Inner Mongolia Travel and Transportation

The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Chinese Nei Menggu Zizhiqu, Mongolian Öwör Mongol Öörtöö Zasax Oron (ÖMÖZO) is one of the five autonomous regions of the People’s Republic of China. It means in Mongolian “Southern Mongolia”, the name “Inner Mongolia” (in contrast to the “Outer Mongolia”, the real Mongolia) came from the Chinese administrative practice whereby the Southern Mongolia is closer to Beijing than to Outer Mongolia. The description follows the same logic with which the Foreign Office has once created a Near, Middle and Far East.

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is bordered to the north by Russia and Mongolia. In the south it borders – from west to east – in Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang.

The climate of Inner Mongolia is continental temperate with long, cold winters and short warm summers. From southeast to northwest, the rainfall decreases steadily, to the west of Inner Mongolia are then deserts.

Inner Mongolia – Arrival

Hohhot:

Airport: Hohhot Airport (HET) Daily flights: Beijing (1 hour, approximately, 500 RMB), Xi’an (1.5 hours, 830 RMB) Haila (2.5 hours, 1310 RMB) Xilinhot (about 1 hours, 560 RMB) Guangzhou (3 hours, 1880 RMB) Shanghai (2.5 hours, 1350 RMB)

Bus:
Several regular bus service

Baotou (2 hours travel time, 20-30 RMB, every half hour) Bĕijīng (7-10 hours drive, 100 RMB, every 10 days), Datong (4 hours travel time, 40 RMB, every hour) Dongsheng (3 hours, 56 RMB , every half hour)

Train:
Beijing (10 hours, seating 92 RMB, sleeper 170 RMB)
Datong (4 hours, 44 RMB)
Baotou (2 hours, 25 RMB)
Yinchuan (9 hours, 95 RMB seats, sleeper 174 RMB)
Baotou:

Airport: Baotou Airport (BAV) Beijing (1 hours, 590 yuan), Shanghai (about 2 hours, 1350 RMB)

Bus:
Several regular bus service

Hohhot (2-3 hrs, 20-30 RMB)
Dongsheng (1.5 hour, 25 RMB)
Yúllín (5 hrs, 40 RMB)
Yan’an (12 hours, 100 RMB)

Train

There is an eastern and a western station.

Hohhot (2 hours, 25 RMB) Beijing (13 hours, RMB 106 seats, sleeper 197 RMB) Yinchuan (7 hours, 70 RMB seats, sleeper RMB 130), Taiyuan (14 hrs, seats 53 RMB , sleeper RMB 117), Lanzhou (15 hours, RMB 121 seats, sleeper 223 RMB) Of course, there are also transport to other cities such as Haila, Dongsheng or Manzhouli.