When to Book a Gobi Tour

Go between late May and early October, and book the tour when you book your flights. That is when travellers take the Gobi tours: 63 of the 66 reviews of Danista Nomads Tour’s 6-day tour were posted between June and October. Mongolia’s weather runs from +35°C in summer to -40°C in winter and at night, with the most extreme conditions in and around the Gobi Desert (UK government travel advice, checked November 2026). Free cancellation up to 24 hours before means an early booking costs nothing if your plans change.

The calendar above is the Best 6-Day Gobi Tour: Discover Mongolia, from $1,250 a person when two adults book (checked November 2026); one adult alone paid US$2,300 on the dates in November, January and March.

When travellers go

The reviews show the season plainly. Of the 6-day South Gobi tour’s 66 reviews, 63 were posted between June and October, most of them in July, August and September. Arvaintsatsal LLC’s 3-day Mini Gobi and Terelj trip has the same shape, with 91 of its 129 reviews from August and September. GobiGoTour’s 4-day bus tour to the South Gobi had no date on its calendar before 10 May 2027 in November 2026.

The 6-day tour’s own calendar takes dates all year: two adults were offered 27 November, 15 January and 26 March at the same US$2,500 together. That does not make winter a good time. The UK government’s advice puts Mongolia’s extremes at +35°C in summer and -40°C in winter and at night, says the weather often changes without warning, and places the most extreme conditions in and around the Gobi Desert. A winter booking is for travellers who know what that means and have asked the operator what the trip looks like that month.

When to book

For a trip between June and September, book the tour when you book your flights, not once you land in Ulaanbaatar. The 6-day tour is a fixed six-day block that has to fit between your arrival and your flight home, and the operator offers visa support and an invitation letter if you need one, which takes time of its own. Booking early is free to undo: every GetYourGuide tour on this site can be cancelled with a full refund up to 24 hours before. The Viator tours differ: Meet Mongolia Join Tours LLC’s private 6-day tour refunds in full only up to six days before.

Pick dates for the 6-day tour

Around your flights

The UK government’s travel advice notes reports of fuel shortages in Mongolia, aviation fuel included, which may affect domestic and international flights, road travel and access to some remote areas (checked November 2026). Leave a spare day between the end of the tour and your flight home, and spend the night before the tour in Ulaanbaatar: the 6-day tour picks you up at your hotel there at 9:00. Hotels in Ulaanbaatar has room searches by area, and what to pack for the Gobi covers the clothes for hot days and cold nights.

If your dates are already fixed and short, look at the 2- and 3-day trips to the Mini Gobi instead: Mini Gobi or the real Gobi sets out what you give up.