Genghis Khan‘s legendary city was founded in 1220 in Orkhon Valley, on the Silk Road. In 1235, his son Ogoodei built the city and raised around it a surrounding wall with four doors. The Mongolian Emp...
Orkhon Valley is located North of the province of Ovorkhangai, in the central part of Mongolia, about 360 kilometres (224 miles) Southeast of Ulan Bator. Located at the foot of the Khangai range, this...
Khustain Nuruu National Park, whose name means ”the range of silver birches”, is located 90 kilometres (56 miles) Southwest from the capital, 1843 metres (1,1 mile) above the sea level in the sum of A...
Gorkhi – Terelj National Park, meaning “stream – rhododendron”, is located 55 kilometres (34,18 miles) East Ulan Bator, 1600 metres (0,99 mile) above the sea level, in the strictly protected area of K...
Khorgo – Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur Natural Park includes two jewels of Mongolia: Lake Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur and the extinct volcano Khorgo. Lake Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur, ”White Lake of the Terkh River”, ...
Khongor dunes, ”Khongoriin Els”, are the most important sand mass of Gobi Gurvan Saïkhan National Park. Its area is more than 900 square kilometres (347,49 square miles). It’s one of the largest sandy...
In 1965, before the creation of Gurvan Saikhan National Park, a small 69 square kilometers (26,64 square miles) area around Yoliin Am Canyon was already a protected area. Yoliin Am is located about 60...
Altai Tavan Bogd National Park, “the five sacred mounts of Altai”, extends on 662 square kilometres at the extreme southwest of Mongolia, and has borders with China and Russia. Khuiten Mount is the hi...
Khögno khan National Park (better known as Khögno Khan) is located at 250 kilometres (155 miles) from Ulan Bator, on the road to Kharkhorin. Covering an area of 47000 hectares, this park contains man...
There are in Arkhangai many old volcanos, which explains the presence of this hot water source that flows all year long at 1860 metres (1,16 mile) above the sea level in the sum of Tsenkher. The water...
Naiman Nuur National Park is located in the province of Ovorkhangai, in the Khangai range, and it has the typical landscapes of the Mongolian high mountains with their large forests of larches. The...
Bayanzag red sand cliffs, today better known as “flaming cliffs” due to their colours ochre and red, are located about 100 km (62,14 miles) at the northwest of Dalanzadgad. Bayanzag means “rich in sax...
Tsambagarav National Park is located in the province of Bayan Olgii, in the extreme West of Mongolia. It was created in 2000 and covers an area of 1110 square kilometres (428 square miles) in a glacia...
Mongol Els Dunes are located in North Gobi-Altai, they extend from the province of Zavkhan at East, until the province of Khovd at extreme West. They extend on about 330 kilometres (205 miles) in the ...
Dungenee Canyon is located in the sum of Bayandalai, southwest Züün Saikhan Mountain. The region of Dungenee is composed of a pass and a beautiful valley that also has a canyon, not far from Yol valle...
OngiI Monastery is located at the foot of Mount Saikhan Ovoo, near the village ofSaikhan Ovoo in the province of Dundgovi. This monastery was one of the largest and most respected monasteries of Mongo...
Amarbayasgalant Monastery, whose name means ”monastery of the quiet felicity”, is located near the Selenge River, at the foot of Mount Burenkhan. It’s one of the three largest monasteries of Mongolia....
Mount Otgontenger is the highest peak of the Khangai Range. It’s located in the province of Zavkhan, East Uliastai. In 1992, the Mongolian government delimited a strictly-protected area around the pea...
Located in the sum of Khutag-Öndör in the aimag of Bulgan, Uran Uul is an extinct volcano whose crater reaches 1686 metres (1,05 mile) above the ground, has 500 metres (0,31 mile) in diameter and 50 m...
The rocky formations of Tsagaan Suvarga, ”white stupa”, are located in the Southeast of the sum Ölziit, on the Southern border of the province of Dundgovi. These rocky formations eroded by the wind lo...
Lake Khar is located West from the Khangai range, 1980 metres (6496,06 metres) above sea level. It’s located 80 kilometres (49,71 miles) Northeast from the sum of Erdenekhairkhan, in the province of Z...
Kharkhiraa belongs to the Turgen Uul mountain range located in the Uvs province. Being part of the Altai range, Kharkhiraa streches over 100km south. The average altitude is 3400m, with the highest po...
This little saline lake, located 100km away from Ulaangom, the capital of Uvs province, is between the Turgen and Tsagaan Shuvuut mountains. The lake stretches over 19.5km for 18km width for 65.5km sh...
