Tonghu grassland

Tonghu grassland tourist area

synonym

Tonghu grassland generally refers to Tonghu grassland tourism area

Alashan Tonghu grassland tourist area Tonghu grassland tourist area is located in the hinterland of Tengger Desert, Alashan Left Banner, 26 kilometers away from Zhongwei City, Ningxia. Tonghu grassland tourist area is a collection of desert, salt lake, wetland grassland, sand spring, oasis, pastoral village, rock art and other natural and cultural landscape.

geographical environment

Tonghu, as the name suggests, means that lakes are connected. It is said that hundreds of years ago, two lamas used a copper pot to draw water from "Taiyang Lake", which is 60 kilometers away from here. They accidentally dropped the copper pot into the water. A few days later, a herdsman woman found the copper pot here. She realized that the underground water systems of the two places are interlinked, so it was named "Tonghu". Tonghu grassland tourist area is located in the hinterland of Tengger desert at the junction of Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. It is 200 kilometers away from BAYANHOT of Alxa Left Banner in the East, 26 kilometers away from Zhongwei City in Ningxia in the south, Gansu Hexi Corridor in the west, and the border of the people's Republic of Mongolia in the north. Shapotou, one of the first 4A tourist areas in China, is connected with one of its sands, and can be reached by crossing 8.3 kilometers in a straight line.

It is surrounded by sand. The sand peaks are numerous, undulating and boundless. It is like the sea waves rolling from all around, but it is suddenly locked by the green grass and lakes like magic, forming a desert wetland grassland with a radius of nearly 100 li. In the boundless Hanhai, this is not a miracle! Besides, it is also the fortress of the North Road of the ancient Silk Road, the ancient commercial road, the ancient salt road, the dashengkui ancient camel road There are also the ancient Great Wall, the ancient battlefield, the ruins of the ancient trading city, the stories and legends handed down through the ages, and the desert herdsmen who have lived on horseback and shared weal and woe with the grassland from generation to generation. Therefore, it is called "the garden of Eden in the desert" worthy of the name.

Tonghu grassland tourist area is mainly composed of the vast Tengger Desert, green grassland, various lakes and Camel Mountain, which is rooted in the desert and grassland. In the nature of the creation, they are both independent and harmonious combination, charming, magnificent.

Main features

The tourist area is located in the border of Mongolia and Ningxia, which is a Mongolian pastoral area. Therefore, the food, accommodation, entertainment and tourism here all reflect the strong Mongolian customs. From the moment guests enter the tourist area, they will be aroused by the unique reception forms such as the passionate jinghada and "dismounting wine", which will make them feel more passionate and happy. Arise spontaneously, Baijiu, Gen Gi Khan, and the Mongolia air bag, which is equipped with modern air-conditioner, toilet and pure wool carpet. In the melodious Mongolian folk music with the harmonious interweaving of the ancient horse head organ and the modern popular musical instrument electronic organ, the high pitched, loud and stirring songs of the beautiful free and easy Prairie Girl and the handsome young herdsman will make you feel high to the extreme.

According to the resource characteristics of the desert grassland, Tonghu tourism area has developed the characteristic tourism projects with different tastes and excitement, such as grassland horse racing, camel riding, desert exploration, hunting in paddock, hiking, sunrise in the morning, sunset and kart cross-country. In particular, they developed a unique way to take the "desert cheetah" sand sea surfing adventure project. Ride on the modified high-power off-road vehicle, ride through the sand sea and wave valley as high as the hills, and gallop freely and invincibly. The thrill, the excitement, the natural and unrestrained, and the heroism make everyone involved in the project nervous, nervous, and elated. So, no matter what age, gender, level of tourists have issued the same exclamation: really exciting, really enjoyable, really happy! In a word, the tourism projects here are all close to nature, and all belong to participatory, so it is natural that they are favored by tourists from all sides.

Tourism information

admission ticket

Joint ticket (including ticket and bonfire party ticket): 170.00 yuan; ticket: 60.00 yuan; bonfire party ticket: 120.00 yuan.

traffic

From Yinchuan to Tonghu grassland, you can take the train to Zhongwei first. The whole journey is about 230 kilometers. Then get off to take a shuttle bus to the lake grassland, a total of 30 kilometers, 12 yuan ticket price.

Address: hinterland of Tengger Desert, Alxa Left Banner, Alxa League

Longitude: 104.932134

Latitude: 37.59737

Tel: 400-664-3666

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