167 AAAA tourist attractions in Inner Mongolia, from the list published by the provincial tourism department. Hover over a dot for its name; click to jump to the entry. See also Inner Mongolia and all provinces.
Ordos (36)
- Hantai Town 罕台镇 2008A town under Dongsheng District, named one of China’s 100 leading cultural towns in 2019.
- Kangbashi 康巴什 2012A district of Ordos and its political and cultural centre, forming the urban core with Dongsheng and Ejin Horo; the name means “Teacher Kang”, and the built-up area covers 32 square kilometres.
- Jungar Banner Zhao Temple 准格尔召 2014A Gelug Tibetan Buddhist monastery, once named Mibao Temple and later Baotang Temple in Chinese; the largest monastery in Jungar Banner and one of the best known in Ordos.
- Sanshenggong Water Conservancy Scenic Area 三盛公水利风景区Based on the Sanshenggong hydraulic complex on the Yellow River at Dengkou County, which made the Hetao Plain Asia’s largest gravity-fed irrigation area and also provides flood control and hydropower.
- Engebei 恩格贝 2005
- Ordos Culture Tourism Village 鄂尔多斯文化旅游村 2005
- Jiuchenggong 九城宫 2009
- Chahan Sulde Nomadic Ecological Tourism Area 察罕苏力德游牧生态旅游区 2010
- Qin Straight Road Tourism Area 秦直道旅游区 2010
- Shinizhao Desert Green Sea Amusement Park 释尼召沙漠绿海乐园 2010
- Bihai Yangguang Hot Spring Resort Tourism Area 碧海阳光温泉度假旅游区 2012
- Dashatou Ecological Culture Tourism Area 大沙头生态文化旅游区 2012
- Yinkentala Desert Oasis 银肯塔拉沙漠绿洲 2012
- Supohan Grassland 苏泊罕草原 2012
- Bulonghu Hot Spring Resort 布龙湖温泉度假区 2014
- Shanghaimiao Grassland Culture Tourism Area 上海庙草原文化旅游区 2014
- Ordos Grassland 鄂尔多斯草原 2014
- Jixiang Fuju Temple 吉祥福聚寺 2015
- Wanjiahui Happy World Amusement Park 万家惠欢乐世界游乐园 2016
- Mongol Origins Culture Industry Park 蒙古源流文化产业园区 2016
- Ulan Living Buddha Mansion 乌兰活佛府 2016
- Menggenhua Wantong Ecological Tourism Area 蒙根花万通生态旅游区
- Yili Hobq Qixinghu Desert Ecological Tourism Area 亿利库布其七星湖沙漠生态旅游区
- Salawusu 萨拉乌苏
- Wushen Zouma 乌审走马
- Yihe Ecological Culture Expo Park 颐和生态文化博览园
- Yousongwang Tourism Area 油松王旅游区
- Shuijing Lake 水镜湖
- Jungar Yellow River Grand Canyon 准格尔黄河大峡谷
- Chengchuan Red Culture Tourism Area 城川红色文化旅游区
- Malanhua Grassland Tourism Scenic Area 马兰花草原旅游景区
- Jiuchenggong Resort 九城宫旅游度假区
- Donglian Animation City 东联动漫城
- Ordos Wildlife Park 鄂尔多斯野生动物园
- Ordos Cashmere Industrial Tourism Site 鄂尔多斯羊绒工业旅游区
- Ordos Racing Town 鄂尔多斯赛车小镇
Hohhot (21)
- Zhaojun Museum 昭君博物院 2009Centred on the tomb of Wang Zhaojun, also called the Green Mound because its grass is said to stay green when the autumn landscape withers; among a dozen claimed tombs, this one is the earliest recorded and most celebrated.
- Yili Group Dairy Capital Science and Technology Demonstration Park 伊利集团-乳都科技示范园 2009The Yili Group’s dairy science demonstration park; Yili began as a Hohhot cattle cooperative founded in 1956 and is now China’s largest dairy company by scale and revenue.
- Dazhao Temple 大召 2015A Gelug school Tibetan Buddhist temple, called Yeke Juu or “Great Temple” in Mongolian, foremost of Hohhot’s “Seven Great Temples” in the Ming and Qing.
- Inner Mongolia Museum 内蒙古博物院 2015Inner Mongolia’s largest and most important museum, serving as both a history and natural history museum, with over 150,000 fossils and artefacts; its exhibitions follow a grassland theme.
