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- Beijing office workers' weekend escape plan‼️ Just 1.5h to reach "Miyazaki's Prairie"🌿 Being an astronaut on a volcano is so cool! Who says Beijing only offers a mundane life?🙊 Take a step west this weekend and dive into a summer straight out of a Miyazaki film! Ulanqab's 20°C breeze blows away the workweek blues🌬️ Every snap on the volcanic prairie is postcard-worthy📸 **2-day, 1-night foolproof guide**—save it now! --- ### 🚄 **【Escape the Heat in 1.5h! Hassle-Free Transport】** - **High-speed train**: Beijing North/Qinghe → Ulanqab, **1.5-2h direct ride** 💺 Ticket price ≈ 1 hotpot meal (100-150 RMB)! Tons of departures! - **Self-drive**: About 4h via Jingzang/G6 Highway, with mesmerizing windmill views along the way🌀 ✅ **Strongly recommend renting a car/chauffeur after arrival!** Attractions are spread out—local drivers know shortcuts, avoid traffic, and even help with photos📸 (We paid 500 RMB/day for a chauffeur—totally worth it!) --- ### 🌋 **𝐃𝐚𝐲𝟏：Volcano Adventure·Become a Mars Astronaut!** > **Route: No. 8 → No. 7 → No. 6 → No. 5 → No. 3 (One-way! Follow this order!)** - **No. 8/7 Volcanoes**: Hunt for agates✨ (Crowded and picked over—just a quick stop!) - **𝐍𝐨. 𝟔 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨·𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!** ⚠️ **Must-do 3 things**: ❶ **Rent an astronaut suit👩‍🚀** (Bargain down to 80 RMB/set! Dusty pink is the most photogenic) ❷ **Wave sparklers🎇** (Buy in advance! 10 RMB/stick at the scenic spot is a rip-off) ❸ **Set camera to dark mode + walk deeper!** Avoid crowds for apocalyptic-style shots! - **𝐍𝐨. 𝟓 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨**: Admire from afar! ⚠️ Don’t climb! Steep slopes + loose rocks = danger❌ - **𝐍𝐨. 𝟑 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨**: Sunset views from the boardwalk🌄 + nighttime light show (Magical!) **📸 Hidden photo spot**: Run along the road with No. 5 Volcano in the background—cinematic gold! **🐑 Meet sheep along the way**: Free cuddles with fluffy lambs! Pure joy~ (Vendors sell sparklers—worth grabbing) --- ### 🍃 **𝐃𝐚𝐲𝟐：Huitengxile Prairie·Step into a Windows Desktop!** - **Scenic drive**: Stumble upon **giant sunflower fields**🌻! Pull over for 100+ photos! - **Huanghuagou vs. free prairie**: ✅ **Pro tip**: Huanghuagou is pricey + crowded! **Drive deeper into free prairie** for wilder, quieter views! ✅ **Huanghuagou overlook**: Navigate to "**Cow Dung Happy Prairie**" for a breathtaking hilltop vista! - **Activities galore**: Horseback riding🏇｜Camping⛺️｜Picnic under windmills｜Dress as a Mongolian maiden💃 --- ### 🏠 **【Accommodation: 2 Options】** 📍 **Downtown hotels** (Jining District recommended): ✅ Clean + comfy + food options (Must-try: ice-boiled lamb!) ❌ 1.5h round-trip to volcanoes/prairie 📍 **Prairie yurts/homestays**: ✅ Stargazing from your doorstep🌌 + bonfire parties🔥 ❌ Rustic conditions (Bugs possible! Bring repellent!) --- ### 💡 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬： ❶ Huge temp swings! **Pack a light puffer + sunshirt**—lifesavers! ❷ Zero shade on volcanoes/prairie! **Hat + sunglasses + SPF50+**—glue them on! ❸ Stock snacks + water! Scenic spots have limited (and pricey) options💸 --- **Escape plan activated‼️** Don’t waste your weekend—grab this guide and sprint into a 20°C fairy tale! #Ulanqab #PrairiePhotography #VolcanoOutfits #HiddenTravelGems

