MIDDLE GOBI DESERT
How to get: by jeep: 250-280 kms and 6-8 hours driving
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Middle Gobi Province area
Middle gobiarea is the semi desert and semi-mountainous area. The area covers a lot of distinguished landscapes with interesting stories and legends such as majestic rocky hill, picturesque oasis, sand dunes, red cliffs, caves. Also this place is the main significant place, where Mongolian historical and cultural heritage is kept among the local people very well. The place is very famous for singers, who sing Mongolian national long songs, people hospitality, temple ruins and rock inscriptions. |
“Small land” rocky hills
“Small land” rocky hills, elevated at 1768 m above see level, contains a lot of beautiful and unusual view of landscapes. There oldest lamas used to live making meditation in its lovely gorge, that is full of wildflowers. They erected their Ger-house on the small stream voluntarily and they could have water in ger without going far away. In the gorge it is available to explore the wild sheep, curative spring for eyes disease and to look in gobi cave.
Sum khokh oasis
Sum Khukh oasis is the most luxury oasis in the gobi area. The oasis comprises the small lake, where birds are crowded, and reed covered small forest. There is a tiny island in the middle of the lake. In XVI-XVII centuries a Tibetian lord started to build a big castle with rocks. He was arrested before the castle was not covered with the roof. Although later local people built a roof on the castle several times, the roof was broken down in the thunderstorm. Also there are 40 m long fortress and un-khown building ruins.
Tsogt rock inscription
The descendant of Chinggis khan Tsogt Prince was not only the high-educated one and very talented man on poem and translation, but he was the best politic man and military leader. He translated many books and established 7 big temples with help of his mother. In the autumn of 1621 during hunting time, he was deeply touched and told 7 stanzas /28 lines/ poem by his heart. After 4 years- in 1625 his soldier carved the poem on the rock. Besides the rock inscription, the rock has numerous rock paintings dated to III-IV B.C.
Ugtaal sangiin dalai temple
When Tibetan Dalai lama visited to Mongolia at the first time, Mongolian religious leader meet the Dalai lama in this place called “Ugtaal”. For this meeting's significance and for an honor of Dalai Lama, Mongolians built a temple in this place. The temple was one of the biggest temples in Mongolia and it kept a lot of valuable books. The temple was destroyed down by purge's period-1935-1940.
