Mongolia - The Gobi (Chapter)

This is the The Gobi chapter from Lonely Planet’s Mongolia guidebook.

To be sure, the Gobi is a bleak place: vast, harsh and silent and there are many who will question your sanity if you choose to travel there. But it is the profound emptiness and terrible isolation that draws adventurers to its fold.

• take one step forward and slide three steps backward as you attempt to summit the dunes at Khongoryn Els
• maps
• trek through the ice filled canyon of Yolyn Am, on the lookout for ibex
• transport
• restaurants & accommodation
• go fossil hunting at Bayanzag, the remarkable ‘flaming cliffs’ that house rich deposits of dinosaur bones and fossilised eggs

Coverage includes: Dundgov, Mandalgov, Baga Gazryn Chuluu, Süm Khökh Burd, Erdenedalai, Ongiin Khiid, Saikhan-Ovoo, Ikh Gazryn Chuluu, Ulaan Suvraga, Dornogov, Sainshand & around, Choir, Ikh Nartiin Chuluu, Zamyn-Üüd, Ömnögov, Dalanzadgad & around, Gurvan Saikhan National Park, Bayanzag, Khanbogd, Bulgan, Bayankhongor, Bayankhongor City, Shargaljuut, Bayangovi, Amarbuyant Khiid, Ekhiin Gol, Gov-Altai, Altai, Eej Khairkhan Nature Reserve, Sutai Uul and Great Gobi Strictly Protected Area.