Mongolia

Stretching from the foothills of the Khyangan Mountains to Mongolia's border with China, the Eastern Mongolian Steppes are a vast ecosystem and UNESCO World Heritage Site that covers half of the country and is home to one of the largest remaining swathes of intact temperate grasslands on Earth. Find Out More

• Where: East Mongolia
• Ideal for viewing: Mongolian gazelle, Pallas’s cat, steppe eagle, corsac fox, saker falcon
• Excellent for: Wildlife photography, Photography tours With Nick Garbutt

Though close to Ulaanbaatar, Hustai National Park is a stunning example of Mongolian steppe. Chosen as the first release site for Przewalski’s horses being returned to the wild, it is also home to Mongolian lark, Altai wapiti, Siberian roe deer, tarbagan marmot, long-tailed suslik and wolf. Find Out More

• Where: Central Mongolia
• Ideal for viewing: Przewalski’s horse, Altai wapiti, Mongolian lark, Tarbagan marmot, Mongolian gazelle
• Excellent for: Rare mammal watching ,

The Khovd Region, in the Gobi-Altai, in Mongolia’s far west, is beautiful and hugely varied. It has mountains inhabited by snow leopards and Asiatic ibex, stony steppe where saiga antelope and Pallas’s sandgrouse are found, and vast wetlands with Pallas’s gulls and rare white-headed ducks. Find Out More

• Where: West Mongolia
• Ideal for viewing: snow leopard, saiga antelope, Mongolian ground-jay, Pallas’s sandgrouse, cinereous vulture
• Excellent for: Snow leopard watching, Rare mammal watching ,