Horse ride or hike? This isolated hilltop monastery can only be reached by foot or horse, so be prepared to hike, absorb a bit of history, marvel at the stunning views and work up an appetite on the way down just in time for a picnic lunch in the middle of nowhere. Tuvkhon Monastery sits …
This natural wonder in the Orkhon Valley is the result of an earthquake and a volcanic eruption that occurred some 20,000 years ago. Fed by the Orkhon River, the water thunders down the 26-meter high waterfall into an almost perfectly circular basin and the adjoining gorge. One of the best sights in Central Mongolia Regardless …
Dundgobi, Middle Gobi province, Mongolia I can hike these rocks all day! That thought crossed my mind when Baga Gazriin Chuluu ‘pile of rocks’ came into view. Arranged in a unique formation, Mother Nature has stacked together flat layers of granite rocks to form towers, ridges and columns, wind-polishing the granite canyon rock faces into …
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