#Ice-free River Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Rivers
Address:
Section from Santan Gorge to Jinjianggou Forest Farm in Xalgan League's Halaha River
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
30 minutes
Phone:
4000151757
Winter in Arxan
Inner Mongolia Hinggan League | Two days and one night in Arxan ||| Arxan is not a mountain, it means hot holy water.
Bai Langfeng is the peak of Hinggan, I wanted to see the rime, but it was a small snowy day and I didn't see it. It was very cold and windy at the top.
The groups are not silly roe deer, but wild sheep from Outer Mongolia. The driver said that they migrate from Mongolia to Hinggan League in winter, and they will return to Mongolia in spring. Their cute figures are scattered at the foot of every mountain, and it is very healing to watch them eat grass.
The night in Arxan is very quiet, there are almost no people on the street, only colorful street lights and thick white snow. Walking on the street, my heart is very peaceful.
In the unfrozen river, the extreme cold of -30° can freeze all lakes and rivers, but it cannot freeze the winter romance of Arxan.
On the way to Wusulangzi Lake, there is a popular blue house. About a hundred meters ahead, there is also a flowing river which is very beautiful. The river is blue and very clear and there is no pollution. In the distance are snow-capped mountains. There, it is not a popular place, no one stays, it seems to be in a fairy tale.
The nearest Wusulangzi Lake has already frozen and there is also snow. It is a paradise for many children who can run and play with snow freely.
Liam.Bell^32
I'm super happy to finally catch up with Arxan, the beautiful autumn!
At 47 degrees north latitude, there is a magical color
That is the autumn of Arxan
Like a heavy-colored oil painting that has been cast a spell
Transformed into a fairy tale in the world of fireworks
Arxan is definitely a place
Worth traveling far and wide
About Arxan travel transportation:
✈️Plane: Currently only Beijing can fly directly, other places need to transfer, there is only one flight at 11 o'clock every day
🚂Train: All over the country✈️Shenyang then Shenyang has a direct train to Arxan Railway Station Almost all other cities need to transfer
🚗Circular way: Fly to Hailar, you can also visit Arxan by taking the Hulunbuir Ring Road
About the best travel time for Arxan:
Summer scenery July-August The immediate feeling of the small Swiss in the East
Autumn scenery Mid-September to around National Day Golden Autumn Fairy Tale Color Forest
Winter scenery December to early March Ice and Snow Rime Dream
Share a deep route (no need to buy Arxan's 280 ticket):
D1: Arxan Railway Station-Arxan Forest Park (tell the staff at the checkpoint to go to Chaihe)-Wusulangzi Lake-Tianchi Service Area-Dujuan Lake-Yuexin Lake-Squirrel Lake-Xing'an Service Area-Budong River (sunset)
D2: Budong River morning fog-Mo'a Highway-Mountain and Water Rock Mural-Yueyawan Park-Chaihe Moon Town
D3: Chaihe-Tongxin Tianchi-Top Ten Bends-Yiershi Town
D4: Yiershi-Baiwolf Peak-Baiwolf Town-Deer Garden of Dear Inn-Taor River National Wetland Park-Arxan City
D5: Arxan City-Yiershi Town
🔺This route can also enjoy the scenery of Arxan Forest Park all the way, just can't go to a few toll spots such as Tianchi, but the beautiful scenery of Arxan is on the road! There are many people in the scenic spot, and the experience is not as good as the niche places -~
⚠️tips:
🔺The local car rental market in Arxan is not mature. You can choose to rent a taxi for a single trip to Arxan. The cost is lower than renting a car by yourself, and locals will be more familiar with some beautiful niche places
🔺In summer and autumn, you can play with the Hulunbuir Ring Road, and it will be more convenient to start from Hailar
🔺The road conditions for self-driving are not bad, but you need to download offline maps in advance, there are many places without signal
CAMDEN CHARLES
Speechless in beauty
Hulun Buir's autumn is so beautiful that it leaves one speechless||Just came back from Hulun Buir, seeing such a healing autumn scenery for the first time, it's too overwhelming😭, cattle and sheep crossing the river in front of me, suddenly understood the meaning of existence, the beauty caught me off guard😭
Hulun Buir is too healing!!! Forever fascinated by Hulun Buir's autumn😭 I'll go again next year!!😭
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This set of photos was shot on
1⃣️The road from Hailar to Arxan
2⃣️Arxan's unfrozen river
3⃣️Arxan's Heavenly Lake
Nova_Everglen-88
Fairy tale town on the border of the motherland - Arxan
This is Arxan, more beautiful than Switzerland and Hokkaido!
