[2024 Genhe Attraction] Travel Guide for Genheyuan National Wetland Park (Updated Nov)

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1. Location and Transportation • Navigation: Shouwang Bridge, walk east along the flood control road, you will reach Guangming Bridge, keep walking and you will reach Lengji Town. • Self-driving: Due to the long distance, self-driving is the best choice, walking may cause frostbite. 2. Viewing Time • Rime: 7 am is the best time to view rime. • Sunset: 4 pm is the best time to enjoy the sunset. 3. Must-visit Attractions • China Cold Pole Village: Experience the northern scenery in the ice and snow, there are themed ice and snow sculptures, and you can also taste the unique forest flavor of "Cold Pole Eight Bowls". • Aoluguya Reindeer Tribe: Get close to the only group of people in China who still live by raising reindeer, and experience zero-distance contact with reindeer. 4. Activities • Snow Activities: In Cold Pole Village, you can participate in activities such as beating gongs, drums, twisting yangko, making candied haws, chopping wood, and playing ice hockey. • Ice and Snow Entertainment: Ride snowmobiles, dog sleds, horse-drawn sleds, and experience the fun of ice and snow. 5. Accommodation • Genhe City Hotel: Prices start from CNY 150, suitable for rest and experiencing local culture. 6. Food • Grilled Venison: One of the famous foods in Genhe, with delicious meat. • Lieba: A type of pasta with local characteristics. • Jerky: A portable snack. • Reindeer Milk: A unique dairy product worth trying. 7. Travel Tips • Keep Warm: Due to the extremely low temperature in Genhe in winter, be sure to wear warm clothes, especially waterproof pants and gloves, and thick-soled shoes. Genhe attracts tourists with its unique natural scenery and rich ethnic culture. Whether you are pursuing the beauty of nature or cultural experience, this is a rare travel destination.

In the golden autumn of September, bring your loved ones to the Greater Khingan Mountains

- Best time: Late September to early October, when the leaves change color, making it the most beautiful season in the Greater Khingan Mountains. - Recommended attractions: - Mohe Arctic Village: You can check in at the northernmost post office, the northernmost sentry post, etc. If you're lucky, you might see the aurora, and the night sky is dazzling. - Erguna Wetland: You can go deep into the wetland and experience the magnificent natural scenery. - Moerdaoga Forest Park: Take a small train through the golden forest, as if entering a fairy tale world. If you're lucky, you might encounter fog, adding a mysterious atmosphere. - Aoluguya Reindeer Park: Home to the Ewenki people, you can experience unique ethnic culture. One side is grassland and rivers, the other side is forest and hills, with stunning scenery. - Genhe Source National Wetland Park: Located in the heart of the Greater Khingan Mountains, it is known as the "First Wetland in Asia". It has various ecosystems where you can see forests, swamps, rivers, lakes, and even the "Forest Couple Tree" (larch and birch). The autumn scenery is picturesque. - Transportation guide: - Airplane: You can first arrive at Hailar Dongshan Airport or Jiagedaqi Gaxian Airport, then choose to rent a car, charter a car, or take public transportation to various attractions. - Train: You can take a train to cities like Hailar, Manzhouli, or Jiagedaqi, then transfer to your destination. - Food recommendations: Wild mushrooms, matsutake, boletus, and various wild meats, barbecues, and hot pots. - Accommodation suggestions: You can choose hotels or inns in cities like Mohe or Erguna, or experience unique homestays near scenic spots to feel the local customs. If you want to be closer to nature, some scenic spots also offer forest cabins or tent camps. - Precautions: - The temperature in the Greater Khingan Mountains is relatively low in autumn, with large temperature differences between day and night. Bring warm clothing such as jackets and down jackets. - The ultraviolet rays are strong, so take sun protection measures. - Smoking and open flames are prohibited in the forest, pay attention to forest fire safety. - The signal may be poor in some areas, so prepare in advance and bring a satellite phone if necessary. - Pay attention to road conditions when driving, especially in uninhabited areas. Drive cautiously and it is recommended to travel with companions.

Dreams above the permafrost: The winter dusk of Genhe source

Genhe meanders from the Greater Khingan Range from northeast to west, almost traversing the northern part of Hulunbuir, and finally flows into the Erguna River. The source of Genhe is located at the western foot of the northern end of the Greater Khingan Range, and the place where the source of Genhe is located is therefore named "Genhe City". Genhe has spring and autumn connected, and the winter lasts for 210 days, with an extreme low temperature of minus 58℃ measured, so it is named "China's Cold Pole". Genhe Source National Wetland Park is the most intact original wetland park in China, most of which is located in the Greater Khingan Range forest area, with many undeveloped original forests and wetland areas, and extremely rich ecological resources, enjoying the reputation of "China's Cold Pole Wetland Natural Museum", "Mount Everest of China's Environmental Education", "Tears of God" and other reputations. Nearly 60,000 hectares of Genhe wetland exist above the permafrost, which is a rare geological phenomenon in China. The entire winter source of Genhe is covered with snow, silver-wrapped, and Genhe seems to be a holy Hada floating among the white pines and birches covered with snow. The small forest huts in the mountains are like a fairy tale world bathed in winter snow. Especially the dusk of Genhe, the setting sun renders the vast snowfield with gorgeous colors, and the foraging foxes and snowy owls are like coming through from the magical world, dreamlike, extremely beautiful, in the winter of Genhe, you have all your imaginations about the secret realm of the snow country.

