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M. facts & history in brief                 My Mongolia pages             Map of Mongolia Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Turtle Rock Turtle Rock Gorkhi-Terelj National Park is one of the national parks of Mongolia. The Terelj tourist zone has a number of "tourist camps" (Mongolian: juulchny baaz). It is connected with Ulan Bator by a paved road (main road to the East #A0501 Baganuur-Öndörkhaan direction, 37 km from Ulan Bator city center, left turn to the branch #A24, 5 km later road crosses Tuul River and the National park territory begins). The road comes to the Gorkhiin Davaa pass. Most of the tourist camps and tourist attractions are before this pass. The road then ends in Terelj settlement, which features small shops and restaurants. Terelj settlement is located in the Terelj Gol river dale, approximately 66 km from Ulan Bator city center. The national park tourist zone is formally Ulan Bator Nalaikh düüreg (district) part, the rest (protected) zone begins to the North from Terelj Gol river and is located in Mongolia's Töv aimag. A small southern portion of the park is developed for tourists, with restaurants, souvenir shops, horses and camels for rent, and tourist ger camps, many of them run by Juulchin, the state tourism company. However, most of the park is undeveloped and difficult to access. Attractions include Khagiin Khar Lake, a 20m deep glacial lake 80km upstream from the tourist camps, and Yestii Hot Water Springs, natural hot springs 18km further upstream. The park also has a Buddhist monastery that is open to visitors. Park wildlife includes brown bears and over 250 species of birds. The Tuul River flows through the park. Gorkhi-Terelj National Park The park has many rock formations for rock climbers, and includes two famous formations named for things they resemble: Turtle Rock (Mongolian: Melkhii Khad) and the Old Man Reading a Book (Praying Lama Rock). Many Westerners were introduced to Gorkhi-Terelj National Park when the CBS reality television program The Amazing Race visited the park in the second episode of its tenth season. For a more information about Roman Catholicism in Mongolia see Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This page was retrieved and condensed from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Mongolia) see Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, February 2008. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details). About Wikipedia Disclaimers This information was correct in February 2008. E. & O.E. 2007 You can click on these photos for an enlargement Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

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