Inner Mongolia Deserts | Top 4 Deserts in Inner Mongolia

• Location: Alxa Right Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

• Area of Desert: over 49,200 square kilometers

• Recommended Time of Visit: 1~6 Days

• Highlights: Bilutu Sand Peak (The Highest Sand Peak of the World); Miaohaizi & Badain Jaran Temple (The Forbidden City of Desert); Honghaizi (a pink desert lake shaped like the heart of earth)...

Towering sand peaks, mysterious resonant sands, pink lakes and solemn Buddhist temples, together forming the unique and charming Badain Jaran Desert (巴丹吉林沙漠). Here is not only the world's largest Resonant Sand Area, but also has the "World's Highest Desert Peak" Bilutu Sand Peak. Even the annual rainfall in this area is less than 40mm, there are more than 100 lakes with different colors scattered in the desert. This quiet, vigorous but colorful scenery makes tens of thousands of tourists from home and abroad visit here and cannot bear to leave.

3 Days Badain Jaran Desert Real Essence Tour with Jeep Safari

Itinerary: Badain Jaran Town - Badain Jaran Desert
Highlights: Badain Jaran Desert - Jeep Safari, Camping, Badain Lake, Bilutu Sand Peak, Nuoertu Lake, Baoritaolegai Sand Oasis

5 Days Zhangye Danxia Badain Jaran Desert Geography Miracle Tour

Itinerary: Zhangye - Badain Jaran Town - Badain Jaran Desert
Highlights: Zhangye Danxia Geo-park, Zhangye Binggou Danxia Scenic Area, Badain Jaran Desert, Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon

• Location: Dalat Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

• Area of Desert: over 18,600 square kilometers

• Recommended Time of Visit: 0.5~8 Days

• Highlights: Yemingsha Scenic Area, Qixing Lake Scenic Area, Xiangshawan, Engebei...

The 700-mile Yellow River is the back of a bow and the east-stretch Kubuqi Desert (库布齐沙漠) is like a string, two together forming a huge golden bow. Thanks to its superior geographical location (near Baotou and Ordos City), the infrastructure construction of scenic areas in Kubuqi Desert has been perfect compared with scenic spots of other deserts, so it is also one of the first choices for visiting deserts for the first time. There are many scenic areas scattered in Kubuqi Desert, and the main highlights include Yemingsha Scenic Area, which is suitable for experiencing desert off-road driving and the Qixing Lake Scenic Area, which is being praised as the “Desert Oasis”, etc. If it is a family vacation trip or travel with children, you can choose to pay a visit to the most popular Xiangshawan Scenic Area, which has the most recreational facilities and the best infrastructure construction. It is also famous for its vast and large resonant sand belt.

6 Days Inner Mongolia Best Desert & Grassland Tour (Hohhot to Hulunbuir)

Itinerary: Hohhot / Baotou / Kubuqi Desert / Hulunbuir / Shiwei / Hulunbuir
Highlights: Kubuqi Desert (Yemingsha), Hulunbuir Grassland, Wudangzhao Monastery, Ergun Wetland, Shiwei Russian Town...

2 Days Best Kubuqi Desert Tour to Yemingsha

Itinerary: Hohhot / Yemingsha of Kubuqi Desert / Ordos
Highlights: Kubuqi Desert (Yemingsha), Off-road Driving Experience, Desert Overnight Camping, Hasu Lake

• Location: It spans central Gansu, northern Ningxia and southwestern Alxa Left Banner of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Area of Desert: over 36,700 square kilometers

Recommended Time of Visit: 4~5 Days

• Highlights: Shapotou, Moon Lake, Swan Lake, Tonghu Grassland...

Tengger means "sky" in Mongolian. The endless drift sand rolling and billowing like cloud layers in the boundless sky, the scenery is magnificent and refreshing. Tengger Desert (腾格里沙漠) spans Gansu and Inner Mongolia provinces. The highlight of Tengger Desert in Inner Mongolia is mainly the Swan Lake and Moon Lake, a pair of outstanding sister lakes in more than 190 lakes in the desert. The lakeside scenery is stunning, perfect for light hiking. Moreover, it is a paradise for watching birds every spring and autumn when the swans migrate. The starry night in the Tengger Desert is resplendent, which makes it the first choice for many outdoor and camping enthusiasts.

• Location: Alxa League and Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia

• Area of Desert: over 10,000 square kilometers

• Recommended Time of Visit: 0.5~1 Days

Located in the west of Inner Mongolia, the east of Ningxia and the west bank of the Yellow River, Ulanbuh Desert (乌兰布和沙漠), covering an area of 14,000 square kilometers, stretches across Alxa League and Bayannur city. Historically, it was once a rich grassland with green shade. However, as time changes and the degradation of land, the current land types of Ulanbuh are mainly composed of sand dunes, wasteland, arable land and desert grassland.

In Mongolian, “Ulanbuh” means “the red bull”. As the name suggests, the sand takes on a reddish hue when the sun sets. Overlook from a distance, the view is quite grand and spectacular.