English Speaking Guide
Max Group size of 12 people
All accomodations included
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We have over 15 years experience
Price of tour: $510*
* (Price can be 10% lower or higher depending on the season. Please tell us your preferred travel month in the booking form)
Begin your adventure in Hohhot and head out to the wide-open spaces of the Xilamuren Grassland. Here you’ll sleep in a traditional Mongolian yurt, watch local horseback performances, and even try horse riding yourself across rolling green pastures.
Continue to the remarkable Kubuqi Desert, where endless golden dunes stretch to the horizon. Experience the thrill of camel trekking, sand tobogganing, or dune buggy rides, and soak in the vast, serene landscapes at sunset.
Along the way, explore Tibetan Buddhist temples, enjoy cultural performances, taste authentic Mongolian cuisine, and learn about nomadic herding life.
Stay in comfortable hotels or unique yurts each night. The tour includes all transfers, entrance fees, daily breakfasts, and the guidance of an experienced English-speaking guide. This trip is perfect for those wanting a mix of grassland adventure, desert wonder, and real Mongolian culture—all in just five days.
Picked up at airport or train station, transfer to hotel. The rest of the day is yours to rest, or walk around in the city.
After breakfast, drive to Xilamuren Grassland. In Mongolian language, Xilamuren means “yellow water”, it’s about 90km away from Hohhot in the north. On arrival, you are welcomed warmly by locals wearing traditional Mongolian costumes. They will greet you with a silver cup of wine and Hada, reach out with both hands. After that, you can choose to take a walk through the prairie or ride a horse(optional at your own expense). After lunch, go to Honggeer Aobao, “aobao” was originally a road sign piled with stones on the vast grassland, now it becomes a place for offering sacrifices and praying for harvest and peace. In the grand “Sacrificing Aobao” ceremony, you can experience traditional Inner Mongolian folk customs. At dinner time, dressed up in Mongolian clothes, watch locals perform music and dances while enjoying a traditional Mongolian feast. In the evening, join the bonfire party.
In the morning, you can wake up early to watch sun rise slowly from the distant horizon in the grassland. After breakfast, drive to Xiangshawan (aka Whistling Dune Bay) in Kubuqi Desert. Take the cable cars to visit two of the five themed areas: Xiansha Island and Yuesha Island. There are various activities including camel riding, sandsurfing, sandbiking, desert golf etc. (optional at your own expense). Finally, drive to Dalad Banner.
After breakfast, drive to visit Zhaojun Museum, it is 9km away from the southern suburb of Hohhot. The tomb inside was firstly founded in the Western Han Dynasty to memorize Wang Zhaojun who is one of Four Beauties in ancient China. She helped to unite Han people with Xiongnu Empire. Continue to visit Dazhao Temple, it was built in 1580, the earliest Huangjiao temple of Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Hohhot. Around the temple, you will visit Tongshun Street to taste local cuisines. And in Saishang Old Street, you will find buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties’ architectural styles.
In the morning, visit Inner Mongolia Museum, you will understand the development of the Mongolian Plateau. The exhibition hall also displays the artifacts of northern nomads in China, as well as the worlds’ largest dinosaur fossils from the Cretaceous Period. Later, transfer to the airport, tour ends.
Included in the price
-airport and train station pickup and drop service
-knowledgable english-speaking guide
-transportation whilst on tour
-comfortable hotels, 1 night in mongolia yurt, 3 nights in local 4-5 star hotel, based on double occupancy
-breakfast
-entrance fee
-bottle water
-lots of fun people
-lunch and dinner in grassland on day 2
Excluded from the price
-flights
-other meals
-tips for guide and driver
-single room supplement fee 800-1000rmb (If you are alone and willing to share, we shall put another solo traveler with you in same room. We can’t guarantee the roommate)
-optional activities
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Our multilingual team’s passion ensures you receive personal, attentive, and friendly guidance—from planning to the last day of your trip.
Jessie | Founder
10 years experience in organizing expat tours in China.
Jessie first worked as travel consultant for many years, her excellent organizing skills and great travel route planning have won the trust of many customers. In 2018 she founded experiencetibet.org, an agency offering tours in Tibet autonomous region and other Tibetan areas in China such as Gansu, Yunnan and Sichuan. In 2020 she started yellowbirdtour.com, with destinations all over China.
Penny | China travel consultant
Penny has rich experience in organizing foreigners tours to many places in China, such as Tibet, Gansu, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Zhangjiajie. She is very responsive, always quick and patient. Customers like her, they always come back for more tours, and also recommend many of their friends to join.
Dawei | Tour guide / operator
Dawei is a Tibetan Buddhist, and comes from the most north edge of the Tibetan plateau in Qinghai province, Western China. He has travelled as a tour leader to many South Asian countries such as India, Bhutan and also nearly the entire country of China. He focuse especially on guiding in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Ningxia provinces and Tibetan regions. The activities of these various tour groups have included adopting family, horse racing, hiking, bird watching, cycling, camping, overseas students, cultural and religious sightseeing.
Andrew | Touir guide / operator
Andrew was born and grew up in a small village of Zhangjiajie, Hunan. From 2009-2012 he works for royal Caribbean International cruise as an onboard guest services officer. After that, he dedicates his life/time to guiding and operating tours in Zhangjiajie and around. As a native person, he knows all the corner of the scenic area, such as good restaurants, souvenir shops and cultures. He is very experienced and super flexible, he knows how to avoid the crowds and take advantage of the weather and offer the best travel experience to customers, all you need to do is just relax and enjoy!
