About 70km from Khalkh Gol, Mongolia’s easternmost tip contains the spectacular but remote Nömrög Strictly Protected Area. Its river valleys, mountains and pine and birch forests – home to endangered bird species such as the Saker falcon and the white-naped crane, and mammals such as the Ussuri moose – only receives a handful of visitors each year; at the time of writing, only research biologists could obtain special permission to enter the area. The border post (GPS: N 46°59.019’, E 119°21.522’) at Nömrög is as far as you can go by vehicle, and even to get this far you require a border permit.
