Shiveet Khairkhan Petroglyphs
Shiveet Khairkhan Petroglyphs
2.6 km
Total Distance
9 m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
A walk to the rock art of Shiveet Khairkhan, the sacred mountain of the upper Tsagaan Gol valley in Altai Tavan Bogd National Park and part of the Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai World Heritage site, where carvings, burial mounds and ritual monuments span the Bronze Age to the Turkic period. The route follows the valley jeep track east to its closest point to the site. The last 700 m to the petroglyphs are on foot across open ground, with no path.