Inner Mongolia National Day Autumn Viewing Guide, Treasure Autumn Colors on the Vast Grasslands

🎨 In autumn, God's palette falls again on Xilingol League, where the vast grasslands offer countless autumn scenes. Everywhere is a splash of brilliant colors. 🖼️ The flora is a must-see in Xilingol's autumn. Here’s your viewing guide—immerse yourself in autumn colors in Xilingol during the National Day holiday!

✅ Duolun County
✔ Golden Yellow — Luanhe Source National Forest Park
⏰ Best viewing period: Late September to early October
🍂 Luanhe Source National Forest Park, also known as Luanhe Source Yumu Chuan Forest Park, is home to one of Asia’s rare natural elm forests, with tens of thousands of elm trees mostly over a hundred years old, lush and thriving.
🍁 In golden autumn, Yumu Chuan is covered in gold, like a painter’s lavish strokes of gold and yellow paint, dazzling and radiant. With mountain springs, streams, and rivers as a backdrop, it looks like a fairyland.

✔ Colorful — Duolun River Scenic Area
⏰ Best viewing period: Entire autumn
🍂 Duolun Lake is a beautiful prairie lake surrounded by grasslands, hills, sandy areas, and shrubs. In autumn, the blue sky and lake blend with trees in yellow, orange, green, and other colors, creating a splendid autumn painting.
🍁 The lake’s circumference is about 41 kilometers, perfect for a leisurely self-drive to enjoy the autumn scenery. There’s also a wooden boardwalk along the lakeshore for strolling, sightseeing, and photography. At night, stay in local hotels or guesthouses to enjoy the starry autumn nights by the lake.

✅ Zhenglan Banner
✔ Colorful — Wuhe Orqin Aobao Forest Park
⏰ Best viewing period: September to mid-October
🍂 Here stands Zhenglan Banner’s highest aobao (sacred cairn) atop the mountains, surrounded by dense secondary forests, winding streams, wild fruit trees, and medicinal herbs. In autumn, the forest park is full of mature autumn scenes.
🍁 Forests and sandy lands stretch across the park, with colorful foliage rolling through. The layered woods are vibrant, wild animals occasionally appear to pick fruits, and people gather to worship the aobao and collect herbs, all filled with the atmosphere of autumn harvest.

✔ Colorful — Hunshandake Sandy Land Scenic Area
⏰ Best viewing period: Entire autumn
🍂 This is a sandy land with water and forests, blooming wildly in autumn. Driving through the sandy land, you’ll often see flourishing golden elms. Clusters of white birch stand on the golden grasslands, while sandy land spruces and willows show resilient vitality, making Hunshandake Sandy Land even more majestic!

✅ West Ujimqin Banner
✔ Golden Yellow — White Birch Forest Scenic Area
⏰ Best viewing period: Late September to early October
🍂 White birch forests are mysterious and beautiful in poetry and songs. The white birch forest in West Ujimqin Banner is just like that, especially in autumn, with white trunks and golden crowns, and the ground covered in golden leaves, revealing the quiet beauty of autumn.

✔ Colorful — Ujimqin Grassland
⏰ Best viewing period: Late September to early October
🍁 Known as the “Paradise Grassland,” Ujimqin Grassland gathers nine major types of grasslands. In golden autumn, native trees like white birch, sandy elm, larch, Korean pine, five-point maple, and poplar each show their colors. 🖼️ Shrubs such as wild apricot, hazel, mountain willow, and hawthorn cluster in various colors, composing a colorful autumn grassland painting.

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🚙 Xilingol is a perfect place for self-driving. During the 8-day National Day holiday, you can start from Beijing and follow the 🌈 Xilingol Thousand-Mile Grassland Scenic Avenue, enjoying autumn views, experiencing herders’ life, and tasting delicious grassland cuisine.