[2024 Dalad Banner Stay] Travel Guide for Lotus Hotel (Lotus Resort) (Updated Nov)
You must stay here when you visit Inner Mongolia!
All-inclusive hotel in the desert, as fun as Disneyland
Boutique small group charter service
All-inclusive hotel in the desert, as fun as Disneyland. I have always loved hotels in the desert. If you like desert jumping, starry skies, and skiing, then Xiangshawan is perfect for you.
Xiangshawan Lotus Hotel
Xiangshawan, Dalad Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia
Lots of fun, like Disneyland in the desert. Entering Xiangshawan is a ritual, the hotel is in the heart of the desert, and you have to cross a seasonal valley in the middle and take a cable car.
Xiangshawan has four main areas: the main hotel, Yuesha Island, Xiansha Island, and the ski resort. As long as you stay at the hotel, all meals and all desert activities are included, so the high room rate is actually quite cost-effective.
From a bird's eye view, it looks like a lotus flower. The facilities are complete, with indoor and outdoor swimming pools. There are plenty of activities for children. There is a large sandy area in the hotel where children can dig in the sand. Indoors, you can play VR, PS, Nintendo, as well as pottery, sand painting, paper cutting, and other handicraft courses.
For children aged 5–10, Xiangshawan offers free childcare services.
In addition to evening parties, bonfires, and fireworks, there are also stargazing events. After all, it is in the heart of the desert, with no light pollution, and as long as it doesn't rain, the Milky Way is visible to the naked eye.
Levi_Collins18
A resort hotel - Lotus Hotel in Resonant Sand Gorge. This hotel is amazing!
Because of its unique geographical location. Check in at the reception center first, and then the staff will deliver the luggage to the room. To enter the desert, first take the cable car, then take a jeep to the hotel. After entering, the staff will give a brief introduction. The hotel is shaped like a lotus, blooming and blooming in the desert. The way to enter is surprising, it's amazing!
thalassia_7689
How to play in Hohhot?
I traveled to Hohhot for 4 days in mid-August and visited Dazhao Temple, Guanyin Temple, Wulanhada Volcano, Huitengxile Grassland, Huanghua Valley Scenic Area, Xiangshawan, Chilu River, and Hasuhai. Here are some travel tips:
1. Dazhao Temple and Guanyin Temple. Worth a visit, the two attractions are not far apart, both near Saishang Old Street, and can be reached on foot. Dazhao Temple is a Lamaist temple, and the silver Buddha, dragon carvings, and murals in the temple are quite distinctive and worth appreciating. Guanyin Temple is the only well-preserved Qing Dynasty Han Buddhist temple in Hohhot, and the tall Thousand-Handed and Thousand-Eyed Guanyin statue inside the hall is awe-inspiring, solemn, and majestic. It takes about three hours to visit both places. Nearby are the Baorhan Pagoda and Xiaozhao Temple, which you can visit if you have more time.
2. Wulanhada Volcano Geological Park. There are volcanoes No. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Due to time constraints, we only visited volcano No. 6. The scenery is average, but you can rent a spacesuit for photos, which children might enjoy. If you are short on time, you can skip this attraction.
3. Huitengxile Grassland. The grassland in August is green and undulating, very beautiful, with many wind turbines that make for great photos. It is highly recommended to ride a horse to experience the refreshing feeling.
4. Huanghua Valley Scenic Area. The most worthwhile scenic spot to visit, located within the Huitengxile Grassland. There are many wildflowers, blooming flowers, green grass, blue sky, and white clouds, making it perfect for taking photos that can be used as screensavers. The popular small train and cable car are a must-ride, and the scenery is picturesque, allowing you to fully relax your mind. Check the weather forecast before going; if it rains, many activities cannot be enjoyed, and the scenery will be greatly diminished. I recommend the Zama Banquet in the scenic area service area, where you can taste Mongolian court banquet delicacies and watch singing and dancing performances, which are very unique. It is said that the Zama Banquet in the service area is organized by the government and is of higher quality, while those in other places are not as good, but I don't know if that's true.
