Rooms of deluxe, semi-deluxe, first-class and tourist categories are available at the Hotels in Ulaanbaatar and Mongolian Ger at the tourist camp. For Ulaanbaatar being the single hub for any travel destinations within Mongolia, nobody can skip staying at least one or two nights in Ulaanbaatar. Travelers are welcome to major hotels in Ulaanbaatar such [...]
By MICHAEL BENANAV Published: October 5, 2003 MONGOLIA is a boundless wilderness of rugged mountains, vast deserts and expansive steppes. Twelve times the size of New York State, it is home to just 2.6 million — fewer than reside in Brooklyn and Staten Island. With no terrorist factions and a highway system made up mainly [...]
There are many currency exchanging places in Ulaanbaatar. All the bank branches, most shopping centers have currency exchanging spots. Money gram and Western Union branches are at banks. But best rates can be found at the local currency exchange centers. Naiman Sharga International Co.,Ltd Chingeltei district, Peace and Friendship Palace Altai Bayan Bogd NBFI Chingeltei [...]
There are a number of restaurant that serve a wide variety of international meals including Korean, Japanese, Chinese, French, Italian, English, and Latin American. Most of the old restaurant serve typical Russian food, and this type of meal is also common in the base camps in the countryside. Mongolian special ceremonial meals, Boodog or Horhog [...]
Bars and pubs with comfortable outdoor seating on warm summer evenings offer a variety of local and international drinks. Khan Broy Pub Genghis Khan’s Avenue, Brews its own beer, its great place to listen Friday evening live band music Tel: 324064 Open: 10a.m to midnight Chinggis Beer Club Sukhbaatar street -10 Brews its own Chinggis [...]
There are three swimming pools in UB, the best of them is situated on the opposite side of the river in front of the Sky supermarket and the Chinggis Hotel. It can be easily distinguished by the blue glass dome on the roof of the building. The pool costs around 4,000 tugrug per session and [...]
The level of Mongolian medical services provided in Mongolia is NOT up to western standards. Unlike many other foreign capitals, there is no clinic that caters to foreigners or that provides a western standard of care. Access to any medical care is difficult at best. In the countryside, outside of the Ulaanbaatar, medical care is [...]
The Mongolian Dagurian Strictly Protected Area is divided into two parts. The larger northern part (Chuluunkhoroot soum territory of Dornod aimag), contiguous to Russia’s Daurski Reserve, takes the rolling steppe and wet lands on the south shore of white-tinted Tari lake. The southern part of the protected area (Chuluunkhoroot, Gurvanzagal, and Dashbalbar soums) encompasses a [...]
One of the world’s great deserts, much of the Gobi is a daunting place of bare rocky mountains, sand dunes, and huge desert flats, relieved by well-watered oases. The climate is harsh, from 40C in summer to -40C in winter, and ravaged by savage winds and dust storms up to 140 kilometers per hour. Gobi [...]
Internet access is available in Ulaanbaatar at business centers (often located in hotels), Internet cafes and at the telephone exchange on Suhkbaatar square. ISPs include Bodicomputers (www.mongolnet.mn), MagicNet (www.magicnet.mn) and Micom (www.micom.com). Internet cafes in Ulaanbaatar charge around MNT 400-800 per hour. Many people use email on the internet. Locations of Internet Cafes:
