Crossing three vast countries, each as fascinating as the next, the Trans Mongolian train trundles through the world of steppes dotted with gers (traditional yurts) and the stark Gobi Desert in Mongolia, the seemingly endless birch forests of Russia, skirting impressive Lake Baikal and the wilds of the Siberian taiga. Exprience the biggest cultural event in Mongolia, fascinating Naadam festival, and end your journey exploring Moscow and St. Petersburg. This is hop on/hop off train tour and it runs vice versa.
Accommodation, train tickets, transfers and guided tours in the cities are included
Day 1, Terelj National Park
Day 2, Discover Mongolia
Day 3, Naadam Festival, Day 1
Day 4, Naadam Festival, Day 2
Day 5, Arrive Lake Baikal & tour
Day 6, Discover Irkutsk & train to Urals
Day 7, On board
Day 8, Arrive Yekaterinburg & tour
Day 9, On board
Day 10, Discover Kazan
Day 11, Mighty Kremlin & The City
Day 12, Panoramic tour of Moscow, Tretyakov State Gallery & More
Day 13, Arrive St. Petersburg
Day 14, The best of St. Petersburg
Day 15, Peterhof Palace & more
Day 16, The Hermitage museum tour
Day 17, Departure
Train 2nd class train compartment as per itinerary
from Ulaanbaatar - Terelj National Park - Ulaanbaatar to Lake Baikal by train fare economy
from Lake Baikal to Yekaterinburg by train fare economy
from Yekaterinburg to Kazan by train fare economy
from Kazan to Moscow by train fare economy
Gary Edwards, Australia: Thank you for a very interesting trip!
In July 2019 my wife and I went with Discovery Russia from Beijing to Moscow by train. This is not your common trip. This is to remote parts of the world and among very different cultures. We went to the Naadam Festival in Mongolia after riding through all of China. Then we went into Siberia going east to west. Then European Russia to Moscow. Our eyes were opened to a world we had never seen before.