Hulunbuir Travel Guide

Hulunbuir is a prefecture-level city in northeast Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, North China. It spans an area of 264,000 square kilometers (101931 square miles), and has a population of 2.7 million. Hailaer District is the administrative center. Hulunbuir adjoins Heilongjiang Province in the east, and shares borders with Outer Mongolia to the west, Russia to the north by the Ergun River.

The history of Hulunbuir can be traced back to 209 BC, when the Huns united the grassland territories in North China, and Hulunbuir became one of the king's possessions. Today there are 32 ethnic groups living here, including Han, Mongolian, Manchuria, Daur and so on. 

Hulunbuir boasts natural grasslands of 80,000 square kilometers (30,888 square miles), natural woodland of 120,000 square kilometers (46,332 square miles), and more than 3,000 rivers and 500 lakes. The Daxing Anling Range (Greater Khingan Range, China’s largest forest zone) stretches through Hulunbuir from north to south.

The famous Hulunbuir Grassland, with a total area of 93,000 square kilometers (35,908 square miles), is one of the largest and best-preserved grasslands in the world. The endless grassland is like a giant carpet of green, dotted with white yurts, herds of cattle and sheep, and winding rivers and lakes. Visitors can try many activities. They can roam around riding horses, camels or grassland carts. Or they can paddle a boat and angle on the lakes, or hunt in a nearby fo more about Hulunbuir »