✈️Transportation:
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1⃣️Direct flight to Arxan Yiershi Airport, book a chartered car in advance; but limited flights;
2⃣️If there is no direct flight, fly to Hulunbuir Hailar Airport, charter a car for 5h to Arxan, the scenery on the road is good but time-consuming;
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🏨Accommodation: Arxan Naren Hotel
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Per capita 100+, with heating, highly cost-effective hotel recommendation, Arxan city center, you can see the snow village outside the window, sitting by the window for breakfast, small Switzerland is in sight:
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❄️Tourist spots:
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1⃣️Arxan Forest Park:
It is not recommended to buy tickets in winter, everywhere is white, there is no sense of layering in spring and autumn, there are many free attractions on the road to the park, which are also very spectacular.
Free scenery💰: Wusulangzi Lake-- Rhododendron Lake- Unfrozen River (you can see cows🐮drinking water)
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2⃣️White Wolf Peak:
Daxinganling Mountains, snow trekking, good luck to see snow, watch the sunrise, see the sea of clouds, see rime. Take a Pajero up the mountain, see the main page video+see rime guide for details;
📍Address: White Wolf Peak Scenic Area, Arxan, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
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3⃣️Deer Park/Dear Inn:
Feed elk, reindeer, make friends with deer in the quiet forest. There is a glass house homestay, peak season 1k+/night, not cost-effective, but if interested, please leave a message;
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4⃣️Taiwei Ski Resort:
Super cheap ski resort, much more cost-effective than Changbai Mountain Harbin Hebei ski resort! European-style buildings, flat ski trails. 💰140/2h (including snow gear), weekdays 110, even 1v1 coach is 160/h, 1v2 is only 100/person/hour! It's a bargain! The coach is careful in teaching and enthusiastic in taking pictures! Must come to ski in Arxan!
The Foodie s Journey
The winter travel guide to Arxan is here~
First, the conclusion:
It is not recommended to visit Arxan in winter, the travel experience is not very good, winter is the off-season, although there are few people and you can book the whole place, but there are also few hotels and restaurants open, and there are not many choices, if possible, it is better to come in autumn, the end of September and the beginning of October is the most beautiful, if you come in winter, you can only see thick snow everywhere.
Tour:
Follow the line from Arxan city - Bai Lang town - Arxan Forest Park - Yiershi, one day in each place is enough
①Visit the European-style buildings in Arxan city, and go to Lu Jiao Bay and Snow Village
②Bai Lang town has Aobao, Rime Corridor, and Deer Park
③See the unfrozen river in Arxan Forest Park
④Yiershi is a good place to shop, the prices are lower than in Arxan city, and there are more people
Transportation:
Arxan has a train station, Yiershi has an airport, you can choose according to your needs, in Arxan city you need to rely on the B&B owner to help call a car, in Yiershi you can hail a taxi on the street, the starting price is all five yuan, to go to Bai Lang town and Arxan Forest Park you need to charter a car round trip (you can compare prices)
Food:
Basically, it's all barbecue or iron pot stew and hot pot
①In Arxan city, there is Jixiang Grassland Barbecue, Unique Barbecue, Sticky Bean Bag Iron Pot Stew, there is a big supermarket in Arxan called Wang Duo Duo (I think that's the name, I don't quite remember) where you can buy things
②In Bai Lang town, there is not much open in winter, eat at whichever is open
③There are not many shops open in the Forest Park in winter, you need to prepare your own food
④In Yiershi, there is Pastoral Song Barbecue, Yu Hao Barbecue (the fried potato chips are very delicious), Ding Ding Supermarket where you can buy things
Accommodation:
In Arxan, we recommend Manbu Yash Boutique Hotel (the boss is very easy-going, just like home), in Yiershi, we recommend Pine Nut Leisure Hotel (clean, relatively new), do not stay in the Forest Park! There is only one open in winter, very average! The winter room prices here are incredibly cheap, feel free to book, it won't be bad, Arxan has not been developed much in winter, so the commercial atmosphere is not heavy, there are fewer choices for buying and staying at each scenic spot in winter, it is not particularly convenient, the advantage is that because there are not many people, the snow here is really thick and pure, and it is very quiet, there are not many tourists wherever you go, basically you can take pictures as you wish
CHARLOTTE TAYLOR
Arxan: A forgotten treasure town
🎈Arxan is really a treasure town. In winter, it is the off-season, the whole city is very quiet, there are few tourists, and you can take pictures casually!
