Xilamuren Grassland Tourism Center — Attraction in Baotou City

A very pleasant experience, though the prairie wind was blowing at full force from midday till dusk on the day of my visit. Fortunately, when I got up at 5am to see the sunrise, the wind had died down. There was only one other visitor who had the conviction to rise so early. We did have company, nonhuman ones. Roughly a dozen horses were seen having their early breakfast, munching nonstop at the tastiest, tenderest grass. Standing on the edge of an observation platform, I looked to the farthest my eyes could take me, turned my head full left, then full right and full left again. I genuinely felt the quietness and vastness, and of course the beauty, of the great plains. As the sun slowly rose from behind the mountains in front of me, the sight to behold was simply majestic, heart-throbbing and...

Despite this place is in a grassland that spend across hundreds of miles, there is plenty of activities to be experience here.

First, the facility is great. The hotel, restaurant public toilet is very well maintain. The hotel mostly come in the form oh Mongolia house (蒙古包).

There is also horse riding on the morning, a horse live action show, you can even get to taste local wine and food.

On the night/dinner time, you can opt for a 诈马祭 dinner. Which is a memorable dinner where you can wear Mongolian attire and the food will serve in stage while Mongolian will perform dance, singing and ceremony within the dinner hall for...

Inner Mongolia-2010 -Rolling Grasslands-Yurts-Cuisine-Culture- Horse back herdsmen-Bike back Herdsmen! Where there is only the vast open vivid blue Skies-The Green or Dry Grasslands-Sleepin in a Yurt-Lovely People. They were genuine & smart & kind & did not cheat. When people are kind to strangers, especially tourists, then the world has seen the best...