Things to do in Arxan

China National Gate

Located in Xing'an League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the China Gate is a landmark symbolizing friendship and openness on the China-Mongolia border. As a key passageway between China and Mongolia, the gate not only holds significant geographical and strategic significance but also carries rich cultural heritage. The gate's majestic architectural design embodies the friendly relations and historical connections between China and Mongolia. The surrounding area is meticulously planned, featuring exhibition halls and monuments showcasing the exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in economic, cultural, and social fields. These facilities not only provide visitors with rich historical and cultural information, but also enhance the gate's tourist appeal. Every year, the gate attracts a large number of tourists and businesspeople. It is not only a tourist attraction but also an important platform for promoting cross-border trade and cultural exchange. Visitors can gain a better understanding of the friendly relations between China and Mongolia and their important role in the Belt and Road Initiative. The China Gate has thus become a significant landmark in Xing'an League and even the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, symbolizing the aspirations of peace, friendship, and development.

Three Ponds Gorge

Three Ponds Gorge is located 78 km northeast of Arxan, within the Tianchi Scenic Area. It is the upper reaches of theHalaha Riverand stands in correspondence with Tianchi Mountain from afar. The canyon is approx. 3 km long and features a bridge spanning the creek. The canyon has three pools, hence its name. The three pools are, in order:Arxan National Forest Park - Woniumtan—the river water is calm, and rocks of various sizes, resembling resting oxen, lie across the river in front of the pool, like a large herd of cattle resting in the river;Hushitan—above the calm pool water, the river is densely packed with huge rocks of various shapes, as if a group of tigers are playing and frolicking in the river; Yuexintan—this is the end of the canyon, where the ground suddenly opens up, the river widens, and the pool water is transparent and clear to the bottom. The riverbed is composed of rocks of varying sizes, and both banks are covered with mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests, where rhododendrons grow lushly, creating a pleasant landscape. A small path runs along the river on the bank. Between the three pools, there are many winding paths, twisting and turning. A section of the canyon features a glacier in June and July, known as the "Summer Glacier."

Arxan Hot Spring

Arxan Hot Spring is located in Arxan City, Xing'an League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and is one of China's famous hot spring resorts. The attraction is renowned for its unique hot spring resources and beautiful natural scenery, earning it the nickname "Divine Spring Snow City." Here are its main features and highlights: 1.Hot spring resources Arxan Hot Spring boasts abundant hot spring resources with water temperatures ranging from 1°C to 48°C, containing various minerals and trace elements that provide significant therapeutic benefits for human health. The springs are categorized into four types: cold springs, warm springs, hot springs, and high-temperature springs, catering to travelers with different requests. 2.Natural scenery The scenic area is surrounded by pristine forests, alpine lakes, and volcanic remnants, offering distinct scenery in each season. Visitors can enjoy the snowy landscapes in winter, lush greenery in summer, golden hues in fall, and vibrant vitality in spring—providing a rich visual feast throughout the year. 3.Health and wellness Arxan Hot Spring features multiple hot spring sanatoriums and resorts, offering various wellness services including hot spring baths, mud therapy, and massages. Visitors can relax and rejuvenate while enjoying nature's gifts here. 4.Cultural Experiences The attraction also offers a variety of cultural activities, such as visiting the Volcano Museum and learning about local folk customs, providing visitors with opportunities to gain in-depth knowledge of Arxan's history and culture.

Arxan Grand Canyon

Arxan Grand Canyonfeatures rugged rocks, cascading waterfalls, swirling mists, and numerous spectacular sights. The peaks on both sides are steep and imposing, with dense pine trees growing along the slopes. A river formed by mountain springs flows through the bottom of the canyon. The river varies in width, sometimes rushing and sometimes calm, with an average water depth of 0.6m. The overall landscape is magnificent and grand.