1️⃣Transportation
Take the train🚄 from Harbin to Arxan (be sure to buy a soft sleeper ticket, you can comfortably sleep and arrive at your destination)
Return to Beijing by plane✈️ from Arxan, and then transfer to Changsha (the airport is very small, no need to arrive too early)
In Arxan, you will generally choose to charter a car to go to the scenic spots, with an average price of 300 yuan per day. After leaving the train station, there will be many taxis waiting, you can directly ask, they can provide charter services. The cost of living in Arxan is relatively low, and the starting price of a taxi is only 5 yuan.
2️⃣Attractions
Arxan city ➡️ Rime Corridor ➡️ White Wolf Peak ➡️ Deer Park
Rime Corridor: This scenic spot is really a must-go! The rime landscape is very beautiful, it is best to go here for the first stop in the morning.
White Wolf Peak: The wind on this peak is very strong, but the scenery is very spectacular. It may be difficult to take pictures, but there is a rest area on the top of the mountain, where you can overlook the beautiful scenery of the whole Arxan.
Deer Park: This is the filming location of 'Dear Inn', the deer inside are a bit scary, they will chase people, bite clothes, push people, etc. If you want to take pictures here, it is best to walk in the woods, and you can also enter the snow scene room to take pictures.
Arxan city ➡️ Arxan Forest Park ➡️ Unfrozen River
Arxan Park: This scenic spot is really very large, there are shuttle buses in the scenic area that can visit each scenic spot in turn.
Unfrozen River: If you only plan to go to the Unfrozen River, you can not buy tickets, but you must go in the morning, because there will be fog and cattle in the Unfrozen River in the morning.
Inside Arxan city
The architectural style all has a European style, such as the train station, Snow Village, etc., you can go and enjoy it. During the Ice and Snow Festival, there will be many snow sculpture exhibitions. The city is relatively small. If you need to call a car, you can ask the hotel owner for help, because it is not easy to call a car in the off-season.
(The locals recommend the hot springs and skiing in Arxan, you can also try)
❗️The temperature here is usually around minus twenty degrees, please bring a hat, gloves and earmuffs when you go out.
❗️The weather in Arxan is very changeable, sometimes it is sunny in the morning, it starts to snow in the afternoon, and it turns sunny in the evening. In Arxan, you must wait for the sunset. Generally, it will be dark at four-thirty in the afternoon, and it is very easy to appreciate the blue hour.
❗️Be sure to pay attention to the weather before you travel, because the sunny day in Arxan is really beautiful, the sky is blue, and the earth is white.
ALBERT LAWSON
Hulunbuir Self-drive Tour|-40 degrees but not frozen beautiful river
|-40 degrees but not frozen beautiful river. A hot mom who has traveled around 40 countries but became a local travel blogger in Chengdu. Thank you for your support, I will stick to writing Chengdu travel guides, Chengdu surrounding tours, Sichuan tourism.
Last week I went to Inner Mongolia, the self-driving route Hailar-Aershan, these days will update this trip's notes oh~
Today I can't wait to introduce the 'Unfrozen River' in Aershan Forest Park, this river is the source of Haraha River. The special thing is that even in the winter of minus 40 degrees, the river will not freeze, and there will be hot air, because there are abundant geothermal resources gathered here.
