Badain Jaran Desert Tourist Area

About half of the parking spaces in the scenic area are occupied. It can be seen that even during the National Day holiday, there are not many people here.

The entrance ticket to the scenic spot and the bus ticket together cost 120 yuan, but we waited for an hour before the bus started. Chasing the sunset of Danba Lake, when we climbed up the desert hundreds of meters high, the sun was hiding behind the sand dunes, and the afterglow illuminated the pale blue sky. We hurriedly took pictures of the sky, the lake, and the sand. It was almost completely dark before we quietly went down the hill.

After watching a half-hour performance in front of the Desert Music Festival stage, we set off to leave the scenic area.

Located at the bottom of the Yin'e Basin in the western part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, it is one of the four major deserts in China, with a total area of 47,000 square kilometers. The Bayannur and Quijote Sand Dunes are the highest sand dunes in the world. There are more than 100 lakes in the desert. The towering sand dunes, mysterious singing sands, quiet lakes and wetlands constitute the unique and charming landscape of the Badain Jaran Desert, attracting tens of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists every year.

This is the third largest desert in China and the fourth largest desert in the world. It is located in the western part of Inner Mongolia, west of Yabrai Mountain, north of Beishan Mountain, and east of Ruoshui River. It covers an area of about 44,300 square kilometers. It is located in the center of the Alxa Desert, with an arid climate and mobile sand dunes accounting for 83% of the total desert area. It mainly belongs to Ejin Banner and Alxa Right Banner in Inner Mongolia, and a small area in the east belongs to Alxa Left Banner.

It takes three hours to get from Badain Jaran Town to the entrance of the desert. There is dry sand on both sides of the road, some short vegetation, and occasionally some camels can be seen.

After entering the desert, we felt the motion sickness mentioned in the travel notes. However, for the four students who were not motion sick at all, we cheered every time we turned over the sand. The driver stopped the car for the first time to let us take pictures. We were very excited. It was really beautiful everywhere. It was the first time I saw so much vegetation in the desert.

There is no cell phone signal here! No signal at all!! So if you have anything to say, you must go into the desert and make arrangements.

Here I want to talk about going to the toilet. The first time I went to the toilet, three girls each covered their faces with a big scarf and looked to see if there were other cars passing by. The driver kept saying that there was no need to cover the scarf because they could not see. This was different from going to the toilet next to a rock in Tibet.

The pink lake was more beautiful than expected. It looked like a big rooster with a few big wolves in its belly. I had only heard that the Rose Lake in Dakar, Africa was pink before, but I didn't know that we also had our own "Rose Lake". There were 4 colors reflected in the lake, white, pink, blue and yellow. It was really a visual feast. The driver said that the pink lake was formed by the deposition of salt and microorganisms. It was really pure pink and bubbling pink.

I used to think that the desert was just a desolate and desolate place, but Badain Jaran is constantly undergoing magnificent changes. The endless sand dunes are like unstained rice paper, allowing the rising and setting light to paint colors.

As the sun rises, the cold desert gradually wakes up, and the top corners are dyed orange by the early sun. Although we didn't see the expected sunrise, the desert will never let visitors leave in disappointment.

The sunlight leaking through the sand dunes first awakened the kneeling camels. When the herdsman took the reins of the leading camel, the camels obediently lined up and walked out of the fence, walked and ate grass near the house, and then slowly walked towards the depths of the desert, shaking with the sound of camel bells.

The wind meets the sand dunes vertically, creating the continuous sand dune chain in Badain Jaran, which looks like both ridges and peaks.

Using hands and feet, we crossed the sand line of the sand ridges. Millions of sand dunes stretched out and connected to each other, with light and dark interlaced, just like the sea level that was instantly solidified by the strong wind.

It seems quiet, but it is secretly brewing an outburst that will sweep away everything.

The Badain Jaran Desert is very beautiful! I won't elaborate on it here, but here I will focus on giving you some very important information about self-driving!

Before setting off, I searched all the information on China-TravelNote, and the feedback I got was that you can only rent off-road vehicles in scenic spots, but that is not the case!

