Arvaikheer Getting there & around

Getting there & away

You can travel quickly along the 430km paved road between Ulaanbaatar and Arvaikheer. (There are plenty of guanz along the way.) The paved road finishes just west of Arvaikheer; from there it is about another 200km along the usual rough road to the next aimag capital of Bayankhongor. With a jeep, an experienced driver and lots of time you could venture south to Dalanzadgad, 377km away in Ömnögov aimag, either via Saikhan-Ovoo or (more adventurously) via Guchin Us, Khovd and Khongoryn Els.

Hitching

The Ulaanbaatar–Arvaikheer road is one of the busiest in the country – at least one vehicle goes in both directions every minute. Hitching a ride on a truck or in a private car should be comparatively easy. Going further west along the main road to Bayankhongor won’t be as easy, but it is possible (although it’s a pretty uninteresting highway – the better route is through Arkhangai). In Arvaikheer, trucks hang around the market, so try there or at the petrol station on the main road.

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Air

MIAT flies between Ulaanbaatar and Arvaikheer twice weekly for US$66/117 one way/return, en route to/from Altai. The airport is less than 1km south of town.

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