Soum Guide · Bulgan Aimag
Gurvanbulag
Southern Bulgan soum that holds most of Khögnö Khan National Park, where steppe meets taiga beside the Elsen Tasarkhai dunes.
- Aimag
- Bulgan
- Population (2025)
- 3,131
- In Mongolian
- Гурванбулаг сум
Overview
Khögnö Khan National Park lies in Gurvanbulag soum, and the mountain itself also reaches into neighbouring Rashaant. The mountain rises to 1,962 metres; the area was made a nature reserve in 1997 and a national park in 2003.
On the mountain are the remains of a 17th-century monastery founded by Zanabazar, restored after 1990. Below it runs Elsen Tasarkhai, a belt of dunes about 80 km long.
What to See
- Khögnö Khan mountain and its restored monastery
- The Elsen Tasarkhai dunes
Visiting
- About 250 km from Ulaanbaatar on the road to Kharkhorin, a natural overnight stop on the way to the Orkhon valley.
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