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Terelj National Park is located at 65 km north east of Ulaanbaatar and recognized as a part of the huge Khan Khentii reserve and was established as a Strictly Protected Area in 1992. To the north-east, the park joins into the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area, comprising over 1.2 million hectares of the Tov, Selenge and Khentii aimags.

Inside the park, there are ranges of protected animals such as birds (250 species), moose, and bears. As it is become developed for tourism, some of the Ger camps have car parking and electricity. Most of the tourist camps work only summer seasons, a few of them operate whole year around. The Turtle Rock, as known as Melkhi Khad by the locals, is massive rock formation looks like a turtle.  The Turtle Rock is the main image of the national park. Beside that you may discover many interesting rock formations from huge Rocky Mountains of the Terelj.