It takes about 5 hours to drive from Zhangye to the entrance of the Badain Jaran Desert Scenic Area. Go along National Highway 317. It is very empty. Except for the road sign of the Badain Jaran Desert that appears once every one or two hours, there are basically no vehicles along the way. There are three options when you arrive at the scenic area: 1. Rent a local off-road vehicle for one night in the desert for 3,000 yuan/vehicle 2. Rent an off-road vehicle for the day and go back and forth to Badan Lake for 850 yuan/vehicle 3. There is a road for non-off-road vehicles to drive directly to Badan Lake by yourself, the road maintenance fee is 200 yuan/vehicle, and the scenic spot ticket is 70 yuan/person. Badan Lake also has a good hotel with tents. If you don’t want to spend a lot of money to enter the hinterland of the desert and want to experience the feeling of desert camping for one night, this choice is undoubtedly great! I forgot to send the specific hotel phone number, you can contact the Badain Jaran Desert Scenic Area to ask.

Here is a special reminder for friends who want to drive to Batan Lake, it is best to drive an SUV or off-road. The chassis of a car is too low and it is easy to have an accident in a deserted place. The Volkswagen Lavida we drove went in the wrong lane and got stuck in the sand. Fortunately, we met an off-road team who helped tow us out in time.

The desert scenic area at Badaoqiao is breathtakingly vicissitudes. Seeing the desert for the first time, Mr. Jiang couldn't help waving his arms and fully expressed his emotions.

The most beautiful desert in China, with more than 100 lakes, unique in the desert, highly recommended for a 2-day tour

In the vast desert, mysterious and seductive...

Because there are lakes in Bataan, there is still vegetation!! The Bataan Desert is rolling and endless! A visual feast! I usually only see it on TV, but now I see it with my own eyes. It feels very different. I feel so small!

The environment in the Badain Jaran Desert is much worse than that in the Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang. Fierce cold winds were howling, blowing up layers of sand from the dunes, covering our bodies with sand, and even getting sand stuck in our camera lenses.

This place is really a niche tourist project. There is not much information available on the Internet. We couldn't even find out where the gate was, and we had to ask the police to find out. Their distribution center refers to the county seat of Ayou Banner, and the gate of the scenic spot is 76 kilometers east of Ayou Banner (towards Yinchuan). I also learned about this place from netizens' travel notes. In addition to the yearning for the yellow sand, what really touched me and made me insist on arranging it in the itinerary was a sentence from a netizen. He said that on that night in the heart of the desert, "I actually saw the Milky Way."

Badain Jaran is a desert in the western part of Inner Mongolia. If Ejina is relatively unvisited, then Badain Jaran is absolutely unvisited, and I haven't even heard of any friends of friends going there. At present, it is still a very unpopular tourist project. Badain Jaran Desert Tourism is divided into short-term one-day tour and long-term panoramic tour. The short-term is one day, and the charter fee is 1,000 yuan to Badain Lake. This is really not recommended, just a little bit of fur, not interesting. We chose the long-term, the charter fee is 3,000 yuan, and we stayed overnight in a place called Miaohaizi, 160 kilometers in the heart of the desert. The ticket is 220 yuan/person, plus Miaohaizi accommodation 166 yuan/person. It is settled at the payment office of the scenic spot at one time. The cost of meals is paid separately. In addition to the dinner at Miaohaizi, we also had lunch at a herdsman's house. So the average cost per person for the three of us is about 1,600 yuan.

The so-called long line is to connect several lakes and sand hills in the middle of the desert into a line. Badan Lake is the first lake and the last freshwater lake. Further in is the saltwater lake. Why is the short line meaningless? It is too close. It takes half an hour to enter the scenic area to reach the destination, and you can park and play for two or three hours before being sent out.

There is a smooth mobile phone signal here, and there are public toilets for tourists. I guess it will be the main project for desert experience in the future. After all, it is simple and does not require any people, so it is suitable for a visit. There are also some sand projects here, such as sand sliding, camel riding, and sand motorcycles. Come here to experience the real desert.

I went to the Badain Jaran Desert during the National Day holiday. The scenery was so beautiful. The sunrise on the sand dunes, the camel caravan on the oasis, the sunset on the Mirror Lake, the freshwater lake, the salt lake, the starry sky and the Milky Way can all be seen here. Photographers in particular must come here, and you can take great pictures from any angle. "The curves drawn by God, the magic created by the sky", it's really excellent!

