Natural features
Gobi Desert and Khongoryn Els
Ömnögovi
The Gobi isn't all sand, but Khongoryn Els are huge 'singing dunes', up to 300 m high and 100 km long, which hum when the sand slides.
Natural features in Mongolia
Natural features
Gorkhi-Terelj National Park
Ulaanbaatar
A national park of granite rocks, forests and grassy valleys about 70 km from Ulaanbaatar, the easiest place to taste the Mongolian countryside.
Natural features
Khövsgöl Lake
Khövsgöl
A vast, clear freshwater lake in the far north of Mongolia, near the Russian border, surrounded by mountains and larch forest, called the 'Blue Pearl'.