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Mongol Costumes Centre
This place designs and manufactures many of the fabulous dels (traditional coats) that are worn during the Naadam opening ceremony and other state events. You can see the different varieties of del and even dress up in traditional Mongolian gear for a professional photo shoot.The h
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Dashchoilon Khiid
Originally built in 1890 and destroyed in the late 1930s, this monastery was partially rebuilt and is now located in three huge concrete gers that once formed part of the State Circus. There are plans afoot to expand the monastery to include a six-storey building which will house a
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Stone Turtles
Outside the monastery walls are two stone turtles. Four of these sculptures once marked the boundaries of ancient Karakorum, acting as protectors of the city (turtles are considered symbols of eternity). The turtles originally had an inscribed stone stele mounted vertically on thei
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Dadal Museum
The entertaining village museum consists of a wooden ger, with a statue of young Temuujin out front, and paintings of the grown-up Khaan and his descendants inside, along with black stallion tail-hair pennants (the most prestigious kind!), a map depicting Mongol empire conquest and
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Khorgo Uul
This 200m-tall extinct volcano, and its surrounding lava field, dominates the area to the east of the lake. You walk around it on your way to the lake from Tariat, but you can also climb up to the rim of the crater for some fabulous views. There are steps up to the crater from the
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Tree Nursery
Retired forest engineer and local conservationist Byamba Tseyen helped establish, and now maintains this small tree-planting nursery on the edge of town in an attempt to fend off desertification from the Gobis shifting sands. She and her family have planted more than 10,000 trees a
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Nömrög Strictly Protected Area
About 70km from Khalkh Gol, Mongolia’s easternmost tip contains the spectacular but remote Nömrög Strictly Protected Area. Its river valleys, mountains and pine and birch forests – home to endangered bird species such as the Saker falcon and the white-naped crane, and mammals such
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Mongolian Statehood History Museum
Located inside the Government House, this free museum showcases Mongolias diplomatic relations stretching back to the time of the great khaans.The highlight is the upstairs hall where visiting heads of state gather in front of the nine horsetail banners (the same ones on display in
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Öglögchiin Kherem
Literally ‘Almsgivers Wall’, but also known as ‘Chinggis Khaan’s Castle’, this 3.2km-long stone wall, believed to date from the 8th century, stretches around a rocky slope in Batshireet sum. It was once thought to be a defensive work or a game preserve, but recent archaeological d
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Theatre Museum
The history of film and theatre in Mongolia is told through photographs and models at this small museum located on the 3rd floor of the Cultural Palace. The collection includes old costumes, cameras and musical instruments used by actors, producers and musicians that have worked in
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War Memorials
Numerous war memorials, built to honour the Soviet and Mongolian dead, are scattered about the area, most of them on the road to Khalkh Gol (town). Near the river bank theres a modest memorial marking the unknown heroes grave , where 90 nameless Mongolian men are seeing out eternit
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Other Sights
Apart from the main temples, there are several other interesting things to see. The gravestones of Abtai Khaan (1554–88) and his grandson Tüshet Khaan Gombodorj (the father of Zanabazar) stand in front of the Dalai Lama Süm and are inscribed in Mongol, Tibetan and Arabic scripts. I
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Ancient Karakorum
Just beyond the closest stone turtle, stretching for about 1km east, is the site of ancient Karakorum. The foundations of Karakorum’s buildings are all underground and little has been excavated, so you need lots of imagination when contemplating the grandness of it all, or visit th
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Taliin Agui
15km northwest of the mountain, this is one of the largest caves in Mongolia, but you have to descend into its subterranean gloom through a narrow crack to witness this - not an outing for the claustrophobic. Sometimes the entrance is covered in ice well into the warmer months, but
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Badma Ega Datsan
Belonging to Gandan Khiid, Badma Ega is a small, ramshackle place on a busy intersection. While Badma Ega is the original name for the temple, many know it by the alternative name Gesar Süm (Gesar was a mythical Tibetan king). It is a popular place for locals to request, and pay fo
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Uushigiin Uver
A Bronze Age site, Uushigiin Uver contains 14 upright carved deer stones, some with splendid white design against an ochre-coloured background, plus sacrificial altars (keregsuur ). This remarkable collection is located 20km west of Mörön, and about 1km north of the Delgermörön Gol
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Baldan Baraivun Khiid
This monastery in Ömnödelger sum was first built in 1700. At its peak it was one of the three largest monasteries in Mongolia and home to 5000 lamas. Communist thugs destroyed it in the 1930s, but most of the buildings have now been restored, the main temple with its beautifully pa
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Copper Mine
The open-cut mine, easily seen to the southeast of the city centre, was one of the biggest infrastructure projects developed in Mongolia during the communist era. Copper and molybdenum concentrate are still central to Erdenets economy, though production has been dwarfed by that of
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Burkhan Khalduun
Remote Burkhan Khalduun, elevation 2350m, is one of the sites mooted as the burial place of Chinggis Khaan, and also Mongolias holiest mountain. Whether or not Chinggis was buried at Gods Hill, The Secret History of the Mongols does describe how the khaan hid here as a young man an
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Khamaryn Khiid
This reconstructed monastery, an hour’s drive south of Sainshand, has grown up around the cult of Danzan Ravjaa, whom many locals believe was a living god. His image is sewn into a carpet that hangs in the main hall. The original monastery and three-storey theatre, built by Danzan
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