Culture - Mongolia

Despite its seemingly endless deserts and desolate landscapes, practically all of Mongolia is inhabited: Mongols have been traveling all over this vast land for centuries and know every last isolated corner of the country. These warm and friendly people have come to love and cherish their homeland’s inhospitable and untamed nature, on which they depend for their survival.

Half of the two and a half million inhabitants freely roam the steppe, mountains, and deserts as nomads, living off their cattle and the few natural resources available in these lands, following ancient centuries old traditions. Though ‘urban’, the other half of the population still never turns down an opportunity to wander through the infinite steppe, whether it’s for pleasure, or by necessity. Mongols are nomads at heart, but, contrary to other traveling cultures, they way of life is naturally recognized by their leaders and countrymen, and there is no lack of space and fresh air here – yet.