The Great Lakes Depression is an area of outstanding beauty in Western Mongolia.
This huge wetland area is a Unesco World Biosphere Reserve and many migratory birds can be seen in the many lakes found here.
Uuvs Nuur, Mongolia's largest lake, offers great bird-watching opportunities in summer. Uureg Nuur, is simply stunning, surrounded by 3000m + peaks and luckily it is one of the few bug-free lakes in the region. Achit Nuur is also great, despite the numerous mozzies, especially in summer, when it makes camping unbearable.
Birdlife is prolific around all the lakes during the summer months.
There are some great camping spots and driving around is magical, as the scenery is ever-changing, green steppe one minute, snowy peaks, barren deserts and reddish mountains the next, and always many eagles flying overhead.