Xilingol League Erenhot City | Border City, Dinosaur Homeland

| Border City, Dinosaur Homeland. Erenhot City is located in the northernmost part of Inner Mongolia and is the northernmost port city of China. Coming here means reaching the northern gateway of the motherland, where you can check in at the majestic national gate and solemn boundary marker. 🦕 At the same time, Erenhot is also known as the "Dinosaur Homeland." Its dinosaur fossil excavation work once caused a worldwide sensation, broke the Guinness World Record, and received the honor of being one of the "World's Eight Great Fossils." 👉 Dinosaur enthusiasts and friends who love border travel must not miss this treasure city of Erenhot!

✅ National Gate Tourist Area
🚩 As a Sino-Mongolian border city, the National Gate Scenic Area in Erenhot is a must-visit! The national gate stands tall within the scenic area, with the China-Mongolia railway connecting Beijing, Ulaanbaatar, and Moscow 🛤️ extending beneath the gate, creating a spectacular sight. Climb up the national gate to get a distant view of the Mongolian border city Zamyn-Üüd. 🖼️ Inside the national gate building, there is a calligraphy room and the National Gate Museum, where visitors can learn about Sino-Mongolian friendship and related knowledge. The rest area, souvenir zone, and photo bar offer tourists a blend of sightseeing and leisure entertainment, enriching the travel experience. 🚂 Additionally, the train memorial square in the scenic area recreates the scene of border people rushing to catch trains, displaying sculptures of trains and people, strongly evoking the border atmosphere. 🤳 Of course, don’t forget to check in at the 816 boundary marker, take photos with it, and leave your footprints at the northernmost part of the motherland.

✅ Erenhot National Geopark
The Geopark is located 9 kilometers northeast of Erenhot city center. 🦖 During the Cretaceous period, dinosaurs roamed this land. Today, the Geopark displays traces of their existence, preserving numerous complete dinosaur fossils and dinosaur egg fossils. The quantity and variety 🦕 are rare worldwide and hold high research value. The excavation of the "Erenhot Giant Raptor" was named one of the "Top Ten Global Scientific Discoveries" by Time magazine. 🙋‍♀️ For visitors, you can follow the footprints of prehistoric giants in areas such as the dinosaur sculpture group, dinosaur science museum, mineral crystal hall, fossil burial hall, and petrified wood viewing area, 📖 learn about dinosaurs, and observe dinosaur fossils up close, making it a worthwhile visit.

✅ Erenhot Salt Lake
Erenhot Salt Lake is only about a 10-minute drive from the National Geopark. 💁‍♂️ This is a salt lake, but 60 to 70 million years ago, it was an ocean. After geological changes and the evaporation of large amounts of water, ☀️ it eventually evolved into today’s salt lake. The salt lake buries countless reptiles and dinosaurs underground. Since the late 19th century, Erenhot Salt Lake has been a site for collecting and excavating dinosaur fossils. The salt lake not only has a profound dinosaur cultural heritage but also boasts breathtaking geological landscapes. ☁️ The white salt looks like snow covering the ground, reflecting beautifully with the white clouds in the blue sky, creating a picturesque scene.

Erenhot is a very quiet border city where you can slow down your pace of life, fully explore the footprints of dinosaurs, appreciate border culture, and enjoy exotic charm.

Post by The Seas of Grass - Xilingol Cultural Tourism | Jun 26, 2025