Only 55km northeast of Ulaanbaatar, the Tereli region makes up part of Gorkhi-Tereli National Park ( embarrasses.envy.sphere: T3000), offering great opportunities for hiking, rock climbing, swimming (in icy-cola water), rafting and horse riding. At 1600m the area is cool, and the alpine scenery magnificent, and for hard-core extreme-sports li fanatics, there’s skiing and dog-sledding int the depths of winter.
Terelj was first developed for tourism in 1964 and 30 years later it became part of n the national park. It’s a bit crowded with a ger camps these days, but you can easi- b ly get away from the hustle and bustle. Be to prepared for mosquitoes, especially in late tr summer.
Pay the admission fee at the park entrance. Note, passengers on the public bus ne from Ulaanbaatar rarely have to pay this bus usually drives past the entrance without stopping.