- Ulanhu Memorial Hall 乌兰夫纪念馆 2018A memorial hall opened in 1992 for the Mongolian revolutionary Ulanhu, presenting his contributions to national liberation and China’s revolution and construction.
- Ulanhu Former Residence Red Culture Tourism Area 乌兰夫故居红色文化旅游区The home where Ulanhu was born in 1906 and spent his youth; burned by Japanese troops in 1939 and rebuilt in 1991, with a bronze bust in the courtyard. A national key cultural heritage site since 2006.
- Daqingshan Red Tourism Scenic Area 大青山红色旅游景区Daqing Mountain is the central section of the Yinshan range, stretching over 150 km east to west at 1,500–2,000 metres, with steep southern slopes above the Tumochuan plain; a strategic site since the Liao dynasty.
- Mengniu Industrial Tourism Scenic Area 蒙牛工业旅游景区 2009
- Hohhot Shenquan Ecological Tourism Scenic Area 呼和浩特神泉生态旅游景区 2010
- Daqingshan Taiwei Leisure Resort 大青山太伟休闲度假村 2014
- Chilechuan Grassland (Hasuhai) 敕勒川草原(哈素海) 2014
- Laoniuwan Yellow River Grand Canyon 老牛湾黄河大峡谷 2016
- Mengliang Ethnic Folk Park 蒙亮民族风情园 2016
- Nanshan Scenic Area 南山旅游景区 2017
- Aoweima Culture Ecological Tourism Area 奥威马文化生态旅游区
- Mengcao Grass Expo Park 蒙草•草博园
- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Racecourse 内蒙古自治区赛马场
- Laoniupo Red Culture Tourism Area 老牛坡红色文化旅游区
- Yellow River Maiyegu Ecological Leisure Tourism Area 黄河麦野谷生态休闲旅游区
- Monishan Intangible Heritage Town 莫尼山非遗小镇
- Gateway to the Grassland Culture Tourism Scenic Area 草原之门文化旅游景区
Hulunbuir (18)
- Nuogan Lake 诺干湖 2017Also known as Choijin Tsagaan Nuur, an endorheic salt lake in New Barag Left Banner, 5 square kilometres at 843 metres above sea level.
- Huhenuoer Scenic Area 呼和诺尔旅游区 2007
- World Anti-Fascist War Hailar Memorial Park 世界反法西斯战争海拉尔纪念园 2008
- China Daur Ethnic Park 中国达斡尔民族园 2009
- Moerdaoga National Forest Park 莫尔道嘎国家森林公园 2012
- Busuli Northern Frontier Military Culture Tourism Scenic Area 布苏里北疆军事文化旅游景区 2014
- Ergun Wetland 额尔古纳湿地 2015
- Genheyuan National Wetland Park 根河源国家湿地公园 2015
- Daerbin Lake National Forest Park 达尔滨湖国家森林公园 2016
- Birch Forest Scenic Area 白桦林景区 2017
- Honghuaerji Mongolian Pine National Forest Park 红花尔基樟子松国家森林公园
- Barag Mongol Tribe Tourism Area 巴尔虎蒙古部落旅游区
- Aoluguya Reindeer Tribe Tourism Scenic Area 敖鲁古雅使鹿部落旅游景区
- Ergun National Wetland Park 额尔古纳国家湿地公园
- Tuoba Xianbei History and Culture Park Scenic Area 拓跋鲜卑历史文化园景区
- Wulanshan Scenic Area 乌兰山景区
- Zhalantun Jinlongshan Leisure Resort Tourism Area 扎兰屯市金龙山休闲度假旅游区
- Zhalainuoer Mammoth Tourism Area 扎赉诺尔猛犸旅游区
Alxa League (16)
- Nansi Ecological Tourism Area 南寺生态旅游区 2002Centred on Guangzong Monastery, commonly called the South Temple and known in Tibetan as Danjiling, the largest monastery in Alxa.
- Badain Jaran Desert 巴丹吉林沙漠 2014China’s third-largest desert and second-largest shifting-sand desert, with dense mega-dunes interspersed with lakes; it holds the world’s largest expanse of singing sand, its tallest stationary dune Bilutu Peak, and the highest lake density of any desert.
- Fuyin Temple (North Temple) 福因寺(北寺) 2016Commonly called the North Temple, a Gelug Tibetan Buddhist monastery second in Alxa only to the South Temple (Guangzong).
- Dongfeng Aerospace City 东风航天城 2017The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, built in the 1950s as China’s earliest launch vehicle test base, covering about 2,800 square kilometres and used to launch Long March rockets, satellites and crewed spacecraft.
