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The 5 Best Things to Do in Chifeng, China
Chifeng in China, from Asia region, is best know for Parks. Discover best things to do in Chifeng with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
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1. Hongshan Park of Chifeng
Overall Ratings
4 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By Rincewind - Anshan City, Liaoning, China
Surprisingly, this park is free. We had to pay 5 yuan to park our car in the street outside the gate, but the actual mountain is free. The paths are well paved and extensive with several routes around and over the mountain. There is plenty of wildlife around if you keep your eyes open.
The only negative side is that there is absolutely no shade in summer. The midday sun makes hiking here in summer quite uncomfortable. Come early morning or evening, or else come in another season.
2. Wulan Butong Grassland
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By Rincewind - Anshan City, Liaoning, China
This area of grassland in Inner Mongolia abuts onto another area of grassland and forest in Hebei province. Together, they form Saihanba National Forest Park.
Saihanba park consists of three areas: two in Hebei and one in Inner Mongolia. If travelling to see the grasslands, you are better coming here via Chengde in Hebei province rather than from Chifeng city in Inner Mongolia.
Wulan Buton Grasslands are visually distinct from rest of Saihanba park. The trees are much fewer and the grass more extensive. There are fewer tourist sites to visit than in the other two section of the part too. However, I'd say that is a good thing. If you want to experience the remote expanse of the grasslands without tourist touts and stalls selling tourist tat, then head to this part of Saihanba park. Stop your car somewhere at the side of the road and go walking out into the Wilderness.
I visited the grasslands driving my own car. Really, to see this park, you need to come by car. The grasslands and Forests here are huge. I mean, you can drive 50 km in any direction and still be inside Saihanba park. Only with a car, can you get out and experience the huge expanse of grasslands and Forests. If you come here by tour bus, you'll just get dragged around a few tourist spots, populated by so many other noisy tourists, touts and stalls.
Wulan Buton Grasslands was included in the ticket price for Saihanba park. The tickets cost me 110 RMB per adult and are valid for 3 days in the park. There are checkpoints between the three main sections of the park where you have to show your ticket to proceed. Within the park, most scenic spots are free but a few do charge an additional entrance fee. My hotel suggested that these people charging fees might not be legitimate and we found that you could haggle the prices down to 10 RMB. We paid 30 RMB for my daughter to ride a horse for half an hour. The best part of the experience was when we parked in a remote spot, walked over the hill from the road, pitched our tent on the grass and had a picnic.
If you are keen on wildlife, there is a lot to be seen here. There is a great abundance of different kinds of flowers and plants. Squirrels and chipmunks are a common sight. I also spotted several kinds of birds that I hadn't seen before.
3. Yulong Shahu Scenic Spot
Overall Ratings
4 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By Rincewind - Anshan City, Liaoning, China
Traveling around the north of China, I wanted to experience the full range of landscapes in this area - Mountains, Forests, grasslands and Deserts. Of these four, the last is the hardest to find. Although there are many desert areas in Inner Mongolia, one key feature of Deserts is that nobody lives there, and hence there are no roads or other transport in those areas. Yulang Shahu is notable in that it is a section of desert that is traversed by a good quality road.
I visited Yulang Shau by car - I drove my own car from Chifeng city. It took about 1.5 hours to get there. Most of the route was the expressway and the last 30 km was on good quality, newly improved road.
On the way up to the desert, you pass through new Forests of larch and then grasslands. There are some sites to stop at and ride horses, practice archery and visit a Mongolian yurt about 8 km south of the desert. If you haven't been to the grasslands, then you'll enjoy that, but there are better, more scenic grasslands elsewhere.
The Yulong Shahu (translated: Moon Dragon Sand Lake) is a small tourist resort and hotel situated between a small lake and a large rock formation, surrounded by sand dunes. Parking is free but you pay an entrance fee and also pay for additional activities such as using the quad bikes, camel riding or sand sledging.
I actually stopped outside of the main tourist resort. There are several other free car parks from which you can explore the desert scenery without paying the resort entrance fee. Outside of the main resort, there are plenty of locals hiring quad bikes, sledges, camel rides and such.
I had brought a tent with me. We found a quieter spot on the dunes, pitched the tent and enjoyed a picnic. I was surprised that none of the locals offered any refreshments alongside the activities. Usually in China, outside tourist attractions, you can find some people selling pot noodles, water and ice creams, but not here. Luckly, I was fully stocked with water and food.
My daughter and I enjoyed a camel ride for 50 RMB. Probably could have haggled the price down a bit more than that. The camels here are the Bactrian type, with two humps, rather than the Dromedary camels, with one hump, that you might see in Egypt.
4. Chifeng Botanical Garden
5. Daoxugou Scenic Spot
