GÜNJIIN SÜM MONASTERY

In a magnificent setting not far from the Baruun Bayan Gol river, this monastery, once comprising five temples and a tower, now boasts just one main temple. It is one of the very last examples of Manchu architecture in Mongolia. Mongolian prince Efu Dondovdorj had it built in the ^18th century in memory of his Manchu wife, Armalangui, who had died a few years earlier. Located some 30 km north of most of the park's ger camps, it can be reached by foot (two days) or on horseback (one day).