- Juyanhai 居延海An endorheic lake known as Juyan Marsh in Han times, split into eastern and western salt lakes; the western one has largely dried up, while the eastern is a national water conservancy scenic area. The Juyan Han bamboo slips were unearthed nearby, and the Western Xia built Khara-Khoto here.
- Ceke Port International Culture Tourism Area 策克口岸国际文化旅游区A land border crossing in Ejin Banner facing Mongolia’s Shivee Khuren, opened in 1992 and upgraded to a Class I port in 2005; China’s fourth-largest land border port by freight.
- Tengger Dalai Moon Lake 腾格里达来月亮湖 2005
- Tonghu Grassland 通湖草原 2012
- Ejina Populus Euphratica Forest 额济纳胡杨林 2014
- Tengger Desert Swan Lake 腾格里沙漠天鹅湖 2015
- Jinshabaodi Ecological Tourism Area 金沙堡地生态旅游区 2016
- Desert Populus Euphratica 大漠胡杨 2016
- Dream Desert Automobile and Aerospace Amusement Park 梦想沙漠汽车航天乐园 2017
- Dingyuanying Ancient City 定远营古城
- Heicheng and Ruoshui Populus Euphratica Scenic Area 黑城˙弱水胡杨风景区
- Ancient Juyan Marsh 古居延泽
Baotou (12)
- Meidai Lamasery 美岱召Originally Lingjue Temple and renamed Shouling Temple by the Qing court, a Gelug Tibetan Buddhist monastery and one of Hohhot’s “Eight Lesser Temples”; a national key cultural heritage site since 1996.
- Wudang Lamasery 五当召 2001
- Beifang Heavy Industry Industrial Tourism Site 北方重工工业旅游区 2006
- Nanhai Wetland Scenic Area 南海湿地景区 2008
- Chilechuan 敕勒川 2015
- Meiligeng 梅力更 2016
- Bailing Naadam Park 百灵那达慕园区 2017
- Jimustai 吉穆斯泰 2017
- Chunkunshan 春坤山
- Baotou Huawu Renjian Scenic Area 包头花舞人间旅游景区
- Damao Banner Poetry and Painting Grassland Tourism Scenic Area 达茂旗诗画草原旅游景区
- Xilamuren Grassland Silk Road Dream Scenic Area 希拉穆仁草原丝路梦郡景区
Xilin Gol League (11)
- Yuan Shangdu Site 元上都遗址 2015Ruins of the Yuan upper capital Shangdu: a princely residence built by Liu Bingzhong in 1256, where Kublai Khan was enthroned in 1260; raised to upper capital in 1263 and later the summer capital, its palaces were burned by the Red Turbans in 1359 and it fell to the Ming in 1369.
- West Ujimqin Mongol Khan City 西乌珠穆沁旗蒙古汗城 2008
- Xilinhot Beizi Temple 锡林浩特市贝子庙 2008
- Duolun Lake 多伦湖 2010
- Royal Imperial Horse Garden 皇家御马苑 2012
- Taipusi Banner Imperial Horse Garden 太仆寺旗御马苑 2012
- Wulan Wutai 乌兰五台 2015
- China Horse Capital Core Area 中国马都核心区 2017
- Ulagai Jiuquwan 乌拉盖九曲湾 2017
- Wolf Valley 野狼谷
- Bulin Spring 布林泉
Ulanqab (11)
- Daihai Lake 岱海 2009An inland tectonic lake in a rift basin of Liangcheng County, Inner Mongolia’s third-largest inland lake; kidney-shaped, about 20 km long and 10 km wide, covering roughly 160 square kilometres.
- Chaer Lake 察尔湖 2012The Youyi Reservoir on the upper East Yang River, built 1958–1973 with a capacity of 116 million cubic metres; its waters lie mainly within Xinghe County.
- Huiteng Xile Grassland Huanghuagou 辉腾锡勒草原黄花沟 2014Huitengxile means “cold plateau”: an alpine meadow steppe at over 2,100 metres spanning 600 square kilometres, cool in summer and the closest Inner Mongolian grassland to Beijing; Huanghuagou is its main scenic zone.
