Inner Mongolia

Location Overview — Inner Mongolia

The Inner Mongolia program runs through a variety of activities and locations, but the final FOCUS of the trip is to raise participants’ awareness of the geographical and cultural landscapes; to understand how the environment has shaped the life of the people in Inner Mongolia in the past, and understand what the future might bring.

The nature of the Focus program and the extreme environments make this program suitable to Grades 9 and above.

Available Program Styles

Try

All age groups

  • All available activities *

Focus

All age groups

  • Focus activities *
  • Desert Hiking & Camping
  • Language Skills
  • Service Learning
  • Grass land activities

Master

> Year 10 / Grade 9

  • Master activities*
  • Language Skills
  • Service learning

Available Activities

Hiking & Desert Navigation

Sand Sliding

Camel Riding

Desertification Briefing

Camping

Community Service

Yurt Stay

Mongolia archery &Wrestling

Sheep Shearing & Felt Making

Kayaking

Biking

Camel Riding

* the season and weather may affect variety and availability of activities

Food and Accommodation

Catered food - participants will experience a mix of local Mongolian cuisine and other, more standard dishes. Food will be catered by various providers, already experiences in dealing with traveling groups. Menus and venues will be selected by Karst to ensure hygiene, variety , good nutritional value and respecting any dietary restrictions.

Breakfasts are supplemented by Karst Climber with items most students would be familiar with ( toast, eggs, bacon, cereals & milk).

During activity days, snacks, fruit and water are provided to keep the energy level high.

Accommodation is provided in three different locations during this trip.

The BaoTou Hotel, and XiangShaWan Hotel are low to mid range hotels that are accustomed working with larger groups and will provide everything necessary for a short stop-over.

Camping (weather dependent) - camping in the desert will be run in an organised setting with basic camping facilities. Camping in the desert is weather dependent.

Weather

Far north and landlocked, Inner Mongolia gets COLD. The best months to visit are from June to September. Even then, expect temperatures to drop at night and pack accordingly.

Transportation

Start your journey by flying into Baotou airport. From there, the province is separated into two sections: desert and grasslands. We recommend choosing either one or the other, as this will drastically reduce travel time.

  • Driving time LongTouGuai to closest airport (Baotou ErLiBan Apt) - 2 hours.
  • LongTouGuai - XiangShaWan - driving time , 45 minutes
  • XiangShaWan - Baotou Airport - 45 minutes
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