Depart from Beijing Qinghe or Beijing North Station, about 2 hours by high-speed rail. There's not much to do in Ulanqab city itself—it's mostly about visiting volcanoes and grasslands, which are better in summer. We went during New Year's Day mainly to see the volcanoes. There was thick snow, making it an off-season trip with very few tourists. 📍Accommodation Jinji Hotel Victoria Plaza Branch About 20+ minutes by taxi from the train station. Convenient dining options nearby. A Jinji Hotel room for under 300 yuan per night was a steal—the hotel is quite new. Breakfast includes lamb offal soup and shaomai (steamed dumplings), which were great. The floor heating in winter is extremely warm. 📍Itinerary Ulanqab is actually best suited for self-driving since its natural attractions are somewhat spread out. We joined a small group tour to see the volcanoes for 199 yuan per person. We departed around 10 AM and returned to the city by 3 PM—price only covered transportation. The volcanoes were free to enter then, but I heard they might start charging this year. Winter visits are nice, though summer is better with grasslands and starry skies. 📍Food 1️⃣Lianying Shaomai: Super delicious! Must-try Mongolian hand-grabbed meat. Their shaomai have thin wrappers and generous fillings. 2️⃣Zecheng Ice-Boiled Lamb: The ice-boiled lamb is truly tasty. Also recommend the cold oat noodles and grilled Mongolian tofu.

🔥【48-hour escape plan! Enter the "Switzerland of Grasslands" in Inner Mongolia + lie in the starry sky of the volcano】🌋 No need to take leave! Hohhot, which is only 2.5 hours away from Beijing by high-speed rail, hides a super exciting tourist route: on the first day, you can gallop on the Xilamuren Grassland, where "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was filmed, and on the second day, you can visit the Ulan Hada Volcano Group certified by "National Geographic China". For two days, you can enjoy the high-energy gameplay of grassland horseback riding and archery, volcano hiking, and night photography of the Milky Way! 【Geographical Highlights】 ▪️Xilamuren Grassland: Also known as "Zhaohe Grassland", which means "Yellow River" in Mongolian, wild flowers bloom like a carpet from July to August ▪️Ulan Hada Volcano: The largest volcanic group in the north, the No. 3 "Alchemy Furnace" volcano can take blockbuster movies like Iceland 🛬【Itinerary】 D1: Hohhot → Xilamuren Grassland (about 1.5 hours by car) 09:00 Wear Mongolian robes to worship Aobao and pray for blessings → Ride horses through Huanghuagou 12:00 Taste stone barbecue at herdsmen’s home + learn how to make salty milk tea 15:00 Take a horse-drawn carriage tour to look for marmots/shoot arrows to win silver jewelry 19:00 Check in to the stargazing yurt + join the bonfire party D2: Grassland → Ulan Hada Volcano (about 3 hours by car) 08:00 Departure! Take photos of the windmill highway along the way 11:30 Arrive at Volcano No. 3 and take photos of the black reef in a space suit 14:00 Visit Volcano No. 6 to pick up colorful agates + hike to Volcano No. 5 17:00 Waiting for sunset at the volcano camp + enjoying a hot pot feast under the stars 21:00 Lie down and watch the Milky Way rise from the crater ⛺【Must-see attractions】 ✔️Horseback riding through Xilamuren: Novices can choose a 15-minute short trip, and veterans can challenge the 30-kilometer deep route ✔️Volcano No. 3 "Alchemy Furnace": Rent a space suit for 80 yuan to shoot interstellar travel blockbusters ✔️Volcano No. 5 Hike: The only intact volcano that has not erupted. You can see 7 volcanoes connected to the top ✔️Grassland Starry Yurt: The probability of viewing the Milky Way with the naked eye is as high as 80% 🍩【Must-eat food】 🔥Freshly slaughtered lamb on stone at herders’ home: lamb is roasted on volcanic rocks, fresh, juicy and without any smell! 