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Khuisiin Naiman Nuur

Khuisiin Naiman Nuur

National park Area: 11.500 hectares area.
Altitude: average is 2.400 m and highest point is 3163m above sea level.
How to get there:  Namain Nuur is located 510 km west from Ulaanbaatar city, capital of Mongolia. Most of the road is paved and only 85km road is track road. But that unpaved road is very difficult. You can get there by jeep or vehicle.
Things to do: Trekking, Horse riding, rafting, kayaking, climbing, hiking, photographing and filming,

 

The Khuisiin Naiman Nuur National Monument is located in the Central Mongolian Khangai mountain range and represents a typical high mountain area of Mongolia with max. The area of Naiman Nuur (Eight Lakes), which was created by volcanic eruptions centuries ago and 3,163 metres above sea level Khuisiin Naiman Nuur (Navel Eight Lakes) is located on over 2,400 metre above sea level. The area of 11,500 hectare size was declared a National Monument in 1992.

 

From the lakes, about 35km southwest of Orkhon Khürkhree (waterfall), but the roads are often virtually impassable. The lakes are named Shireet, Khaliut, Bugat, Khaya, Khuis, Onon, Doroo and Bayan-Uul. Two of the smaller lakes are completely dried up, the second largest lake Khuis Nuur is dried up to ten percent. The lakes located in a high mountain area with sub alpine mountain meadows and coniferous forests of Siberian Pine and Siberian Larch; flat valley areas with lava stone fields in the north of the protected area and barren mountain tops, and the lakes. The mean air temperature is minus 8 to minus 6 degree Celsius, and the annual total precipitation is 400 to 500 millimeter. In this area, there are 50 species from 22 families have been recorded such as Black-throated Diver, Great Cormoran, Bar-headed Goose  and Whooper Swan. 

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