#West Dreamy Valley Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
#3 of Best Things to Do in Alxa Left Banner
Geological Sites
Canyons
Address:
Alxa Zuoqi, Alxa, Inner Mongolia, China
Opening times:
Open tomorrow at 08:30-18:00Closed Today
Recommended sightseeing time:
3-4 hours
The shock level is 10000%! It's also the same check-in location as Xiao Zhan's jade bone remote
If you only go to one place for tourism in Bayannur,
I would definitely strongly recommend the same check-in location as Xiao Zhan and Liu Wen❗️
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This place integrates the Yadan landform with the Danxia landform,
consisting of deep red sandstone.
It's where the water flowed by billions of years ago🌊
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🤎Western Dream Canyon
📍26 kilometers northwest of Aolunbulage Town, Inner Mongolia
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🙋🏻♀️Travel Tips
1️⃣There are a total of 3 routes in the scenic area, namely Alxa Canyon, Dream Canyon, and Shenshui Cave. The Dream Canyon in the middle is where everyone goes and has the best scenery, which is also the same check-in location as Xiao Zhan and Liu Wen
2️⃣After buying a ticket, park your car in the parking lot (group purchase price for adult tickets is ¥58/person). Dream Canyon can only be entered by paying for a sightseeing car (¥15/person) or on foot
3️⃣You can bring your own dry food, as there are only water and instant noodles sold at the sightseeing car parking spot, with no restaurants around
4️⃣Opening hours are from 8:30 to 18:00, with entry stopping at 17:30
5️⃣All toilets in the scenic area are dry toilets
6️⃣There are very few shaded areas, so be sure to take sun protection measures
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📷Check-in Photo Tips
1️⃣Large scene photos are essential, with people serving as an embellishment to mainly capture the atmosphere
2️⃣Wide-angle shots from below can make portrait photos look cooler
3️⃣Stand with your back against the stone walls, and use the stone walls as a foreground for shooting
4️⃣Drone shots can increase the impressiveness of the photos
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🧥Canyon Outfit Tips
1️⃣Denim dress and boots, suitable for petite girls
2️⃣Utility jumpsuits, suitable for cool girls
3️⃣The very trendy desert wasteland style outfit, suitable for spicy girls
AMBER PAYNE
Explore the unknown! The Western Fantasy Canyon, a passionate natural wonder
Step into the Western Fantasy Canyon, and it feels like traveling through a billion-year time tunnel, back to the primitive era of nature. Every rock, every drop of water carries the stories of the ages, telling the magic and the craftsmanship of nature.
🏞️ The dreamlike canyon scenery
The canyon scenery here is dreamlike, with winding paths and towering peaks. The sunlight filters through the gaps in the canyon, casting mottled shadows, making one feel as if they are in a mysterious fairyland. Every step is a view, every view is a painting.
💧 The crystal-clear stream
Deep in the canyon, there is a hidden stream so clear that you can see to the bottom. The babbling water is like a song or a sob, complementing the surrounding scenery. Standing by the stream, feeling the cool spray on your face, it seems like all worries are washed away.
🌲 The lush vegetation
On both sides of the canyon, the vegetation is lush and the trees provide ample shade. Every leaf here is full of vitality, as if showing the world their energy and beauty. Walking among them, it's like being in a natural oxygen bar, refreshing and uplifting.
📸 Check in and keep beautiful memories
How can you not take a beautiful check-in photo when you come to the Western Fantasy Canyon? Standing at the highest point of the canyon, overlooking the entire beautiful scenery, use your phone or camera to capture this unforgettable moment, and let the beauty be forever etched in your heart.
📍Detailed address: Aolunbulage Town, Alxa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia, in the remnants of the Yin Mountains
🕙Opening hours: 08:30-18:00
💰Ticket price: Adult ticket 58 yuan
🌟 Summary
The Western Fantasy Canyon, a place full of fantasy and beauty. Here you can find the craftsmanship of nature, dreamlike canyon scenery, crystal-clear streams, and lush vegetation. Coming here is like being in a natural fairyland, making people linger and forget to return. Come and check in, and leave beautiful memories!
leonanicholasortiz
Before leaving Ningxia, you must visit this niche secret place! The domestic canyon ceiling
Recently, there is a novel called 'West Out of Yumen', which also shows the charm of the northwest. Finally, this extraordinary talent is seen by more people. If you are fortunate enough to come to Yinchuan and Wuhai, you must not miss this canyon hidden at the junction of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia.
Along the way, you will pass through Alxa League, the willow trees on both sides are golden in the autumn wind, the sand road runs through the Gobi, as if wandering in the painting, it is really beautiful. The newly built asphalt road allows cars to pass without pressure, with 100% pass quality.
📍Western Dream Canyon, this place belongs to the territory of Inner Mongolia, adjacent to the unique canyon scenery of Ningxia. It takes about 2 hours to drive from Wuhai. The combination of Danxia landform and Yardang landform here is very worth seeing. Under the sun, the canyon is red, very photogenic, and there are few people, it is a good place for you to shoot. It is said that Xiao Zhan also shot a magazine here, come and get the same style!
There are 3 areas in the canyon here, among which the Dream Canyon is the most photogenic. You can easily walk about 2 kilometers without taking the scenic shuttle bus. If you just want to take a look, you can finish it in 1 hour. But please note that the wind in the canyon is very strong, remember to wear a hat to protect yourself. There is plenty of time for a round trip in one day, and you can also go back and have a Mongolian hot pot and experience the local special food.
CONRAD WEBSTER
There's such a dreamy grand canyon in Inner Mongolia, 99% of people don't know!