🥛Pot tea with rice noodles: salty milk tea made with freshly fried millet + air-dried meat + cheese, fragrant and memorable 🌋Yak hotpot at the volcano camp: Inner Mongolian beef and mutton hotpot on the lava plateau, served with wild chive flower sauce 🏨【Accommodation Guide】 ▫️Grassland area: choose a light luxury yurt with private bathroom! I highly recommend the "Muyun Starry Sky Tent" which has a panoramic sunroof. ▫️Volcano area: Stay in the "Star Encounter Volcano Camp" tent, and provide Milky Way photography service 🚌【Transportation Guide】 ▪️Self-driving: Rent a Tank 300 in Hohhot, suitable for all road conditions of grassland highway + volcano highway ▪️Private tour: 1 person can form a group, 4 people can choose a 7-seater business car, the local driver is familiar with the route and provides private camera positions (advantages: private and comfortable, free as you like, stop whenever you want, 24-hour butler + driver guide service) ⚠️Don’t choose the bus! There is no direct public transportation from the grassland to the volcano 🧡【Practical Tips】 ❶ The temperature difference between morning and evening is as high as 15℃! Please prepare a three-in-one jacket + sunglasses ❷ Volcanic rocks are not allowed to be brought in! You can pick up natural agate as a souvenir ❸ When entering a herdsman’s home, take the right foot first, and walk around the Aobao three times clockwise when offering sacrifices. ❹ July 15th to August 20th is the peak season for grassland flowers and Perseid meteor shower! 👉Click now🔗 to lock in the early bird spot, the most beautiful season of the grassland volcano is not to be missed!

Day 1: First Impressions of the City + Grassland 🌱The hometown of the 'Grassland Hero Sisters', the most beautiful Xilamuren 🌱The sacred ritual of the grassland 💃'Let's be companions in the mortal world, live freely and unrestrained, ride horses and share the prosperity of the world, drink and sing, express the joy of life, and seize the youth with great enthusiasm' - Experience the feeling of riding horses like in the TV show 'My Fair Princess' 🎇Here, you will find warm and hospitable people. Everyone who visits the grassland will experience the noble Mongolian ceremony of the welcoming drink. Offering a piece of the grassland's deep affection, we invite you to drink a cup of the welcoming drink. There is a specific way to drink it: the guest should take the silver bowl with both hands and thank the host. Then, using one hand to hold the bowl, the guest should dip the ring finger of the other hand into the drink and flick it three times in different directions to show respect to the sky, the earth, and the ancestors. The first flick is towards the sky, showing respect to the heavens, praying for good weather for the host; The second flick is towards the earth, showing respect to the land, praying for abundant grass to make the host's cattle and sheep strong; The third flick can be applied to the guest's forehead, showing respect to the ancestors. Day 2: Ulanhada Volcano Carnival 🌋Explore the Uninhabited Planet | It is a natural wonder included in National Geographic, a place full of hardcore sci-fi beauty. How can you visit a volcano without taking photos? Here, you can not only capture the feeling of 'escaping Earth' but also take stunning photos similar to Iceland's black rocks. 🌋Volcano No. 3 (Northern Alchemy Furnace) Half of it is incomplete, with a black mine halfway up the mountain and a striking red phone booth☎️. The volcano has a staircase path, making it easy to climb to the top of the crater. 🌋Volcano No. 4 (Black Brain Bag) Nicknamed Black Brain Bag, it has been half-excavated and turned into a visitor service center. 🌋Volcano No. 5 (Central Alchemy Furnace) This volcano is relatively well-preserved, covered with green vegetation. There is a steep path to climb to the top, where you can walk around the crater and see Volcano No. 6 in the distance. You can also try aerial photography! 🌋Volcano No. 6 (Southern Alchemy Furnace) A pure black volcano, very cool and photogenic! Surrounded by black volcanic rocks, you can drive around the volcano and see Volcano No. 5 next door. It's a great spot for photos!

