What to Do in Lingwu in 2 Days? Travel Guide and Tips

Day 1 | Morning

Ningxia Shuidonggou Tourist Area

Opening Hours: Open from 4/1-10/31,8:00am-6:00pm;Open from 11/01-3/31,9:00am-5:00pm

Ticket Price: 60 RMB

Recommended Length of Stay: 3-4 Hours

Location: Shuidonggou Scenic Area, Linhe Town, Lingwu City, Yinchuan City (19 km from Yinchuan City and 11 km from Yinchuan Hedong Airport)

Shuidonggou Tourist Area in Ningxia, also known as Shuidonggou Site, is a site of the Paleolithic Age. There are military buildings such as the Ming Great Wall, forts, and soldier-hidden caves in the scenic are. The “Zhang San Xiaodian” in the scenic spot is worth visiting. This is where the two Frenchmen stayed, and these French people discovered the Shuidonggou site. You can choose to ride a camel to Hongshan Lake and take a cruise on the lake. The ruins museum in the scenic area restores the scenes of ancient human life and production 30,000 years ago.

Reviews from Real Guests:

Joe1992: Ningxia Yinchuan is one of my favorite place in china .Love this city and the people .

Day 1 | Afternoon

When time permits after visiting Ningxia Shuidonggou Tourist Area, don’t forget pay a visit to Hongshanbao.

Hongshanbao

Opening Hours: 8:00-18:00

Ticket Price: 30 RMB

Recommended Length of Stay: 10-30 Minutes

Location: 4 kilometers east of Shuidonggou Paleolithic Cultural Site, 33 kilometers northeast of Lingwu City, Yinchuan City4 kilometers east of Shuidonggou Paleolithic Cultural Site, 33 kilometers northeast of Lingwu City, Yinchuan City

Hongshan Fort, also known as Hengshan Fort, is located in Lingwu City, Ningxia. It was built in the 16 years of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty (1521 A.D.), and has a history of more than 500 years. It is an important Guanbao in the defense system of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty. According to historical records, Hongshan Fort is 50 li from Qingshui Camp to 20 li from the west to Hengcheng. In Hengshan Fort, 251 troops, a fort-keeper and a guard officer, the eight piers of the peak (bonfire platform), guarding the Great Wall about 30 miles east and west. Now, in the castle, we can also see the original home base. A large pile of broken bricks and pieces of building material can be seen on the northwest platform of the castle. It may be the residence of the guards, perhaps a grand building of higher grades before it is destroyed. In peacetime, Hongshan Fort is the place where people of all ethnic groups inside and outside the Great Wall carry out business and trade exchanges. Although the present Red Mountain Fort has experienced the destruction of war and the years of erosion, its walls still towering. Although the gates of Hongshan Fort were buried by sandstorm, the grandiose gates still stood stubbornly in the dirt.

Day 1 | Evening

Don’t forget to book Baoshi Lide Hotel in advance, because all the tourists head to Hongshanbao love staying at it.

Baoshi Lide Hotel

The Baoshi Lide Hotel is an ideal spot for travelers wanting to discover the city. The Baoshi Lide Hotel offers a pleasant stay in Yinchuan for those traveling for business or leisure.

The hotel is only 9km from Yinchuan Railway Station and 29km from Yinchuan Hedong International Airport, giving guests a number of convenient transportation options. Seeing Yinchuan's sights from this hotel is easy with 華雁湖公園, 親水攀岩館 and Yinchuanshi Culture Art Museum (fenguan) all close by.

In their spare time, guests can explore the hotel's surroundings. This Yinchuan hotel offers parking on site.

Our guests consider this hotel to have excellent service. This hotel is particularly popular with those traveling on business.

