Join YPT for full-on exploration of one of China’s wildest province, the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia.
This tour was conceived as a prequel to our summer tour of Mongolia for the Naadam Festival. It allows you to connect from Beijing to Ulan Bator while taking in the most interesting sites of Inner Mongolia before you enter the Republic of Mongolia.
Our tour starts in Beijing before we take the overnight train to Ordos, China’s most infamous ghost town.
If you’ve ever spent any time in a Chinese city you’ll be well used to the throng, walking the night markets where it seems like every conceivable snack is on offer or pushing your way through people trying to sell you things outside train stations. Kangbashi is different, and it is almost a welcome novelty having almost a whole city square, a hospital, train station or apartment complex to ourselves.
You can explore half finished mansion complexes and residential buildings, empty hospitals and museums as well as the huge 80,000-seater stadium with not a soul inside. You can climb the sand dunes with empty apartment blocks looming behind and go from an actual yurt where we have a Mongolian style lunch to the huge yurt-like airport which connects to Beijing.
Kangbashi is not an abandoned city but a new city waiting for people to come, and you can have the freedom to explore the city as you like, with our YPT guide and local driver ready to check out any new places that catch the eye.
This tour comes right before our Mongolia Naadam Festival Tour and can be combined to get a full impression of Inner and Outer Mongolia!
Tuesday 4th July – Beijing
Wednesday 5th July – Ordos
Thursday 6th July – Kangbashi
Friday 7th July – Kangbashi – Hohhot
Saturday 8th July – Hohhot
Sunday 9th July – Erlian – Ulan Bator
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•Transportation from beginning to the end of the tour by train and taxis
•Accommodation on twin share basis
•YPT Tour leader
•Breakfast & lunch
•Getting to Beijing
•Visa fees
•Single supplement (3 nights for €120)
•The optional extra of Genghis Khan Mausoleum
•Travel insurance
• Dinner
• Personal spending
• Tips for guides
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