Bayanzag Flaming Cliffs

With blazing red sandstone cliffs and plunging canyons this part of the desert looks like something from another world, especially striking at sunset. Bayanzag was made famous when in 1922 American palaeontologist and traveller Roy Chapman Andrews discovered the first nest of dinosaur eggs the world had ever seen.

The complete dinosaur skeleton displayed at the natural history museum in Ulaan Baatar was found here. This part of the Gobi is considered a palaeontologist’s paradise because dinosaur fossils can be found so easily close to the surface. Even the amateur eye can easily spot dinosaur fossils when taking a hike through the canyon.