Genhe Yuan National Wetland Park

Genhe is known as the 'Cold Pole of China', and its autumn is an incredibly beautiful cold pole autumn scene. After a rain, the negative oxygen ions in the park are very high, take a deep breath. The leaves of the birch trees here have not fallen, the golden leaves and the white trunks, it is another perfect match for autumn colors, a kind of bright and clean beauty. The evening scenery is even more dazzling under the short and intense sunlight, and the sunset in the west is also extraordinarily beautiful. Unexpectedly, there was a hailstorm in the middle, the sound of dripping, and it melted in a while. Showers and hail are really not concepts that will appear in the Northeast. Today really has everything: rain, rainbow, sunshine, hail. Perfect!

The Root River Wetland, known as the Asia's No. 1 Wetland, is located at the intersection of the Genhe River, the Erguna River, the Dirbu River and the Haul River. It is the most protected and largest wetland in China today. The alluvial plain of the river constitutes a delta. The dry rivers and tributaries are like jade belts with flat grasslands, like a bright pearl embedded in the land of Ergun. The waters of the Root River pass through the mountains and pass through the wilderness, leaving the most graceful section to Ergun, where there are dense birch forests and larch on both sides of the river, waiting for the lights in the city next to them. Ergun is a city, a river, a history, an old story. The original Mongol empire was born here, so this rich and beautiful land became the soul of the Mongolians and their souls. It is not just Mongolia, it has portrayed many symbols of the birth of the nation. Some people have disappeared in the depths of the years, while others have passed down to the present day. It used to be the starting point for ancient humans to walk out of the forest to embrace the world. Now we come here from the ferocious steel forest, come to this grassland, come to this quiet forest, follow the memory of the deep veins, come Go to this world and accept the most original baptism and return to nature.

The car drove up a few rugged hillsides across the plateau, in front of the Root River Wetland Park.

In the morning, came early, Root River Luyuan, a group of deer seeing strangers coming, they will run far, if you give them some delicious, they will be around If you don't give them food, they will follow you and get close to each other. Root River Luyuan, the main stocking of deer, in fact, there is a place where reindeer is the legendary four, the place is called Lulu Quaint, because time The relationship has not gone. Lengji Bay is a national wetland park in Genheyuan, Genhe City, which belongs to Ergun, Inner Mongolia. The Root River Source National Wetland Park is located at 50 degrees north latitude. At the northern end of China, the hinterland of Daxing'anling, the minimum temperature can reach below 40 degrees, and is positioned by the international wetland experts as "China Cold and Wetland Natural Museum" and "China's Environmental Education Everest". Entering the Root River Wetland Park to the east, there is a standing wooden sign in about 20 minutes, boarding a small hill along the boardwalk, Lengji Bay I have a panoramic view. The coldest place in China, Genhe. At 30°C, what is the feeling of drinking beer! At the end of the drink, I feel that my throat is freezing.

In the evening, I watched the sunset in the nearby wetlands. The warm sunshine sprinkled on the wetlands, which was more spectacular than the root river wetlands I saw during the day. It was once again shocked by the sunset of Hulunbeier. In the evening, the air standing on the river is really super good. The air is full of negative oxygen ions from the wetlands. I can't help but breathe a swig of air.

Genhe is the homonym of the Mongolian word "Gegen Gol", meaning a clear and transparent river. When we come here, we will really understand the meaning of the two words, the coldest city in China, the year. The average temperature is -5.3 °C, the extreme low temperature is -58 °C, the annual freezing period is more than 210 days, and the "China Cold Pole" is awarded the title.

The Root River Source National Wetland Park is a national AAAA-level scenic spot, [1] located in Genhe City, the hinterland of Daxing'anling, Inner Mongolia. [1] is the hub of tourism development and important tourist distribution center in the northern forest area. It is the Heilongjiang Mohe River in the north, Hulunbeier in the southwest, and Heilongjiang in the southeast. An important transportation node in Wudalianchi. Even the sun is shining in the cold place, but it is still very obvious to feel the cold and cold air, breathing, the feeling that the nose hair feels sticking to the nasal cavity. This description is my very real personal experience, yes. That is, the nose hair will freeze and freeze to stick to your nose. There are morning smog on the river bank, and the low shrubs are covered with smog and crystal clear. The lake is frozen and frozen, and the water grass next to the river is also put on a pure white coat. Under the sunshine, it looks particularly good.