4 Days Inner Mongolia Naadam Festival Tour with Hohhot Sightseeing
Tour Overview
During this tour, you can not only enjoy the natural beauty of Huitengxile Grassland, but also take part in the Naadam Festival - the grandest festival in Inner Mongolia....
Code of Tour: CDT0000000978
Length of Travel: 4 Day
Destinations of Tour: Hohhot / Huitengxile Grassland / Hohhot
Departure City: Hohhot
Price of Tour: Request
Type of Tour: Private
Features of Tour: Photo Nature Minority
Naadam Festival, held in every July, is the grandest festival in Inner Mongolia. There are three games of men: Mongolian wrestling, horse racing, and archery. In 2010, Naadam was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.
Highlights:
- Enjoy the natural beauty of Huitengxile Grassland.
- Take part in the Naadam Festival – the grandest festival in Inner Mongolia.
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1: Hohhot Arrival
- Day 2: Hohhot
- Day 3: Hohhot – Huitengxile Grassland
- Day 4: Huitengxile Grassland – Hohhot
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Hohhot Arrival
Sightseeing and Activities:
Accommodation: Hohhot
Meals:
Upon your arrival, met by tour guide and escorted to your hotel. Then explore this city on your own.
Day 2 Hohhot
Sightseeing and Activities: Dazhao Temple, Five-pagoda Temple, Inner Mongolia Museum
Accommodation: Hohhot
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Today we will visit the highlights of Hohhot, including Dazhao Temple, Five-pagoda Temple and Inner Mongolia Museum. Dazhao Temple, the oldest and largest temple in the city, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Gelugpa order. The Five Pagoda Temple is also a Buddhist temple and known as the “Precious Pagoda of the Buddhist Relics of the Diamond Throne”. Inner Mongolia Museum has many objects relating to ethnic history in its collections.
Day 3 Hohhot – Huitengxile Grassland
Sightseeing and Activities: Huitengxile Grassland
Accommodation: Yurt
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
In the morning, we will drive about 135km to Huitengxile Grassland, a typical alpine meadow grassland. Covering an area of 600 square kilometers and at an average elevation of 2100m, it means “cold plateau” in Mongolian. With 99 natural lakes interspersing the grassland, it is also called the “99 Springs”.
Appreciate the beautiful scenery of the grassland and try some local favorites such as mutton. Besides, there are many featured activities, such as horseback riding, archery, Mongolian-style-wrestling performances, etc.
In the evening, have a bonfire party with the locals.
Day 4 Huitengxile Grassland – Hohhot
Sightseeing and Activities:
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast
Get up early to enjoy the sunrise of the grassland. Then explore this place at leisure until being transferred back to Hohhot to take your flight or train for your next destination. Service ends.
Service Included:
- Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
- Meals as listed in the itinerary;
- Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
- Private English-speaking tour guide;
- Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
- Service charge & government taxes;
- Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
- Domestic train tickets of soft sleeper.
Service Excluded:
- Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
- Chinese visa fees;
- Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
- Single room supplement;
- Tips to guides and drivers;
- Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
- Personal travel accident insurance;
- All optional programs.
