Archives: Locations

Erdene Zuu Monastery: Altan Khaan of the Golden blood lineage (royal king’s blood) decided to build a Buddhist Monastery on top of the ruins of Kharkhorin, the ancient capital, in 1585. This monastery is called Erdene Zuu Monastery. This monastery complex used to include 60 smaller temples and housed up to 1000 lamas at once. […]

Elsen Tasarkhai: Elsen Tasarkhai, otherwise known as the Little Gobi are majestic golden sand dunes. These sand dunes spread for around 80 km across 3 of the 21 provinces of Mongolia: Tuv, Bulgan, and Uvurkhangai. Located a 4-hour drive from the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, this location is perfect if you would like to see Mongolian […]

Dulaan Khaan Mountain: Dulaan Khaan Mountain is one of the ancient volcanically created mountains of Mongolia at an altitude of 1580m. It erupted about 20000 years ago. Consequently, you can clearly see the traces of its eruption from ancient crevasses with rivers flowing down and a lot of basalts that lie on the ground. Most […]

Dukha Tsaatan Tribe Summer Camp: The small ethnic group of Tuva called Dukha, Reindeer, or Tsaatan tribe still continue their nomadic life, moving from one camping place to the other several times during the year. Reindeer tribes move to their summer camp at the beginning of June at the altitude of 2100-2300 m, there are […]

Dukha Tribe Winter Camp: Dukha tribe winter camps are set deep in the forest at 1600-1800m above sea level. This way the tribes can take shelter from the frigid winds and heavy snowing of the northern region of Mongolia. In this extreme weather, Reindeer can easily find and eat moss in the snow by digging […]

Ulaan Taiga National Park: After the long winter is over, Dukha Reindeer Tribe Spring Camp spring migration starts. The moving would be much slower with their pregnant female reindeer. Reindeer tribes still settle in a sheltered forest area similar to their winter camp to get cover from severe winds and harsh weather. Female reindeer starts […]

Dukha Reindeer Tribe Autumn Camp: At the beginning of August, most Mongolian Tsaatan tribes start to move down to their campsite for the Autumn. The tribes will remain at the camp for less than 2 months and move once again to another Autumn camp when it begins to snow at the beginning of September. Reindeer […]

Darkhad Depression: The Darkhad Depression is a beautiful low land rift valley in the North of Mongolia. Created by tectonic activity, it lays in parallel to the valley of Khuvsgul Lake, the Blue Pearl of Mongolia. This valley remains a significant water area with more than 200 lakes around the area of this depression. There […]

Dalanzadgad Town: Dalanzadgad town is the provincial Capital of Umnogovi (South Gobi) province. This most southern provincial capital and town has a population of 24 thousand. Scheduled domestic flights to Dalanzadgad are available. However, only between June-September. You can also reach the town by car as it has a paved road connected with Ulaanbaatar city. […]

Baga Gazriin Chuluu: Baga Gazriin Chuluu is an area of picturesque granite formations in the middle of the Gobi at an elevation of 1773m. You can reach these unique mountains with a 4-5 hours drive south of Ulaanbaatar city. The area of the formations has many wild games that you might get a glimpse of. […]