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Popular Best Things to Do Near Haiyuan [2025]
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Shapotou Scenic Area
4.8
/5
23564 reviews
8.2
From US$11.15
Based on 153 reviews
Shapotou tourist attraction | >100 km from downtown
Phone 400-15-51766
Address: Shapotou, Zhongwei, Ningxia, China
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
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Enter Shapotou from the waterwheel gate, take a speedboat down the pier and walk forward. There is a helicopter 🚁 at the free elevator. I posted the price in the photo. Two people sit up. You can wear the same white shirt as the pilot. My elderly is over 70 years old. Speedboats 🚤 surfing cars, camel riding 🐫 zip lines are not allowed in the scenic area, but helicopters are allowed. Arrange it immediately! Must take it! We took the Yellow River + Desert 🏜, which took ten minutes. There were staff to help take pictures when we got off. Water was also given. Very good experience! Must give a full five points praise!
Enter Shapotou from the waterwheel gate, take a speedboat down the pier and walk forward. There is a helicopter 🚁 at the free elevator. I posted the price in the photo. Two people sit up. You can wear the same white shirt as the pilot. My elderly is over 70 years old. Speedboats 🚤 surfing cars, camel riding 🐫 zip lines are not allowed in the scenic area, but helicopters are allowed. Arrange it immediately! Must take it! We took the Yellow River + Desert 🏜, which took ten minutes. There were staff to help take pictures when we got off. Water was also given. Very good experience! Must give a full five points praise!
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Lanzhou Danxia Geological Park
4.4
/5
1486 reviews
8.1
From US$11.15
>100 km from downtown
Phone 0931-2123999
Address: 甘肃省兰州市永登县树屏镇杏花村
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
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The master service is very thoughtful, the time arrangement is very appropriate, go to the ink Danxia to watch the overall experience is good, everyone must punch in Lanzhou, and recommend local specialties and precautions to us, like
They all said that it was a colorful Danxia replacement, and they thought that they went to the colorful Danxia. This trip is great value... I deeply feel the romance of the Great Northwest! It's almost just right to play in the scenic spot for 4 hours! It's about 1 hour drive from Lanzhou City.
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China West Film Studio
4.5
/5
16953 reviews
7.8
From US$10.59
Based on 86 reviews
Manpu·Seeing Helan Performing Arts Town/Zhenbeipu Western Movie City Resort | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0951-2136088
Address: East of 110 National Road, zhenbeibao, Xixia District, Yinchuan City
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-4 hours
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The scenery is great, just under the Helan Mountain, the scenery is magnificent and shocking, the scenery is very artistic, as if entering the movie, it feels like a Western film! The fly in the ointment is that the food and drinks sold in the scenic area are slightly more expensive~
Summer vacation self-driving tour in Yinchuan for two days, Northwest Film and Television City as a big west travel fan to nostalgia, for the generation after 10 years is nostalgic. There are really a lot of people inside, and there are Zixia everywhere, including me [covering my face] The sun in the afternoon is very sun-dried. Although the temperature is not high, the naked eye can be seen to be as red as the shrimp. I took a picture of the big west tour and didn't look at other attractions. The two dummies on the city wall are as strange as paper-jacked people. Lunch is also a fast food solution at the entrance of the film and television city.
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Gansu Provincial Museum
4.7
/5
3598 reviews
7.7
Based on 133 reviews
Gansu Provincial Museum/Lanzhou Center | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0931-2339131
Address: No. 3 Xijin East Road, Qilihe District, Lanzhou City
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-4 hours
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The Gansu Provincial Museum is impressive! The collection is rich, especially the bronze statue of the horse stepping on the swallow and the Silk Road cultural relics are the most amazing, showing the deep historical heritage of Gansu. The exhibition design is clear, the explanation service is professional, and the interactive experience is also great. However, some pavilion facilities are slightly outdated, and the weekend crowds have more impact on the exhibition experience. Overall, it is a quality museum that must go to understand the Northwest culture. Free opening is great value. It is highly recommended for history lovers.
Gansu Provincial Museum, worth a visit. There are horses stepping on the swallows, which is a national treasure. There are Buddha statues, gold and silverware, colored pottery, and treasures of the Silk Road. It is a worthwhile trip.
