Harhorin city 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. ...
Erdene zuu monastery Erdene Zuu Monastery, ”Jewel Temple”, was built between 1585 and 1586. It’s certainly the oldest Buddhist monastery of Mongolia. Located in the province of Ovorkhangai, about 2...
Orkhon valley 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 Kh...
Khustai national park 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 ...
Terelj national park 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 stri...
Terkhiin tsagaan natural park Khorgo – Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur Natural Park includes two jewels of Mongolia: Lake Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur and the extinct volcano Khorgo. Lake Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur, ...
Khongor sand dunes 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 on...
Yoliin am canyon 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...
Altai-Tavan- Bogd national park 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 ...
Khogno khan national park Khögno Tarna 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 hec...
Tsenkher hot springs 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 su...
Naiman nuur national park 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 lar...
Bayanzag flaming cliffs 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. ...
Tsambagarav national park 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 (...
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...
Mongol sand dunes 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 kilometre...
Dungenee canyon 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...
Ongi monastery Ongi 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 mon...
Amarbayasgalant monastery 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 lar...
Otgontenger national park 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-...
Uran togoo natural park 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...
Tsagaan suvarga rocky formation 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 roc...
Ulaagchiin khar lake Ulaagchiin 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 Er...
Kharkhiraa mountain 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 340...
Uureg lake 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...
Bayan Nuur Lake 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. ...
Gun Galuut natural reserve 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 Ula...
Eej Khairkhan 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 T...
Ikh Bogd Mountain 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...
Menen steppes 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 ...
Black heart's blue lake 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,provi...
Khermen Tsav 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 locate...
Khangai 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 Kh...
Khyargas Lake 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...
Dadal soum 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 ...
Zorgol Khairkhan mountain 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 ...
Tsetserleg 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...
Ondor ulaan soum 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 n...
Sainshand 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 stra...
Khar us lake 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) kilome...
Ogii lake 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 ...
Jargalant Soum 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, ...
Baga gazariin chuluu rocky formation 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 ...
Mukhart river source 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 popl...
Galuut Canyon 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...
Khar Balgas ruins 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. ...
Dariganga Natural Park 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 G...
Olgii 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 inh...
Tolbo lake 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) ...
Senjit Khad 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...
Dorgon lake Lake Dörgön 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...
Turgen waterfall 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. T...
Uvs lake 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 ...
Achit lake 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 bor...
Avarga Toson Lake 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 ...
Turgen mountain 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 ...
Bugiin Tsav 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 ...
The tsenkher caves 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...
Gurvan saikhan national park 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 ...
Erdenet city 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, 24...
Moron 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 1...
Dalanzadgad 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 ...
Khovd 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 ab...
Uliastai 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 ...
Baibalik's ruins 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, B...
Arvaikheer 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 cit...
Zamiin uud 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...
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...
Chuluut River Chuluut River is a river flowing through the valleys of the Khangai Mountains in central Mongolia, and a tributary of the Ider River. It is 415 km long, the width at the mouth into t...
Sand of Bor Khyar 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...
Aglag Buteel Monastery This meditation center was built by Buddhist artist and lama G.Purevbat to practice meditation, educate oneself and write books. It is located 100 kilometers northwest of Ula...
Manjusri Monastery is a former Buddhist monastery established in 1733 and destroyed by Mongolian communists in 1937. Its ruins are located approximately 15 kilometers (as the crow flies, 43 kilometer...
Mongolia Nomadic Tourist Camp At only 55 km away from the capital city Ulan Bator, you can enjoy a local stay in yurts at the Mongol Nomadic camp. Located at the West side of the city, towards the ...