Note, the winter Aershan Forest Park, actually do not need to buy tickets (I also found out after the tour!) Each attraction does not have staff to check tickets. Except for the far away Camel Hump Forest Tianchi, you need to take the scenic area's sightseeing car to go, the rest can be reached by self-driving car. (The summer peak season is definitely different, private cars are not allowed to park at will. But I didn't go to Camel Hump Forest Tianchi this time... So, I bought it for nothing.
1 Direct navigation to the Unfrozen River, will arrive at a viewing platform. There you can't go down to the river, you can only look at the scenery from the viewing platform.
② The position that can be opened to the river: is over a bridge, written 'Tianchi
Holiday Hotel', Cui Lin Xuan Holiday Inn's fork road to the river.
3 The sunrise here is very beautiful, but unfortunately I had too much fog that morning and missed it.
4 Around 10 o'clock, there will be local villagers driving their own cows to the river to drink water. It's really coming in succession, each batch is relatively short, but each household will come, so be patient and wait for the cows.
5 Winter is the off-season, plus YQ, I didn't see any tourists this time.
Accommodation stayed in the 'Tianchi Service Area' for one night, near the Unfrozen River, but please don't expect too much from the accommodation conditions here. The price is not expensive, 200 a night. (Summer will be twice as expensive and need to be booked in advance, otherwise there are not enough rooms inside)
Victoria Johnson
The non-freezing river is a section of the river in the middle of the Haraha River, 74 kilometers away from the hot springs of Aershan City. It is never frozen in the winter, and it has never been frozen for many years. It is amazing. Sanjiu is cold, and there are still green grasses in the river. The river is still rising in fog, revealing the afterglow of the rising sun. It is like a colorful cloud, and it is spectacular. Last winter, I was fortunate enough to see that scenery. Nowadays, it is different scenery, and the same is still beautiful. The fall of the unfrozen river is not as shocking as the winter beauty, but it has the leisure and indifference of the fall alone. On the other side of the frozen river, the cows and horses are in groups and enjoy the last fresh ingredients. A gust of autumn wind blew, the leaves of the birch forest on the hillside rustled, and a horse carefully crossed the river, and the mane on the head fluttered in the wind.
Sky..
There is a river in the Aershan, Xing'an League, which is known as the unfrozen river. The river is still hot at minus 30 degrees. This section of the river is never frozen in the winter, so it is called "the river does not move." Sanjiu is extremely cold, dripping into ice, all the rivers and streams in the city are frozen, only this section of the river is steaming and flowing.
minus 20 degrees, 100 degrees of boiling water will freeze when it is poured out, but this river never freezes in winter, do you know why? ?
It has never been frozen for many years, which is amazing. There are still green grasses in the water; the clouds on the river are steaming, the riverside is foggy and crystal clear, and the scenery is very spectacular. Many tourists come here every year.
wuqiuhuang.
The Harrahs not frozen river is next to our accommodation, very close. I came here with my friends to watch a sunrise here, and went to Ashanshans vows. When the first rays of the morning sun sprinkled on the earth, the whole unfrozen river seemed to be awakened at once. The flowing water did not succumb to the cold winter in Inner Mongolia, but enjoyed it. The weather seemed to have inspired it. The fighting spirit, and then free to run in the river.
This season we are coming in is alternating between autumn and winter, so there are still many rivers in Inner Mongolia that are not frozen. Listening to a pastoral friend we met, it is said that here is the winter of March 29, and even a hot water splash in the air can instantly form ice, not to mention the size of the river. At that time, every river will be frozen. Only the river in the Haraha River has some kind of magic. It is the only elf that dances in the harsh winter. The cold can't make it surrender, steaming, flowing. No matter how long it will never freeze
walk down the hillside, it will come to the shore of the frozen river. Although it is not like the vastness of the Humping Ridge Tianchi, there is no majestic Qinghai Lake, and there is no magic of Kanas, but her smart waves, light water flow, more like a lively and enthusiastic girl, beautiful and generous yet Be honest and subtle, let all the people here come here to linger.
