Inner Mongolia 5-Day Hohhot Explore Tour

Welcom to Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to the hotel in Hohhot. Enjoy your free time for the rest of the day time.

Today, you will vsiit the city Hohhot after hotel breakfast. Firstly, you will head to the Five-Pagoda Temple. The Five-Pagoda Temple is the landmark of the city Hohhot. Though it is a Tibetan Buddhism Temple, this temple is combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan architectural style. 

The Zhaojun Tomb is covered by green grass, Zhaojun is one of the famous ladies in Chinese history, who married with a Hun's Khan about 2000 years ago for the Armistice agreement between Huns and China. Zhaojun Tomb is one of the existing largest tombs of Han Dynasty in China. 

Dazhao Temple is the oldest and largest temple in Hohhot in the Inner Mongolia. It was built in 1580 in Ming Dynasty. Usually, the local people call it Silver Buddha Temple because there is a 2.5-meter-high silver statue of Sakyamuni in it. It is interesting to view the impressive buildings, splendid statues, delicate frescos, musical instruments and rich collection of Buddhist scriptures in the Dazhao Temple.

Mongolia Museum(Close on Monday) is a nice place to learn the history about Mongolian and Inner Mongolia. There are rich collections from pre-history time to modern time, which are excavated in this huge area. Moreover, the museum buildings are very impressive with Mongolian architectural style.

After sightseeing, you will be transferred back to your Hohhot hotel.

After hotel breakfast, you will take about 2-hour car ride to the Xilamuren Grassland by private car. Xilamuren means "yellow water" in Mongolian. It is also known as Taihe after Puhui Temple, a Lama temple built near the Xilamuren River in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Xilamuren Prairie, a typical example on the plateau, is covered by green grass and fresh flowers every summer and autumn, making those seasons the best times to visit.

When you arrive here, you will explore the large area to view the grassland, yurts, horses, and desert, etc.

Enjoy a local lunch.

In the afternoon, you will take the car back to your Hohhot hotel.

Today, you will take 2.5-hour car ride to the Xiangshawan Desert, or Whistling Dune Bay in English, which is part of the huge Kubuqi Desert. There are two parts here for tourist to enjoy the camel-riding, cable car, and desert car etc. which are included in the entrance tickets.

In the afternoon, you will take the car back to your Hohhot hotel.

Today is the departure day, you will be transferred to Hohhot airport or railway station as per your plan, where the wonderful tour concludes.