Mongolia people performing their music

Being living under the grey sky and surrounded by high buildings made of cement, you may feel upset and irritancy sometimes, but there must be some places you have never been to but indeed existing quietly under the sky. Pack your luggage and follow this itinerary to reach the heavenly grassland to feel the ancient civilization in Inner Mongolia.

Take train 2559 20:59/06:38 + to Chifeng City, the ticket charge is CNY123.00 for the hard seat and CNY187.00 for the soft seat. Upon arrival in the next day's morning, you may have your luggage checked at the railway station and only take the necessary things with you. Then take bus No. 1 at the railway station and get off at Chang Qing Park stop to visit the Chifeng City Museum, where displays the Hongshan Culture, Xiajiadian Culture, Qidan Culture and the history and cultural relics of Chifeng. The admission fee is CNY20.00. Take a taxi to the bus station to connect the bus to Jinshan Township, Kalaqin Qi. Once getting off, taking a tricycle to the west part of the street, and then walk to visit the Long Quan Temple, the admission fee is CNY10.00, including the temple itself and the Lion Peak Scenic area. Back to the township in the same way and find a hostel to stay overnight. Please kindly notice that the hostels here are with limited local conditions and many of them do not have a bathroom, we suggest you have a look at the room and its facilities before paying. If you are still energetic, you may wander around to the city center which is the best place for the locals to relax and entertain themselves.

In the second day's morning, take bus at the bus station which runs from this town to Wangyedian, and you may get off at the Palace of the Prince of Ka La Qin, which is the best-preserved prince's palace of Qing Dynasty, and it is also the largest palace for a Mongolia prince. If you are interested in visiting it, two hours may be needed and the admission fee is CNY30.00. After your visit, you may wait for a bus to Jinshan Township and have lunch there, then back to Chifeng. Get back your luggage and then take bus at the bus station to Lindong Township, Balinzuo Qi, the transfer may need 6 hours and the ticket charge is about CNY45.00 for the deluxe bus. Upon arrival at the Lindong bus station, walk to the west and there is an ancient style street and you may find a hotel there.

Mongolia tents

Get up very early in the third day's morning and try your best to catch the bus to Shifangzi which is available at 06:00, the transfer may need 1.5 hours, and on the way, the scenery from Taipingzhang to Shifangzi is really nice. If you fail to catch the bus at 06:00, you only can charter a taxi or catch the bus to Taipingzhuang, and then walk for about more than 10 miles to Shifangzi, and if so, the time is too limited for you and you may miss the bus back to Lindong Township. When you are at Shifangzi, you still need to walk for about 1 hour to visit the tomb of the first emperor of Liao Dynasty, which is a national key-preserved spot. After finishing your visit, go outside of the scenic spot and walk to the Yingzili direction for about half an hour to wait for the bus back to Lindong, the bus is available at about 16:30. We suggest you ask for the time clearly in the morning, including the place to wait.

In the fourth day's morning, take bus to Habuqi and get off at Datong Lu stop, you may visit a large tract of sunflower on the way, once getting off, walk for about 2.8km to visit the Zhao Temple Scenic Spot area. A Grotto Temple named Zhenjizhi Temple locates in this area. The well-preserved grotto is very plain and original, the Buddhist statues and the carvings bear the representative characteristics of Liao Dynasty. We suggest visitors take an electric torch since cave is very dim and dark. Then back to Lindong. If it is inconvenient for you to connect buses, you may also charter a taxi or a microbus.

Take bus for about 5 hours to Jingfeng (also called Jingpeng), Keshiketeng Qi in the fifth day's morning, and then change bus to Tianheyuan Township, and then charter a car to visit the Stone Forest. Go back to Jingpeng and stay overnight.

Have a good rest in the sixth day's morning. At about 12:30, take bus to Dalihu Fishery and stop at Dalinor, a natural-preserved area, which is the important pass for the migration of the north migratory, and it is also an integrated natural-preserved area with lakes, everglade, dene, grassland and woodland. You may stay overnight at the fishery and visit the stars blinking in the evening.

Mongolia people performing on the grassland

If you can get up very early in the morning, say, about 04:00 on the seventh day, you may appreciate the beauty of the sunrise. And then take bus back to Dalinor and wait for the bus to Xilinhot at the crossing, there are six buses available everyday, and the transfer may need 3 hours. Stay overnight at Xilinhot.

In the eight day's morning, take bus No. 2 or No. 3 to Beizi Temple, which is a representative Tibetan Buddhist temple, and the admission fee is CNY20.00. After visiting, you need to find a microbus or taxi taking you to Baiyinxile tourist area, and you can ask the driver to help you with the accommodation and horse-riding. Spend the rest of the day with horse-riding and other entertainments in the grassland.

Get up very early in the ninth day's morning to visit the uneaqualed sunrise on the grassland, and then charter a car to visit the famous continental river on Xilingol League, Xilin Jiuqu, it is also the mother river of the local Mongolian people. Many photographers and directors are attracted by its beauty and they come here every year to create and have contributed many outstanding works to the world. Your tour will come to an end after you visit here. And you may take long-distance overnight bus back to Beijing.