Ulaanbaatar: Ancient Echoes, Modern Pulse City Tour

Our tour guide Manduul was excellent! He was extremely knowledgeable and patient with all our questions. He showed up early and spent more than 8 hours with us for a 5-8 hour tour. He didn’t just take us to museums and wait outside but he went in with us and explained the exhibits thoroughly for us. He spoke English extremely well and was very easy to understand his English. I would highly highly recommend him for this and any other tours he provides.

Manduul was a perfect guide and I’m fortunate and grateful to have had him show me the highlights of UlaanBataar. He was flexible and tailored the itinerary to my preferences, which is always so appreciated when you are travelling in your own. His knowledge of Mongolian history and culture was astounding and he brought the National Musuem to life for me. I was so impressed at the depth of his understanding and his ability to answer any question I may have had. He is a really outstanding guide and I would highly recommend him to anyone visiting this amazing country.

My guide was very informative about the main sights of the city. He spoke excellent English, which was a great help with the tour around the city's museum. He even took me to change some money and a bit of souvenir shopping.

I am in Mongolia with a tour company but had a day to myself before anything started with the tour. So I wanted to do a tour of things in the city that I wasn't doing with my tour. My guide was excellent he is very flexible and we spent a wonderful day learning about The Mongolian culture exploring museums monuments temples , etc.

Mandu did an excellent job showing us Ulaanbaatar and teaching us about Mongolian history. He is laid back, easy to talk to, and entertaining. We had a nice day. I would highly recommend.

The tour company was apparently unaware of my booking and neither car nor guide showed up. I called Viator, but the phone operator not able to reach the tour provider, Point Mongolia, and we canceled the tour. Point Mongolia eventually returned my WhatsApp message, and thought I was trying to book a tour. They knew nothing about that day's booking. For about an hour they looked for a guide to do an abbreviated afternoon make-up. Finally, five and a half hours after the scheduled start, they sent (an excellent) freelance guide with no car. HE WAS NOT PAID BY POINT MONGOLIA - I paid him myself. I would have been a reasonably happy customer and posted a more upbeat tale (the freelancer was excellent and the car wasn't essential for the revised itinerary), but today I realized that VIATOR CHARGED ME FOR THE TOUR! I've requested a refund, of course. I've used Viator several times with fairly good results given the exigencies of travel. This was not one of them. I hope they fix the communication problem.

Point Mongolia provides you with tours that are customized to what you need in order to get the most out of your Mongolian tourism experience. Manduul is one of the best guides I've met, worldwide. He was brought up in Singapore so he speaks good English. He is able to explain Mongolian history to a great extent (especially about Genghis Khan), so was able to satiate my great thirst of Mongolian history and piece together what I have previously studied. He is also knowledgeable about Mongolian politics, economy, culture and history, so there is a great deal one can learn from him; he can never run out of topics to talk about. Manduul was also able to suss out and get the best deals for us. He knows the market rates for 3rd party rides, and makes sure we get the best deals instead of being ripped off. That's the most important... Manduul is HONEST. He always finds the best deals for us, and gives us good recommendations and advice in the city even though we were exploring the city without him. And his car, a nice Toyota Harrier, was a great joy to ride in especially in the tortured and broken Mongolian roads. He brought us to the Genghis Khan statue, Turtle Rock, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, and the Aryaval Monastery. In the middle, he also brought us to a local ger (super local) for really good food! Yes, him being a foodie helps too! When I come back to Mongolia, I will definitely hit Manduul up for my next trip!