The Gobi Desert is understandably very sparsely populated, but the desolate landscape is a home of many rare and endangered animals such as wild ass (khulan), bactrian camel (two-humped), Przewalski's horse, saiga antelope, snow leopard, mountain sheep, gazelle and the world’s only desert bear – the Gobi bear. The appropriately named desert warbler and the saxaul sparrow hide in the saxaul shrub, the only species of shrub, which can flourish in the Gobi.
In this mysterious and fascinating area, dinosaur skeletons and their petrified eggs have been preserved for many centuries.
Breathtaking desert terrain is one of the most popular destinations in Mongolia |