Khuvsgul Lake

Khuvsgul is the dual pond to Lake Baikal and is situated absolutely within the taiga lifezone of north Mongolia. Khuvsgul is the second biggest pond in the nation, after Uvs Nuur. It can be found in a filter sink of downhill mountains which increase over kilometers above its obvious surface rich waters at 1645 metres above sea stage (1200 metres greater stage than close by Lake Baikal).

Lake Baikal

Khuvsgul is incredibly obvious and so genuine you can actually consume it. Normally you can see to a detail of 16-18 metres and even to 25 metres (82 ft). The river is the inner in Mongolia (262 m/860 ft). It is nearly 640 km lengthy (400 miles) about 200km away from Lake Baikal. Both ponds were developed by the same geological motions of the Baikal rift some 5 thousand decades ago. Closes were closed into Lake Baikal, but do not are available at Lake Khuvsgul.  For Eurpean people it is a amazing encounter to increase around this huge river. No wonder Lake Khuvsgul was announced Mongolia’s first ever nationwide recreation area.

Over the last ten decades there has been huge growth of ger ideologies along the european coast of the pond. Most guests go to these ideologies, or to the town of Hatgal, on the southeast tip of the pond.

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How traveling there:

Lake Khuvsgul is obtainable by aircraft (1½ time flight). Mostly to Murun, which has one of the five the street airfields in the nation.  The exchange time by vehicle to Hatgal is 120 minutes by a new the street road.  There is a new the street road creating the generate possible in 12-14 time, which converts into couple of times of journey or over night practice to Erdenet and then a complete day generate from there.

The traditional journey to Lake Khuvsgul is 4d/3n evenings at a ger camping on the hidden Ardavhar Peninsula.  We provide also winter time visits to the yearly Ice Event in Feb.