5. Xiangshawan. We chose to stay at the Lotus Hotel, which provided an excellent experience. The staff delivered our luggage to our room, and visitors take a cable car to enter. The scenery is beautiful, and the sunset in front of the hotel is mesmerizing, making for great photos. Hotel guests have priority access to various amusement projects without queuing. We visited Xiansha Island and Heyue Island, and the shuttle buses include jeeps and uniquely designed desert ship cars. There are many amusement projects, and we mainly took the small train, monster truck, played sand sliding, rode off-road motorcycles, and even rode camels. Most of the projects are suitable for children, making it perfect for family outings. The hotel has a swimming pool and a bar, with good service. The restaurant offers a wide variety of delicious buffet food. The evening concert is highly recommended, with a fireworks show in the middle, creating a great atmosphere. It is suggested to watch it from the sand dunes.
6. Chilu River and Hasuhai. Two very small attractions. Chilu River only has a photo spot worth seeing, and Hasuhai is a wetland park that feels average. Both are free to visit, so you can take a quick look if you are passing by.
Food: Different places have different people and eating habits. We tried ice-boiled lamb, tripe-wrapped meat, and lamb offal, but found them a bit gamey and not as tasty as the lamb in Yinchuan. Saishang Old Street and Kuang Alley are both food streets, and I recommend Kuang Alley, which has more snacks. The fruit soup and cheese-stuffed pancakes left a deep impression.
Accommodation: It is recommended to stay near the food street for convenient access to delicious food at night. We stayed in a yurt for one night during our trip, but the experience was not good due to poor hygiene conditions. If you must experience it, be sure to bring disposable bedding.
Adam456_Rivera
Who was the blame for taking my baby to the Lotus Hotel in Xiangshawan during the summer vacation in July?
I just came back from Hohhot during the summer vacation and took my baby to Desert Disney.
Thoughts about Lotus Hotel
√ Arrive at the Lotus Hotel in the morning and check in first. After putting your luggage in the storage room, go directly to the amusement park. At 3 or 4pm in the afternoon, you will go back to the hotel to rest when you are tired.
√ If you stay at the Lotus Hotel, you can take the Express Express on Xiansha Island without queuing, so on day 1, go to Xiansha Island at noon, and on day 2, go to Yuesha Island in the morning when there are fewer people.
√The entire hotel is divided into 3 areas, Jinlian District, Honglian District, and Zilian District. We can see the beautiful sunset in the Jinlian District where we live in the evening.
√After checking in, you will wear a bracelet, use it to dine and experience various items for free!
Share with you our itinerary
Day1 Hohhot - check into the hotel → Saishang Old Street
The group we signed up for has an airport pick-up service, so we can be dropped off directly so we don’t have to worry about not being able to get a car~
√The hotel we stayed in was a 5-diamond hotel. The service and environment were very good. We went to visit Saishang Old Street, which is antique and charming. Day 2 Zhaojun Museum → Ulan Hada Volcano → Volcano B&B
√I have heard the story of Zhaojun’s expedition to the fortress since I was a child. How can I not bring my children to visit Zhaojun Museum? Not only can I experience the history and culture, but I can also bring my children to experience wearing ancient costumes and participate in handicrafts~
√In the afternoon, we set off to Ulan Hada Volcano. Volcano No. 6 is the most beautiful. You can wear astronaut costumes to take photos. We also took our children to experience horse riding and camel riding. This was the first time at the volcanic lake hahaha
day3 Volcano→Xiansha Island in Xiangshawan→Lotus Hotel
√ Let’s check in first in the morning, store our luggage and then have fun in Xiangsha Bay! Xiansha Island has many desert activities, and the order we enjoyed Amway is camel riding - zip line - off-road vehicle - hump roller coaster - Xiangsha Bay Bell Peak (this project allows you to see the scenery of the whole island, it is fun and suitable for taking pictures
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day4 Xiangshawan Yuesha Island→Ordos Grassland→Mongolian yurt
√We queued up before ten o'clock. For such a beautiful swimming pool and sand dunes, we had to take pictures first while there were fewer people. Wearing brighter clothes will make the photo more interesting~ Water Flying - Water Flying
Saucer-flying boat, you can play these three projects without wearing a raincoat.
√ Let’s go to the grassland in the afternoon. Summer vacation is when the grassland is the greenest!!! Come and play during the summer vacation! The blue sky, white clouds and green grassland are so healing~
day5 grassland→return to Hohhot
√After breakfast, we took the kids to the grassland to play archery and grass skiing, which were very interesting grassland activities. Watching the real-life equestrian events was so shocking!
