[2025 Genhe Stay] Travel Guide for Hulunbergenhexi Ukijatirazi Camp (Updated Mar)

I can't believe some people still don't know about Ergun in winter! This place is a treasure trove, with a super high cost-performance ratio, cheaper than Xinjiang, and fewer tourists than Harbin. It's a hidden gem for winter travel! The snow-covered grasslands and the cute wooden houses make you feel like you've entered a fairytale ice kingdom. It's an amazing experience! Here's my 6-day, 5-night winter itinerary in Hulunbuir, with Ergun on days 3-4. Feel free to leave any questions in the comments. Travel Preparation You can fly to Hailar Airport from anywhere in the country, then join a tour or rent a car. It's very convenient! Fairytale Towns 1. Sanhe Hui Ethnic Township: This place is amazing, a big surprise in Hulunbuir! Any photo you take here looks like it was taken in Hokkaido. From the top of the mountain, you can see the whole town, and the view is breathtaking! 2. Linjiang Village: This place has fairytale wooden houses with smoke rising from the chimneys, like something out of a fairytale. Find a good spot on the hillside, snap a photo, and you'll have a picture as beautiful as those from Hemu in Xinjiang, perfect for social media! 3. Shiwei Town: This place has many Russian onion dome buildings, full of exotic charm. From the viewing platform, you can see the Russian town of Olochi across the river, making you feel like you've traveled abroad! 4. Enhe Russian Ethnic Township: This place is different from Shiwei, with no churches or onion dome buildings, but snow-covered wooden houses and a rustic atmosphere, like a paradise, very healing! Travel Tips 🎽 Clothing: Bring a waterproof, windproof down jacket and ski pants, essential for staying warm. Choose mid-high snow boots or Martin boots to keep your feet warm. Don't forget a scarf, hat that covers your ears, and touchscreen gloves, or you won't be able to take photos! If you like taking photos, wear a bright sweater underneath for more colorful photos! 💄 Other items: Bring moisturizer to prevent dry skin. Don't forget sunscreen, as the UV rays reflected off the snow are strong! Bring extra hand warmers to keep warm. A thermos for hot water, sunglasses to prevent snow blindness, and a mask for wind protection and warmth. 🚗 Travel advice: When driving, there's snow everywhere and often no signal, which can be frustrating. Find a reliable local guide familiar with the roads for a worry-free trip, or getting lost won't be fun! Recommended Itinerary Day 1: Hailar ➡ Ice and Snow Park ➡ Yituli River ➡ Genhe Day 2: Genhe ➡ Aoluguya Reindeer Tribe ➡ Cuoluozhi Camp ➡ Genhe Day 3: Genhe ➡ Linggen White Road ➡ Xiaolinjiang Village ➡ Enhe Wooden House Day 4: Enhe ➡ Birch Forest ➡ Sanhe Township ➡ Ergun Snowman Day 5: Ergun ➡ Manzhouli ➡ China-Russia Pedestrian Street ➡ Frozen ➡ Matryoshka Hotel Day 6: Manzhouli ➡ Russian Wedding Palace ➡ Hulun Lake ➡ Return to Hailar

| Stroll through a magical winter wonderland. "China's Cold Pole" is a national climate symbol awarded to Genhe by the National Climate Center in December 2018. It's even colder here than in the well-known Mohe, but the colder it gets, the more enthusiastic the people are. Come on! Let's stroll through the cold pole world of winter together! . 🏔Attractions ✔️【Aoluguya】CNY50. Meet the reindeer, reindeer sledding, snowmobiles, snow tubing, winter trip moments, reindeer hot pot/donkey meat skewers, take photos with Santa Claus, and some study tours! ✔️【Lengji Village】Free. Fairy-tale log cabins and penguins, delicious Lengji Eight Bowls, and many ice and snow activities! ✔️【Unfrozen River】Free. The Cold Pole Unfrozen River doesn't freeze even at minus 30 or 40 degrees. The morning rime is also very beautiful! ✔️【Genhe Source National Wetland Park】CNY60. Check in at Lengji Bay and see wild animals, and eat hot pot in the ice and snow 🍲 ✔️【Mutual Aid Bridge】Free. Behind Lengji Square, across the Genhe River, it's a great place to watch the sunset! ✔️【Lengji Square】Free. A huge Genhe thermometer shows the real-time temperature. It has been as low as -58°C. . 🚗Transportation ✈️Airport: Hailar Dongshan Airport, convenient, many flights! 