Category: Southern Mongolia

Moltsog Els (sand dunes), is one of the few regions of the Gobi covered by sand dunes. It is located in Bulgan soum, Umnugovi province. These magnificent sand dunes are surrounded by hills with willow trees, streams and bushes.

Khermen Tsav is a canyon with beautiful oasis located in a distance of 400 kms from Dalanzadgad city. The canyon is full of 30 meters high natural formations of cliffs, and looks like remains of ancient cities and temples, iceberg drifting on a sea, huge dinosaurs, turtles and crocodiles. Hermen Tsav is known not only […]

Yolyn Am is a deep and narrow gorge in the Gurvan Saikhan Mountains-National Park in southern Mongolia. The valley is named after the Lammergeier, which is called Yol in Mongolian. Sheltered by high cliff walls on both sides of the canyon, thick ice gorges remain frozen even on summer’s hottest days.

The Flaming Cliffs also known as Bayanzag is a region of the Gobi Desert in the Ömnögovi province of Mongolia. It was given this name by American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, who visited in the 1920s. Bayanzag/Flaming cliffs is an important site for both archeological and paleontological finds. Complete dinosaur skeletons, including One-horned dinosaur (protocertops) […]

Khongoryn Els also called Duut Mankhan is popularly known as the “Singing Sands”. It lies within the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park in Mongolia. The sand dunes extend to over 965 square kilometres (373 sq mi) areaKhongor sand dunes stretch from the southernmost corner to the far west of the country. There is a small river […]