The closest and most beautiful grassland to Beijing: Gongger Grassland, the nearest volcanic lava lake is Dalinor Lake.

📍Attraction address: Chifeng → Gongger Grassland → Dalinor Lake → Chifeng 🏝️Appointment and transportation guide: 1. Gongger Grassland is about 300 kilometers away from Chifeng City, with a total area of 4.8 million mu. Here, the grass is green and lush, rivers crisscross, natural and cultural landscapes are integrated with grassland culture, making it a holy land for tourism and sightseeing. 2. Take a bus from Beijing via Xizhang Highway; 3. Take a train from Beijing North Station to Chifeng Station, then transfer to a long-distance bus to Keshiketeng Banner; 4. Take the route from Chengde Weichang to Bashang, then to Gongger. 5. The only two remaining red spruce forests in the world grow on the edge of Hunshandake Sandy Land in the northeast of the grassland. 6. Dalinor Lake  Pass ticket: 70 yuan, horseback riding by the lake: about 40 yuan/hour (negotiable)  1. Take a long-distance bus from Chifeng to Keshiqi, and take a chartered car from Keshiqi bus station to Dalinor.  2. Located in the southwest of Gongger Grassland, it is one of the four inland lakes in Inner Mongolia, and is listed as one of the three swan lakes in China along with Poyang Lake and Bayinbuluk Lake. 3. Dalinor means "a lake as wide and beautiful as the sea". The lake has a circumference of over 100 kilometers and is surrounded by green grass. The lake area is rich in crucian carp and locally known as slippery fish (Variegated Yarrow), famous for its fresh and delicious meat. Scenic features: 1. It is the best-preserved natural grassland in the world. The vast grassland stretches as far as the eye can see, and the mountains in the depths of the grassland are connected to the sea of clouds on the horizon, like rows of tall fences surrounding the grassland. 2. There are thousands of cattle and sheep grazing leisurely on the grassland, like twinkling stars inlaid in the green sky. As the vehicle goes deeper, it feels like being in a fairyland. 3. Dalinor Lake is dotted with weathered basalt and granite. It is a semi-saline lake with an area of 238 square kilometers, a maximum depth of 13 meters, and a volume of 1.6 billion cubic meters. It is the second largest lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and is rich in carp and Chinese perch with delicious meat; It is also a bird paradise, an important migratory route for birds in northern China, with 152 species of birds, including 26 species of national first- and second-class protected birds such as swan and red-crowned crane. It is a national rare bird protection area, known as "Hundred Birds Paradise", and enjoys the reputation of the third largest swan lake in China. 💗Other tips: The secret to taking photos is to take them with animals. 1. Listen to the sound of cows chewing: There is a flock of sheep on the top of the hill, and a flock of cows on the east slope of the hill. They are all eating grass, about five or six hundred. Get off the car and head straight for the herd of cows. These cows are all yellow and white, and each one is fat and strong. About ten cows are lying on the grass and chewing their cud. Most of the cows are eating grass with their heads down. When you get within ten meters of the herd, they seem not to see you, and you can hear the sound of their chewing clearly. It feels like they are welcoming tourists and are very enthusiastic towards them, which makes one feel very emotional. 2. There are many volcanic lava rocks in Dalinor Lake, including volcanic cones, volcanic necks, and microscopic volcanic landforms, as well as volcanic ejecta such as volcanic bombs and volcanic ash. Dalinor Lake volcanic group is one of the nine major volcanic groups in Northeast China. The scattered volcanic groups, the vast Gongger Grassland and the pearl of the grassland, Dalinor Lake, constitute the most magnificent and beautiful natural landscape. 3. Taste the Chinese perch, this fish is very different from other fish, the meat is delicate and delicious.