🚞Train: 4184, 4170 are slow trains, taking about 7–9 hours. . 🏕Unique Accommodation 🏕Cuoluozhi Camp: With the ancient Ewenki dwelling Cuoluozhi as the architectural feature, it creates a unique Nordic-style natural atmosphere. It's a great place to watch the sunrise, sunset, and throw water to make ice! 🏘Aoluguya Hotel: Located in the scenic area, it's a high-end hotel with the original ecological folk customs of the Ewenki people of Aoluguya as the main theme! 🏨Genhe Forest Ice and Snow Hotel: A luxury hotel designed with a forest and ice and snow theme. . 🍜Food Recommendations 🥢Hot Pot: Leiding Copper Pot, Xindinyuan Copper Pot. 🥢Main Course/Local Cuisine: Gongjia Dayuan, Genhe Impression Theme Restaurant. 🥢Iron Pot Stew: Zhangji Iron Pot Stew, Mutou Firewood Iron Pot Stew. 🥢Braised Bone Casserole: Laoqingsong Braised Bone Casserole, Laomajia Halal Pie Shop. 🥢Grilled Meat/BBQ: Itaewon Charcoal Grilled Meat, Linzhongxian Skewers. . ❤️Tips 🔺Self-driving is not recommended in winter. It's recommended to find a reliable local driver to save time and effort! 🔺Local beef and mutton are particularly delicious, and they go well with hot copper pots in winter! 🔺When in contact with reindeer and other animals, pay attention to safety and don't touch or frighten them! 🔺Genhe has a 7-month ice-sealing period, and the snow is very thick. If you want to see snow, you can go! 🔺Genhe is really cold in winter, so remember to bring warm clothes and choose waterproof shoes and pants! . If you want to know more about Hulunbuir travel tips, you can leave a message 💕 Genhe Forest Ice and Snow Hotel

Every summer, finding a cool retreat is always a challenge. You have to consider the timing, transportation, and whether the kids will like the place. Last year, my teammates and I waited until the kids were on vacation before deciding to go to the grasslands. To our surprise, Hulunbuir in July really amazed us! We played for a total of 7 days, and I personally feel that this itinerary was just right to enjoy Hulunbuir to the fullest! On the first day, we flew directly from Beijing to Hailar. In the afternoon, we visited the museum and in the evening, we went back to the hotel for a welcome dinner, where we had a bull head feast! It was my first time seeing an entire bull's head served with a big iron pot. The beef and mutton in Inner Mongolia are really delicious👍 During the meal, there was also a performance of the horse-head fiddle and long song, adding to the grassland atmosphere🪕! On the second day, we set off directly to the Morin Dawa River in the morning, which truly lives up to its reputation as the world's top meandering river! In the afternoon, we went to the Oroqen tribe and had close contact with reindeer in the forest🫎. The kids had a great time~ That night we stayed at the Tuoluozi campsite, where we could see the stars just by looking up. The starry sky on the grassland was too stunning🌌! According to the teacher, the design of the campsite replicates the original dwellings of the Evenki people, and if lucky, you could also see meteors and auroras✨ On the third day, we still got up early and first went to the Oroqen museum to play with birch bark pyrography and make sunflower crafts. In the afternoon, we all went to the Moerdaoga National Forest Park and took a small train around the Greater Khingan Range🚂. Personally, I think this was much more fun than grass sliding!!🏡 That night, we stayed in a Russian homestay log cabin. Sitting in the car and driving through the grasslands and forests, when we saw the rows of log cabins, it really felt like we had entered a fairy tale world hahaha The fourth day was a whole day on the grasslands! We went to the long-awaited Erguna Wetland, and riding horses on the great grassland was so joyful!!!