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The Western Xia Mausoleum
4.5
/5
6008 reviews
7.5
From US$5.58
Based on 127 reviews
>100 km from downtown
Phone 0951-5668966
Address: Helan Mountain, Xixia District, Yinchuan City
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-4 hours
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There is dining in Xixialing! There is a place to eat! Just at the exit of the 3D Studio. The ticket I bought is for the whole route. The penultimate place can ride a 🐫 camel. The last stop is a carriage. The carriage is electric. The horse just runs at the rhythm. This is especially good! Pulling a large car, the horse will not be very tired, I think the state is also fat and strong, no decadence. Xixia Museum is very rich, Xixia culture is too charming! I bought a lot of refrigerator keychains! 3D The movie is played by people, and the acting skills are slightly exaggerated. 4D is an animation, I have watched both, the overhead jet seat swaying and blowing is really fun.
There is dining in Xixialing! There is a place to eat! Just at the exit of the 3D Studio. The ticket I bought is for the whole route. The penultimate place can ride a 🐫 camel. The last stop is a carriage. The carriage is electric. The horse just runs at the rhythm. This is especially good! Pulling a large car, the horse will not be very tired, I think the state is also fat and strong, no decadence. Xixia Museum is very rich, Xixia culture is too charming! I bought a lot of refrigerator keychains! 3D The movie is played by people, and the acting skills are slightly exaggerated. 4D is an animation, I have watched both, the overhead jet seat swaying and blowing is really fun.
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Maijishan Cave-Temple Complex
4.5
/5
3213 reviews
7.3
From US$4.88
Based on 127 reviews
Maiji Mountain Scenic Area | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0938-2236316
Address: Maiji, Tianshui, China
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
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Maijishan Grottoes are located on the north side of the western end of the Qinling Mountains. It is a solitary peak in Xiaolong Mountain, 142 meters high. It is named because the mountain looks like a farmer's haystack. Maijishan Grottoes are known as the four major grottoes in China together with Mogao Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes.
Maijishan Grottoes were first built in the Sixteen Kingdoms and Later Qin period. During the Northern Wei, Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties, Maijishan Grottoes were built with cliff pavilions and thousands of statues.
After more than ten dynasties including Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, more than 1,600 years of excavation and repair, there are 221 caves and niches, 3,938 statues of various types and 10,632 bodies, and 979.54 square meters of murals.
The statues preserved in Maijishan Grottoes are mainly clay sculptures, which have been continuous through the ages, fully demonstrating the development and evolution of ancient clay sculptures. Such as the majestic and strong statues in the early Northern Wei Dynasty, the elegant and clear statues in the late Northern Wei Dynasty, the handsome and clear statues in the Western Wei Dynasty, the round and smooth statues in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the full and round statues in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the realistic and changeable statues in the Song Dynasty. It is an important material for studying the history of sculpture and art history, and has the reputation of "Oriental Sculpture Exhibition Hall". The statues are more than ten meters tall, such as the cliff Buddhas in Caves 13 and 98; the small ones are only more than ten centimeters, such as the shadow statues on the walls of the caves. These statues have both form and spirit, and have extremely high aesthetic value.
For example, the main seated Buddha in Cave 78 is burly and strong, the seated Buddha in Cave 44 is compassionate and lenient, the disciples in the No. 9 niche in Cave 133 are smiling, the Bodhisattva and the disciples in Cave 121 are "whispering", and the "boys" and "girls" in Cave 123 are pure and tender, which fully reflects the strong regional characteristics of the Maijishan Grottoes statues.
Due to its strategic location on the Silk Road, the Maijishan Grottoes have been influenced by the cultures of the Western Regions, the Central Plains and the Southern regions, and have formed a unique style of sculpture and mural art.
