TRANSPORTATION:

• GETTING TO YOUR LOCATION

The main transportations in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia are air travel, ground travel and rail travel.

Air: There is only "Chinggis Khaan International Airport" currently working and new airport is at the end of its construction. It is located 15.2 km away from the center of the city and it takes 33 minutes to go by car. However, it depends on the traffic. Miat Mongolia Airlines, Aero Mongolia, Hunnu Air are the domestic airlines and Aeroflot, Korean Air, Air Chine and Turkish Airlines offers scheduled services.

Water: There is no ocean or sea which connects to border of other country. Therefore, there is no water travel in Mongolia.

Ground: Ground travel is the most popular way of transportation in the city. Local buses are available from 7am to 10pm on workdays and 8am to 9pm on weekends. Sixt company offers a car rental service. Also, Noyon Zuuch taxi company and Help Cab & Tours companies offer official taxi services and they have English speaking dispatchers. However you will find many unofficial taxi drivers there. Cycling World hires a mountain bikes for 11 USD.

Rail: Rail travel is one of the main transportation to some of the cities and provinces such as Erdenet, Darkhan, Choibalsan and Choir. It offers scheduled services every day. Also, train goes to Ulan Ude in Russia and Erenhot and Beijing in China as they are neighbor countries of Mongolia.

• GETTING AROUND YOUR LOCATION

Total land area of Ulaanbaatar city is 4,704.4 km2. Local people usually catches bus or taxi and few people uses bicycles. Taking bus costs 20cent for per route. There are trolley buses and regular buses which connects to most important destinations in the city. As said earlier, you can find official and unofficial taxis quickly and it costs 40 cent for per kilometr. Also, you could rent a car at the Sixt company and it costs 42USD per day. If you rent a car, you should be careful with the rude drivers. The busiest time of the day starts 8am to 11am in the morning and 6pm to 8pm in the evening. I would suggest to walk if the destination is not far away in the center of the city during this time because of the heavy traffic. Half of the population of Mongolia lives in Ulaanbaatar and every house has at least one car. So it makes the traffic heavier. There is no railway or tram in the city, the train goes to the other provinces from the middle of the city. The best way is to use google map as you travel in the city, so that you will not get confused and it makes everything easy.