Top Sights

The capital city has ancient culture fused with modern day architecture. The ruins of monasteries sit alongside glass covered skyscrapers. Visit the covered Narantul Market for traditional goods.

2. Terelj National Park

Named after the Terelj river and is an area of endless slopes and valleys with high-eroded rock formations and mountains covered in dense forests

3. Khustai National Park

The name means ”the range of silver birches” and is home of re-introduced wild horses Takhi. Khustain Nuruu National Park, also known as Hustai National Park, is a large conservation area. It’s known for its population of wild takhi (Przewalski's horse) and its ger (yurt) camps. Trails lead across the steppe to the remote Moilt camp. In the park’s southwest, the Ungut monuments are a collection of ancient Turkic stone figures and Bronze Age rock carvings.

4. Gobi Desert

The Gobi Desert is a vast, arid region in northern China and southern Mongolia. It's known for its dunes, mountains and rare animals such as snow leopards and Bactrian camels. In the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, the Khongoryn Els sand dunes are said to sing when the wind blows. The park also features the deep ice field of Yolyn Am canyon. Dinosaur fossils have been found at the red "Flaming Cliffs" of Bayanzag.

5. Khuvsgul Lake

Lake Hovsgul is the largest fresh water lake in Mongolia by volume, and second largest by area. Khuvsgul is one of seventeen ancient lakes in the world, being more than 2 million years old, and the most pristine. It is part of a national park which is home to a large variety of wildlife such as musk deer, brown bear, ibex, Siberian moose, argali, elk, wolf and sable

6. Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex

Complex featuring an enormous equestrian statue of Genghis Khan, the Emperor of the Mongols, as well as an underground museum.

7. Erdene Zuu Monastery

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

8. Zaisan Memorial

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital. The Zaisan Memorial is a memorial in the southern area of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar that honors allied Mongolian and Soviet soldiers killed in World War II.

9. Yolin Am Ice Field

A narrow gorge in the Gurvan Saikan Mountains. Meaning “Valley of the Eagles,” Yolyn Am is an excellent place to observe vultures, wild Argali sheep and golden eagles. It’s also famous for the deep ice field that forms in winter and remain well into summer.

10. Flaming Cliffs

Red sand cliffs today better known as “flaming cliffs” due to their colours ochre and red. With the alternative Mongolian name of Mongolian: Улаан Эрэг, it is a region of the Gobi Desert in the Ömnögovi Province of Mongolia, in which important fossil finds have been made.

11. Tsagaan Suvarga

White-sand cliffs, striped pastel shades of purple, orange and red.. The Tsagaan Suvarga mine is a copper ore deposit and mine in development located in the Mandakh sum of Dornogovi aimag in the south of Mongolia. The deposit is estimated at reserves of 240.1 million tonnes of ore grading 0.53% copper. It is included in the Mongolian governments list of strategic important deposits.

12. Kharkhorin

The ancient capital of Mongolia established by Chinggis Khan in the 13th century. Kharkhorin is a town and sum center in Övörkhangai Province in Mongolia.

13. Khamariin Khiid Monastery

Mongolian Buddhists believe this monastery in the Gobi desert to be the center of the world's spiritual energy. Khamar Monastery, founded in 1820, was an important Red Hat sect Buddhist monastic, cultural, and education center in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert region until its destruction in 1937. It is located in Khatanbulag district, Dornogovi Province, approximately 47 km south of the provincial capital Sainshand

14. Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this lake. Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake also known as White Lake is a lake in the Khangai Mountains in central Mongolia. The Khorgo volcano is located near the eastern end of the lake and the Suman River springs from lake.

15. Gandan Monastery District

The Gandan Monastery is the largest and most significant Tibetan-style monastery in Mongolia and one of Ulaanbaatar’s most interesting sights. The Tibetan name translates to the "Great Place of Complete Joy". It currently has over 150 monks in residence.

16. Altai tavan bogd national park

The five sacred peaks are the highest ones in Mongolia. Contains a glacier spanning 23 square kilometers, several lakes and a stunning waterfall. Altai Tavan Bogd National Park sits in remote western Mongolia, bordering China and Russia. It's home to the towering, jagged Tavan Bogd mountains, the highest of which is Khüiten Peak. Nearby is the massive Potanin Glacier. In the center, the vast Khoton and Khurgan lakes are connected by a channel and home to many fish and bird species. The ancient rock carvings of Tsagaan Salaa lie on the park’s northeast fringe.

17. Orkhon Valley Natural and Historical Reserve

Home to the ancient capital city of Uighur and the Tuvkhun monastery. Eighth Lakes (Naiman Nuur) and Orkhon waterfall

18. Selenge

Selenge is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia, located in the north of the country. The name is derived from the Selenge river. The capital is Sükhbaatar. The province of Darkhan-Uul, and its capital Darkhan, is located as an enclave inside Selenge.

19. Amarbayasgalant Monastery

"Monastery of Tranquil Felicity", is one of the three largest Buddhist monastic centers in Mongolia.

20. Khorgo Mountain

Khorgiin Togoo is the extinct volcanic field reaching its highest point at 2240m located in the center of Tariat Soum Arkhangai province.

21. Tsetserleg

City nestled between rugged mountains, and with a charming temple overlooking the town. Tsetserleg, also transliterated as Cecerleg is the capital of Arkhangai Aimag in Mongolia. It lies on the northeastern slopes of the Khangai Mountains, 360 miles southwest of Ulaanbaatar.

22. Erdenet

Friendly city, with good ameneties. Erdenet is the second-largest city in Mongolia, with a 2017 population of 97,814, and the capital of the aimag of Orkhon. Located in the northern part of the country, it lies in a valley between the Selenge and Orkhon rivers about 240 km northwest of Ulaanbaatar, the capital.

23. Ugii Lake

Ögii Lake is a freshwater lake in eastern Arkhangai, in central Mongolia. The lake, designated as a Ramsar Site of International Importance, is known for its fish and for birdlife. It is a stopover point for migrating waterbirds of the family Anatidae. Almost half the lake is less than 3 m deep.

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