Day 2 | Morning

Changliu Water Ecotourism Area

Ticket Price: 47 RMB

Recommended Length of Stay: 2-4 Hours

Location: Changliushui Ecological Tourist Area, Baitugang Township, Lingwu City, Yinchuan City

Located on the edge of Maowusu desert, Changliushui Ecotourism Zone is a green scenic spot that integrates tourism, leisure fishing, camping exploration, wildlife viewing, film and TV drama shooting. At the source of the long flowing canyon, two kilometers round, three clear springs from the foot of sand mountain, grass, rock crevices, trickle in 5 kilometers long flowing ditches, long flowing water hence the name. The three springs confluences along the long flowing water canyon, along the Triassic thick sandstone rock formations, along the way, three different style waterfalls - Hukou Waterfall, Shuanglong Waterfall and Shewei Waterfall. Hukou Waterfall is a large area of the three waterfalls in the Long Runshui Grand Canyon. It is 21 meters wide and 11 meters vertical. It is a two-stage catapult of scattered and uniform catapult. Shewei Waterfall is a large area of the three waterfalls. The waterfall is 108 meters long, the average width 1.8 meters, the vertical drop is 16 meters, and 18 bends. Because it looks like a giant snake, the sound is just like the sound of rattlesnake when passing through, so it is named Snaketail Falls. Big, dangerous is "sshuang dragon waterfall", when the stream is released by a boulder intercepted, divided into two strands, like two white flying dragons, rushing down, hit rock, and then by rocks divided into several baskets, also splashing a crystal clear water flowers. The pool is not deep, the stone is covered with green moss, making it more clear. Touring the green water, looking for the source. You can see the peak fire platform, small stone house, sand leak well, ancient sheepfold, where the three springs confluence can enjoy sister pool, bare root mulberry, wild apricot forest, jujube beam. Along the way, tread water and sand, watch the green stone, tiger mouth waterfall, snake tail waterfall, Shuanglong waterfall, desert waterfall style is different, pleasing to the eye, for the plug. Thousand Bird Cave, mountain kiln, crocodile stone, accumulation rock, point point pen, everywhere spirituality. The natural integration of sand, stone, lake, spring, waterfall, stream, ice waterfall is natural. Sand bathing, sand skiing, racecourse, desert cross-country, beach football, water volleyball, water surfing and so on.

Day 2 | Afternoon

Now we come to another great highlight in the city: Hiding Soldier Cave.

Hiding Soldier Cave

Opening Hours: Open from 8:00am-6:00pm

Ticket Price: 30 RMB

Recommended Length of Stay: 0.5-0.5 Days

Location: Ertuosqian Banner, Ordos City Lingwu City, Yinchuan CityErtuosqian Banner, Ordos City Lingwu City, Yinchuan City

In the deep canyon of the water cave to Hongshan Fort, the cave preserved more than 500 years ago in the Ming Dynasty Tibetan Bing Cave. It is more magical by relying on the majestic Great Wall, steep cliffs, mysterious ancient castles. The water cave ditches diverge in the cave like a maze. In the nearly kilometer tunnel, more than 20 earthen chambers were built, including small granaries, wells, kitchen stoves, arsenals of weapons, gunpowder and traps, tunnels of dark weapons and forts pointing to the Grand Canyon. The earth interior walls have small earthenware, broken pottery, like the genus of oil lamps. On the ground can also find Ming Dynasty weapons remnants, coins, porcelain fragments, and so on.

Day 2 | Evening

Don’t forget to book Wanda Realm Yinchuan in advance, because all the tourists head to Hiding Soldier Cave love staying at it.

Wanda Realm Yinchuan

The Wanda Realm Yinchuan is centrally located in downtown Yinchuan close to Yinchuan Wanda Plaza, a popular shopping, dining and entertainment center, and about a 10-minute cab ride from the Yinchuan Railway Station.Diners can choose from international, Chinese and Japanese cuisines served at the hotel's on-site restaurants.To host meetings, conferences or events, business travelers will find a banquet hall and five function rooms at their disposal. This five-star Yinchuan hotel also offers free parking and Wi-Fi access is available in public areas.When it comes time to unwind, guests can work out in the fully equipped fitness center, take a dip in the indoor pool or relax in the sauna. A full-service spa gives guests the chance to relax with massages and pampering treatments.

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