D1 Beijing, Yinchuan
Four trips from Beijing to Yinchuan ****, are about the same. I took the car that left at noon and ended in Lanzhou. To Yinchuan is 7:00 a.m., time rich. If the end of the car is Yinchuan, is 8 and 10 o'clock to. The first day of play a little nervous.
Lodging: Yinchuan accommodation is very convenient, just find it, nothing special recommended.
D2 Zhenbei Fort film and television base, the mausoleum of the Western Xia Kings
After arriving in Yinchuan in the morning, we hurriedly ate breakfast, and then began to play.
Zhenbei Castle Film and TV City, the Mausoleum of the Western Xia Kings, and the Sand Lake are all near Yinchuan, and there are very many tourist buses, so you can get there in less than an hour.
Zhenbei Castle and the Mausoleum of the Western Xia Kings can be completely covered in one day, and there are cabs between the two scenic spots, and you can get there for about 50 yuan. You can also go back to the city and do the bus in, with a bit more delay.
Zhenbei Castle film and television city: tickets 60 yuan / bit. Zhenbei Fort was originally a garrison border town built by the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is recommended that before you go here, you spend a few weeks taking a good look at the following movies: The Horseherd, Red Sorghum, Ballad of the Yellow River, The Knife Man of Double Flag Town, Journey to the West with Big Words, The New Dragon Inn, and East of Evil, among others.
Location and Transportation: Take bus No. 303 at Yinchuan Railway Station directly to Zhenbeibao Western Movie City, which can be reached in 1 hour.
Western Xia King's Mausoleum: 60 yuan per person, the pass includes all areas of Mausoleum No. 3, the Western Xia Museum. The history of the Danghang tribe, "Tianlong Bibi" in the Western Xia, is virtual bamboo when the extra horse harnessed by the side of a team of the side of a team of the same side of a team of the land. However, the Danghang tribe and the Xixia Kingdom have long disappeared in the tide of history, and not even a few words are recognized. Inside the tomb, how many famous figures rest in peace.
Location and Transportation: The Mausoleum of the Western Xia Kings is in the eastern foothills of Helan Mountain, about 30 kilometers west of Yinchuan City. There are tourist shuttles to the Mausoleum of the Western Xia Kings from the South Gate Bus Station, the North Gate Tourist Bus Station and the Nanguan Mosque in downtown Yinchuan, and the fare is about 8 yuan, but the interval is long, depending on the passenger flow, between 1 and 2 hours.
D3 Sand Lake, Zhongwei High Temple, Shapotou Scenic Spot
The third day early in the morning to the sand lake, back from the sand lake, had lunch, directly to the bus station at the south gate of Yinchuan bus station to take a bus to Zhongwei, the bus half an hour a trip, 40 yuan a person.
To Zhongwei to visit the High Temple, evening to Shapotou scenic area, booked the desert hotel in Shapotou.
Sand Lake: peak season 60 yuan off-season 40 yuan. Sand Lake has 10,000 acres of water, 5,000 acres of sand dunes, 2,000 acres of reeds, 1,000 acres of lotus ponds, abounding in fish and birds, which inhabits more than ten kinds of rare and exotic birds such as white cranes, black cranes, swans and so on. You can watch the scene of birds playing on the bird-watching tower, and there are countless bird nests between the reed poles and at the bottom of the reeds at the water's edge, and in spring every year, the colorful bird eggs are scattered among them, which is a wonder to behold.
Location and Transportation: It is located in Pingluo County, Ningxia, 56 kilometers away from downtown Yinchuan. Yinchuan old city north gate bus station has a direct to the sand lake tourist attractions door long-distance bus, half an hour - an hour a class, the ticket 14 yuan, the journey is about 1 hour. Taking a taxi to go plus the highway cost less than 100 yuan. Of course I did the bus.
Zhongwei Bus Station: Zhongwei Bus Terminal is located in the east section of Gulou East Street. There are shuttles to all parts of Ningxia. The bus station has a shuttle bus directly to Shapotou Scenic Spot, or you can charter a bus, which will get you there for about 30 yuan.
