Around the world: A clockwise tour of eastern Mongolia
Solitude, remoteness and a sense of boundless space draws the most adventurous travellers to the little-visited hills, mountains and grasslands of eastern Mongolia . The country's extreme east is so hostile to human habitation that even the nomads’ gers are few and far between. Here you can gallop across endless seas of green, camp at secluded lakes, ascend holy mountains, and, armed with a copy of The Secret Life of the Mongols , follow the trail of Mongolia’s most famous son, who changed the face of Europe and Asia . A land of hills, lakes and forests The alleged birthplace of Chinggis Khan. Image by Anna Kaminski. To begin your clockwise tour of eastern Mongolia, take the road that runs east from Ulaanbaatar to Chinggis Khan City, then head north into a land of hills, lakes and forests. You’re now in Khentii , the quiet province that spawned one of history’s greatest warlords. You’ll come across Khökh Nuu...