Jargalant Hot Springs

Jargalant Hot Springs is a natural thermal site in the Arkhangai Region of central Mongolia, where sulfate-rich hot springs emerge in the highland landscape of the Khangai Mountains and have been used within a long tradition of Mongolian thermal bathing and wellness in nomadic communities living at high altitude in extreme continental climate conditions. The name Jargalant means happy or fortunate in Mongolian, reflecting the positive associations that local communities attach to this spring site as a place of wellbeing and relaxation in the demanding physical environment of the Mongolian interior. The springs are situated within the broader Arkhangai thermal zone that makes this central Mongolian region the country's most significant concentration of natural hot spring resources, used by communities whose seasonal mobility brings them regularly into the Khangai highland zone.