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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Ulan Bator
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