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By air: MIAT Mongolian Airlines operates scheduled and charter domestic flights (An-24) throughout Mongolia’s 21 provinces. Also Aero Mongolia, Hangarid, and Blue Sky run flights. Most flights have their hum in Ulaanbaatar, so getting from one destination to another inside Mongolia often requires a touch- down in UB. Some delays in scheduling are to be taken into account in preparing tourist itineraries. A round trip to Dalanzadgad or Moron costs 142 USD. By road: Mongolia’s road network, including both state and local roads, is total approximately 49,000 kilometers. They connect Mongolia’s 211 cities and towns, as well as its 160 smaller villages. There are 11,063 km of state road and 38,187 km of local roads in Mongolia. Most of the roads in Mongolia are gavel or earth. Only 1,670 km of state and local roads are paved, while an additional 3,820 km of state and local roads are classified as “improved” gravel and earth road. The majority of roads to tourist camps are in reality just tracks laid out across the steppes by the jeeps that fly those routes with regularity. Thus the time required for a given distance will vary considerably, depending on the quality of the road, as well as variables like the weather, the type of vehicle used, and so forth. For example, a trip from Ulaanbaatar to Kharakhorum, which is a distance of approximately 360 km, will probably take 4 hours. A trip of equal distance through back- country roads could take a full day or even longer. The best means of travel in much of Mongolia is the horse or the camel. |
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