Gun-Galuut is a marvelous conbination of open steppes,
steppe hills, lovely lakes and amazing landscape. We
have protected the
Gun-Galuut
Nature Reserve as it's home for the endangered
wild mountain sheep Argali and some other rare species
of brids. The beautiful wild sheep Argali inhabit the
stunning mountains of Baits and Berkh with other wild
animals. The herds have more than 80 Argalis and give
a big chance for the nature lovers to view these fantastic
animls from the closest distance and take photos.
We involve the locals to the conservation process by
encouraging their alternative income from responsible
tourism like renting horse, yak and camels to tourists,
offer their handcrafst and their gers for homestay.
Proceeds from this tour go directly to the Argali Sheep
conservation activities in Mongolia.
Argali Sheep /Ovis Ammon/ is the largest
and most impressive of the wild sheep, the Argali was
described by Linnaeus in 1758. Wild sheep Argali now
exists in hilly terrain near high mountains at elevations
of 1,300-6,100 meters / 4,200-19,500 feet / a very few
countries in the world including Mongolia, and this
gorgeous animal is listed in the WORLD RED BOOK under
the status of vulnerable species (IUCN, 2000).
Gun-Galuut
Nature Reserve was founded in 2003
in order to protect the endangered wildlife
Argali sheep and to preserve the delicate eco-system
of the Kherlen River Basin while developing
environment-friendly and community-based tourism
in this area. The reserve area is 15000 hectares.
Beautiful
Lakes Ikh-Gun and Ayaga are the homes
to migrating waterbirds including some endangered
rare species such as: White-naped Crane, Black
Stork, Whooper Swan, Common Heron, Chinese Pond
Heron. And you can also see Common Crane, Bar
Headed Goose, Swan Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, White-headed
Duck, Mallard, Gadwall, Common Teal, Garganey,
Mandarin Duck, Northern Shoveler and several
species of Gulls as well. And there is plenty
of viewing of prey birds such as various types
of Falcon, Eagle, Kite, Osprey, Buzzard, Hawk
and Vulture.
