Soum Guide · Töv Aimag
Altanbulag
"Golden Spring": a Töv soum that shares Khustai National Park, where the wild takhi horse was returned to the steppe.
- Aimag
- Töv
- Population (2025)
- 2,983
- In Mongolian
- Алтанбулаг сум
Overview
Altanbulag, "Golden Spring", covers 5,668 km² of Töv aimag at about 1,260 metres. The first soum of this name was set up in 1936 and the present one in 1959; it has four bags: Altan-Ovoo, Argal, Sumt and Zamt.
Khustai National Park spans Altanbulag, Argalant and Bayankhangai soums, about 100 km west of Ulaanbaatar. There, in 1992, 16 zoo-bred takhi, or Przewalski's horses, were released into the wild, more than twenty years after the last wild one was seen.
What to See
- Khustai National Park and its takhi herds
- Wapiti, gazelles and some 217 bird species recorded in the park
Visiting
- Khustai is an easy day or overnight trip from Ulaanbaatar; arrange visits in advance.
- Keep to the tracks and keep your distance from the horses.
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