Untamed Hovsgol
If you yearn for a connection to the wild, you will find it
here. Hovsgol is the northernmost of Mongolia’s 21 provinces, shadowing
Russia’s border and sharing the great Siberian taiga (subarctic coniferous
forest). Lichens in bright greens and oranges color 10,000-foot passes, while
sacred rivers, rumored to never freeze, feed lakes framed by snow-tipped
mountains.
Hovsgol is just now opening its arms to travelers who come
to catch and release taimen, giant salmonid “river wolves” that stalk Hovsgol’s
waterways. Others come to ride Mongolian ponies in search of the Tsaatan, small
bands of nomadic reindeer herders (above) who live in encampments and follow
shamanistic beliefs.
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