The Western Dream Grand Canyon, originally named Aolunbulage Grand Canyon, is located in the Yinshan area of Aolunbulage Town, Alxa Left Banner.
The canyon is a Danxia landform, 5 kilometers long, composed of deep red sandstone. The canyon has experienced tens of millions of years of wind and rain erosion, flood scouring, and the peaks have been eroded into various shapes and sharp edges, like a natural geological museum, displaying the magical power and infinite mystery of nature.
The red cliffs, square mountain stone walls, stone peaks, stone pillars, cliff valleys, rock caves, stone mushrooms, three-legged golden toads, mother door caves and other weird and wonderful "art sculptures" in the canyon are formed under the long-term action of nature and geological gravity, and the erosion of flowing water in rocks or strata, gravity collapse, and more wind erosion.
Here, the scenery changes every ten steps. The most famous are the Doctor's Forum, the Kiss of the Century, and the One-Line Sky, which are all natural masterpieces. It is worth mentioning that there are a large number of sand dongqing trees in the canyon, with bright yellow flowers, and bees buzzing and flying. The bright flowers and the red canyon complement each other. There are sea buckthorn trees and a large area of green grass in the cool places of the canyon.
Mia.Walker*63
23 Summer Trip to Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Day4
Day4: Wuhai → Aolunbulage Canyon → Rengen Peak → Ant Forest (passing by) → Naren Lake (passing by) → Ulan Buh Desert Highway → Ulan Buh Desert Crossing Gate → Wuhai Lake → Wuhai
On the fourth day, we mainly traveled between Inner Mongolia and Ningxia. Although the itinerary was compact, it was relatively relaxed except for the high temperature.
First stop: Aolunbulage Canyon (Picture 1). Aolunbulage Canyon belongs to the Tengger Park of China Alashan Desert World Geopark, which is part of the Yinshan Range. It is a path where water has 'walked' through, and the power of water has cut a huge deep trench from the originally flat land. The entire canyon includes the Western Fantasy Canyon, Alashan Canyon, and Shenshui Cave, each with its own characteristics.
Western Fantasy Canyon (Pictures 2-4): It integrates Yadan landform and Danxia landform, recording the changes of landform and the evolution of geology over millions of years. The interaction of wind and geology has formed the desert and Gobi-dominated geological landscape here. Private cars can drive to the entrance, where you can take a shuttle bus into the canyon (15 yuan per person) or walk. The shuttle bus will take you directly to the deepest part of the canyon, and then you can slowly walk out and enjoy.
Alashan Canyon (Pictures 5-6): After coming out of the Western Fantasy Canyon, you need to return to the three-way junction before you can go. Different from the Western Fantasy Canyon, you can drive in by yourself, with a total length of more than 1 kilometer.
Note: 1. There is no place to sell food and water in the scenic area, so you need to prepare these before you go in.
2. The signal in the scenic area is very poor, only mobile has a little signal, so if there is a problem while playing inside, it is very troublesome.
3. The total length of the Fantasy Canyon is about 2.5 kilometers. If you have time and the weather is not so hot, it is best to walk and take pictures. If you take a shuttle bus, some points will be missed, such as 'Mother Gate Cave'.
4. Be careful when you are about to reach the end of the Alashan Canyon, there is a sandy area there, and ordinary cars can easily get stuck. We encountered a small RV stuck in the sand that day, and it was very troublesome to ask for help and find a tow truck.
5. The supporting facilities are not mature yet, and you can only drive there by yourself.
Second stop: Rengen Peak (Pictures 7-8). Rengen Peak is completely a masterpiece of nature. Due to the well-developed vertical joints of the rock, the surrounding rocks have been weathered away under the action of rainwater erosion, gravity collapse, and wind, forming this lonely 'wind erosion column'. Because it looks like a male root, it is called 'Rengen Peak', and the locals also call it 'Shengen'. The 'Shengen' has a diameter of 4~8 meters, is thicker at the bottom and thinner at the top, is 34.14 meters high, slightly inclined, and is very majestic. You can only drive there by yourself.
Third stop: Ant Forest (Picture 9). I specifically looked for the Haloxylon ammodendron in the Ant Forest to see Ma Yun's promise to 'plant trees' in the desert. I saw the Haloxylon ammodendron, but I didn't find the sign.
Fourth stop: Naren Lake (Picture 10). Naren Lake is located at the junction of the Hetao Plain and the Ulan Buh Desert, adjacent to the Yellow River, and is a river trace lake formed by the change of the Yellow River. It was approved as a national wetland park in 2015, and it feels that it has not been fully built yet.
Fifth stop: Ulan Buh Desert Highway (Picture 11). The road is paved, but due to climate reasons, the road surface is deformed and not very flat. The sand dunes on both sides of the highway are continuous, the scenery is very good, and there are few vehicles, so you can stop and play with the sand at any time, and show off a little.
Sixth stop: Ulan Buh Desert Crossing Gate (Picture 12). The Ulan Buh Desert Crossing Gate is not a scenic spot. A self-driving desert post station has been established here, where you can appreciate the charm of desert crossing at close range. However, it is best to play desert crossing with professional off-road four-wheel drive vehicles (provided by the post station), and ordinary cars really can't play. If you drive into the desert by yourself, it is said to cost 30 yuan per car.
Seventh stop: Wuhai Lake (Picture 13). Wuhai Lake was formed by storing water at the end of December 2013 after the completion of the Haibowan Water Conservancy Hub of the Yellow River. It is connected to the water conservancy hub dam in the north, the Ulan Buh Desert in the west, the upper section of the Yellow River Wuhai section in the south, and the Wuhai City Riverside Scenic Belt in the east, with a total area of 118 square kilometer