Is Mongolia’s southern frontier, vast, arid, and deeply nomadic.
Bordering China, it spans five provinces: Umnugovi, Dornogovi, Bayankhongor, Govi-Altai, and Dundgovi, with a combined population of around 300,000. It’s the country’s warmest, driest region, with summer highs reaching 45°C and winter lows dropping below –35 °C.

Nomadic families raise camels, goats, sheep, horses and yaks across immense distances. Wildlife thrives too, khulan, black-tailed gazelles, argali, and elusive predators like lynx and snow leopards.

Tourism here is quiet and expansive: camel treks, fossil-rich cliffs, star-filled skies, and encounters with herding families. Towns are sparse, roads are rough, and the horizon never ends.

South Mongolia is not just a desert it’s a living landscape of movement, resilience, and timeless wonder.