Mörön

Getting to Mörön

Bus, 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. Ulaanbaatar.

Worth seeing

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.

1. 01
   Museum of Khövsgöl Province

   Monastery - Danzandarjaa Khiid - on the western edge of town, from 1890, rebuilt in 1990, well worth a 20-minute visit.

2. 02
   Wrestling Stadium
3. 03
   Chingunjav Square
4. 04
   Soyombo Garden

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.

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.

Getting around Mörön the local way