Distance: Close to the towns of Hovd and Ulaangom
Accommodation: camping
Activities: hiking, fishing, nature trips, bird watching, photography, and, videography tours.
The so-called “Depression of the Great Lakes” is located in northwestern Mongolia between the Altai and Hangai mountain ranges. Several fresh and salt-water lakes make up this natural phenomenon, providing breeding areas for many common and endangered species of migratory birds, including the Dalmatian pelican, houbara bustard, and, a rare Altai subspecies of the saker falcon. The area is also home to the globally threatened Central Asian saiga. For anyone interested in ornithology, several lakes in the depression, including the Har-Us, Har Nuur, Durgun, Uvs and, Hyargas lakes, present perfect opportunities for observing, photographing and, filming birdlife.
