[2025 Yiwu Attraction] Travel Guide for Mingsha Mountain (Updated Apr)

Getting There - You can type in Crescent lake if you're taking a Didi, take a taxi, you can drive yourself or go with a tour group. Attractions - The scenic are is beautiful. You can enjoy the experience of the desert on the back of a camel, take a helicopter ride, four wheeler or with a buggy ride. You can just climb up the sand hill and enjoy the view from the top. Hotels - There are hotels in close proximity of the desert. You can even experience glamping in a tent in the desert...definitely worth the experience. Food & Restaurants - There's food places like KFC at the entrance. Shopping - There's lots of shops at the entrance where you can buy clothes, souvenirs, snacks amd drinks. #passionpassport #silkroad #summervacation #gooutside #desert #camelride #dunhuang

🔛 Kicking off the third stop of the Northwest Grand Loop: Dunhuang Be sure to experience the majesty and vastness of the desert's lone smoke rising straight up and the round sunset over the long river at Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang. 🚌 Transportation: Taxi in the city is about 10r Bus No. 3 is 2r Self-driving 🈶 large parking lot 🅿️ 🎫 Ticket: Adults 110/person Students half price (need to present relevant documents at the ticket window to purchase) 💯 Warm reminder: 1. It is recommended to use the central gate 🚪 as it is closer to camel riding + Crescent Lake, and there is no need to take a sightseeing bus. 2. Tickets are valid for three days! Swipe your ID card 🉑 to enter directly. 🐫 About camels 1. The camel ride is an additional charge of 100/person, approximately five kilometers for about 40min, and queuing is required during peak season. 2. There will be a rest halfway, and the camel guide will ask if you want to take photos, charging 20 for photos taken with the tourist's phone, which you can refuse. 3. Riding camels to watch the sunrise 🌅 in the morning requires an additional fee of 20/person. ✅ About dressing: 1. Be sure to wear hole shoes to Mingsha Mountain, you will thank me when you come back! 2. Wear red or black clothes, they are very photogenic～ ⚠️ Pitfall avoidance guide: 1. Decide on shoe covers based on your needs, shoe covers are 5r at the entrance of the scenic area, 20r inside 2. There are many travel photography shops at the entrance of the scenic area, be sure to compare prices. 3. For those watching the sunset, it is recommended to come early, queue up at 6 o'clock + climb up, and it's about sunset time, coming at 7 o'clock may be too late, and you'll miss the sunset. 4. There are a lot of melon 🍈 and watermelon 🍉 sellers at the entrance, all 10 for three boxes, but the box sizes vary, so open your eyes 👀 and choose the big boxes to buy. 5. If you come during the day, be sure to do a good job of sun protection, with sunglasses 🕶️, sunscreen, etc. 6. Climbing the sand is really tiring, 🉑 climb the wooden ladder + step on the footprints of others, it will save a lot of effort. 7. Bring water 💧, you must bring it, it will be very thirsty after a long time in the desert. 8. If you want to stay until dark, be sure to bring a thick piece of clothing. 💁🏻‍♀️I am Wan'er, for more Northwest loop strategies, see the collection ⬇️

If you also like romance, the Northwest is not barren~ ⭕Tickets: 🌟Tickets are 110 yuan per person and are valid for three days. During these three days, tourists can visit the scenic area multiple times. ⚠️In summer, it is recommended to go in the morning or evening to watch the sunrise or sunset. It is not recommended to go at noon or in the afternoon because the ultraviolet rays are too strong and the sand burns your feet. You can watch the sunset and the stars later. ⚠️In winter, it is recommended to go in the afternoon as the temperature will be a little higher. 🌟 Camel riding is 100/person, and it takes about 50 minutes to walk around the desert. You cannot get off the camel halfway. The end point is at the foot of the mountain, near Crescent Lake. If you want to take photos and check in, the camel driver can help you take photos for 20 yuan ⚠️It is recommended to wear shoe covers to prevent sand. The ultraviolet rays on the mountain are very strong. It is recommended to protect yourself from the sun, sunscreen, sun protection clothes, and sunglasses. ⭕Entertainment projects: Entertainment projects at the back of Mingsha Mountain include sandboarding, sand motorcycles, desert camping, desert disco, bonfire parties, helicopters, gliders, etc. In winter, there are basically only sandboarding and camel riding. 🚉Transportation strategy: Dunhuang city is relatively small, and it is 5-6 kilometers from the city to Mingsha Mountain Scenic Area. It is recommended to take a taxi🚕 or take bus No. 3. Dunhuang Station and Dunhuang Airport are about 12 kilometers away from the city center. There are buses to the city center. The bus fare from Dunhuang Station to the city center is 5 yuan.

