The White Pine Hills - Hustai National Park

Hiking in search of wild horses. Hustai is the home of Takhi horses. They have 66 chromosomes, where domestic and hybrid horses have 64. They were borderline extinct when a European man, Prezewalski, took a few to Europe, bred them and they have now been reintroduced into Hustai. They are believed to be the last wild horses.

On 'hot' days in Mongolia, like this day, the horses hide in the shade of the pines closer to the top of the hills.

If you look in the bottom right corner of this photo there is a pack of four wild horses