Dornod Mongol – Menen Steppe

Dornod Mongol – Menen Steppe

The Menen steppe is the largest in the country and is located in Dornod province. The grasslands are located west of Buir Lake and are over 90 km long and over 60 km wide. The grasslands have been home to abundant grazing plants, antelopes, wolves, and rare animals. Mongolian antelopes usually graze, and hundreds of […]

Golden Eagle Festival

Golden Eagle Festival

The Golden Eagle Festival is an annual traditional festival held in Bayan-Ölgii aimag, Mongolia. In the eagle festival, Kazakh eagle hunters (Burkitshi) celebrate their heritage and compete to catch small animals such as foxes and hares with specially trained golden eagles, showing off the skills both of the birds and their trainers. Prizes are awarded […]

Blue Lake (Khokh Nuur)

Blue Lake (Khokh Nuur)

This lake is situated in Khan Khentii National Park and surrounded forested Mountains. A fresh water Lake Khukh which consists of 2 lakes, linked underground, is located on south of Mount Kharzurkh 1675m above sea level. Area around the lake is a place of natural beauty surrounded by a mountain and is abundant of various […]

Khan Khentii Mountain National Park

Khan Khentii Mountain National Park

The Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area is located in the Khentii Mountains, declared by UNESCO as world heritage site and includes the sacred Burkhan Khaldun mountain. This is considered to be the birthplace of Genghis Khan, as well as one of the rumored locations of his tomb. Khan Khentii is covered with forests and mountain […]

Uran Togoo National Park

Uran Togoo National Park

The Uran Togoo is a national protected area in the Bulgan Province of Mongolia. It is located about 60 kms directly west of Bulgan city around the extinct volcanoes Uran Togoo, Tulga, Togoo, and Jalavch Uul. The main highlight is Uran Uul mountain extinct volcano is located on the half way point between the two […]

Amarbayasgalant Monastery

Amarbayasgalant Monastery

Amarbayasgalant Monastery is one of the three largest Buddhist monastic centers in Mongolia. The monastery complex is located in the valley near the Selenge river in Selenge province in northern Mongolia. The construction of the monastery temples, towers and other buildings, completed in 1737. The monastery is one of only few monasteries that survived the […]

Shamanism

Shamanism

Mongolian shamanism is ethnic religion that has been practiced in Khuvsgul area where people most commonly practice shamanism. Some of the most powerful shaman live in this area. The shamanism rituals is based on the view that besides the visible world the shaman interacts with many other worlds or universes, and that contacting the spirits […]

Reindeer People-Darkhad Valley

Reindeer People-Darkhad Valley

The beautiful, mountainous Darkhad Valley, is located in the Far North of Mongolia. The area is home to some of the most powerful shamans in Mongolia. Darkhad Basin lies 50 km west of Lake Khuvsgul. Most of the Tsaatan minority, or the reindeer breeders, live in this region. This ethnic people’s lifestyle and traditions are […]

Khuvsgul Lake

Khuvsgul Lake

Lake Khövsgöl (Khuvsgul) is the largest freshwater lake in Mongolia by volume and second largest by area. It is located near the northern border of Mongolia. The lake is 136 kilometers long, 36 kilometers wide, 262 meters deep from its surface to the bottom and make up over 1% of the world’s fresh water. Khuvsgul […]

Khorgo-Terkh National Park

Khorgo-Terkh National Park

Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park covers the picturesque Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake and the nearby Khorgo Mountain (a recently extinct volcano) in the north central khangai Mountains of Mongolia. The marshes along the west end of the lake are an important breeding and staging area for birds. The park is located in Tariat District of Arkhangai […]