A Painful Record of Traveling with Kids in Enhe! Don’t Miss These 5 Pitfalls or You’ll Cry!

Sisters! Just came back from Enhe with my 4-year-old, pants covered in sheep poop😭 This "Hulunbuir Hidden Gem" is breathtakingly beautiful, but traveling with kids is full of traps! Here’s my tear-earned guide to avoiding them👇 🚗【Transportation Nightmare】 Never drive yourself to the back mountain! The GPS can’t find it at all, we circled three times and almost drove into Russia😱 🗺️【6-Day Itinerary】 D1: Hailar → Morgerle River (drone almost blown away by wind) → Erguna (wetland boardwalk, fell and bruised knee) D2: Enhe Back Mountain (slipped on cow dung three times) → Shiwei (border river boat ride, kid got seasick and vomited) D3: Heishantou (horse riding made kid cry from bumps) → Manzhouli (Matryoshka Doll Square, crowded to suffocation) D4: Return trip hit by heavy rain, road washed out😭 ⚠️【Must-Know for Traveling with Kids】 1️⃣ Wear rain boots at Enhe Back Mountain! Fresh cow dung disguised as grass traps 2️⃣ Don’t hold your kid at Morgerle River viewing platform! The railing gaps are bigger than a kid’s head 3️⃣ Choose a gentle old horse at Heishantou! Mongolian horses are fierce and scared my kid into wetting pants 4️⃣ Sit in the back row on Shiwei boat! The bow splashes water all over you 5️⃣ Always carry your border pass! Checked three times at checkpoints 📸【Photo Spots】 ✔️ Enhe Back Mountain sunset slope (let kids stand on high ground and toss their straw hats) ✔️ Birch forest broken stumps (pretend to be little elves sitting on tree trunks) ✔️ Morgerle River S-curve (use telephoto lens to capture Windows desktop vibe) ✔️ Heishantou Mongolian yurt smoke at dusk (silhouettes tell a story) ✔️ Manzhouli Matryoshka Doll Hotel mirror corridor (wide-angle lens creates infinite extension effect) 🍜【Foodie Woes】 ✅ Erguna Tieshan cold drinks (fresh milk ice cream, kid couldn’t stop licking) ✅ Enhe Nasha’s rye bread with blueberry jam (reminded to use less sugar to protect teeth) ❌ Shiwei Russian barbecue, avoid! Tough to chew and gets stuck in teeth ❌ Grassland restaurant milk tea was so salty it made us frown! Kid spat it out after one sip ✅ Always carry beef jerky! Many restaurants have no signal and can’t process payments 🏨【Accommodation Traps】 Enhe "Vladimir" homestay kang bed stove was too hot to sleep! Switched to "Reniya" wooden cabin (400 RMB/night) with private bathroom～ Heishantou Mongolian yurt woke kid up at night with cow calls, upgraded to starry sky room to see the Milky Way🌌 💡【Hidden Tips】 1️⃣ Find the Enhe sheep herding uncle! 50 RMB to experience milking cows (includes a bottle of yogurt) 2️⃣ Morgerle River hidden camera spot is on the right dirt slope of the third viewing platform 3️⃣ Carry cash! Deep grasslands have no phone service at all 4️⃣ Dress kids in orange! Makes them stand out in photos and prevents getting lost 5️⃣ Bring a folding toilet! Roadside toilets are all "natural dry toilets" Summary: Enhe really is a fairyland! But traveling with kids is like a pilgrimage to the West🐎 Recommended for kids 5 and older, and be prepared for 5 hours of driving daily! Not for babies—saw a parent carrying a kid who broke a bone stepping into a mole hole (ambulance couldn’t get in!) 🌌 Starry Sky Warning: Nights on the grassland are so cold you need down jackets! We went in August and the temperature was only 8℃ at midnight, brought a fleece sleeping bag for the kid～ For star photography, bring a tripod; handheld shots turn star trails into noisy spots😭 🐑 Hidden Activities: At Enhe Back Mountain, find herder Suhe! 100 RMB to teach kids how to lasso lambs (includes a wool keychain)～ At Heishantou, bargain when renting Mongolian robes, starting price 150 RMB/set, can be bargained down to 80 RMB! 💸 Real Costs: Per person is definitely more than 3000 RMB! For two adults and one child, actual expenses: Car rental 6000 + tickets 980 + accommodation 4200 + food 2300 = 13,480 RMB! Grassland prices are painfully high, a single grilled sausage sells for 15 RMB😤 🦟 Mosquito Hell: Spray mosquito repellent until your skin shines! Our kid got bitten into a "Big Dipper" pattern, the herbal ointment sold by herders at 50 RMB/box is no match for Japanese Mushi-Dokoro~