Mingsha Mountain | Listen to the camel bells and find the nectar in the desert In the overlapping desert, there is a crescent-shaped spring water. As long as you climb the top of the desert, you can see the whole picture of the Crescent Moon Spring. . Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Spring are mythical places in my heart. The clear spring water surrounded by sand mountains is incredible, but it actually exists in this land of Dunhuang. Walking through a desert, you can approach the Crescent Moon Spring. There is a lush green plant growing on the Crescent Moon Spring. The wind caresses the water surface and the grass tip. It feels like a afternoon in a small park. Crescent Moon is an antique pavilion. This picture is like a mirage in the desert, but this mirage is real. Attraction tips

How to take a photo of a circle of friends in the public attractions? Mingsha Mountain Photo Guide Mingsha Mountain has very small and soft sand. Compared with the sand on the beach, it is very dry. There are also special shoes and roads for walking. Be careful and compare. Admire this magnificent sunset on the high hillside. The best thing to watch in Mingsha Mountain is sunset time. It will be almost sunset at around 8:00 pm, so it is more appropriate to reach the top of the dune around 7:00. There are two types of photos on the sand dunes. One is the photo with the sand dunes. The most suitable clothes are red skirts. The people who are photographed can turn circles, play sand, or even just sit and shoot good films. The other type is the silhouette of the sunset. For the silhouette, it doesn't matter what you wear. As long as you have a good weather, you can shoot. As for what action to take, you can refer to our shot, or Baidu. There are many good silhouettes on the Internet.

In Mingsha Mountain Scenic Area, there are several experiences: riding a camel, taking a "sand car", taking a helicopter and the most convenient sand-skiing. Because we did not ride a camel, we chose this, but riding a camel is subject to additional charges. It is generally recommended to wear a shoe cover when entering the scenic spot. You can rent it at the entrance, or you can bring it. The quality of the shoe cover in the scenic area is still good, basically it will not enter the sand. When riding a camel, someone will help with the photo. If you want to take a photo, you will need to pay extra. The ride on the camel is from the entrance to the Crescent Moon Spring, which takes about 40 minutes to 1 hour. Say a real feeling, if there is no special hobby, it is not recommended to ride, because the bumps are a bit painful.

Dunhuang Mingsha Mountain National Key Scenic Spot, located in the northwest of the motherland it is the magical and magnificent Gansu tourist attraction on the Silk Road. It is located in the southern suburb of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province, seven kilometers away, in the transition zone between the Badain Jaran Desert and the Taklimakan Desert, covering an area of about 200 square kilometers. There are two peculiarities in Mingsha Mountain: if a person descends from the top of the mountain, the sand under his feet will squeak; during the day, people will climb the footprints left by the sand hills, and the next day there will be no traces. Mingsha Mountain, the sand peaks and undulating, the mountain "like the dragon and dragonfly", the golden light is like a golden mountain. Mingsha Mountain was once known as Shajiao Mountain.

Just keep going. Because on your way flowers will bloom in succession ---------Tegor has always dreamed of a walk and leave, want to stay in the soul of the journey / hc / when travel becomes a wandering, a confession, a moment of insight, life is full. So, pick up the backpack and say go away; So, go to the northwest.

The Crescent Moon Spring is surrounded by Mingsha Mountain. It is about 150 meters long and about 50 meters wide. It is named after the water surface is like a crescent moon. The source of the Crescent Moon Spring is the Party River. It relies on the continuous filling of the river water. In the siege of the four sides of the yellow sand, the spring water is clear and beautiful, and the millennium is not awkward. It is amazing. It is a pity that since the 1990s, the party river and the Crescent Moon Spring have been cut off, and only the artificial method can be used to maintain the status quo of the spring water. Because the pavilion has been built on the edge of the Crescent Moon Spring, together with the rolling sand hills, the clear spring water, the splendid sunset, the scenery is not bad.

In a singer-songing voice, I was fortunate enough to witness a marriage proposal, the girl was shy and excited, the atmosphere at the scene was so warm, and the girl around me was also. When the bonfire in the desert started, a group of people sang "Later" around the fire, and the girl who had been happy around her was red-eyed, the tears in the eyes of the night were shining, the most ridiculous place, the most Long-awaited watch, I hope that we can return to this place in a few years...

When it comes to the desert, when it comes to Xiangshawan, there will be such a picture in the minds of people: standing on the golden sand dunes and overlooking the rolling yellow sand, the sky is in the desert, the desert is uninhabited, only the camel team Head forward, the whole world is filled with desolate loneliness. As the figure of the camel team is getting smaller and smaller, the camel ringing is getting weaker... Mingsha Mountain, located in the northern foot of Mingsha Mountain, 7 km south of Dunhuang City, from the Mogao Cliffs in the east The top is connected to the Danghe Reservoir in the west. The whole mountain is made up of fine grainy yellow sand. When the wind is blowing, the sand mountain will make a loud noise. When the light wind blows, it is like a stringed silk bamboo. Tickets are 120 yuan.