Bulgan City Getting there & around

Getting there & away

At the time of research there were no flights to Bulgan and there is little prospect these will resume in the near future.

Land

Bus, minivan & jeep

A bus departs Bulgan for Ulaanbaatar (T7900, eight hours) on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. When there is demand, minivans and jeeps go between Bulgan and Ulaanbaatar (T10, 000, eight hours), but most people take a minivan to Erdenet (T3500, one hour, 55km) and then take the overnight train.

Vehicles to Mörön (or anywhere else) are very rare as these tend to leave from Erdenet. Usually on Monday a postal truck goes to Khutag-Öndör (T8000, four hours), but check details as the day is subject to change. Jeeps hang around the Önö Mandal Bar, northeast of the post office. You could charter one for about T400 to T500 per kilometre.

There are two routes between Ulaanbaatar and Bulgan City; the rougher but more direct southern route (318km) via Dashinchilen, or the paved northern route (467km) via Darkhan and Erdenet. If you want to visit Amarbayasgalant Khiid, the northern route is the way to go.

Bulgan City is 248km from Darkhan and 353km from Mörön.

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Hitching

As most tourist traffic between Ulaanbaatar and Mörön goes via Erdenet, there is not too much traffic going through Bulgan, but if you ask around the jeep stand or the petrol station, 500m northwest of town, something will turn up.

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