1 Day Tour: Terelj National Park And Chinggis Statue

1 Day Tour: Terelj National Park And Chinggis Statue

Day 1. Terelj National Park

One of the Mongolian tourists attract, Terelj National Park is a picturesque place of high granite cliffs that were eroded by the earth forces creating a magnificent landscape of granite tors as if sculpted by some giant sculptor. Terelj is only 65-70 km east of Ulaanbaatar. Let’s explore the extraordinary formation of rocks and stones; some of them look quite similar to giant turtles and after that visit one of a small Buddhist temple in Terelj national park.

Next point: Chinggis Khaan Monument

Next, we will continue to the Chinggis Khan Statue complex is located in “Tsonjin Boldog,” a historical place where Chinggis Khaan found his golden whip. The statue created as a memorial to the Man of the Millennium “Chinggis Khaan.” The 40-meter high stainless steel statue of Chinggis Khaan on horseback is the largest of its kind in the world.

Activities: Hiking, visiting museums, photo shooting, Horse riding

Itinerary
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Pass By: Khustain Nuruu National Park, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia

We start our Mongolia Travel from Enza Tours LLC office. Before we start our tour guide and local driver will introduce them. Our tour will start from Gandan Monastery which is the largest and most famous Buddhist temple in Mongolia. After that, we will drive to Khustai national park, which is a place for wild animals. The most interesting thing is to watch wild horse “Takhi”, which were discovered by the Doctor Prezwalski in 1933. Takhi were almost extinct but people rehabilitated this creature in the wildlife. We will discover in this area animals such as well as wolfs, marmots, wild sheep and deer. Our aim will be to descry a family of wild horses including its babies. After that, we will do some hiking through the untouched nature, sort of flora and we suggest you bring your camera to have nice landscapes photos. At the end of this tour, we will visit a nomadic family and we will ride a Mongolian horse for one hour. In the end, we will drive back to Ulaanbaatar city. In the city, you will be able to go out with your guide to see around the city and to have Mongolian dinner together.