Ikh Nart Nature Reserve
LOCATION: Situated about 300 km south-southeast of Ulaanbaatar, the most common way to access Ikh Nart is by a car while some people reach Shivee Gobi station on the train. Then arrange a vehicle to drive to Ikh Nart 50 km on one-way and 100 km in a return way.
Ikh Nart is home to 33 species of mammals, 6 species of reptiles, 125 species of birds, and over 200 species of plants.
Established in 1996, Ikh Nart Nature Reserve covers an area of about 66,000 hectares of grassland, semi-desert steppe, and granite stone zones where projects to protect Argali wild sheep, Siberian Ibex and Cinereous Vulture being implemented.
As Argali is an original project, many visitors visit the nature reserve to observe the wild sheep in their natural habitat and enjoy the calmness of the Gobi desert.
Eco-friendly ger camp or camping are the options to stay in the nature reserve.