This beautiful fresh water lake is located at the north of the Bor Khyariin Els sand dune, with a 59km shoreline (36 miles). Seen from the sky, it takes after the shape of a camel. The length of the l...
The Gun-Galuut Nature Reserve shows a varied ecosystem on a quite restricted territory of about 20.000 hectares. The reserve is located 130 kilometres (81 miles) East Ulan-Bator and is easily accessib...
Mount Eej Khairkhan is part of the Altai and reaches its highest point at 2275 metres (1,41 mile) North of the strictly protected area of Gobi, in the province of Govi-Altai, sum of Tsogt. Since 1992,...
It is in the Gobi Altai Range that Ikh Bogd mountain is found over its 50 km long. Set in a land where steppe and desert come together, this rock formation imposes itself from its 3957m above sea-leve...
Menen steppes are the biggest of the country but also in the world, covering thus an area of 5400 km2. Streched from the eastern part of Mongolia, in the Dornod province, to the west near Buir lake, M...
Khukh Nuur, the blue lake with the black heart is located nearby the Tsenkher River, 35 kilometres (21,75 miles) North from the main road, in the sum of Tsenkhermandal,province of Khentii. Geography ...
In the Gobi, natural miracles are countless and one of them is named Khermen Tsav, a wonderful canyon made of red mud rocks. The spectacular rocky formations of Khermen Tsav are located North the sum ...
Khangai is one of the sums of the province of Arkhangai. It was created in 1931 and covers an area of 4400 km² (1698,85 square miles). It’s composed of six villages (Ar Bayasgalan, Noyon Khangaï, Terk...
it is located in the district of Khyargas, province of Uvs, at an altitude of approximately 1025m above see level. From its size of 75km long by 31km large, it is considered thesecond main lake on the...
Dadal is a small city located at 590 km north-est of Ulan Bator, famous for being the place of birth of the greatest leader of Mongolia, Genghis Khan! This area is a gorgeous natural reserve where ...
Considered as sacred by the locals, this 1686 meter-high mount dominates on the area ofTov province. It is at 180km southeast of the capital city that we can observe this granitic rock formation, with...
Tsetserleg is the capital of the province of Arkhangai. It is located 1691 metres (1,1 mile) above the sea level, South Bulgan Mount, 468 kilometres (291 miles) from Ulan Bator. Its name means “garden...
Öndör Ulaan is one of the sums of the province of Arkhangai, founded in 1931 and composed of five villages (Azarga, Bayangol, Belkhi, Dongoi and Khanui). This area hasthe biggest number of yaks of Mon...
Sainshand is the capital of the province of Dornogovi, located Southeast Ulan Bator. It’s located in the desert steppes of the Eastern part of Gobi, on the Transmongolian’s way. This strategic locatio...
Khar-Us, black water, is a freshwater lake located in the south of Khovd city, 1157 metres (3795 feet) above the sea level. It extends on 72 km (45 miles) long and 37 (23 miles) kilometres wide. It’s ...
Lake Ögii is located 1337 metres (0,83 mile) above the sea level, in the EasternArkhangai. It is 7,9 kilometres (4,91 miles) long, 5,3 kilometres (3,29 miles) wide, and covers an area of 25 square kil...
Jargalant is one of the sums of the province of Arkhangai, created in 1931 and covering an area of 3842 square kilometres (1483 square miles). It’s composed of five villages (Asait, Khoolt, Erdene Uul...
The astonishing granitic formations of Baga Gazariin Chuluu, ”stone of the little place”, are located in the northwest of the province of Dundgovi,in the heart of the steppe, 250 km (155,34 miles) tow...
The Mukhart River, whose name means no-through road, is a small river flowing on twenty kilometres (12,43 miles) along the Bor Khyar Dunes, forming a lovely oasis in which poplars and sea buckthorns g...
The Galuutyn Khavtsal or Galuut Canyon is located near the Khangai National Park, at about 85km (53 miles) North west of the main city of BayanKhongor, at the center of the Galuut Sum. At the very cen...
Ordu-Baliq « the city of the army » is located in the grassy plain of Talal-khain-dala steppe, in the Arkhangai province, at around 30km away from the ancient capital Kharkhorin. Also known under the ...
The Dariganga Natural Park was created in 2004 to protect several natural sites among which Lake Ganga, Moltsog Els sand dunes, and the extinct volcano Altan Ovoo.. Lake Ganga Ganga is a freshwater ...
Ölgii is the capital of the province of Bayan-Ölgii. It’s located at the extreme West of Mongolia, at a height of 1710 metres (1,06 mile). The city has a population of approximately 29000 inhabitants,...
