MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTION: CAVES OF GURVAN TSENKHER

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Cultural singularities in Khovd aimag, such as Khoid Tsenkher Caves, Jargalant mountain, Alag hill, Tarvagatai Mountains, the areas where the petroglyphs picturing human and animal features are preserved, attract more tourists every year. Over 300 petroglyphs were found in Khuren Del Mountains, alone. The latter’s findings include petrographies of oxcarts and deer, pictured in magnificent details, even the breast-bands of the carts can be identified. The drawings of deer with a bird-like mouth and ornament-like horns share appearance with deer stones found in other regions of the country. The researchers of Mankhan soum run studies on discovering rare kinds of petroglyphs, and cave inscriptions from Gurvan Tsenkher Caves, that attract tourists to this landmark region.