Tsenkher hot springs
The water comes out at about 86 °C and the resorts pipe it into indoor and outdoor pools at 37–42 °C. People come for the joints and the nerves, summer and winter; around 500 a day in high summer, so book.
- Getting there467 km from UlaanbaatarOwn car ~8 h
- best 1–122–3 days
- Own car, 2 people, ger camp, 2 days~₮197k–₮423k per person
Getting there
- By car467 km · 8 h · Fuel ₮70k–₮223kOSRM 6.6 h; ikon.mn (2018) gives ≈ 480 km paved plus ≈ 30 km of dirt from Tsetserleg.
- By bus · Tsetserleg (Erdenebulgan)Dragon terminal · ₮45k–₮47kUB → Tsetserleg, 08:00, 14:00, 19:00; the springs are ≈ 25 km on, by local car
What to do
- Soak in the outdoor pools, best on a cold evening
- Forest walks and horse riding in the valley
- Tsetserleg town and its museum, 25 km away
Where to stay
- Duut resort: with three meals, or without₮70k–₮140k
- Shiveet Mankhan: a 3- or 4-bed ger₮120k–₮140k
Good to know
- The last ≈ 30 km from Tsetserleg are dirt; the camps repaired the road in 2016.
- No bath price for non-guests was found; ask the resort.
Photos
Nearby
Photo credits
Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Authors and licences below.
- Shiveet Mankhan camp at the spring · Bernard Gagnon · CC0
- Gers in the Tsenkher valley · Bernard Gagnon · CC0
Map © OpenStreetMap contributors
checked: 2026-10-10 · All figures are estimates with sources. Check prices before you go.