Aershan Lujiao Bay Camp Scenic Area

The exterior design of Lujiaowan Camp is unique. It is a high-value wild luxury boutique resort with hot spring experience, exquisite camping, parent-child entertainment, creative workshops, camp activities, Dining and retail, outdoor leisure, etc. The camp is fully equipped with a large outdoor parking lot and charging stations to provide convenience for self-driving RV travelers.

Halaha River

Arxan Oxygen Heart Forest Bath Trail Scenic Area

Arxan Oxygen Forest Bathing Trail is located 2 kilometers east of Arxan Railway Station, and echoes the landmark building International Forum Center in Arxan. The Forest Bathing Trail is based on the concept of "ecological priority and green development", with forest health care as the main product. It has built different forest therapy trails with different characteristics, such as sleeper trails, volcanic stone trails, and pine needle trails in sections, and finally formed 1 cycling loop, 1 walking loop and 9 leisure experience groups. The groups incorporate more than 20 consumer formats such as cultural and creative sales, jungle art, DIY workshops, yoga meditation, self-service camping, motorcycle riding, etc. It is a health resort that integrates immersive forest health care, popular science research, summer vacation and other multi-functions. Two loops: The "two loops" are the mountain motorcycle cycling loop and the seven-kilometer forest hiking loop. The motorcycle cycling loop is located on the east side of the Bluebird Station. It is 1.5 kilometers long and takes 10 minutes to complete. During the ride, you will pass through larch forests and birch forests. The roads are straight and curvy, and the trees are shady. Riding a motorcycle here and crossing the forest will give you a sense of your own speed and passion. The seven-kilometer forest hiking loop relies on the mountain shape, landform, and forest belt Souvenir the forest bathing path to transform the original No. 7 highway forest fire prevention and transportation road, and finally form a walking loop with multiple health care functions. There are three major trails in the loop, namely the volcanic stone trail, the sleeper trail, and the pine needle trail. The volcanic stone trail is located at the entrance of the Attraction. It takes 5 minutes to walk and is 200 meters long. It mainly uses local volcanic rocks, which are mainly paved by ting (ting) steps and fragmented splicing. Green grass grows naturally in the gaps, presenting the texture of natural ecology. The sleeper trail takes 20 minutes to walk and is 400 meters long. It mainly uses idle old sleepers and local materials to build it in the form of steps. It is not only environmentally friendly, but also echoes the local forestry culture of Arxan. At the same time, 11 important nodes of the party history journey are set on the 280 steps, where tourists can deeply feel the 100-year history of the party. The pine needle trail is 2,930 meters long and is paved with larch pine needles without damaging the natural environment. It is also one of the important health care experience projects of the hiking loop. Nine groups 1. Magic Square Group Tour The Magic Square Group is located at the entrance of the Attraction, and consists of the Mushroom Pavilion, Magic Inn, Volcanic Rock Square, Health Care Advisory Office, etc. It provides tourists with information consultation, health care consultation, health care package customization, cultural and creative sales and other services. 2. Bluebird Station Group Tour The Bluebird Inn is an energy supply station on the way to the forest bathing trail. It provides cultural and creative products, light meals and tea, and leisure and entertainment products such as off-road motorcycles, real-life CS, and archery. 3. Forest Workshop Group The Forest Workshop is located on the east side of the Bluebird Station. There are three handmade themed workshops in the workshop, namely, Keep the Four Seasons, Take Away the Fragrance, and Light Up the Starlight. It mainly produces leaf and flower specimens, flower photo frames, bark photo frames, branch paintings, handmade lipsticks, soaps, aromatherapy, etc., suitable for all kinds of people to experience. 4. Exquisite camping group The tent group has a total of 25 tents, including light luxury, wild luxury, and luxury viewing tents, which can accommodate more than 50 people at the same time. The group has a camp service center, which sells Arxan cultural and creative products, specialty foods, daily necessities, etc., and provides simple meals and tea services. All tents are located among the sea of ​​forests, where you can enjoy the sea of ​​forests during the day and the stars at night. In the unique natural landscape and the natural environment of the forest, you can sit in the tent and enjoy the birch forests, larch, Dahurian larch and other shrubs and trees on the opposite mountains. It can be said that there is a table, a chair, a tent, a tea and a mood for each person. 