Hohhot City + Xilamuren Grassland 4 Day Winter Tour from Beijing

Xilamuren Grassland: Visit the grassland in the winter and have lunch there

Way of Travel: Private transfer + private car or van + hotel + private local tour guide + entrance fees + Meals as listed

Price P/P from: US$260 ( Price Detail )

Customizable: Yes!

Tour Code: BIMW-03

Pick up from your hotel around 19:30 and transferred to Beijing West Train Station. Take overnight train to Hohhot from Beijing by K89 at 21:00 for Hohhot . 4 people sharing one compartment.

You will be met by our local tour guide in Hohhot and transferred to your hotel - Jinjiang International Hotel ( 5 star hotel ) for buffet breakfast.

After breakfast, around 9:00am, begin your excursion to the Xilamuren Grassland , 90km north of Hohhot city tour in Hohhot.

You are arranged to visit traditional families, and make short trips to the aobaos (rock mounds that are often festooned with flags for worship), enjoy the huge winter yellow grassland under blue sky! Your lunch will be arranged at the local Mongolian family.

After lunch, you are returned to the city of Hohhot and check in at Jinjiang International Hotel, a 5 star hotel in Hohhot.

After breakfast, check out your hotel. Begin your Hohhot city tour with your first stop - Dazhao Lamasery . Dazhao lamasery is the first Lama temple in Hohhot. For hundreds of years, it has been regarded as a religious heart for people from all over Mongolia.

Then move on to Saishanglaojie . SaiSaishanglaojie literally means "Old street beyond the Great Wall". Located on the west of Dazhao Lamasery, it is an ancient street with the characteristics of Ming and Qing Dynasty.

After Chinese lunch, you will visit the Hui District in Hohhot. You first visit the Great Mosque . The Great Mosque was founded during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). A great number of the Hui Muslim Minority migrated from Xinjiang, Ningxia and Shannxi to Inner Mongolia starting from that time. Then having a walk along the unique Islamic Street - Tongdao Street lined with Islamic Style buildings.

Then head to Yili Dairy for an industry tour of the dairy giant in China. Yili Dairy or Yili Group is a short form of its formal name - Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group. It is one of the two largest dairy producers in China with another being Mengniu Dairy .

Your last stop is Jiangjun Yashu . During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), in order to consolidate the northwest boarder, in addition to the Hohhot city, Qing Dynasty ordered to build new town called Suiyuan city. Jiangjun Yashu, built for the general of the Suiyuan city, covers an area of 15,000 square meters.

After dinner - mutton hot pot, you are transferred to Hohhot Railway Station and take overnight train K90 starting at 21:23 - next day 7:20am for Beijing.

Arrival in Beijing at 7:20am and transferred to your hotel or residence in Beijing.