50 kilometres (31,07 miles) towards South of Ölgii, in the centre of the province of Bayan-Ölgii, there is _Tolbo Lake_, ”stain lake”_. It extends on 185 square kilometres (71,43 miles) in the heart o...
Located 95 kilometres (59,03 miles) North Uliastai, the rocky formations of Senjit Khad have a very interesting shape. In effects, the often violent wind coming from Gobi Desert drilled the rock in se...
Dörgön lake is located 1132 metres (3713,91 feet) above the sea level in the Great Lakes Depression, in the province of Khovd. It borders the provinces of Gobi-Altai and Zavkhan. It was formed during...
Located in the Turgen Uul mountain range, the 36meter high Baga Turgenii Khurkhree waterfall is segmented in two-stage. The first part is 23meters and the second one is 13meters. The Turgen river orig...
Located in the northern part of Mongolia at 800meter high, Uvs lake is the biggest of the country with an area covering 3350km2. Nestled between the high mountains ofKhankhukhiim, Tagniin and Tsagaans...
The Achit lake or Achit Nuur, is the largest source of freshwater in Uvs Province, located in the north-west part of Mongolia, in the Altai Range. This natural barrier is in fact the border between th...
Avarga Toson is composed of two sites: Lake Toson and Avarga springs. The whole is located Northwest sum of Delgerkhaan, in the province of Khentii, 1300 metres (4265 feet) above sea level. Lake To...
Located in Bayan-Ulgii province, 40 km away south from Ulaangom city, Turgen Uul mountain range belongs to the National Park of Uvs. Also called Tsaagan Deli by the locals, meaning the White Heron, Tu...
Located 50 kilometres (31,07 miles) North of Khermen Tsav, in the extreme Northwest of the province of Omnogobi, the area of Bugiin Tsav is part of the Gurvan Saikhan National Park. In Bugiin Tsav wer...
Surrounded with a forest of Siberian birches, the ruins of Manzushir Monastery(destroyed in 1938), are located 5 kilometres (3 miles) Northeast Zuunmod, the capital of Töv aimag, and South of the stri...
Tsenkher Caves are located in the West of the sum of Mankhan, in the province of Khovd, about one hundred kilometres (62,14 miles) South Khovd city. They are 220 metres (721 feet) above the sea level,...
Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park extends on one hundred kilometres (62,14 miles) in the province of Ömnögovi and houses a part of the Gobi-Altai range. It was created in 1993, but only in 2000 it rea...
Erdenet city has 90.000 inhabitants, it’s the third most important city of Mongolia. It’s the capital of the province of Orkhon and it’s located in the Northern part of the country, 241 kilometres (14...
Mörön is the capital and the administrative centre of the province of Khövsgöl. It’s located 690 kilometres (429 miles) from Ulan Bator. Since 2014, a tarred road connects the two cities in 10 to 12 h...
Dalanzadgad is the capital of the province of Ömnögobi, in the extreme South of the country. It’s located 540 kilometres (335 miles) of Ulan Bator, 1470 metres (4822,84 feet) above the sea level. The ...
Khovd City is the capital of the province of Khovd. It’s located at 1405 metres (4610 feet) above the sea level in the Buyant River’s valley, at the foothills of Mount Yamaat Ulaan. It has about 28000...
Uliastai is the capital of the province of Zavkhan, in the Western part of Mongolia. It’s located 1115 kilometres (692,83 miles) from Ulan Bator, in a valley surrounded by mountains where the Chigeste...
Baibalik ruins are located 14 km (8,70 miles) from the centre of Khutagöndör. The site is protected by the State as a historical site since 1998. As many vestiges in Mongolia, Baibalik ruins are at...
Arvaikheer, ”barley steppe”, is the capital of the province of Övörkhangai and one of the most central points of Mongolia. It has a population of approximately 26000 inhabitants. The city is known for...
Zamiin Üud, ”gateway to the road”, is a sum, and at the same time the capital, of the province of Dornogovi. The population of the capital Zamiin-Üud is about 15000 inhabitants. The city is located on...
Elsen Tasarkhai The Elsen Tasarkhai is a part of the Mongol Els Sand Dunes, that continues 80 km long 5 km wide. The nature in this area is really spectacular and great for relaxing and located in Bu...
Tsaatans camp Tsaatans or Dukhas are a Mongolian minority ethnic group, small Tuvan community of Turkish origin, living in the extreme North of the province of Khovsgol, in the taiga. Taiga is a...
The Chuluut (stony river) is a river that flows down through the valleys of the Khangai Mountains in central Mongolia, and a tributary of the Ideriin goal. It is 415 km long, the width at the mouth of...
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