Zhongwei high temple: is located in the city of Zhongwei downtown north. Built on the high platform connected to the city wall (including the security temple under the high platform). According to legend, was built in the Ming Yongle years (1403-1424 years), through successive generations of additional repair, to the Qing Dynasty has become a large-scale ancient architectural complex, the performance of the ancient architecture of Ningxia style. It is one of the two major landscapes in Zhongwei, along with the Shapotou Hunger "Desert Wonderland".
Location and transportation: Zhongwei Railway Station is the south side of the High Temple, the distance between the two is about 300 meters, walking 2-3 minutes. High Temple is in the city, taxi are very convenient, ask around is.
Shaotou: tickets 90 yuan in the peak season, off-season 65 yuan, April to the end of October for the peak season. China's first batch of 5A-level scenic spots, there are a variety of natural landscapes such as the Yellow River, oasis, wetland and desert. There are many services such as sandboarding, zip line, bungee jumping, desert buggy, camel riding, desert surfing car, cable car, desert hotel, desert bar, desert restaurant and so on. The Desert Hotel is the only one of its kind in the country. The desert bar is great, and it's quite cool to drink at night.
Location and transportation: Zhongwei city has a number of lines of buses to Shapotou, the bus station out of the interesting Shapotou, ask the staff is; train station out of the train across the square (100 meters) walk to the North Street intersection with a direct bus; taxi 25 yuan or so can be, you can be a little kanan price.
Lodging: Shapotou scenic area is highly recommended in two places to stay, one is the Shapotou Villa, on the Yellow River, a straight line distance of no more than 20 meters, is a quiet small courtyard look; the other is deep in the desert Desert Hotel, in the Desert Hotel, the large windows can see the desert landscape. These two places have everything, such as food and beverage, hot water restrooms are available. The cost of 200 yuan to 300 yuan a night, different seasons may be adjusted.
If you want to stay in a tent, there are rentals here, less than a hundred dollars a top, of course, you can carry your own back, the desert is so big just set up.
D4 Shapotou, Tonghu Grassland
The next day in Shapotou play a good day. In the afternoon out of the chartered car to Tonghu grasslands, live a night yurt.
If you have a lot of time, it doesn't matter how many days you stay in Shapotou, some of your friends went to the desert bar for three days, and every day, after drinking, you go to the Desert Hotel to bathe and sleep in the moonlight with your bare feet.
Tonghu Prairie: Tickets 50, not divided into off-peak season. Tonghu grassland is definitely a miracle in the desert, because there is water, all have grassland. Here is the ancient Silk Road North Fortress. Ancient trade routes, ancient salt road, Dashengkui ancient camel road. Desert lakes, desert oasis, desert grassland, sand mountain petroglyphs, and ancient Great Wall, ancient battlefield, ancient trading city ruins; stories and legends passed down through the ages, as well as hospitable grassland herders. Therefore, it is known as the "Garden of Eden" in the desert.
Location and transportation: Tonghu Grassland is 8 kilometers away from Shapotou Scenic Spot in a straight line, but the 8 kilometers are deeper into the desert, all desert. From Shapotou scenic area there are three ways to go, camel caravan, desert buggy, and chartered bus. Camel caravan a trip of 380 yuan per person, walk half a day in the desert; off-road vehicle a car 2200 yuan round trip to the desert, can sit four people; chartered to go to about 60 yuan round trip, go is the highway. Save money is important, waiting for a few people in front of the scenic area, together with a chartered car.
Lodging: since to the depths of the desert, it is recommended to rest here for a day or two, which has dining and lodging. Yurt about 100 yuan. There are also tents, you can bring your own, it is very convenient.
D5 Tonghu Grassland, Yinchuan, Beijing
From Tonghu Grassland out, take the bus back to Zhongwei, take the bus to Yinchuan, on the train back to Beijing.
Yinchuan Railway Station: the railway station is in the city, the transportation is very convenient. Do the train from Yinchuan to Beijing, *** four times, about the same time, are in the car for 19 hours.