Mongolia Travel Budget: Cost and How to Save Money

How much trip to Mongolia dey cost

Mongolia no dear as plenty people think, but di long distance and organised tours dey quickly add to di bill. Di local money na tugrik (MNT), about 3,500 MNT per euro.

Daily budget

• Tight budget: 90,000-140,000 MNT (about 25-40 euros) per day with hostel, local food and buses.
• Middle: 175,000-300,000 MNT (50-85 euros) with private rooms and some excursions.
• Comfortable: over 350,000 MNT (100+ euros) with hotels and your own driver.

Sample prices

• Bed for hostel for Ulaanbaatar: 30,000-50,000 MNT
• One plate of buuz (steamed dumplings) for local canteen: 6,000-10,000 MNT
• Big bottle of water for shop: about 1,500 MNT
• City bus ticket: 500-1,000 MNT
• Many-day jeep tour for Gobi Desert: from 100-150 euros per day

Money and cards

For Ulaanbaatar, Visa and Mastercard dey work for hotels, supermarkets and plenty restaurants, and ATMs (Khan Bank, Golomt, TDB) plenty. But outside di capital, nearly everything na cash only, so comot enough tugrik before you leave di city. Di ATMs dey charge fee for each withdrawal, so withdraw less often but bigger amount.

Transport

• Buses between cities cheap but slow.
• Shared minibuses (purgon) to di provinces cost few euros.
• Domestic flights to far aimags start from around 100-150 euros one way.

Saving tips

• Travel for group: di price of jeep tour dey divide per person, so 3-4 people go reduce di cost well well.
• Chop where local people dey chop (guanz) instead of tourist restaurants.
• Go outside July-August, because prices dey peak for Naadam festival time.
• Sleep inside ger (yurt) with nomad family. Na real experience and e cheap.

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