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Centre of Shaman Eternal Heavenly Sophistication
Ulaanbaatar’s official Shaman Centre is a ramshackle collection of squalid gers teetering on the slope that leads to Gandan Khiid. While not particularly mystifying at first sight, this is the real deal, with a bona fide shaman at its helm, holding daily court. The resident shaman,
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Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs
Mongolia has plenty of fossils and dinosaur eggs and skeletons to show off - the country is second only to the United States in terms of the number of fossils located. This museum serves to show them off. The centerpiece of the museum is a 3m-tall, 5-tonne, flesh eating Tyrannosaur
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Victims of Political Persecution Memorial Museum
This little-known museum houses a series of haunting displays that chronicle the communist purges of the 1930s – an aggressive campaign to eliminate ‘counter-revolutionaries’. During the campaign, intellectuals were arrested and put on trial, sent to Siberian labour camps or shot.
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Günjiin Süm
Surrounded by magnificent forests and not far from a lovely river, the Baruun Bayan Gol, this Buddhist temple (elevation 1713m) was built in 1740 by Efu Dondovdorj to commemorate the death of his Manchurian wife, Amarlangui. Once part of a huge monastery containing about 70 sq metr
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Kul
When Chinggis Khaan decided to move his capital to Karakorum, he was well aware that the region had already been the capital of successive nomad empires. About 20km northeast of Khar Balgas lies the remainder of yet another of these, the Turkic khaganate (pre-Mongol empire). All th
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Amarbayasgalant Khiid
Amarbayasgalant Khiid was built between 1727 and 1737 by the Manchu emperor Yongzheng, and dedicated to the great Mongolian Buddhist and sculptor Zanabazar, whose mummified body was moved here in 1779. It is in the Manchu style, down to the inscriptions, symmetrical layout, imperia
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Mandshir Khiid
For the 350 monks who once called this place home, the gorgeous setting around this monastery (elevation 1645m) must have been a daily inspiration. Like most monasteries in Mongolia, Mandshir Khiid was destroyed in 1937 by Stalin’s thugs, but was partially restored in the 1990s. Ju
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Khövsgöl Nuur
Known as the Blue Pearl of the Mongolia, Khövsgöl Nuur is an extraordinary lake that stretches 136km deep into the Siberian taiga. The lake and mountains that surround it form the basis for this popular national park, a major destination for both Mongolian and international tourist
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Temples
The monastery is enclosed in an immense walled compound. Spaced evenly along each wall, about every 15m, are 108 stupas (108 is a sacred number to Buddhists). The three temples in the compound – Baruun Zuu, Zuu of Buddha and Zuun Zuu – which were not destroyed in the 1930s, are ded
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Bayanzag
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Üüreg Nuur
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Khajuu Bulag
This trickle of a mineral water spring, where Chinggis Khaan once allegedly drank, is about 2.2km west of Deluun Boldog and is easily spotted by the beribboned tree next to it. Fill your bottles, but watch out for the leeches!
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Yolyn Am
Yolyn Am was originally established to conserve the birdlife in the region, but it’s now more famous for its dramatic rocky cliffs and narrow, heavily shaded canyons that allow sheets of blue-veined ice to survive well into the summer. Yolyn Am is in the Zuun Saikhan Nuruu, 46km we
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Deluun Boldog
About 3.5km north of Dadal village is a collection of hills known as Deluun Boldog. On top of one of the hills is a stone marker , erected in 1990 to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the writing of The Secret History of the Mongols . The inscription says that Chinggis Khaan was
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Aimag Museum & Gallery
In the former Government House, the thorough collections here stampede through the aimags history, from Stone Age and Bronze Age finds to the communist years and beyond. Standout exhibits include a painting of Nine Punishments, one of which involves a man wearing female underwear,
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Ganga Nuur
Ganga Nuur is about 13km southeast of Dariganga. From the end of September until mid-October it is home to thousands of migrating swans. Along the shore, in a fenced compound, is delicious and safe spring water. If you dont fancy paying the car entry fee you can park by the gate an
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Ikh Burkhant
At Ikh Burkhant, a huge image of Janraisag (‘Avalokitesvara’ in Sanskrit) is carved into the hillside, its legs splayed out. The carving was commissioned in 1864 by local regent Bat Ochiriin Togtokhtooriin, or Tovan (van means ‘lord’) and was renovated in the mid-1990s. There are f
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International Intellectual Museum
This museum has a collection of puzzles and games made by local artists. One puzzle requires 56,831 movements to complete, says curator Zandraa Tumen-Ulzii. There are dozens of handmade chess sets and traditional Mongolian puzzles that are distant cousins to Rubiks cube. An enthusi
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Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery
Sometimes called the Fine Art Gallery, this place contains a large and impressive display of modern and uniquely Mongolian paintings and sculptures, with nomadic life, people and landscapes all depicted in styles ranging from impressionistic to nationalistic. The Soviet romantic pa
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Khoton Nuur
The southern shore along Khoton Nuur has excellent camping spots, especially around Ulaan Tolgoi , the spit of land that juts majestically into the lake. The northern tip of the lake is marked by Aral Tolgoi (Island Head), a unique hill surrounded by verdant pastureland and rocky e
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