The Northern part of Mongolia is mountainous. The mountains are covered with the forest on the north side and bared in the southern side with broad valleys dotted with nomads’ white gers and their countless animals. There are many scenic places, cultural and historical remains. Mongolian second biggest, the deepest and the earth’s freshest water Lake Khuvsgul located in the northern Mongolia. Also, northern Mongolia is southern edge of the Siberian Taiga. The reindeer people or Dukha Tribe inhabit in the depths of the Taiga and are about 500 people of 80 families. They live in tepee covered with canvas or animal skins. Their extensive knowledge of nature allows them to live in harmony with nature and use herbs and plants for food and medicinal purposes. They are even more dependent on nature than the Nomads elsewhere in Mongolia. The most famous shamans are among them. There is a documentary about an American family with an ill boy. They heard about the magic and healing powers of the Shamans and traveled to Mongolia to meet them. After the boy met with the shaman and shaman’s practices, his parents felt the boy’s condition had improved much. Since the production of the movie, many Americans have been inspired to travel to Mongolia to meet with Shamans.
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Khuvsgul Lake and National Park
The National Park has an area square kilometers including the lake of Khuvsgul Nuur and its watershed: the basin of the river Uur Gol, and parts of Zuun Sayan Mountain. It has been protected since 1992. Khuvsgul Nuur is a huge deep lake situated in the northern edge of Mongolia and it covers an area of 2.612 square kilometers. It extends 134 kilometers from north to south and is 39 kilometers wide. Khuvsgul is the deepest lake in Central Asia, with a maximum depth of 262 meters. Its water is crystal clear and fresh. Water surface is 1.624 meters above sea level. 46 rivers drain into the lake of Khuvsgul Nuur, but only Egiin river exits from it, draining into the Orkhon river and so to Lake Baikal in the Russian Federation. Plenty of fish are found in the lake of Khuvsgul Nuur such as Baikal Omul, Lenok, Umber, Siberian Roach and River Perch. The reindeer people live in the depths of the taiga forest on the west and northwest
sides of the lake and visiting the reindeer people takes 7-9 days travel driving overland and on horseback. Regular migration of the reindeer herders to their farmsteads high in the mountains is something worth seeing and experiencing. Tsaatan, reindeer herders represent another unique cluster of nomad herders with their own distinct tradition and identity who live of their land by hunting wildlife, gathering, and herding reindeer. The highest mountain peak of Munkh Saridag is at 3,491 meters above sea level.
Amarbayasgalant Monastery
Amarbayasgalant Khiid is the second largest monastery in Mongolia, is located at the foot of the Mount Buren Khan in Baruunburen soum, Selenge province, in northern Mongolia. The monastery was erected in 1727-1736 in memory of Mongolia’ s first Bogd Gegeen Zanabazar (1635-1723) and Zanabazar’s remains were transferred there in 1779.Tradition holds that while searching for an appropriate site to build the monastery, the exploratory group came across two young boys, Amar and Bayasgalant, playing on the steppe. They were inspired to build the monastery on that very spot and to name it after the two children, Amar-Bayasgalant. Amarbayasgalant was one of the very few monasteries to have partly escaped destruction during the Stalinist purges of 1937, after which only the buildings of the central section remained. Many of the monks were executed by the country’s Communist regime and the monastery’s artifacts, including thangkas, statues, and manuscripts were looted, although some were hidden until more fortunate times. Today, only 28 temples remain. Restoration work began in 1988 and was completed in 1998. There are currently around 50 monks living in the monastery.
Uran Togoo Mountain- Extinct volcano Uran uul
Uran Togoo uul is a national protected area and situated in Khutag-Undursoum, Bulgan province. The area was preserved by the government as a Natural Monument with 5800 hectares in 1965.On the top of the mountain is a crater, 500 to 600 meters wide and 50 meters deep, filled with a small “crater lake” about 20 meters in diameter. Red Deer, Argali, Wild Boar are there. Volcano is erupted as the tectonic movements of the Earth’ s crust about 20 thousand years ago. Tulga, Togoo and Jalavch are extinct volcanoes, located 12 kilometers south of Uran Uul.
Erdenet city
Erdenet is the second largest city in Mongolia, with a population 104.800, and the capital of the aimag (province) of Orkhon. The city was established in 1975 and is located 371 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar city. In May 1994 Orkhon aimag was established centred on Erdenet city. The main industry of Erdenet is the mining and processing of copper ore at Erdenet Ovoo and was established in 1978. Erdenet mines 22.23 million tons of ore per year, producing 126,700 tons of copper and 1,954 tons of molybdenum.
Darkhan city
Darkhan is the third-largest city in Mongolia and was built in 1961. Darkhan city is 219 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar in the valley of Kharaa river. Darkhan- Uul province was established in 1994. It has a population of 107.751 in 2021. Darkhan is one of the largest industrial centers of Mongolia, with factories for steel and building materials, leather and food processing.
