Hohhot Grassland Day Tour

Pick-up from your hotel in Hohhot, or Hohhot Railway Station or Airport, then drive directly to Xilamuren Grassland. About 100km north of of Hohhot, Xilamuren Steppe is located in Darhan Muminggan United Banner in Baotou.

Xilamuren literally means "yellow river" in Mongolian. Xilamuren Grassland is teemed with green grass and fresh flowers every summer and autumn. Thanks to to the continual efforts made by the governments at all levels and companies concerned, the service quality is becoming better and better. As result, Xilamuren has been turned into one of the must visited pastures in Inner Mongolia.

Arriving at Xilamuren Grassland, you will receive a welcoming ceremony - warmly welcomed by the local Mongolians colorfully dressed. They will present each of you a silver cup of wine and

Hada ( white or blue silk scarves which are tokens of greetings in Inner Mongolia ).

You are arranged to go to the stud farm to select the horse for your horseback riding. The cost for horseback riding is not included in the tour package, visiting Aobao and a herdsmen's family, which usually takes about 2-3 hours. The horseback is the highlight of the tour (pay on your own).

After horseback riding, you are arranged to see the Performances of Mongolian style wrestling, Horse racing and Equestrian in the later afternoon. The first program is wrestling competition performed by local Mongolians. Most of them are very vigorous. Then followed by Horse racing and Equestrian.

After the grassland excursion, you are transferred back to your hotel in Hohhot （ or Hohhot Railway Station or Airport ).