Things to Do in Mongolia

Atsaysky datsan

Atsaysky datsan "Tubden Darzhaling" is one of the oldest Buddhist Gelug monasteries in Buryatia, which operated from 1743 to 1935.In 1743, in the north-east side of Goose Lake, in the mouth of the river Zagustay Selenge Buryats, put the temple arc represent a felt yurt.The first shireete (superiors)…

Orkhon inscriptions

The Orkhon inscriptions, also known as the Orhon inscriptions, Orhun inscriptions, Khöshöö Tsaidam monuments (also spelled Khoshoo Tsaidam, Koshu-Tsaidam or Höshöö Caidam), or Kul Tigin steles (simplified Chinese: 阙特勤碑; traditional Chinese: 闕特勤碑; pinyin: Què tèqín bēi), are…

Khogno Khan National Park

Khogno Khan National Park (Mongolian: Хөгнө Хан) is centered on Khogno Khan Mountain, about 60 km east of Kharakoram. The park features many historical sites, including the ruins of a 17th-century monastery.

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Hustai National Park

Khustain Nuruu National Park (Mongolian: Хустайн нуруу, Birch Mountains), located in Töv Province (Aimag), is a national park of Mongolia. It is also known as Hustai National Park.

Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

Gorkhi-Terelj National Park (Mongolian: Горхи-Тэрэлж [ɡɔrxi tɛrɛɮʃ], creek-rhododendron) is one of the national parks of Mongolia. The Terelj tourist zone has a number of "tourist camps" (Mongolian: жуулчны бааз, juulchny baaz).

Manjusri Monastery

Mañjuśrī Monastery (Mongolian: Манзуширын хийд; alternately translated as Manzushir; Chinese: 福祈寺; pinyin: Fúqí sì) is a former gompa established in 1733 and destroyed by Mongolian communists in 1937.

Choijin Temple Restaurant

The Choijin Lama Temple (Mongolian: Чойжин ламын сүм; Official name given by Manchu Qing Emperor Guangxu (1871 – 1908): Mongolian: Өршөөлийг хөгжүүлэгч сүм, ᠥᠷᠥᠰᠢᠶᠡᠯ ᠢ ᠬᠥᠭᠵᠢᠭᠦᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ ᠰᠦᠮ᠎ᠡ; Manchu: ᡤᠣᠰᡳ…

National Academic Theatre of Opera

The National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia (also known as Mongolian State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet) was established on 15 May 1963 as the State Musical Drama Theatre was split into the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet and the State Academic Drama Theatre upon…

Mongolian People's Central Theatre

People'sThe Mongolian People's Central Theatre is a theatre based in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. It was established on November 12, 1931.

Sukhbaatar Statue

Sükhbaatar's Mausoleum (Mongolian: Сүхбаатарын бунхан) was a mausoleum for Damdin Sükhbaatar, leader of Mongolia's 1921 revolution, and Khorloogiin Choibalsan, head of Mongolia's government from the late 1930s to his death in 1952, in Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar, on the norther…

Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs

Central Museum of Dinosaurs of Mongolia is a paleontological museum in Chingeltei District, Ulaanbaatar. It is dedicated to the preservation and discovery of dinosaur fossils. The museum was finished in 1974.

Circum-Baikal Railway

The Circum-Baikal Railway (Russian: Кругобайка́льская желе́зная доро́га or Кругобайка́лка, abbreviated "КБЖД") is a historical railway in the Irkutsk region of Russia.

Opera & Ballet Theatre

Buryat Opera and Ballet Theatre (officially known as the "G. Tsydynzhapov Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre", Buryat: Г.

Amarbayasgalant Monastery

Amarbayasgalant Monastery (Mongolian: Амарбаясгалант хийд, ᠠᠮᠤᠷᠪᠠᠶᠠᠰᠬᠤᠯᠠᠩᠲᠤ ᠬᠡᠶᠢᠳAmurbayasqulangtu keyid; Manchu: ᡠ᠊ᡵᡤᡠᠨ ᡝᠯᡥᡝ ᠰᡟ Urgun Elhe Sy, Chinese: 慶寧寺) or the "Monastery of Tranquil Felicity", is one of t…

Baldanbraiven hiid, Buddhist monastery

Baldan Bereeven Monastery (Mongolian: Балдан бэрээвэн хийд) is a Gelugpa (Yellow Hat) Buddhist monastery located in the Baruun Jargalant River valley Ömnödelger district, Khentii Province, Mongolia.

Burkhan Khaldun

The Burkhan Khaldun (Cyrillic: Бурхан Халдун) is one of the Khentii Mountains in the Khentii Province of northeastern Mongolia. The mountain or its locality is believed to be the birthplace of Genghis Khan as well as his tomb.

Bystrinsky Golets

Bystrinsky Golets (Russian: Быстринский Голец), also known as Barun-Shabartuy, is a mountain in the Chikokon Range.