Visa
The official passport is exempt from visa for one month, and most people who hold personal passports need to apply for a visa to enter Mongolia! Mongolian travel agencies, enterprises and individuals can send invitations. If not, you'd better ask an agent to handle it. The most expensive ones are about 9-1 yuan, 8 yuan, Hohhot and 5-6 yuan. You can also search for agents on the hornet's nest.
preparation materials
1. Passport is valid for more than 6 months and has at least 2 blank pages.
2. Copy of passport (the nearest copy shop of Beijing Embassy is at the entrance of the second visa office of the US Embassy in the northeast, about 4 meters away)
3.2-inch photo (white background or blue background)
4. Invitation letter (Mongolian company or travel agency)
5. Payment requires a credit card, not cash (Beijing)
Visa fee
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two entry and exit visas, one transit visa for 97 yuan and 52 yuan
315 yuan for p>18 yuan.
the two transit visas are 315 yuan and 585 yuan respectively.
for more than half a year, this visa costs 1215 yuan in 63 yuan.
2-month multiple visas are 1215 yuan and 2385 yuan
Tips:
Generally, one-time entry is 3 days, and sometimes the destination is 14 days or 21 days.
ATA carnet for vehicle formalities
The "cargo clearance passport" required for entry and exit vehicles is called ATA carnet, which is handled by the regional branch of China International Chamber of Commerce.
id card: read the original and keep a copy. ATA Documentary Book is only applicable to Chinese mainland residents with identity cards.
purchase invoice: read the original and keep a copy. Mainly to prove the price of the vehicle.
deposit: 5% of the car price for cars with a price of more than 1, yuan, and 1, yuan for cars with a price of less than 1, yuan. Motorcycle 4%, less than 1, yuan and less than 1, yuan. However, the head of the Erenhot International Chamber of Commerce is quite reasonable. If the motorcycle is less than 1, yuan, the deposit will be paid at the full price of the car, which can reduce the turnover burden. I bet more than 1 thousand on the car purchase invoice. The phone number of the person in charge can be asked by private letter, and the personal contact information will not be written here. After all formalities are provided and entered into the system, you can get the ATA Documentary Book by paying the deposit at the designated bank.
But the paperwork only solves the entry and exit problems of China Customs. There is no agreement and regulation between China and Mongolian Customs Administration on the entry and exit of vehicles, so when you arrive at Mongolian Customs, you need to go through the formalities of goods (vehicles) entering the country before leaving the customs. You also need to provide relevant passport and vehicle formalities, and then go through the deposit formalities according to 1% of the goods. When you leave the country at the registration time, you can go through the customs formalities with the deposit receipt.
Insurance
SOS international rescue insurance:
Because he is talkative, he said that he went to Mongolia by motorcycle, which led to several SOS cooperative insurance companies unwilling to provide insurance services. In the end, I had no choice but to buy insurance in Mongolia. The monthly premium is $165. SOS rescue insurance is chosen because if you are injured and need to be sent back to your country, it can pay for transportation. To put it more seriously, if you are unlucky enough to eat abroad, you can send your body back.
photographic equipment
we gave up all the cumbersome choices in equipment selection, except the following photographic equipment, and brought a notebook and a 2T hard disk to store cleaning cards.
photographic equipment: Sony a63
iphone6s
Huawei P9 company
Gopro3
mobile phone stabilizer
DJ Phantom 3
eating
high-end restaurants in Ulaanbaatar, with pictures on the menu and authentic western food. Look at the pictures and choose. The price is generally not too outrageous and not expensive.
Of course, Mongolia mainly uses beef and mutton, and its practices are various. Fruits and vegetables are relatively expensive and limited in choice, making them a paradise for unhappy tourists without meat.
if you want to go to other places outside the capital, t
6 tons of fried eggs
5 tons of steamed bread
5 tons of Lipton black tea
5 tons of milk tea
5 tons of coffee
4 tons of packing boxes
The prices of other common fast food such as steamed buns and meat boxes are similar to those of the rice set meal above.
The price of hotels in the capital Ulaanbaatar is similar to that in some northern capital cities in China, and many mobile phone booking clients can handle it. Rooms and beds in youth hostels can also be booked on those commonly used booking websites. In order to save money and convenience, we all brought our own tents, air mattress, sleeping bags and other pots and pans for camping. The hotel stayed with yurts for about five days and took a bath. The price of yurts for four rooms is around RMB in 13 yuan, the price of standard rooms for hotels in provincial capitals is around 17 yuan, and the price of family hotels for four rooms in rural towns is around 15 yuan. You can order a family photo from the hostess, and each lamb fried cake is about 15 yuan. As long as you can stand not taking a bath for a few days, there are many good places to choose from in Mongolia, from waking up frequently on the first night to adapting quickly until the sun rises in the morning.
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You can go to Mongolia by plane, train or carpool, or by motorcycle.
perennial flights to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, can be flown from Beijing and Hohhot. In addition to seasonal flights, you can fly from Baotou, Erlian, Manzhouli, Aershan and other cities. Please confirm the specific flight information before departure.
besides flying, taking the train is also a very convenient and interesting choice if there is enough time.
international trains departing from Beijing (as China and Mongolia are on duty by turns every year, there may be adjustments every year):
K3, Beijing (11:22)- Erlian (21:48-:59)- Ulaanbaatar (14:15-15:25)- Moscow (13:58).
4 times, Moscow (23:45)- Ulaanbaatar (6:35-7:)- Erlian (21:-1:2)- Beijing (11:4) every Sunday.
K2 times, every six days in Beijing (11:22)- Erlian (21:48-:59)- Ulaanbaatar (14:15-15:25).
K24 times, every Thursday from Ulaanbaatar (6:35-7:)- Erlian (21:-1:2)- Beijing (11:4)
Ticket address: the west side of the first floor of Beijing International Hotel
Tel: 1-651257
. From 2: in Ulaanbaatar to 13:3 in Erenhot (every Tuesday and Saturday)
85 times, from 17: 35 in Erenhot to 1: in Ulaanbaatar (every Monday and Friday)
86 times, and from 2: in Ulaanbaatar to 13:3 in Erenhot (every Monday and Friday)
Address. Ulaanbaatar No.25-8:
No.76 Ulaanbaatar No.17: 2-Zamenude No.7: 2
Address: Zamenude Railway Station Ticket Office
Carpooling is available from Zamenude to Ulaanbaatar except by train, but it is very hard for drivers to drive alone for more than half a day. Carpooling is not recommended for safety.
Mobile phone and Internet access
For mobile users in China, Mongolia belongs to 3 yuan District, and it costs 2.99 yuan/minute to make domestic calls for international roaming, and it is also the same price as making local calls. Send SMS at 1.29 yuan/piece, and receive SMS for free. Unicom is much more expensive.
There are four mobile operators in Mongolia: Mobicom, Unitel, skytel and G-mobile. I think the most convenient thing to use in the capital and rural areas is United Telecom. In addition to answering phone calls, it is also convenient to surf the Internet by mobile phone, and another G-Mobile with high coverage is CDMA, so it is necessary to have a C-network mobile phone. My Huawei mobile phone is not compatible, so I chose United Telecom.
restaurants and hotels in the capital Ulaanbaatar have a lot of free Wifi, but it is more reliable to use mobile data directly in rural and pastoral areas. At present, there are no related products for mobile wifi rental. It costs thousands of dollars to buy it separately, so I choose to give it up. The more people in the same trade, the more they take up.
if riding a motorcycle, it is best for several people to prepare a satellite phone together to prevent unexpected problems and contact the outside world.