Guide Gou explained in great detail, patiently and meticulously, and had experience. She drew a hand-drawn route map, which allowed us to avoid the peak period perfectly. We brought our children with us, and she cooked eggs and brought breakfast for us. We were deeply impressed by her professionalism and warm and thoughtful service. She not only had a deep understanding of the historical background and artistic value of the grottoes, but also introduced them to us in a vivid and interesting way, making the whole tour process both fulfilling and enjoyable. In short, it was worth the money! Figure 2 shows the peak flow of people after we went down the mountain
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Helan Mountain Rock Painting
4.5
/5
4458 reviews
7.3
From US$4.19
Based on 55 reviews
>100 km from downtown
Phone 0951-3948808
Address: Helan County, Yinchuan City
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
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- Yinchuan World Rock Painting Museum: the world's largest rock painting museum, with 30 rock painting boutiques on five continents. The museum displays many pictures, tiles and related cultural relics, as well as multimedia displays, which can systematically understand the history of rock paintings, etc., focusing on the miniaturized model of Sun Shen Rock paintings, and the distribution of sand plates of Chinese rock paintings. - Rock painting site area: Take a sightseeing bus to go along the boardwalk to enjoy the rock paintings. You must check in the Sun Shen Rock paintings, human face portraits, Xixia text inscriptions, etc., and you can also take the right route to the Shuiguan site to see the waterfall landscape. - Han Meilin Art Museum: The museum displays Mr. Han Meilin's paintings, sculptures, ceramics and other works inspired by Helan Mountain Rock Paintings, and feels the combination of traditional and modern art.
If you have the opportunity to go to Ningxia, you must go to see the Helan Mountain rock paintings. In addition to rock paintings, there are also wild blue sheep. The Han Meilin Exhibition Hall is not to be missed. It is worth a visit. It is very good and you can take pictures. In addition, if you are not in a hurry, the ferry is not a must.
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Shuidonggou Tourist Attraction
4.5
/5
6202 reviews
7.2
From US$16.73
>100 km from downtown
Phone 0951-5055816
Address: Shuidonggou Scenic Area, Linhe Town, Lingwu City, Yinchuan City (19 km from Yinchuan City and 11 km from Yinchuan Hedong Airport)
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-4 hours
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It is worth a visit. Look at the Great Wall of the Loess, feel the desert and lonely smoke straight to the northwest, experience the military wisdom of the ancients caught in the dragonfly, and lament the strong vitality of the millennium food crops.
Ningxia must come to the attractions, everyone pay attention, this is a one-way road, you must walk from beginning to end to return to the gate. Different transportations are used to pick you up between multiple attractions inside. The attractions must be equipped with convenience stores and playgrounds plus shopping. You don't need to bring too much food and water, you can make up at any time. It is recommended to help the local economy. The waiters are all local villagers working under the hot sun, and the consumption is not expensive.
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Yellow River Building
4.6
/5
368 reviews
7.1
From US$4.19
Olympic Sports Center/Lanzhou Old Street | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0931-2115666
Address: 甘肃省兰州市七里河区南滨河中路1501号
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
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Lanzhou Yellow River Building is magnificent, the building is overlooked, and the scenery of the Yellow River is panoramic, very shocking! The architectural style is simple and atmospheric, and the night view light show is even more beautiful, which is very suitable for taking pictures and punching in. The internal exhibition introduces the Yellow River culture and Lanzhou history, which is rich in content. However, the ticket price is slightly higher and the commercial atmosphere in the building is slightly stronger. Overall, it is a landmark attraction in Lanzhou and it is worth a visit. It is especially recommended to go in the evening, where you can watch the sunset and enjoy the night view.
Four people visited the Yellow River Building through Lanzhou. There is a Yellow River Culture Expo in the building, which shows the history, ecology and humanities of the Yellow River Basin through cultural relics, holographic images, interactive installations. It focuses on Lanzhou's status as a "Silk Road Heavy Town" and "Yellow River Capital". The top floor has a viewing platform, which allows you to enjoy the scenery of Lanzhou City and the magnificent Yellow River in 360°.
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Ning Xia Helan Mountain National Forest Park
4.4
/5
1561 reviews
7.0
From US$4.19
Based on 12 reviews
>100 km from downtown
Phone 0951-2079103
Address: Xixia District,Yinchuan City,Ningxia Zhuang Autonomous Region
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-4 hours
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Helan Mountain is worth visiting, especially for children. It is highly recommended to visit Helan Mountain. Here you can see the unique and beautiful scenery of Helan Mountain, with barren mountains on one side and forests on the other. You can also see blue sheep when you drive in.
The sightseeing bus is a must. It feels like it's quite far to drive in. The scenery along the way is very good. You can also see mountain goats, which is very interesting! The bus runs every 20 minutes, maybe there are not many people on weekdays. Waiting is also very fast.
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