Here’s why Mongolia is the perfect destination for introverts

Travellers can get an even better idea of the diverse fauna of Mongolia once they travel to its vast countrysides. To the north is the Altay-Sayan mountains, which are home to snow leopards, reindeers, Siberian musk deer and much more; while the Central Asian Gobi region boasts Gobi bears, Bactrian camels, donkeys and the once-extinct-in-the-wild Przewalski’s horse, a wild breed native to Mongolia.

To catch a glimpse of these horses, which are locally known as “takhi horses”, one must head to Hustai National Park in Central Mongolia, where nearly 400 of these horses still thrive after a handful of them were reintroduced in the area in the 1990s. Look out for the white underbelly that is distinctive of this breed, and don’t be surprised if they come very close to you—the lack of tourists has made them unafraid of humans.

Other parts of Mongolia are also rich in animals, even in the vast Gobi desert. In fact, if you travel to that area during spring, keep your eyes peeled for migratory birds such as the Siberian cranes that often make a pit stop in the desert’s oases on their route from Russia to China.