The Itinerary China and Mongolia itineraries
Day-by-day routes through China and Mongolia, each 14 days — with what every trip actually costs.
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- East Asia
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Planning a trip to China and Mongolia
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Jun–Sep — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 14 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 800 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
Two sets of rules on this trip, and both have to be sorted before you fly.
- China: Embassy or consulate in advance, 30 days. 24-hour visa-free transit at international airports.
- Mongolia: e-Visa online before you go, 30 days. Also issued at the border.
Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with each embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Beijing · Trans-Mongolian railway · Ulaanbaatar · Terelj.
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Best for: A thirty-hour train from one of the world's densest cities to one of its emptiest countries
China and Mongolia in 14 days: Beijing, the Trans-Mongolian and the Gobi
Beijing → the Great Wall → Trans-Mongolian railway → Ulaanbaatar → Terelj → the Gobi
The Forbidden City and a wall built to keep the steppe out, then the train that crosses it — thirty hours through the Gobi to a country of three million people and seventy million livestock, where you sleep in a felt tent.
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