Dashpeljeelen Khiid

The Gobi


Altai's working monastery is not well set up for visitors. It's at the base of Shuteen Park.


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1. Shuteen Park

0.06 MILES

The views from the temple at the top of this somewhat dreary park set behind a drab monastery are vast. They overlook town and the mountains beyond, but…

2. Altai Museum

0.62 MILES

The Altai Museum shows off some excellent bronze statues, scroll paintings, genuine Mongol army chain-mail, and an interesting shaman costume and drum…

3. Khun Chuluu

7.62 MILES

About 8km west of the main dirt tracks as you head south from Altai to Biger, and about 10km southwest of Altai itself, among the blemished land scarred…