2-Day Side Trip to Baotou

- Erdos-Baotou Tour

Trip Highlights - Attractions involved: the Resonant Sand Bay, Wudangzhao in Baotou. Baotou is about 139 kilometers on the north side of Erdos. Batou is a charming city that has been awarded the titles of "Garden City", "National Civilized City" and "National Excellent Travel City", situated in the west of the Inner Mongolia, abundant and unique with culture heritage, natural scenery, and the grassland landscape. If you have plenty time for your Erdos sightseeing around, the side trip to Baotou is a good choice. Thus, we sincerely provide you a 2-day side trip from Erdos to Baotou as below.
Availability: Daily.      Pick-up Point & Time: Your hotel, 8:30am.      Finishing Point & Time: Your hotel, 5:00pm.      Duration: 2 Days.

Tour Itinerary: (B-Breakfast, L-Lunch)
Day 01: Erdos / Baotou
Today, you will be driven from Erdos to Baotou. After your arrival, you will be driven to your hotel. And the rest of the day will be yours to rest or explore the city on your own.
Hotel: Shenhua International Hotel 4 star (or similar class)
Day 02: Depart from Baotou (B/L)
In the morning, you will first visit the Resonant Sand Bay. Here you will be able to slide from the top of the hill to the bottom and hear unexplainable aircraft like sounds. Then you will visit Wudangzhao, the former residence of the highest ranking lama in Inner Mongolia. Presently, it is the only intact Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in the province. After lunch, you will leave Baotou for your next destination. (Service End)

Attraction Description
The Resonant Sand Bay
Located within an hour's drive away from the city of Baotou, Resonant Sand Bay (otherwise known as Xiangshawan in Chinese) is situated in Ih Ju League. It is also called "yinken resonant sand gorge" by local people, which means bowstring in mongolian. Sliding down from the 90-meter-high, 45-degree sand hill, people will hear sounds like a bugle and drumbeat in the sand. If several people are surfing together, the sound will be as loud as the automobile and aircraft engines and you will feel the whole dune is trembling. Scientists made...
Wudangzhao
Wudangzhao, a popular travel destination near Baotou, is the most well kept and also the largest Tibetan influenced lamasery in Inner Mongolia. It is situated on Jihuluntu Mountain 54 kilometers north of Baotou City. "Wudang" means willow and "Zhao" means monastery in Mongolian. "Wudangzhao" is the monastery built near willows. The lamasery is a group of traditional Tibetan architecture with white walls and flattened roofs, dotted about at the mountain slope of 1 mile long, covering an area of about 50 acres. Wudangzhao is composed of...