🏇 After having fun, we also changed into Mongolian robes for a travel photo shoot, which was super photogenic📸. At night, we slept in a Mongolian yurt and joined a bonfire party to eat roasted whole lamb. Isn't this the original intention of our trip to the great grasslands? I can only say that it really exceeded our expectations by a lot The main mission on the fifth day was to pretend to be abroad! Actually, we went to Manzhouli haha. Taking photos at Matryoshka Square really felt like being in Russia, and we also watched a grand Russian circus, which was very impressive! For dinner, we had authentic Russian cuisine at the Rublyovka restaurant, served by handsome Russian guys😆. We stayed at the most expensive Matryoshka Castle Hotel in Manzhouli! From the outside, it looks like a huge matryoshka🪆. The ceilings and walls inside the hotel are all murals, most of which are hand-painted, and touching them, you can feel the texture of the paint, giving a sense of being in a European art museum. On the sixth day, we switched to an SUV and crossed the Hulunbuir grasslands, White Sand Beach, Hulun Lake, basalt formations, and Swan Lake, enjoying the joy of driving on the grasslands On the last day, the seventh day, we slept until we naturally woke up, had breakfast, and then started our journey home✈️. The kids were reluctant to leave, saying they wanted to stay on the great grasslands, really missing the days of counting stars on the grasslands~

How to Play in Hulunbuir? A Must-Have for Independent Travelers. The journey is super beautiful, and any random shot is a masterpiece! Let's go on a spontaneous trip~ Itinerary Day 1: Depart from Hailar—Mogol River—Erguna ● Traverse and delve into the heart of the grassland to experience the pristine grassland ● Vast grasslands with cattle and sheep everywhere, stop anytime to take photos ● Enjoy a visual feast at the highest point of the Morigele River, known as the first winding river in the world Entertainment activities: Horse riding, grass skiing, archery, milking cows, feeding lambs, grassland football, kite flying Day 2: Erguna—Birch Forest Scenic Area—Haur River Scenic Area—Moerdaoga Town ● The grassland and transition zone along the way unfold like a slowly opening painting ● Enter the last reindeer tribe of the Ewenki Aoluguya, visit the primitive dwelling 'Cuoluozi', get close to reindeer, and deeply understand the Ewenki ethnic culture ● Climb to the top of Longyan Mountain to enjoy the full view of the town and watch the sunset in the forest in the evening Entertainment activities: Get close to reindeer, forest Day 3: Moerdaoga—Taiping Village—Erguna River—Linjiang ● Taiping Village, an original ecological village, feel the simple farmhouse courtyard by the mountains and rivers ● The unique scenery of Eagle's Beak, a must-visit place for enthusiasts Entertainment activities: Get close to nature, pick flower wreaths Day 4: Linjiang—Shiwei—Ulan Mountain—Jiuka—Qika—Heishantou ● Watch the sunset at Heishantou ● Linjiang is the best shooting location for photography enthusiasts Entertainment activities: Grassland horse riding, go-karting, grass skiing, archery, Mongolian costume photography, visit herdsmen's homes, feed lambs, bonfire party Day 5: Heishantou—186 Colorful Ribbon Road—Hulun Lake—Zhalainuoer—Matryoshka Square—Manzhouli ● Enjoy the vast grasslands along the most beautiful road, with blue skies, white clouds, and the beautiful scenery of cattle and sheep appearing when the wind blows the grass ● Hulun Lake, the largest lake in Inner Mongolia, known as 'a sea-like lake' in Mongolian ● Mammoth Museum and Mammoth Park to understand the prehistoric civilization of Hulunbuir ● Matryoshka Square, a tourist and leisure square themed on traditional Russian matryoshka dolls ● Manzhouli night view—a pearl deep in the grassland, with Russian beauties and handsome men with blonde hair and blue eyes everywhere on Zhongsu Street Day 6: Manzhouli—Hailar ● Manzhouli is known as the window of East Asia, blending the styles of China, Russia, and Mongolia, with strong regional characteristics Essential Items: Masks, ID cards, sunglasses, sunscreen, hydrating masks (the grassland is super dry), power banks, windbreakers or thick jackets (the temperature difference between morning and evening is large), motion sickness medicine, cold medicine Ps (For friends who like to take photos, it is recommended to bring brightly colored dresses, they are very photogenic!) Finally, I hope everyone has a great time~!!