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Kherlen Bar Khot
These small-scale ruins, consisting of the remains of four temples and eroded pedestals of statues, as well as a badly preserved 10m-high brick tower is all that remains of a 12th-century fortress town that was once part of the ancient state of Qidan.Kherlen Bar Khot is about 90km
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Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area
To the northeast, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park joins the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area, comprising more than 1.2 million hectares of the Töv, Selenge and Khentii aimags. The Khan Khentii park is almost completely uninhabited by humans, but it is home to endangered species of
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Shiliin Bogd Uul
This is the highest peak in Sükhbaatar aimag. The extinct volcano is sacred to many Mongolians, and it used to be the case of no girls allowed when it came to climbing the mountain, but it seems that the local divine powers have a more egalitarian mindset these days; several local
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Museum of Orkhon Aimag
Hidden in a concrete complex on the right side of the Marx mural, this small museum showcases a mix of subjects – from Khalkha, Kazakh and Buriad national costume, traditional musical instruments and snuff bottles made of semi-precious stones to a model of the copper mine (you can
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Bulgan Aimag Museum
This museum on the main street has some information on obscure sights in the aimag; a display on J Gurragchaa, Mongolia’s first man in space; war photos, and a few musical instruments, including the ol human-femur-cum-wind-instrument. The ethnography section features a red-eyed wol
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Dugany Am
If you are headed from Yolyn Am to Khongoryn Els, an adventurous and rough alternative route takes you through the Dugany Am, a spectacular and narrow gorge barely wide enough to allow a jeep to pass that eventually leads to some spectacular views and a small stupa that has been bu
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Khövsgöl Aimag Museum
Given the variety of wildlife in the aimag, stuffed animals such as the ibex and the lynx are, not surprisingly, the main feature of the museum, as well as a large tusk from a woolly mammoth dating back at least 40,000 years. Highlights of the ethnographic display include a beribbo
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Aimag Museum
Since Övörkhangai lies partly in the forested Khangai region and the Gobi Desert, the Aimag Museum boasts a better-than-average selection of stuffed mountain and desert animals. There are also some fossils and arrows, local artwork and leftovers from Karakorum. If you wish to take
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Javkhlant Tolgoi
This hilltop near the river and just to the north of the main street features a pavilion, nine stupas and the concrete likenesses of an elk, ibex and argali sheep. The views from the top are good. To the northeast, 1.6km away, you can just make out the ruined remains of the once-wa
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Khatanbaatar Magsarjav Mausoleum
Located 1km southwest of the Bulgan Hotel, across the stream and at the top of a hill, this curious silver building resembling a concrete ger is actually a mausoleum in the shape of a hat. It allegedly contains the remains of Khatanbaatar Magsarjav, a key figure in the 1911 Revolut
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Balbals
In the steppe around the town there are dozens of broken balbals (stones carved into roughly human shape) – mostly dating back to the 13th- or 14th-century Mongol period. According to tradition, you should place an offering of food in the cup held in the statue’s left hand. The thr
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Erdenemandal Khiid
This monastery was originally built in 1830, about 20km from the present site. At the height of its splendour, there were seven temples and 1000 monks in residence, but the Stalinist purges of 1938 put a rather abrupt end to that. The new monastery, surrounded by a wall topped with
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Bakula Rinpoche Süm
The Bakula Rinpoche Süm was founded in 1999 by the late Indian ambassador, himself a reincarnated lama from Ladakh. The Rinpoche’s ashes were interred inside a golden stupa inside the temple in 2004. The monastery, used mainly as a centre for Buddhist teaching, also has a Centre fo
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Stone Marker
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, built in 1990 to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the writing of The Secret History of the Mongols . The inscription says that Chinggis Khaan was bo
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Mongolian National Artists Union
A unique cultural experience in Ulaanbaatar is a visit to the studios of the Mongolian National Artists Union. The artists are welcoming and you can offer to buy their work on the spot. It’s all in a hard-to-find blue building set off the road, behind a gas station; look for the br
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Altan Ovoo
The skyline of the neat little town of Dariganga – one of the few in Mongolia where the streets actually have names and numbers – is dominated by Altan Ovoo, a wide former crater topped by a stupa , which only men are allowed to visit. The stupa was built in 1990 on top of the ruin
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Dayan Derkhiin Agui
Dayan Derkhiin Agui is a cave considered holy by local Buddhists and shamanists. According to legend, the monastery was founded after the famed shaman Dayan Derkh turned to stone rather than be captured by Chinggis Khaan, whose wife the shaman had stolen. In winter you could reach
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Hunting Museum
For an offbeat adventure, drop by the home of Zundoi-Davag, a 96-year-old hunter who will be happy to show you his contribution to the demise of endangered species, such as the snow leopard and the wolverine, sitting cheek by jowl in the large barn. He may also regale you with hunt
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Phallic Rock
Near Kharkhorin, a 60cm-long stone penis attracts steady streams of curiosity-seekers. The ‘phallic rock’, which points erotically to something interestingly called a ‘vaginal slope’, is hidden up a small valley, about 2km southeast of Erdene Zuu Khiid (look for the sign from the m
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Sangiin Kherem
At the northern end of the city are some crumbling walls built around 1762 by the Manchu (Qing dynasty) warlords who once brutally governed Mongolia. The 40,000 sq metre walled compound once contained several temples, a Chinese graveyard and the homes of the Manchu rulers, though t
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