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Day trips from Ulaanbaatar
Places you can see in a day from Ulaanbaatar, sorted by distance from the city centre: Terelj National Park, the giant Chinggis Khaan statue, wild horses at Hustai and the monasteries in the hills around the capital.
- Mandshir Monastery (Monasteries & temples): Ruins of a monastery in a forested valley on the south side of Bogd Khan mountain.
- Turtle Rock (Terelj) (National parks & wildlife): A huge granite boulder shaped like a turtle, the symbol of Gorkhi-Terelj National Park.
- Aryabal Meditation Temple (Monasteries & temples): A hillside temple in Terelj reached by a path of 108 steps, with views over the park.
- Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex (Monuments & viewpoints): A 40 m stainless-steel statue of Chinggis Khaan on horseback, with a viewing deck in the horse's head.
- Hustai National Park (National parks & wildlife): Where the takhi, the world's only truly wild horse, was brought back from extinction in the wild.