Hey guys, here's a 2-day itinerary for Ulanqab! This super practical itinerary will help you explore Ulanqab like a pro, so save it now! -------- 🚩Itinerary Overview: Day 1: Wulanhada Volcano Geopark > No. 5 Volcano > Huitengxile Yellow Flower Valley Grassland Tourist Area Day 1 is an adventure! Explore the spectacular geological wonders of Wulanhada Volcano, conquer No. 5 Volcano, and finally, lose yourself in the vastness of Yellow Flower Valley Grassland. Day 2: Huitengxile Yellow Flower Valley Grassland Tourist Area > Huitengxile Yellow Flower Valley Grassland Tourist Area On Day 2, continue to explore Yellow Flower Valley, experience the vastness and natural beauty of the grasslands, and enjoy the pure natural scenery. -------- Must-Visit Attractions: - 🌾Huitengxile Yellow Flower Valley Grassland Tourist Area: A great place to escape the summer heat! It's as cool as spring here, and the wind turbines and endless grasslands create a beautiful picture, as if you've entered a symphony of wind power and nature. - 🌋Wulanhada Volcano Geopark: Discover the natural volcano museum! The unique lava landscape seems to take you through a tunnel of time, allowing you to experience the endless charm of nature and ancient legends. -------- Travel Essentials: Ulanqab Packing List 👕 **Clothing**: Ulanqab is cold in December, so we recommend bringing a windbreaker, down jacket, thermal underwear, long pants, and a hat. 👟 **Shoes**: It's important to wear comfortable, non-slip shoes, such as waterproof snow boots. 🎒 **Backpack**: Bring a small backpack for carrying personal items, such as a water bottle and snacks. 📷 **Camera**: Don't forget your camera or phone to capture the beautiful scenery. Spare batteries or a power bank are also essential. 💳 **ID and Money**: ID card, cash, and bank card are essential for travel, and safety is a priority. 💊 **Medicine**: Cold medicine, painkillers, band-aids, etc., just in case. 🔧 **Other Tools**: Phone charger and selfie stick to make your trip more fun. -------- Ulanqab is waiting for you to experience the unique grassland culture and create unforgettable travel memories!

Ulanqab Travel Guide‼️ See Volcanoes and Snowfields 1.6 Hours from Beijing 🚄 🌟 After enjoying the autumn in Beijing, head west to Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia to see the winter snow ❄️ 🌟 For just 💰400 per person, you can enjoy the freedom of seeing volcanoes 🌋, grasslands, and snow! Here is my one-day travel guide for your reference. . 🚄 High-speed train: Ulanqab Station (Beijing North-Ulanqab 💰151, arrives at 8:52) . 🚗 Transportation The round trip is 300 km. It is recommended to drive or rent a car/share a car. It is now the off-season, so renting a car costs about 💰400, and sharing a car costs 💰100 per person. The car will pick you up directly at the high-speed train station, which is very convenient even if you have a lot of luggage. I came alone, so the driver took good care of me, took a lot of beautiful photos for me, and brought us big lamb buns and salty milk tea 🧋. I love it so much! . 📍 Route overview: Ulanqab Station—Huitengxile Grassland (Huanghuagou Scenic Area)—Wulanhada Volcano (Mani Stone Pile—Rainbow Road)—Agui Temple—Happiness Square—Ulanqab Station . 1️⃣ Huitengxile Grassland The grass is now bare, so I came here with the expectation of seeing a desolate grassland. I didn't expect it to snow ❄️, which made me, a child from the south, so happy! The vast snowfield is so beautiful! . 2️⃣ Wulanhada Volcano There are volcanoes 🌋 No. 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Don't miss the Mani Stone Pile 🪨 and Rainbow Road at the entrance of the volcano! We went to Volcano No. 6 - South Alchemy Furnace. The mountain here is black, which makes for great photos! You can also hold a lamb 🐑 and take photos in a spacesuit or with colored smoke. You can pick up agate at Volcanoes No. 7 and 8, and you can climb Volcanoes No. 3 and 5, but ⚠️ be careful. . 3️⃣ Agui Temple If you are interested, you can go there. We spent too much time taking photos earlier, so it was dark and we didn't go. . 4️⃣ Happiness Square There are many delicious foods and a lively atmosphere. You can come here to eat after returning to the city. . 🌟 Tips The journey is long, so you can bring your own food and water. The temperature is low in winter, so keep warm. Hats 🧢, scarves 🧣, and sunglasses 🕶️ are essential. There are fewer people now in the off-season, but the grassland and volcanoes are open and not affected. I went to Inner Mongolia while traveling in Beijing, so I didn't return to Beijing that day. I stayed in the city for one day and went to Hohhot the next day 💰50. If you are worried that a one-day trip is too rushed and you need accommodation, I recommend staying 📍 near Happiness Square, which is lively and not far from the station. If you are from Beijing and want to take a one-day trip to the surrounding area, you can return the same day and save one night's accommodation. .

