Hulunbuir Routes: Grassland, Border Towns and Vehicle Advice
A practical guide to Hulunbuir's northern grassland loop, a longer route via Arxan, and choosing a car and driver for long distances across Inner Mongolia.
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A practical guide to Hulunbuir's northern grassland loop, a longer route via Arxan, and choosing a car and driver for long distances across Inner Mongolia.
Grassland, river bends, forest parks, reindeer and the border town of Manzhouli, with notes on seasons, packing and getting around with children.
Where to eat in Hulunbuir and Hailar: Mongolian pot tea and Buryat buns, plain-broth lamb hotpot, Russian baking in Manzhouli, northeastern bone pots, steak pot and late-night skewers, plus what to buy for the trip home.
A first trip to Hulunbuir starts in Hailar. Choose the southern grassland and Manzhouli or the northern forest and border villages, then allow for long drives and seasonal weather.