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5-day Nomadic Life with an Inner Mongolian Family in the Prairie

About this adventure

Summer brings green pasture to the Mongolian grasslands. From June through August, herding families move to seasonal camps with plentiful grass and water. Daily tasks begin early and include tending cattle, sheep, horses, and camels, milking, preparing dairy foods, and caring for the home. Visits offer an introduction to this pastoral way of life and the hospitality associated with milk tea, dairy products, and traditional meals.

Visit a herding family on the Xilamuren Grassland near Hohhot for an introduction to pastoral life. Activities may include horseback riding, herding sheep, preparing milk tea and yogurt, and cooking lamb. Stay in a yurt, learn about traditional clothing and cuisine, and enjoy local folk performances around a bonfire. Horse racing and wrestling offer further insights into Mongolian traditions.

YOUR JOURNEY

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Trip Itinerary

Day 1

You arrive in Hohhot. Take a tour of the "Green City" (Hohhot in Mongolian) and check into a five-star hotel.

Day 2

After breakfast, drive to the Xilamuren Grassland to meet your host family and settle into their home. Help with the sheep enclosure, prepare milk tea, learn about herding sheep and cattle, and try herding on horseback. Spend the night in a yurt and enjoy the grassland sky.

Day 3

After breakfast, take part in activities with your host family. After lunch, drive to the grassland resort to freshen up. Enjoy a bonfire gathering and stay overnight at the resort.

Day 4

After breakfast, head to Sand-sounding Bay, a desert tourist resort. Combining desert culture and Mongolian heritage, the resort offers intense desert activities and unique ethnic customs. Activities include a sand-sea yacht ride, trail biking, ATV, zip line, camel riding, a Guolao Legend show in the theater, a roller coaster, a hump roller coaster, a fruit bug trolley (for children), bumper cars (for children), and children's amusement. Return to Hohhot at night.

Day 5

You will then visit the National Pride-Mengliang Ethnic Customs Park after breakfast. You can observe the production process for hand-painted shawls, leather paintings, and other ethnic handicrafts in this Yuan cultural and tourist center. During your visit to the Mongolian Museum, you'll also see Asia's largest dinosaur fossils. Furthermore, you'll learn how Genghis Khan unified Mongolia and founded the Mongolian Empire in the 13th century.