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Mongolia

Монгол улс · Eastern Asia

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Gobi Desert and Khongoryn Els
The Gobi isn't all sand, but Khongoryn Els are huge 'singing dunes', up to 300 m high and 100 km long, which hum when the sand slides.
Gorkhi-Terelj National Park
A national park of granite rocks, forests and grassy valleys about 70 km from Ulaanbaatar, the easiest place to taste the Mongolian country…
Khövsgöl Lake
A vast, clear freshwater lake in the far north of Mongolia, near the Russian border, surrounded by mountains and larch forest, called the '…
Naadam Festival, Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia's great national festival, held on 11 to 13 July, with the 'three manly games': wrestling, horse racing, with child jockeys riding…
Erdene Zuu Monastery, Kharkhorin
Mongolia's oldest surviving Buddhist monastery, founded in 1585 near the ruins of Karakorum, Genghis Khan's capital, surrounded by a wall t…