One of the world’s great deserts, much of the Gobi is a daunting place of bare rocky mountains, sand dunes, and huge desert flats, relieved by well-watered oases. The climate is harsh, from 40C in summer to -40C in winter, and ravaged by savage winds and dust storms up to 140 kilometers per hour. Gobi is home to desert animals, such as Wild Camel, Gobi Bear and 11 species of nocturnal Jerboa. Oases and sheltered areas support mammals typical of the Desert-Steppe Zone. Rocky Desert Mountains are home to Ibex and Gobi Argali. The harshness favors lizards such as Geckos and snakes such as Tartar Sand Boa. Vegetation is sparse, with Poplar trees fringing oases, and 4.5 million hectares of “Saxaul Forests”. Saxauls a woody shrub (Haloxylon ammodendron), 2 to 4 meters high, crucial to the desert ecology. Readmore…
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The
Mongolia Gobi has high mountains, springs, sands, steppe lands and rich
animal kingdom, and has been inhabited since ancient times. You will
see there an eternally clear sky, blue mirages, golden sands and
boundlessly expansive steppe lands.
The Nadaam festival, or eriyn gurvan nadaam, is the biggest festival of the year for Mongolians.
That’s the Gobi Desert of Mongolia!
You will have privilege of spending time in Mongolia
According as this program you can see lots of wonderful places such as
“Yolun Am” beautiful valley, “Khongoriin els” (singing sand dunes),
“Bayanzag” Travel will be made around “Dundgovi” and “Umnugovi”
provinces.
Two-humped Bactrian camels which are very rare in the world, really
amazing animal, carries 700kg load, lives 40 days without any food. We
say sun looks very close at hand, when you are on the camel.
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