Mörön
Mörön is the administrative center of Khövsgöl, Mongolia.
Mörön is the administrative center of Khövsgöl, Mongolia. Before 1933, Khatgal had been the aimag capital.
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Worth seeing in and around Mörön
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Danzandarjaa Monastery
Gandandarjaalin Monastery is a small monastery built in the 1990s in Mörön, Khövsgöl Province to replace the original and much larger Mörön Monastery which was destroyed in 1937. The town of Mörön grew around the monastic complex, founded in 1809–11 on the banks of the Delgermörön river.
1.9 km · Monastery in Mörön, Khövsgöl, Mongolia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Bronze Age Complex Site with Deer Stones at Uushigiin Ovor (UO) (17 km west of Mörön). Deerstones are large 2- to 3-m-tall stones with deer and other images carved on the surface. They're from the Bronze Age (1500 BC). In 2023 this site, together with three others near Tsetserleg were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 01Museum of Khövsgöl Province
Monastery - Danzandarjaa Khiid - on the western edge of town, from 1890, rebuilt in 1990, well worth a 20-minute visit.
- 02Wrestling Stadium
- 03Chingunjav Square
- 04Soyombo Garden
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Things to do
At the south east of the town there is nice Delgermurun River flows and you can fish, swim there and have a boat tour there.
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Where to eat
50° 100° Hotel - Popular and until midnight. Some unfortunately tiny but unique (for northern Mongolia) salads. Otherwise a variety of Mongolian (try the honey beef for 6000 ₮) and perhaps Western fare such as pizza and lasagne (although apparently empty promises as they're never available). Guests at the hotel do not need a reservation. Free decent WiFi. No real coffee for now, just instant coffee mix.
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Getting to Mörön
- Ulaanbaatar (Sergelen) → Mörön533 km · quickest by road, 13h 34m · $60–80
- Irkutsk → Mörön414 km · quickest by road, 17h 4m · ₽2,200–2,930
- Ulan Ude → Mörön576 km · quickest by road, 15h 56m · ₽3,390–4,520
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mörön. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBus, or Micro-bus from Ulaanbaatar (around 2 days) or Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur 'White Lake' (6-8 hours on the rough track via Shine-Ider) or Khövsgöl Nuur (around 3-4 hours on the almost finished but unsealed road) Hitchhike or ride a bike, possibly paying a truck driver to take you Rent a jeep and driver from e.g.
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