Second Choice: Shapotou in Ningxia
Shapotou is a hot tourist attraction on the edge of the Tengger desert, 20 km west of Zhongwei, Ningxia Hui autonomous region. It is known for its perfect landscape of deserts, the Yellow River, mountains and oasis. It is widely accepted as a must-see destiantion for travelers from around the world.
Things to do:
Shapotou has plenty of fun activities to during the daytime, including camel rides, sand skiing and driving, sand sculpting, sheepskin-raft ferry rides, a cableway slide along the Yellow River, a visit to ruins of the Great Wall, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) ceramic kilns, Neolithic rock carvings, and a desert botanical garden that is home to 422 wild plants and 150 wild animals.
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