New Year, Eagle and Naadam Horse Festival celebrated
Enjoy the small town feel of Ulaan Baatar then fly to spectacular Lake Khovsgol.Known as the "dark blue pearl" of Mongolia, Lake Khovsgol is one of the country's largest and most spectacular protected areas. The park is home to 68 species of mammals, including argali, ibex, elk, reindeer, musk deer, brown bear, lynx, marten, beaver, wolf, and moose, 244 species of birds, and 750 species of plants. Mongols of the Khalkh, Buryat, and Darkhat ethnic groups live here during certain seasons, and the Tsaatan reindeer herders live in the mountainous taiga and forest steppe to the northwest.
