Tunkin National Park in the city of Irkutsk

Tunkinsky National Park is a place in Buryatia, where picturesque landscapes, medicinal mineral springs and transparent mountain rivers are available for rest and relaxation. This park has existed since 1991 and was created to protect the nature of Lake Baikal, the Tunkin Valley, the Eastern Sayan and Hamar-Daban ranges.

There are many amazing and unique natural monuments in the park. For example, the "Marble Bottom" is a section of the Kyngargi River bed, on which the bottom consists of smoothly polished water pinkish-yellow marble. Interesting and mineral spring "Hongor-Uula", next to which there are several boarding houses. You can not pass by Khobok Lake, which is located at the foot of the Tunkin char and has a regular round shape.

It is also worth visiting the Buddhist datsan “Tushita”, the Buryat village of Hoytogol and the unique ethnographic museum of the history of this village. No small interest for tourists is traditionally represented by extinct volcanoes Kovrizhka and Chersky. Since Tunkin National Park is located on the border with Mongolia, you can visit the picturesque Khubsugul Lake.