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The reinforced jeep roared up and down the sand peaks at a 60-degree tilt angle. The 5-hour car sex went deep into the heart of the desert. There was no signal, no rescue, and once the car overturned, the only people watching you were wild camels and wolves. Running naked on the endless sand dunes, or peeing poetically in the sunset, standing in front of the world's highest desert, Mount Everest, you don't feel your insignificance. The desert without human traces is not scary, and the world without human voices is not lonely. The driver always stood in the distance, looking cool, and the rising smoke rings reminded me of the smoke from cooking in the south of the Yangtze River.

This is Badain Jaran, the most beautiful desert in China.

Today's cities are filled with all kinds of probes, and today's world is swallowed up by all kinds of suspicions. I am kneeling in this vast space, surrounded by innuendos, as if I were in another world.

One of the most distinctive features of the Badain Jaran Desert is its colorful lakes.

Especially the pink lake, which has captured the hearts of countless girls

The cause is said to be the high potassium ion content in the lake water.

Some say it is due to the presence of a large number of brine shrimp.

We also found

Different lighting conditions and viewing angles will show changes in depth

There are many legends about the formation of the Badain Jaran Desert.

Mostly it is God's way of punishing people for their sins.

Let the place that is originally lush with water and grass

Becoming a boundless desert

In my opinion, legend is also reality

Human activity in the Badain Jaran Desert

Dating back to the Paleolithic era

Archaeologists have discovered human remains in the heart of the desert

The most beautiful desert in the world is well-deserved! The endless sand dunes, the "chicken coop pits" and "pot bottoms" of various shapes are the favorites of car lovers. Driving an off-road vehicle in the desert, climbing, turning, and towing, there are frustrations of failure and joy of success, and the fun is endless!

Although I have searched for its photos and read its comments online countless times, it was only after I really came here that I felt that the beauty of the Badain Jaran Desert is incomparable. The off-road vehicle drifted and sprinted freely in this vastness, feeling like riding a roller coaster, but this roller coaster is not just a minute, but for several hours! Rushing up a sand dune, what appeared in front of me was a deep blue lake. There are hundreds of lakes hidden in the vast Badain Jaran Desert! There is also the "World Desert Everest" Birutu in the Badain Jaran Desert. I climbed to the top with my friends and experienced a stunning sunset on the top of the sand. Thank God, these beautiful moments are enough to make people remember for a lifetime. At night, I stayed in a yurt in the desert, with the dazzling starry sky and Milky Way above my head. The sky full of stars not only filled my eyes, but also my heart. In the morning, I experienced the sunrise of Badain with my friends. It was hot, direct, and strong. This is my most intuitive feeling about the sunrise in the desert.

You must take the scenic area off-road vehicle to enter the Badain Jaran Desert. Generally speaking, there are different routes such as one-day tours and two-day tours to choose from. Most tourists will choose a one-day and one-night itinerary. That is, enter the scenic area after noon on the first day, stay one night, and leave the scenic area at noon on the second day. This route can basically cover all the scenic spots, and you can also enjoy the starry sky and sunrise. It is really the best choice. A jeep can seat 4 people and the cost is 3,000 yuan. If you are interested, you can try a four-day tour, which can go directly to Ejina. The cost is 8,000 yuan. (I was very lucky and met a brother with first-class driving skills. He was very nice and played very appropriate music with the scenery. His photography skills were all great. The whole trip experience was superb!)

Badain Jaran Desert, there are many lakes in the desert, and there are also the highest sand dunes in the world. The towering sand hills, mysterious singing sands, quiet lakes, and solemn temples are worth a visit.

There are too many photos to list one by one. If you want to go to the desert and you can drive, it is recommended to find a local guide to lead the way. Don't go to tourist attractions. Whether you can go deep depends on your personal skills. If you don't dare to go off-road, don't go on wild roads. Of course, you can also find a guide to charter a car directly, which is very exciting.

The hotel is quite cost-effective and cheap. There are many hotel options, and some are newly renovated, which is good.

