The quickest routes took about 15 hours but were expensive and some routes took up to 24 hours due to long waits for flight connections in airports.
Having considered all the various options, I eventually chose:
Outgoing
Edinburgh to London Heathrow, Terminal 5
London Heathrow, Terminal 4 to Moscow
Moscow to Ulaan Baatar
Return
Ulaan Baatar to Moscow
Moscow to London Heathrow, Terminal 4
London Heathrow, Terminal 5 to Edinburgh
This combination represented a maximum of 7 hours on a flight (Moscow to Ulaan Baatar) and kept the total travel time to around 17 hours.
Long haul flights were booked through the Aeroflot airline website and UK flights booked through British Airways. I booked Edinburgh to Heathrow separately and used Avios points to part pay this flight and the return flight to Edinburgh from Heathrow.
The total journey time also meant I had to leave Scotland a day early otherwise I would miss the Mongolia internal flight to Lake Khovsgol.
In addition, I would also have to stay an extra day in Ulaan Baatar following the challenge to secure the best travel flights and price for my return home.
The internal flights from Ulaan Baatar to Moron were arranged by Rat Race.
I used TripAdvisor and Trivago websites to find suitable accommodation for my time in Ulaan Baatar.
The Khuvsgul Lake Hotel stood out as it had very high approval ratings (over 9 out of 10, mod cons as it’s a fairly new hotel), in central Ulaan Baatar and was very reasonably priced (£32). And off course, I would be ice skating across Khuvsgul Lake; so it seemed very appropriate.
Not to be confused with Khuvsgul Lake Hostel, which looked OK but I don’t want to stay in a dormitory!
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