- Gegen Tala Grassland 格根塔拉草原 2000
- Sumushan 苏木山
- Hongshiya Temple 红石崖寺 2016
- Jining Campaign Memorial Hall 集宁战役纪念馆 2016
- Linhu Ancient Fortress 林胡古塞 2016
- Hongzhao Jiulongwan 红召九龙湾 2016
- Daihai International Ski Resort 岱海国际滑雪场
- Riguang Grassland Dahewan 日光草原·大河湾
Tongliao (10)
- Daqinggou 大青沟 2004A national nature reserve in the heart of the Horqin Sandy Land, formed by the two deep ravines Daqinggou and Xiaoqinggou; while sandstorms sweep outside, the ravines are lush, with 106 woody and 422 herbaceous plant species.
- Kulun Three Great Temples 库伦三大寺 2010Three Gelug Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in Kulun Banner: Xingyuan, Xiangjiao and Fuyuan temples.
- Mengjiaduan Wetland 孟家段湿地Based on Mengjiaduan Reservoir, a large off-channel reservoir on the right bank of the West Liao River completed in 1958; rare migratory birds roost here, and a national wetland park was established in 2015.
- Xiaozhuang Garden 孝庄园 2012
- Aobao Xianghui Khan Mountain Grassland Tourism Area 敖包相会可汗山草原旅游区 2014
- Mongol Prince’s Mansion 蒙古王府
- Baogutu Desert 宝古图沙漠
- Hamin Archaeological Site 哈民考古遗址
- Zhurihe Grassland 珠日河草原
- Caogan Desert 草甘沙漠
Chifeng (9)
- Chifeng Museum 赤峰市博物馆Grown from the Juu Uda League museum office founded in 1958, a national second-grade museum whose new building opened in 2010, holding over 10,000 items including 103 national first-grade relics.
- Harqin Prince’s Mansion 喀喇沁亲王府 2005
- Keshiketeng Dali Lake 克什克腾旗达里湖 2009
- Aohan Hot Spring City 敖汉旗敖汉温泉城 2012
- Meilin Valley 美林谷 2014
- Bairin Left Banner Zhao Temple 巴林左旗召庙 2016
- Daoxugou 道须沟
- Yulong Sand Lake 玉龙沙湖
- Zimeng Lake 紫蒙湖
Bayannur (9)
- Yellow River Sanshenggong National Water Conservancy Scenic Area 黄河三盛公国家水利风景区 2015Based on the Sanshenggong hydraulic complex on the Yellow River at Dengkou County, which made the Hetao Plain Asia’s largest gravity-fed irrigation area and also provides flood control and hydropower.
- Wuliangsuhai 乌梁素海A lake formed from an old course of the Yellow River, about 293 square kilometres, its Mongolian name meaning “poplar grove”; fed by drainage from the Hetao irrigation district, it is a major freshwater fishery of western Inner Mongolia.
- Weixin International Golf Resort 维信国际高尔夫度假村 2005
- Yellow River Hetao Culture Tourism Area 黄河河套文化旅游区 2014
- Hetao Farming Culture Expo Park 河套农耕文化博览园 2017
- Nalin Lake 纳林湖
- Hetao Liquor Industrial Tourism Site 河套酒业工业旅游区
- Inner Mongolia Wuyuan War of Resistance Memorial Park 内蒙古五原抗战纪念园
- Ulan Buh Desert Sea Lake 乌兰布和沙海湖
Hinggan League (7)
- Genghis Khan Temple 成吉思汗庙 2015The only surviving temple dedicated to Genghis Khan, on Han Mountain in Ulanhot, built 1940–1944 with a facade shaped like the character for “mountain”; damaged in the Cultural Revolution and restored by 1987.
- Chaersen Reservoir 察尔森水库A large Class I reservoir for flood control and irrigation with hydropower, begun in 1973 and completed in 1990; in the 1998 floods alone it averted losses worth tens of billions of yuan. A national water conservancy scenic area since 2005.
- Arxan Haishen Holy Spring Resort 阿尔山海神圣泉旅游度假村 2003
- Horqin Right Middle Banner Hangali Lake and Five-Angle Maple 科右中旗翰嘎利湖—五角枫 2016
- Aolunbukan Forest 奥伦布坎森林
- Wulanmaodu Grassland 乌兰毛都草原
- Tianjiao Tianjun Ecological Resort 天骄天骏生态旅游度假区
Wuhai (5)
- Jinshawan 金沙湾 2012
- Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Art Museum 当代中国书法艺术馆 2016
- Wuhai Yangguang Tianyu International Winery 乌海阳光田宇国际酒庄 2016
- Menggenhua Ecological Leisure Area 蒙根花生态休闲区 2016
- Wuhai Lake 乌海湖 2017
Erenhot (2)
- Guomen Scenic Area 国门景区
- Erenhot National Geopark 二连浩特国家地质公园
