nicoleandmico Did you guys encounter any security or safety concerns during your trip to Mongolia? Thanks
It is safest country in the world people will help you everywhere! You will encountered the most dangerous people in the world!
Very good video! Beautiful drone shots thank you for sharing the nature of Mongolia. Love from Mongolia🇲🇳.Keep it up!
Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much guys. I loved world's mongolia
Thanks for watching!
Waking up to the camels and seeing that lush landscape has me thinking that you’ve been transported back to Earth thousands of years ago, when the human footprint was so small on this planet.
Wow so true. We never thought about it that way but that’s one way to describe the Mongolian landscape sometimes. Truly a different world!
Great shots! Best Series on Mongolian travel hands down!
5:16 in the BG 2 black goats boing boing... ahhh such a wild and pleasant view
thank u making such are wonderful video with our country
Omg. Thank you so much.
I subscribed and you all watched it in my wonderful country.
I came to the realization of how much I miss my country. I have lived for the past 5 years in Gran canary, Spain. I need to go home
I would like to extend our warm welcome to the western and northern parts of Mongolia. 🇲🇳 🇲🇳 🇲🇳
It seems that you both had amazing experiences together.❤❤❤
I'm watching all of the Mongolia trips and I feel I'm there with you guys. It feels so incredible.
love it
Great video
Thank you!
Great to have you both in our beautiful country I wish you guys all the best😊
Thank you! We feel so lucky to have visited Mongolia 😃
OMG. This video makes me happy. I'm a true Mongol living abroad
Ok, so as promised comments at the end: As always, watched your videos on one breath, except for minutes writing some info, I hope you don't mind me writing some explanations on this particular vlog!
You guys are champions, so well done you guys, excellent drone shoots, scenary, timing, so funny and honest, and most of all incredibly sweet couple with beautiful hearts ))) ❤❤❤ Please, do visit again, our beautiful Mongolia ))) Best of luck guys and safe trips in the future ... 🙏☘️😎
Wonderful and beautiful love you guys are all good with this trip..........
Thanks so much!
Loved the vedio🎉😊
Really nice filming. You are professionals.
Great trip. You made 200% out of this trip.
Really enjoyed your video 😍
Thank you so much!! Glad to hear you enjoyed it 😊
Great video!!
Thanks!
Hi guys! Watching you again, actually was waiting for it )) Just started it, but wanted to comment straight away, before loosing the string! Will comment again at the end ))
But for this part, would like to name it: "Camels are doing their morning exersize, or stretching" ...😊😂😂
Or thats how camels "evolutionized" into GIRAFFE ... 😂😂❤
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Thanks!
Thank you so much! We are so glad you enjoyed the series 😊
NICE VIDEO GOOD LUCK
thanks for visiting Mongolian 😊 you should go to khuvsgul nuur
Throughout the history us mongolians always valued, protected, maintain vastness of our land and tried to think big and peacefull like it. That is why many things in our culture are attached to idea of being "big and vast" like our traditional long songs(other music), dances, tales etc.
Also its very wholesome and intresting to see how foreigners think about our land, amd happy traveling!!! :>❤
The vastness and peacefulness of your land definitely shines through. We felt it everywhere we dove in Mongolia. It is such a beautiful place, we cannot wait to come back one day!
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That boy galloping on the horse is actually other way around from what Mico said, it is not him getting trained (the boy), but training the horse, or getting ready/preparing for the NAADAM festival horse racing ))) Horse is getting a gym session, 😅😊, will sweat a lot, and after the training, the horseman (owner) with a special wooden "sword", will scrape away the sweat ))) Getting in shape basically!!
That lake Ugii is very rich with fishes, as well as any other lakes and rivers in Mongolia, our neighbours sometimes visit our country just for fishing, coz they literally "swarming" with fish, and Mongolians, due to religion, fish very little, except for city lads!! By the way right now, literaly today tomorrow, that lake (Ugii) is holding, "Winter Fishing World Championship" tournament ))) 😊❤ Delegates from all around the WORLD !!!
