【Ningxia】Exotic Ningxia 5 Days Expedition
Ningxia
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Home to the Largest Hui Community in China
Ningxia
Known as a green and beautiful land in northwestern China, Ningxia was involved in a part of the ancient Silk Road, being a platform for trade and cultural exchanges between China's central regions and northwestern areas. Ningxia tourism mainly consists of natural reserves, majestic desert scenery, attractions along or around the Yellow River and relics of the mysterious Western Xia Dynasty (1038 - 1227).
Oasis of Dessert
Brief Itinerary | ||
D1 | Yinchuan Arrival | / |
D2 | Yinchuan-Sand Lake-West Film Studio-Helan Mountain Rock Painting-Huaiyuan Night Market-Yinchuan | BL |
D3 | Yinchuan-West Xia Imperial Tombs-Tonghu Grassland-Zhongwei | BL |
D4 | Zhongwei-Shapotou-Ningxia Museum-Lanshan Park-Yinchuan | BL |
D5 | Yinchuan-Shuidong Valley Ruins-Yinchuan Departure | BL |
＊Please make sure you have never been to mid/high risk areas and check your past 14 days itinerary. |
Price Guide | ||
Group Tour Date | Price (CNY) | Single Room Supplement (4-star) |
Aug. 4-8 | 5760 | 980 |
Aug. 11-15 | 5760 | 980 |
Aug. 18-22 | 5760 | 980 |
Aug. 25-29 | 5760 | 980 |
Sept. 1-5 | 5760 | 980 |
Sept. 8-12 | 5760 | 980 |
Sept. 17-21 (Mid-Autumn Day) | 5960 | 1180 |
Sept. 25-29 | 5760 | 980 |
Oct. 2-6 (National Day) | 5980 | 1380 |
Oct. 13-17 | 5980 | 980 |
Oct. 20-24 | 5980 | 980 |
Oct. 27-31 | 5980 | 980 |
★ Inclusions ★
01 | Local Transfer depending on the group size |
02 | Experienced driver |
03 | Professional English speaking guide |
04 | Entrance ticket (Shuidong Valley, Tonghu Grassland, Shapotou, West Film Studio, West Xia Tomb, Helan Mountain Rock Painting, Sand Lake) |
05 | Accommodation (4-star hotel twin room basis) |
06 | Meals mentioned above |
06 | Service fee |
★ Exclusions ★
01 | Tips to the guide and driver |
02 | Train/flight to and leave Ningxia |
03 | Optional activities |
04 | Single room supplement |
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Detailed Itinerary
D1
Yinchuan Arrival
Fly to Yinchuan. Our guide will welcome you at the airport and then transfer to hotel. The rest time is for you to take rest and enjoy Yinchuan on your own.
D2
Yinchuan-Sand Lake-West Film Studio
-Helan Mountain Rock Painting
-Huaiyuan Night Market-Yinchuan
Sand Lake Scenic Resort is the national tourist trump card for those looking for a place with a lake, sand dunes, reeds, birds and fish. During the May-September period, the lake becomes a veritable paradise for a dozen or so varieties of precious bird species, such as swans, white and grey cranes, black storks, and wild geese.
China West Film Studio in Ningxia Located 30 kilometers northwest of Yinchuan, China West Film Studio boasts to be the best place for shooting the outdoor scenes of Western China and Ancient China theme movies. Many smash Chinese movies march toward the world from here, including 'Red Sorghum' and 'A Chinese Odyssey'.
In ancient times, Helan mountain is the homelands of northern China minorities include Huns, Xianbei, Tujue, Uighur and Tibet. They carved the scenes of their daily lives on the stones of the mountain 3,000 to 10,000 years ago. The pictures reappear the aesthetic taste, social customs and life style of ancient people. On the 220 km mountain range, there are more than 20 spots of rock paintings. The contents of the rock paintings include forest-steppe animals, grassland animal and human head portraits. Most of them are carvings and a small amount of them are colored drawings. The most classic ones are located in the Helan Pass. Helan Mountain Rock Paintingshave abundant contents and painting styles, and they are vivid and full of imaginations. The paintings bring us precious information of ancient human beings and an enjoyment of art.
If you would like to experience authentic local life, Huaiyuan Night Market is definitely on your travel list. You will be able to try Huaiyuan Latiao, fried egg, beef pancake, lamb skewer, etc.
D3
Yinchuan-West Xia Imperial Tombs
-Tonghu Grassland-Zhongwei
West Xia Kingdom (1038-1227) stands among the once powerful kingdoms, with its capital in Yinchuan shaded by Mt. Helan imperial forests. Its Imperial Tombs reflect the past glories culturally and militarily. Since June 1972, nine imperial tombs and 253 lesser tombs have been unearthed, which are as grand as Ming Tombs in Beijing. With a total area of more than 50 square kilometers (19.3 square miles), it is unique among royal burials. The layout is patterned after the celestial bodies.
Tonghu Grassland, well known as "Eden in the desert", is endowed with vast expanse of Tengger desert, grassland, lakes and camel-shaped sand dunes which are all harmoniously combined and look like a fine picture portraited by mother nature. You will surely be fascinated by its beauty and fail to find a proper adjective to describe what you have seen. In Tonghu Grassland you will find many yurts of the Mongolian people. At night, we will join in the bonfire party with locals, enjoy the the hospitality of the Mongolian people and then drive back to hotel.
D4
Zhongwei-Shapotou-Ningxia Museum
-Lanshan Park-Yinchuan
Shapotou is on the southern rim of the Tengger Desert. There one will find the Desert Research Centre, established in 1956 to find ways of preventing the sands from encroaching onto the railways, and one of China's four singing sand dunes. Sliding down the sand dune gives one the ethereal feeling of descending from the sky. The peculiar geological structure of the place causes the sand to emit a resonance that reverberates like the tolling of a huge bell or the beating of a big drum. Limpid water flows gently in a knee-deep stream at the foot of the dune.
To fully enjoy the dessert, you can choose the following optional activities:
Tourist scenic bus: 30 CNY/pax
Sand-surfing/cable car (going down): 40 CNY/pax
Cambel riding: 100 CNY/pax
Yellow River rafting: 120 CNY/pax
The price list is for your reference.
Ningxia Museum, shorted for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Museum, is located in east of people square in Yinchuan City. Finished building in 1973, Ningxia Museum covers an area of 30,258 suqare meters, four floors in 21.2 meter high. The collection of Ningxia Museum is nearly 40,000, among the collections in third level value are more than 4,000. From first floor to third floor, people can see about 12 exhibition hall and get touch with Ningxia history and local characters deeply.
After visiting Ningxia Museum, we will pay a visit to Lanshan Park on the way back to hotel.
D5
Yinchuan-Shuidong Valley Ruins
-Yinchuan Departure
Shuidong Valley Ruins, a national 4A-level attraction located in Lingwu City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is the earliest Paleolithic cultural site excavated in China. It was awarded as one of the top 50 destinations worth visiting by foreign tourists. In the Ming Dynasty (1271-1368), Shuidong Valley Ruins was a military defense base along the Great Wall of China, where a lot of military buildings and facilities were built to defend against the northern nomadic tribes. Nowadays, many of the relics can still be seen here.
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