Best Inner Mongolia travel itineraries, how to plan a best trip
The following 2 to 9 day Inner Mongolia travel itineraries are based on the summary of our team’s years of experience. The itineraries cover the Hohhot highlights, endless grasslands, nomadic life experience, mountain hiking, vast deserts, and primitive forests and wetland parks, and mysterious ethnic culture of Mongols, Ewenkis and Russian. They are suitable for short time travelers, family travelers, seniors, natural and outdoor lovers, photographers and they are all flexible. Want to customize your own Inner Mongolia travel itinerary? Contact us!
2 Days Hohhot Highlights Tour
- Day 1: The Inner Mongolia Museum, 5 hours’ hiking on Daqing Mountain.
- Day 2: Day tour to Xilamuren Grassland with horse riding and Mongolian life experience.
2 Days Xilamuren Grassland Tour
- Day 1: Xilamuren Grassland with horse riding, Mongolian culture performance and banquet dinner. Overnight in a Mongolian yurt.
- Day 2: Nomadic life experience, including making Mongolian lambs and milk tea, feeding lambs, and collecting cow dung. Back to Hohhot.
3 Days Hohhot Daqing Mountain Hiking and Xilamuren Grassland Tour

- Day 1: The Inner Mongolia Museum, 5 hours’ hiking on Daqing Mountain.
- Day 2: Hohhot/Xilamuren: Xilamuren Grassland with horse riding, Mongolian culture performance and banquet dinner. Overnight in a Mongolian yurt.
- Day 3: Xilamuren/Hohhot: Nomadic life experience, including making Mongolian lambs and milk tea, feeding lambs, and collecting cow dung.
3 Days Hohhot Daqing Mountain Hiking and Huitengxile Grassland Tour

- Day 1: Arrival at Hohhot. The Inner Mongolia Museum
- Day 2: Hohhot/Huitengxile: Huanghuagou Grassland hiking and horse riding, Watch Mongolian singing and dancing, Mongolian archery and wrestling. Overnight in a Mongolian yurt.
- Day 3: Huitengxile/Hohhot: 5 hours’ hiking on Daqing Mountain.
3 Days Badain Jaran Desert Essence Tour in West Inner Mongolia

- Day 1: Zhangye/Badain Jaran (3 hours): Arrival at Badain Jaran
- Day 2: Badain Jaran Desert Jeep Safari and Camel Riding
- Day 3: Badain Lake, Departure.
4 Days Inner Mongolian Grassland and Desert Tour

Hohhot - Xilamuren Grassland - Kubuqi Desert
- Day 1: Arrival at Hohhot. The Inner Mongolia Museum
- Day 2: Hohhot/Xilamuren: Grassland horse riding, Mongolian culture performance and banquet dinner. Overnight in a Mongolian yurt.
- Day 3: Xilamuren/Kubuqi Desert: Nomadic life experience, including making Mongolian lambs and milk tea, feeding lambs, and collecting cow dung. Drive 4.5 hours to Kubuqi Desert.
- Day 4: Kubuqi Desert/Baotou: Kubuqi Desert Exploration, including hiking, karting and camel riding. Drive to Baotou to end the tour.
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4 Days Mongolian Grassland, Mountain Hiking and Desert Tour

Hohhot - Huitengxile Grassland - Baotou
- Day 1: Arrival at Hohhot. The Inner Mongolia Museum
- Day 2: Hohhot/Huitengxile: Huanghuagou Grassland hiking and horse riding, Watch Mongolian singing and dancing, Mongolian archery and wrestling. Overnight in a Mongolian yurt.
- Day 3: Huitengxile/Hohhot: 5 hours’ hiking on Daqing Mountain.
- Day 4: Hohhot/Baotou: Day tour to Resonant Sand Bay of Baotou
5 Days Mongolian Grassland, Mountain Hiking and Desert Camping Tour

Hohhot - Huitengxile Grassland - Kubuqi Desert
- Day 1: Arrival at Hohhot. The Inner Mongolia Museum
- Day 2: Hohhot/Huitengxile: Huanghuagou Grassland hiking and horse riding, Mongolian archery and wrestling. Overnight in a Mongolian yurt.
- Day 3: Huitengxile/Hohhot: 5 hours’ hiking tour on Daqing Mountain
- Day 4: Hohhot/Kubuqi Desert: Desert Hiking, Camel Riding, Go Karting, Sand Sliding, Desert Sunset Barbecue Dinner and Overnight Camping
- Day 5: Kubuqi Desert to Baotou/Erdos/Hohhot to end the tour.
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5 Days Hulunbuir Grassland, Wetland and Minority Culture Tour