I found a local small restaurant for dinner and had a Mongolian meal. It ruined my worldview! O(∩_∩)O haha~

Only off-road vehicles can enter the scenic area. The rental fee is a bit expensive, so we have to find someone to share a car with. There are too few people in this scenic area, and there is no atmosphere that should be on National Day! But I was lucky enough to find someone to share a car. A large family from Jinchang, 2 people went out alone and just happened to be with us 2 adults and 1 child, so we hit it off to reduce costs. Well, when we lined up, it was a Prado, and we began to really feel the desert. The feeling can only be understood, and words cannot express it. It was very fresh to play like this for the first time! However, the elder brother of Jinchang who was in the same car said that there used to be a scenic bus going back and forth between the tourist center and Badan Lake. Maybe the cost of maintaining this section of the bus road is not as good as using an off-road vehicle instead. However, these cars range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. It is estimated that the car and the driver are also leased from the scenic area.

It makes people linger. To book an off-road vehicle, please contact Master Zhao at 18248306343

If you want to explore the desert in depth, go to the Badain Jaran Desert!

Indescribable experience

The beauty of hardship

It is not cheap to charter a car to go to Badain Jaran. It is the most exciting experience in life. You can never see the end of the sand dunes. It feels like you are going to the sky. It is one of the experiences that you must experience in life. I sincerely recommend it.

The Badain Jaran Desert is thrilling and exciting. If you have never been to the desert, Badain Jaran is the only best choice. If you have been to the desert and come to the Badain Jaran Desert to feel its beauty, it means that all the previous deserts have been in vain. I would like to recommend an off-road vehicle master to everyone, 18204834668. Of course, choose Gao Fei's home in Miaohaizi for accommodation. I look forward to everyone going there to experience the different feeling from the sea.

Badain Jaran is not desolate, but open and magnificent. It is like a man who is calm and affectionate, and like a girl who is kind and gentle. It is a good place for a group of people to have fun and revel, and a good place for a person to be in a daze and relax.

The Alxa Desert World Geopark includes: Tengger Park, Badain Jaran Park, and Juyan Park. There are many contents. You can rent an off-road vehicle for 850 yuan/vehicle (can seat 4 people), and it is enough to stay in it for 3 hours. This is the third largest desert in my country and the fourth largest in the world. It has the world's highest sand mountain, which can be called the "Mount Everest of the Desert"; and the world's largest singing sand area. In fact, it is very comfortable to visit by car, but the wind is a bit strong.

The Badain Jaran Desert, located in the north of Alxa Right Banner, Alxa League, is the third largest desert in my country. In recent years, it has become an ideal place for desert exploration, tourism, and photography. To visit the Badain Jaran Desert, you can only charter a car or find a local travel agency.

The scenic area is not very large, sand sliding is more fun, stay for about an hour

The lake in the desert reflects the blue sky like a gem. I wanted to watch the sunrise, but encountered the rare desert morning fog. It is said that "losing in one place, gaining in another".

On the way to Badao Bridge, the sun was setting, and the deep golden sunlight was shining on the red willows outside the window, which was very beautiful.

Badaoqiao is actually on the edge of the Badain Jaran Desert, the third largest desert in the world, and there are no poplar forests here.

When we were almost at the entrance of the scenic area, we saw a lake on the edge of the desert. The lake was clear and full of vitality, forming a sharp contrast with the desolate desert.

This is a great place to watch the sunset.

A perfect reproduction of the scene of lonely smoke rising in the desert and the setting sun over the long river.

It was my first time to go to the desert. The feeling was indescribable and I had to be there in person!

Badaoqiao Desert Park, on the northern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert

Desert sunset~

The sand is very fine...Waiting for the sunset, but I didn't see it because it was cloudy...

It costs 160 yuan per person to stay in the scenic area for one night. The car in the scenic area almost overturned. I was turned into a meat pie. It was scary. You can see what a close call is by looking at the wheel tracks. It's a pity that I can't upload the video

Weathering, erosion, transportation,

After many vicissitudes of life,

Leave your current appearance behind,

Maybe your past is a quiet lake, a graceful river, or a beautiful forest.

It doesn't matter now.

Your story is hidden behind the yellow sand.

The most magnificent sea of sand,

It is composed of the finest sand.

The rise and fall of things is hidden in the sand.

It is difficult to appreciate the world without experience.

