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Overview Mongolia has one of the lowest population densities in the world, yet it is by no means sparse in any other terms.

While the vast space of Mongolia may attract few visitors, it is a place of beautiful scenery and unusual wildlife. Colossal mountains, lush valleys and the infamous Gobi Desert keep the most adventurous wandering travellers entertained. It is perhaps the lack of infrastructure and services, and the wealth of herdsmen and nomads, that shape the seemingly wild escapades visitors can expect.

Ulan Bator

Ulan Bator

This chilly, dry and remote city has had numerous names throughout its history and was renamed Ulaanbaatar in 1924 when it became the capital of the Mongolian republic. For a long time in a state of disrepair because under Communist rule funds...

Go for: Activity Courses, Extreme Challenge, Temples, Mountains, Spectator Sports

5 experiences: Genghis Khan Warrior Training, Four Holy Peaks National Park, Naadam, Amarbayasgalant Monastery.

Toilogt Ger Camp

Toilogt Ger Camp

Hovsgol Lake is a huge glassy mountain lake surrounded by Mongolian countryside that can best be described as magical. Toilogt Ger Camp is situated on...

Go for: Camps & Campsites

Erdene Zuu

Erdene Zuu

This was the first Buddhist monastery to be established in Mongolia, built in 1585 when Buddhism became the main religion. Stones from Genghis Khan’s...

Go for: Temples

Hustai National Park

Hustai National Park

The names translation means birch mountains, an apt description, but it is the fauna not the terrain or the flora which the Hustai National Park is...

Go for: National Parks

Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park

Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park

Mongolia’s largest national park, it encompasses three mountain ranges on the eastern edge and the Gobi desert in its southern region. Most of the...

Go for: National Parks

Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape

Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape

The 121,967-ha Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape encompasses an extensive area of pastureland on both banks of the Orkhon River and includes numerous...

Go for: Archaeological Sites

Mongolian Nomad Migration

Mongolian Nomad Migration

Every fall, a group of several hundred Mongolian nomads pack up their possessions and herd the cattle and animals they survive on from one side of a...

Go for: Traditional Cultures, Riding

Dinosaur fossils of the Flaming Cliffs

Dinosaur fossils of the Flaming Cliffs

The embryonic skeleton of a theropod dinosaur and two velociraptor embryonic skulls were discovered in these cliffs off the Gobi desert on one of the...

Go for: Archaeological Sites

Gobi Desert

Gobi Desert

Asia's largest desert, the Gobi, is a cold one, with temperatures dropping as low at -40C in winter. Given this, it would be easy enough to believe...

Go for: Deserts

Golden Eagle Festival

Golden Eagle Festival

Held to promote the preservation both of the local wild Golden Eagles and the local tradition of hunting with them (not for them), this event pits...

Go for: Festivals

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