- Day 1: Arrive at Hailar
- Day 2: Hailar/Ergun: Hulunbuir Grassland, Mergel Gol River, Ergun Wetland
- Day 3: Erguna/Shiwei: White Birch Forest with the Ewenkis’ performance, Enhe Russian family visit
- Day 4: Shiwei/Heishantou: Boundary River, Heishantou grassland with horse riding and Mongolian culture experience
- Day 5: Heishantou/Hailar: Drive back to Hailar, Flight Departure
Hohhot - Ergun - Enhe - Heishantou

6 Days Mongolian Grassland, Mountain Hiking and Desert Camping Tour

- Day 1: Arrival at Hohhot. The Inner Mongolia Museum
- Day 2: Hohhot/Huitengxile: Huanghuagou Grassland hiking and horse riding, Mongolian archery and wrestling. Overnight in a Mongolian yurt.
- Day 3: Huitengxile/Hohhot: 5 hours’ hiking on Daqing Mountain
- Day 4: Hohhot/Kubuqi Desert: Desert Hiking, Riding Camel, Go Karting, Sand Sliding, Desert Sunset Barbecue Dinner and Overnight Camping
- Day 5: Kubuqi Desert/Erdos: Genghis Khan's Mausoleum
- Day 6: End the tour in Erdos or drive back to Hohhot.
Hohhot - Huitengxile Grassland - Kubuqi Desert - Erdos
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6 Days Hulunbuir Grassland, Wetland and Minority Culture Tour

Hohhot - Ergun - Enhe - Heishantou - Manzhouli
- Day 1: Arrive at Hailar
- Day 2: Hailar/Ergun: Hulunbuir Grassland, Mergel Gol River, Ergun Wetland
- Day 3: Erguna/Shiwei: White Birch Forest with the Ewenkis’ performance, Enhe Russian family visit
- Day 4: Shiwei/Heishantou: Boundary River, Heishantou grassland with horse riding and Mongolian culture experience
- Day 5: Heishantou/Manzhouli: Sino-Russian border road, Matryoshka Doll Square
- Day 6: Manzhouli/Hailar: Drive back to Hailar for the flight Departure
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7 Days Hulunbuir Immersion Tour in Northeast Inner Mongolia

- Day 1: Arrive at Hailar
- Day 2: Hailar/Ergun: Hulunbuir Grassland, Mergel Gol River, Ergun Wetland
- Day 3: Ergun: Shangkuli Sahuan Pasture One Day Tour
- Day 4: Erguna/Shiwei: White Birch Forest with the Ewenkis’ performance, Enhe Russian family visit
- Day 5: Shiwei/Heishantou: Boundary River, Heishantou grassland with horse riding and Mongolian culture experience
- Day 6: Heishantou/Manzhouli: Sino-Russian border road, Matryoshka Doll Square
- Day 7: Manzhouli/Hailar: Hulun Lake, Drive back to Hailar to end the tour.
Hohhot - Ergun - Enhe - Heishantou - Manzhouli
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8 Days Hulunbuir Immersion Tour in Northeast Inner Mongolia

Hohhot - Ergun - Genhe - Heishantou - Manzhouli
- Day 1: Arrive at Hailar
- Day 2: Hailar/Ergun: Hulunbuir Grassland, Mergel Gol River, Ergun Wetland
- Day 3: Ergun/Genhe: Shangkuli Sahuan Pasture one day tour
- Day 4: Genhe/Shiwei: Aoluguya Evenki Reindeer Herding Tribe, White Birch Forest
- Day 5: Shiwei: Enhe Russian family visit, Boundary River
- Day 6: Shiwei/Heishantou: Heishantou grassland with horse riding and Mongolian culture experience
- Day 7: Heishantou/Manzhouli: Sino-Russian border road, Matryoshka Doll Square
- Day 8: Manzhouli/Hailar: Hulun Lake, drive back to Hailar to end the tour.
9 Days Inner Mongolia Highlights Tour

- Day 1: Arrive in Hailar
- Day 2 - Day 5: Hulunbuir highlights, including Hulunbuir Prairie, Erguna Wetland Park, Shangkuli Sahuan Pasture, White Birch Forest, Enhe Russian culture experience, and Heishantou Grassland.
- Day 6: fly from Hailar to Hohhot, 5 hours’ hiking on Daqing Mountain
- Day 7: Hohhot to Baotou: Kubuqi Desert Exploration, including Desert Hiking, Camel Riding, Go Karting, Sand Sliding, Sunset Shoot, Desert barbecue dinner and Overnight Camping
- Day 8: Kubuqi Desert to Erdos:Mausoleum of Genghis Khan and Erdos Kangbashi city tourism area
- Day 9: Depart from Erdos
Hulunbuir Grassland - Hohhot - Kubuqi Desert - Erdos

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