Lemon Zhao.
The interesting nature is always wonderfully showing people its magical power. In the snowy and snowy Aershan, there is a non-freezing river. In the winter when the water is dripping into ice, all the big rivers are frozen. Only the river is steaming and flowing, and the river is still foggy, showing the afterglow of the sunset. Color, like a colorful cloud, is spectacular.
Miss Cat.
#### Today's temperature is below minus 30 degrees, this should be the lowest temperature I have ever felt in my memory.
Come to the famous non-freezing river in Aershan. You will find that in this world of dripping ice, this river has not been frozen and has flowed into the distance!
This section of the river is never frozen, so it is called not moving river. Its amazing that it has never been frozen for many years. There are still green water plants in the water; the clouds on the river are steaming and Xia Wei, the river bank is foggy and crystal clear, and the scenery is very spectacular. The
unfrozen river section has a total length of 20 kilometers. The phenomenon of the unfrozen river is due to the existence of a large amount of geothermal heat near the river section.
TSKN.
Aershan, which drops 39 degrees into ice, has a magical river - the frozen river. As the name suggests, the mountains are covered with snow in the winter, and the clear river still flows. The magical thing about this tributary of the Haraha River is that it will not be frozen. That is because there are abundant geothermal resources under the river. Even if it is minus tens of degrees, the river will still remain zero. The temperature of the ice.
Sylvia.
Stunned and beautiful! Dropping water into ice, only this section of the river is steaming. The non-freezing river is located in the Aershan City, Xing'an League, Inner Mongolia. It is a section of the Haraha River from the urban area 74 kilometers away. This section of the river is never frozen, so it is called the unfrozen river. Sanjiu is cold and dripping into ice. All the rivers and streams in the city are frozen. Only this section of the river is hot and steamy, and it has never been frozen for many years. It is amazing. The clouds on the river are steaming, and the river is foggy and crystal clear. The scenery is spectacular. The length of the non-freezing river reaches 20 kilometers, and the phenomenon of the unfrozen river is due to the underground hot spring near the river section!
niuge.
In the Aershan National Forest Park in Xing'an League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, there is such a "magic" river. In the cold weather of minus 50 degrees Celsius, the whole world is covered with silver, but only the river in front of me. Not only did the river not freeze, it was still flowing, and even slightly steamed. This river was kindly called "unfrozen river" by the locals.
This "unfrozen river" actually belongs to one section of the Haraha River. Because there is a lot of geothermal heat near the "unfrozen river", the riverbed temperature is relatively high, and it has formed. It is a magical landscape that does not freeze all the year round. The unfrozen river has become one of the must-see attractions for tourists visiting Aershan, and it is also the biggest highlight of winter tourism in Aershan.
There was another very interesting but somewhat ridiculous nickname in the Haraha River, called the Patriotic River.
How is a river "patriotic"? This statement quickly aroused everyone's curiosity. It turns out that the Haraha River flowing from the east to the west on the Mongolian grassland will flow out of China's borders in the middle, into the Mongolian Lake of Bell, and then re-flow back to China from Bell Lake. Like a wanderer who goes abroad to return to the embrace of the motherland because he misses the motherland, it is no wonder that many people will call it the most "patriotic" river in China.
SHUN.
Sanjiu is cold, and there are still green grasses in the river. The river is still rising in fog, revealing the afterglow of the rising sun. It is like a colorful cloud, and it is spectacular. Last winter, I was fortunate enough to see that scenery. Nowadays, it is different scenery, and the same is still beautiful. The non-freezing river is about 20 kilometers long from Santanxia to Jinjianggou Forest Farm. It is close to the Tianchi service area. Because there are no scenic cars in the scenic spot, there are very few tourists here. The river does not freeze in winter and flows naturally. In the mid-winter season of minus 30 °C, dripping into ice, all the rivers and streams in the city are frozen, only this section of the river is steaming and flowing.