Listen to the wind singing, it seems to tell me,

Your name.

The surfing experience in Badain Jaran Desert is a very good choice. You can go north across the Badain Jaran Desert and reach Ejina Banner.

My first trip to the desert made me fall in love with this pure land...

The desert has always been a forbidden zone for life.



The Badain Jaran Desert is known as the highest desert in the world because it has the world's highest sand ridge, which is called the "Desert Everest".



The Badain Jaran Desert is famous for its extremely beautiful sand ridge lines that are rarely seen in other deserts, and it has always been called the "God's Curve".



Go deep into the desert, watch the sunset, and chat about life's journey under the stars at the oasis.



Life needs such an extreme journey.

We only played outside the Badain Jaran Desert because it is not suitable for dogs to enter the desert. We just took a photo. The sand was very hot and burned our feet.

The customs of the Northwest will shock you. Welcome everyone to visit the Northwest.

The scenery is so beautiful! It's so exciting to ride the scenic beach buggy over the sand dunes!

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The most beautiful desert in China is well-deserved. It is very large, and you usually have to stay there for one night. You cannot drive in by car, and you must take the desert off-road vehicle provided by the scenic spot. If you want to spend the night in it, the scenic spot will also provide yurts for accommodation in the heart of the desert. In general, the operation of the scenic spot is still very good, and the masters of the desert off-road vehicle are also very experienced. Living in the desert is relatively poor and the price is very high, but it is a different experience. It is recommended to stay in Badain Jaran for one night, which is especially suitable for shooting stars at night.

All the deserts I have seen are super awesome, really super awesome. I suggest you go there in the afternoon, just in time to watch the sunset and feel the beauty of the desert smoke and the setting sun on the long river.

It is a very worthwhile attraction to visit, but the fee is relatively high. It is recommended to enter the scenic area early so that you have enough time to play.

The wind and sand are very strong. You can rent a car to drift the sand, but I didn't try it because I would vomit. There were only two people when I went there.

I just passed by on the road. The Gobi Desert scenery is relatively simple and boring, but it has a unique style with the sunset.

Five-star recommendation, very beautiful desert, no one's land inside. The starry sky at night is very beautiful.

Ejin Autonomous Banner is located in Ejin Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, outside the Badain Jaran Desert. On both sides of the Ejina River, there are the most spectacular poplar forests in China. With a total area of 5,636 hectares, it integrates desert, Gobi, grassland, lakes, and poplar forests. It has magical natural landscapes and unique cultural landscapes, and can be called a green pearl in the desert. In September and October every year, when the first autumn frost falls, large tracts of poplar leaves turn from green to yellow. At a glance, the golden leaves under the sun dance in the wind against the blue sky. The strong contrast, vivid tones, and bright colors are enough to make any language look pale and powerless.

It is a very wonderful place. The desert is not lonely at all. The beautiful lakes and the curves of the sand peaks are very beautiful. The fun and exciting thing is to ride in an off-road vehicle to surf the sand, just like surfing in the sea. It is as exciting as riding a roller coaster.

The fee for the Bataan Desert is 3,000 per car and 220 per person. This is the fee for one or two days. If you enter and exit on a single day, it will be 850 per car and 85 per person. The fee is relatively high. It is recommended not to drive by yourself, which is very dangerous. If you are not familiar with the road conditions, you may overturn at any time.

Beautiful scenery, the masterpiece of nature, the excitement of desert off-roading, a must-go

I didn't go into the heart of the desert, I just went there because Badaoqiao borders the Badain Jaran Desert. It was the same desert I saw in Crescent Lake before. I always have a different understanding of the desert than ordinary people. The fact is that they are gradually engulfing the land, and we need to manage it. But they gave me a very weak feeling, not as hard as stone, nor as weak as mud, soft and thin. But I forgot that they are a huge team, so big that they can destroy.

The scenery is very beautiful! It definitely exceeds the average person's understanding of the desert. It is worthy of being the most beautiful desert in China!

The camels here are a bit interesting, because you have to climb the peak, which is a bit dangerous~

Sunset ~

The scenery in the desert is really amazing, but it's really expensive, 3000 yuan for a car for less than a day...

The endless desert, stretching and undulating, with different colors throughout the day, is fascinating and full of imagination!

