20 self-driving routes to explore Inner Mongolia

11. Experience Hohhot-Baotou-Ordos golden nomadic culture
Route: Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Museum, Baotou, Helamuren Prairie, Xiangsha Bay in Ordos, Genghis Khan Mausoleum
Highlights: see the roots of grassland culture at Inner Mongolia Museum; experience nomadic lives on Helamuren Prairie; see vast sands at Xiangsha Bay desert hinterland; listen to stories of Dalhout keepers of tombs at Genghis Khan Mausoleum

12. Sample prairie scenery at Xiliin Gol
Route: Taibus Banner, Doren Lake, Plain blue banner, Site of Xanadu, Xilinhot, West Ujimqin banner, East Ujimqin banner, Ulagai
Highlights: see ecological beauty at Doren Lake; explore the mystery of the Site of Xanadu, reviewing its glory days; watch thrilling performances at Xilinhot; walk into film location of Wolf Totem in West Ujimqin banner; appreciate the beauty of blue sky and green grassland

13. Be inspired by prairie scenery in Chifeng
Route: Chifeng, Yulong Sand Lake, Hexigten Stone Forest, Baiyin Obo Sand Spruce, Dalai Bur Lake, Ulan Buh Steppe
Highlights: enjoy a vast sand lake; appreciate Hexigten Stone Forest in Hexigten Geopark; view ecological wonders, the blending of wetland and a sand volcano; walk into Ulan Buh Steppe with its magnificent scenery

14. A 500-kilometer trip around Tongliao
Route: Kezuohouqi, Daqinggou, Hure Banner, Silver Sand Bay, Filial Piety Manor, Zhurihe grassland tourism zone, Jarud Banner Mountain Grassland, Khan Mountain cultural tourism zone, Khan Mountain self-driving campground
Highlights: From Kezuohouqi to Daqinggou to breathe fresh air; to Silver Sand Bay to enjoy a vast sand lake; to Jarud Banner Mountain Grassland to experience folk activities; to a self-driving campground to set up camp; take a hot air balloon and watch movies in a prairie cinema

15. Travel to Ulan Hot-Aershan-Hulunbuir-Manzhouli
Route: Ulan Hot, Aershan, Aershan National Forest Park, New Barag left banner, New Barag right banner, Manzhouli, grassland culture tourism zone in Baiyinhada, Hailar
Highlights: taste local specialties in Ulan Hot; explore the mystery of grassland forests in Aershan National Forest Park; listen to the melodious horse-head lute played by nomads in Baiyinhada prairie hinterland