Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Altargara
TOURIST GER CAMP$$$
( 9972 3629, 9833 1384;
gombogerel@yahoo.com
; per person with/without breakfast US$22/19)
Sitting in a beautiful clearing, this cheerful collection of two-storey log cabins and gers is
the best tourist camp in the area. English is spoken, there are reliable hot showers, a
chill-out picnic area with tables, and hot meals can be ordered in advance from the dining
room. Our one quibble is the strange locking system in the cabins.
Information
Dadal is in a sensitive border area so it's best to register with the police - if you can find
them, as the two police officers are often away. If you are heading any further out of
town, it's also a good idea to register with the border guards, on the western side of
Dadal.
The closest thing Dadal has to a tourist information centre is the
WWF office
(GPS: N
49°01.771', E 111°38.410')
located between the village and Chinggisiin Gurvan Nuur ger
camp. Staff here sell tickets to the Onon-Balj National Park; if you're planning to stay at
any of the three ger camps, the T3000 national park fee is compulsory.
Getting There & Away
One minivan or jeep a day runs to Ulaanbaatar (T30,000, 515km, 12 to 22 hours), and
there's a bus on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday (T25,000).
A postal truck travels from Chinggis Khot (T15,000) every Monday and Thursday
morning at around 7am, returning to Chinggis Khot on the same day.
Ask around the shops for the few vehicles for hire. Expect to pay at least T60,000 per
day, depending on your route, plus petrol.
For travel from Dadal to Chinggis Khot or Dornod (but not Binder), you'll need to
cross the Onon Gol at a lone bridge crossing (GPS: N 48°50.403', E 111°38.746').
DORNOD
POP 71,300 / AREA 123,600 SQ KM
Enough to sate anyone's love of wide open spaces, Dornod is pure steppe, with pancake-
flat grassland in all directions for days on end. It's an inhospitable land for humans, with
few water sources beyond the splendid Buir Nuur, and equally few places to ask for dir-
ections. An especially remote region in a country where the word 'remote' can so easily
be overused, Dornod presents a challenge even to the most experienced of travellers.