During socialist days, Ugii lake used to be a fish farming lake, famous for it"s "bass", "pike" and exetera ... )))
nice one
Thank you!
Near the 9:45 mark while the goat was hitting their SUV, I’m thinking….I hope they bought that extra insurance coverage 😁
Hahaha right?! Sneaky little goats
Reindeer herders called Tsaatan family or tribe in far north west of Mongolia,
They re One of the last remaining groups of nomadic reindeer herders in Mongolia
I’m suggesting you guys to visit,
won’t regret it 😊
You eat good at camp! And that rental guy really set you up well with gear. Loving this entire adventure SO MUCH! ❤ PS Apologies if I missed it, but were you using Google Maps or something, and did you have cell service way out there? PPS You can always pee right next to the car behind the door for a little coverage! My FJ has suicide doors which are even better, but they only come down so far… 😂
Thanks so much for the lovely comment! We're so glad to hear you enjoyed this adventure. In case it wasn't obvious from the video, we loved it too 😂 We are actually going to release a Mongolia travel tips video next Saturday and we'll talk about these questions. But to give you some quick answers - we used Google Maps and downloaded the offline maps for the region, and we had spotty service during the trip. The service was better than expected, but we had long stretches of time without any connection.
Thanks for the suggestion on the washroom situation btw 😂😂
Breezy 😆
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In post-Mongol empire period, Kharkorum city was invaded and destroyed completely by Ming dynasty of china and what you see today is not the remains of the that old city but Buddhist temple which was built around the post-Mongol empire or period of great civil wars. Only thing that remained from the old city now is some archaeological sites of that city.
It's not a "spice road", that's "silk road" ... 😊😊😅 also used to be a "tea road" ... 🙏☘️😎
it’s kinda funny when they see domesticated animals and call them wild 🤗 😚
Well, they’re certainly not fenced in! 😂 It’s so cool to see them free like in some of the western US states, but here in the southeast they’re definitely contained - unless something goes wrong. haha
@@leapintothewild all mongolian animals are free, and graze where they please. They are owned by some herder tho.
Haha you're so right! Where we're from, we never seen any animals roaming freely, including livestock, so the Mongolian livestock feel like wild animals to us 😂😊
@@dismas8884 Yep, that’s why I said it was cool to see them roaming, and I know the paint identifies the owners. (I was raised on a farm.) Here in the US, animals out west are branded since they’re often not fenced, but here in the southeast they usually have ear tags so if they escape the fence they can still be identified.
@@nicoleandmico The REAL meaning of free range… haha
What month did you visit Mongolia?
Why dont u try going to bogd mountan
Erdenezuu monastery, not Kharkhorin city
Hey guys, thanks for the video. Just wondering where you have hired your car from. If you could share us some information abt your rental car or direct link, it would be awesome. Cheers
Hey! We rented the vehicle from eternal nomads. If you head to the description of the video before this one (which covers the first day of this road trip) the WhatsApp number is in there 😊
@@nicoleandmico brilliant! Thank u so much ☺️
How was the vehicle after the goat head butting?
Haha it was totally fine! We didn’t see any marks, so the Toyota won this one
That is NOT an ancient Kharkhorum, that just an old "ruins" of an old Erdene Zuu monastery, (before the Communists, had almost 60 temples with in the walls or complex) which was built at the gates of an ancient city Khorkhorum, actual size of a city was almost 16-17 times bigger than whole monastery compound, and was built (monastery complex) out of left over ruin materials of an ancient city Kharkhorum! If you visit, Kharkhorum museum, not so far from there, you will see the actual city size model dummies compared to the Erdene Zuu monastery )))
Your travel videos of Mongolia are the most comprehensive I've seen on CZcams so far. Awesome footage and info. Thanks!
go to khuvsgul lake please
That would be amazing! We are no longer in Mongolia, but we will definitely put that on on our list of places to visit when we return one day!
@@nicoleandmico you should try to ride reindeer in khuvsgul👍
Been there three times it is Gods country !