GÜNJIIN SÜM MONASTERY

In a beautiful setting not far from the Baruun Bayan Gol River, this monastery once had five temples and a tower but now has only one main temple. It is one of the very last examples of Manchu architecture in Mongolia. The Mongolian prince Efu Dondovdorj had it built in the 18th century in memory of his Manchu wife, Armalangui, who died a few years earlier. Located at about thirty kilometers in the north of the majority of the camps of ger of the park, it is possible to reach it by the walk (count two days) or with horse (one day).