Security Diary 2024.8.8 Weather: Sunny The security captain drove Lu A to Wulanhada Volcano Geopark⛰️ After reading everyone's strategies, we didn't stay at the local inns near the scenic spot but stayed in the city instead. This way, we set off at 7:30 in the morning, and it took about an hour to drive to the Volcano Geopark. Don't navigate to the Geopark, directly set the destination to Volcano No. 8🌋! There's really no traffic at all! And the road is very easy to drive! At Volcano No. 8 and No. 7, you can pick up stones🪨 and agates. Whether you can find them depends on your luck~ Volcano No. 6 has the most people and is the most beautiful. You will queue to enter the parking lot, which takes about ten minutes. From a distance, you can see astronauts dressed in white, so many of them, it feels like crossing the Milky Way🌌 hahaha Then comes the highlight, I rented a little lamb🐑! 20💰 but she was so stubborn, wouldn't walk up the mountain, had to carry her, over ten pounds, but going downhill she walked faster than anyone! But she was really cute for photos📷! Volcano No. 5 is very steep! If you want to climb, it's recommended to bring trekking poles! At Volcano No. 4, there's a nice coffee shop where you can chill and take a break. We drove an ATV up Volcano No. 3, the road was very bumpy but fun, you can bargain! It might be getting colder recently, so check the weather before you go. This way, you can really avoid traffic jams! That's it, over!

🥰😂🪸🏍️😂⚖️Self-driving from Beijing to Ulanqab｜You can have a great time with only 1k per person! 🚗Itinerary: 😂🏍️😂🏍️ Day 1️⃣ - Depart from Beijing in the morning 🏍️😆🏍️😆, stop and go, arrive in Ulanqab in 4 hours - Check-in: Ulanqab Yaduo Hotel 😆🚍😆🚍 (free midnight snack from 9 to 11 o'clock) - 😂🏍️😂🏍️😂16:30 go to eat Zecheng ice-cooked lamb (just downstairs of Yaduo 🤔😂🚍😂) 100 per person 🌗😆🌗😆Day2️⃣ - Wake up naturally in the morning 😂🏍️🌗😂, eat Huhhot Shaomai and mutton offal - Depart for Ulan Hada Volcano Geological Park at 13:00🏍️🏍️😁 (1.25h drive from Yaduo)🫅🚈😆😂 ‼ ️Bring your ID card, self-driving car parking spaces need to be booked in advance, 🫅🫅🫅😁If you can't make a reservation, take the bus (in the order of 87654, 💰30 per person), drink less water🤔🏍️ - The most worth visiting: No. 3 (🤔🫅🚈 can only be visited by car), No. 5, No. 6 - Recommended bus route: 🐻🧲😁😁 1️⃣First get off at Volcano No. 8, experience the wilderness car (💰100/20min), hold a lamb (💰30 for random photos), take photos of the most beautiful road ✈️🫅😁, and pick up agates; 2️⃣Take a bus to Volcano No. 5 (😆🏍️🏍️🏍️🧲🌗you can climb to the top); 3️⃣Finally at sunset (around 19:20), go to Volcano No. 6 to take pictures of the astronaut suit 🧑‍🚀 (💰80/h), 🚈🌗🌗😆 around 20:10, take the bus back to the visitor center 👗🧲🌗🚈🌗 Outfit & must-have list: - The temperature difference between day and night is large, 😆🏍️😆🏍️🪸It is recommended to wear short sleeves inside and a jacket outside - Comfortable shoes 👞, 😆🏍️🪸🏍️🪸Scarf 🧣, hat 🧢, sunglasses 🕶️ - You can bring cameras and drones: very photogenic - Snacks & Water🍓 🚂🌗🌗😆🍽️Ulanqab Food: - Milk tea (milk tea) 😂🌗😂 - Hohhot Shaomai Sheep Offal (the fried ones are not as delicious as the ordinary ones, 😂🏍️😂🏍️You can choose mutton or beef, 30 per person💰) - Yogurt pancake (tastes average)😆🏍️😆 - Cheesecake (yum!) - Salty milk tea (🉑, it will be a bit greasy if you drink too much) - Zecheng Ice-boiled Lamb (😆🤔😆🏍️The freshness is greater than the food itself) -🚂🔩🌗😆 Red Flame Seafood Grill (tastes good, but the food is served very slowly, there will be a queue, and the cost performance is not high) We went there during the May Day holiday. There were quite a lot of people 🤔😆🏍️😆 but it was acceptable. Compared with nature, humans are always very small 🧲🔩🚈. There was no toll on the highway and the total journey cost about 1k per person 🏍️😂🏍️😂. It was a great experience! Some people also recommended the Huanghuagou Scenic Area (Grassland). 