5. Group tour to Songtao Camp There are 5 forest tree houses in Songtao Camp. All of them are built according to the original structure of the trees. There are lounges, bathrooms and other areas in the houses. The wooden houses and trees complement each other, allowing tourists to get away from the hustle and bustle of the gorgeous city. It is as if they have entered the fairy tale dimension in Hayao Miyazaki's animation, full of mystery and romance. 6. Sculpture jungle group The Sculpture Jungle Group is divided into the Creative Tree Hole Painting Area and the Forest Treasure Hunt Area. In the Creative Tree Hole Painting Area, the vivid and colorful creative tree hole paintings on the trees allow visitors to experience the forest culture at a deeper level, which is the best choice for forest study. The Forest Treasure Hunt Area has a total area of ​​5,000 square meters, where visitors can enjoy treasure hunting competitions and get rewards. It is a good place for parent-child entertainment and forest exploration. 7. Linyinyuan Group The Forest Sound Garden group is an important part of the Oxygen Heart Forest Bathing Health Care Treatment. The group mainly adopts immersive forest singing bowl therapy and hires professionals to perform singing bowls. During the seven-kilometer hiking health care, tourists can take a break here, listen to the sound of nature and singing bowls, relax their bodies and minds, replenish energy, and let the experiencers slowly relax their bodies and minds, eliminate fatigue, and remove low-level emotions such as fear, anger, and anxiety. It has a very good effect on sub-healthy people such as anxiety, impetuousness, insomnia, etc. under the high pressure of urban life. It is a magical way to relieve stress. 8. Parent-child group The parent-child group is a parent-child amusement area, where children's amusement facilities and children's forest study courses are set up. In the parent-child playground, parents can play games and sports with their children, allowing parents and children to explore the forest, feel the forest, return to nature, release their nature, and improve children's exploration ability, creativity, problem discovery and problem-solving ability. The children's forest study course has hired professional study teachers to study knowledge of nature, forests, geography, etc. with children to develop children's intelligence. 9. Yoga and meditation group The yoga meditation group has set up a yoga venue, which is surrounded by green trees, birds and flowers. It is a high-quality venue for forest yoga. At the same time, the venue employs professional yoga teachers to customize exclusive forest yoga courses for health tourists or teams. Breathe in the oxygen forest, "Yoga" meets the legend of immortality, and take a forest yoga training in the forest bathing trail, return to nature, relax the mind, release stress, and experience the unique effects of forest health. Arshan Oxygen Heart Forest Bathing Trail is a spiritual wonderland for vacationers and a dream for health practitioners. The seven-kilometer healing trail and more than 20 types of travel, shopping, and entertainment formats are your first choice for tourism and vacation. Arshan Oxygen Heart Forest Bathing Trail welcomes you.

Forest Ranch

Located 200 meters south of Lujiao Bay, it includes seven sections: "Special Accommodation", "Special Dining", "Horse Riding Field", "Cute Pet Park", "Forest Crossing", "Snow Entertainment" and "Exquisite Camping". It also offers a variety of outdoor activities such as riding teaching, elk interaction, ethnic costume photo-taking, ATV crossing, off-road vehicle crossing, snow entertainment project experience, etc. It is an immersive play complex integrating entertainment and leisure, parent-child interaction, and popular science education.

Shuangqiao Valley

Dichi Lake

Dichi Lake is located 6 km southeast of Arxan Tianchi Crater Lake, at an altitude of 1,123 m. It is oval-shaped, with its long axis oriented northeast, approx. 150 m long, approx. 100 m wide, with an area of approx. 1.25 hectares, and a depth reaching 39–50 m. Dichi Lake is a volcanic lake formed by the cooling, contraction, and subsidence of volcanic lava. It is named Dichi Lake because it sits below the relative ground level. It was formed during the Late Pleistocene (approx. 100,000 years ago).