The desert is beautiful and stunning! When there is a blue sky, put on a flowing white or red dress, and the photos taken are really beautiful. The temperature difference between morning and night is very large, so you must bring thick winter clothes when you stay overnight in the desert. The entrance fee is 220 yuan for the regular scenic area, plus 3,000 yuan for a two-day off-road vehicle to enter and exit the desert. One car can seat 4 people, so each person costs 750 yuan.

The trip to Badain Jaran Desert became the most unforgettable part of our trip to the Northwest!

Because the desert is so big, we only went to the scenic spot that is close to Jinchang, Gansu. It is about 250 kilometers from Jinchang city, and it takes about 3 hours to drive there. Along the way, we passed the road in the uninhabited area and the Gobi Desert. The scenery is also very beautiful. It is really exciting to take an off-road vehicle in the scenic area in the Badain Jaran Desert. When we went there, a car cost 800 yuan, and there were four people, and the ticket was 80 yuan. Riding a camel and walking on the sand hills are rare experiences. The Badain Jaran Desert is very large and really beautiful! It is well-deserved and worth a visit.

Desert Everest, the world's third largest desert, high consumption

The Badain Jaran Desert is known as the most beautiful desert in China. The sand is very fine. The lakes and temples in the desert are unique landscapes.

Located in the western part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Badain Jaran Desert is one of the four major deserts in my country. The towering sand dunes, quiet lakes and wetland wonders constitute a unique and charming landscape. It is said that Badain Jaran Desert has the highest sand dunes in the world, which is more than 70 meters higher than the highest peak of the Sahara Desert, the world's largest desert. It is known as the "Mount Everest of the World Desert". It is also one of the attractions that cannot be missed when visiting Ejina Banner. Although I occasionally passed by several small deserts during my previous self-driving trips to the northwest, I never really set foot in them. When I first walked into the desert and touched its temperature, I was crazy about it like a demon. I was even glad that I encountered a sandstorm when I approached it for the first time and saw its truest side.

It meets and exceeds all imaginations of the desert.

Sand rushing is very exciting, the master's level is great!

The excitement, wildness, and driving through the desert in an off-road vehicle are definitely the coolest and most thorough experience. You can also lie in the desert at night and look at the mysterious night sky. It is a wonderful experience!

It’s so beautiful. It fulfilled my dream of riding a camel in the desert. All my friends who saw the photos I posted wanted to go there too.

For me, who has a deep affection for the desert, the Badain Jaran Desert, known as the Mount Everest of the desert, is a very similar existence. The sand peaks are much higher than those of Tengger. . . Friends who like the desert must go there. The starry sky in the desert is really beautiful.

You must stay there for a night, it is beautiful, with pristine scenery and starry sky

The desert is nothing special. The road conditions here are average. Although it is not bumpy, you can't drive fast. It's a bit tiring~

Entering the desert is a very enjoyable process. The car passing through the sand dunes is like a roller coaster.

Let me talk about the public services in Alxa Right Banner. There was no one at the station at noon, not even the ticket seller. The toilets here are also very depressing. There are very few public toilets, not even in the station. To use the toilet, you have to go to a toilet 100 meters opposite the station. Not to mention the dirtiness, after all, it is basically the same across the country. What is unacceptable is that this is a dry toilet, and the rice fields inside have been piled up into a mountain. Okay, I know that there is a shortage of water in the northwest, but it is still unacceptable to experience such a toilet in person. I only stayed in Alxa Right Banner for half a day and basically did not go around. The only feeling I had was that the toilet was unbearable

Words like vast, boundless, and shocking can all be used. The scenery is beautiful and the conditions are difficult.

The most exciting part of this trip is to be careful of motion sickness. But if you are motion sick, don't stop! Speed up

This desert is contracted, and you cannot drive in. You can only take a local off-road vehicle to the camp in the scenic area. The round trip of an off-road vehicle is 3,000 yuan, and it can seat 4 people. The road in the desert is bumpy, so it is important to bring your own motion sickness medicine.

The vastness of the desert is boundless. The fine sand, towering sand dunes, and desert oasis are well worth visiting. It is much more magnificent than Mingsha Mountain and much more beautiful than Shapotou.