🏍️😂😂When we went there, the grass had not grown yet, so we didn’t go because we were afraid of being tired. You can also make arrangements. 🧧🌗🌗🪸🪸 In general, Beijing-Ulanqab: suitable for weekend tours/Beijing tours/self-driving tours/outdoor sports. If you want to know more, please leave a comment~

| Hardcore science fiction volcano included in National Geographic. It is a natural wonder included in National Geographic, the Ulanqab volcano group, a place full of hardcore sci-fi beauty. In black, it seems like being on the moon, in red, it seems like being deep in Mars, Even if you don't rent a space suit from a local vendor to take photos, you can still have the illusion of being in space. But what’s even more interesting is that when you stand far away and look at the whole picture of the volcano, or use a drone to take a bird’s-eye view of the entire volcano group, your breathing and heartbeat will change from rapid to slow along with the scenery in front of you. If you get sick in the city, get well in nature. 1️⃣Strategy sharing: The Ulanqab volcano group is very large, and the overall shape is beautiful. The volcanoes No. 3, 5, and 6 provide the best travel experience. There is a plank road on No. 3 that leads to the top, which gives you the same feeling as the crater in "Your Name". Watching the sunset on the top of the mountain will move you to tears, haha. The slope of No. 5 is gentler and you can also take pictures of the top of the volcano, but it is quite slippery. The No. 56 mountain is mainly black and red, which is the best for taking photos. It is also suitable for magazine photos. You can take pictures of it. 2️⃣ You can take aerial photos of the Ulanqab volcano group, but the wind is strong, so try not to fly over the top of the mountain as it may cause the plane to crash. 3️⃣ When it comes to taking photos, the red telephone booth on Volcano No. 3 is very magical. The No. 5 volcano has a strong sense of wildness, and the No. 5 and No. 6 volcanoes are very close, so you can take photos of each other from the camera. Volcano No. 6 has the strongest alien atmosphere and is also the place with the most space suits for rent, but the hygiene of the space suits is more random. 4️⃣ Free, no tickets required Xi shared his route to avoid crowds: There are really a lot of people. How to avoid the crowd? First, choose to enter the volcano park around 2 pm. Second, choose the travel route in the order of Volcano No. 6, Volcano No. 5, and Volcano No. 3. (Most tourists take routes 3, 5, and 6. Going in the opposite direction will give you a better travel experience.) 🚗Self-driving route The transportation is very convenient. You can find it by navigating to Ulanqab City and Ulan Hada Volcano Geological Park. 1. It is about 400 kilometers away from Beijing, about 600 kilometers away from Tianjin, and about 200 kilometers away from Hohhot. If you drive here, you can also choose to stay in Chahar Youyi Zuoqi, where there are many affordable hotels. ～Follow me and discover the beauty of the world～