Summary: Xiangshawan Lotus is very suitable for bringing children. Both the children and I can have a lot of fun.
SIENNA MILES
I thought Disney was fun enough until I brought my child here and had to bookmark it immediately
At 📍Xiangsha Bay in Inner Mongolia, we found joy that was ten times greater than Disney!!
You need to take a cable car to cross the canyon + off-road vehicle check in at the Lotus Hotel
And the VIP channel exclusive to guests, avoiding 90% of tourists
Especially suitable for reverse travel during the summer vacation
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⭐How to get there?
✈️Fly directly to Hohhot
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🌟5 days and 4 nights arrangement
Day 1-3 Hohhot - Ulan Hada Volcano - Huitengxile Grassland - Laoniu Bay - Xuejiawan
Day 4-5 Xuejiawan - Kubuqi Desert·Xiangsha Bay - Hohhot
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💯Tips for attractions & activities:
📍Kubuqi Desert·Xiangsha Bay
A world of sand dunes with beautiful curves and satin texture, what's more amazing is that the sand here can sing, like a symphony of passionate and surging music
✅Stay at the Lotus Hotel to enjoy the 'Little Dubai' desert luxury vacation, with a butler-style travel experience
✅Yuesha Island: extreme racing cars, watercraft, extreme slides, and other water activities with a large swimming pool
✅Xiansha Island: sea sand yachts🚣♀️ roller coasters🎢 high-altitude zip lines, camel riding🐫 dune buggies, and other sand activities
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📍Ulan Hada Volcano
Featured on the cover of 'China National Geography', you can see the complete shape of the volcanic pile, with rock and soil layers like Martian terrain
✅Start a volcanic journey, experience the refreshing volcanic hike exclusively
✅Put on a spacesuit and have a real cosplay on the volcanic terrain
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📍Huitengxile Grassland
From May to September each year, flowers flood into the sea, cattle and sheep scatter, under the blue sky and white clouds, with rotating white windmills, as if stepping into the world of Hayao Miyazaki's comics
✅Take a small train to sightsee on the grassland, both sunrise and sunset are romantic
✅Design No. 32: Light hike in the grassland and birch forest
✅Stay in a Mongolian yurt on the grassland, experience the nomadic grassland night
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📍Laoniu Bay
Where the Yellow River shakes hands with the Great Wall, the natural craftsmanship makes the Yellow River turn 270 degrees
✅Visit local cave dwellings, the wisdom of the people of the Loess Plateau
✅Speed on a cruise boat on the Yellow River, with canyon scenery on both sides
✅Walk along the Yellow River trail, see the emerald clear Yellow River
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📍Hohhot
Find a small fly restaurant, with a pot of brick tea, order a basket of mutton shaomai, eat a bowl of lamb offal. After a full meal, visit the unique Lama Temple, and the Inner Mongolia Museum to complete the other half of Chinese history
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🏤High-quality hotels
1️⃣Night at Xiangsha Bay Lotus Hotel
Watch the desert stars for miles + buffet meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner + VIP butler service (peak season value 4K+/night and still hard to find a room)
1️⃣Night in a Mongolian yurt on the Huitengxile Grassland
Morning grassland sunrise, night sky, grassland bonfire night (independent bathroom with air conditioning)
1️⃣Night at a boutique hotel in Hohhot
Convenient transportation, superior service and hardware, convenient for gathering days to go around for food and fun
1️⃣Night at a boutique hotel in Xuejiawan
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Violet_Ramirez95
You must take a trip to the desert at least once!
After choosing to stay at the Lotus Resort, which is said to be the Disneyland in the desert, the sight of the dunes leaves you yearning. The rooms at the hotel are actually quite ordinary, but guests wearing wristbands can enjoy all desert activities without queuing, with unlimited access and no need to wait in line for anything, including taking the cable car or truck. The resort includes two islands: Fairy Sand Island and Joy Sand Island, one for desert activities and the other for water activities. Guests have unlimited free access to both without queuing! The bar, coffee and drink bar, as well as the lounge area on the first floor, offer unlimited free drinks. The dining area also has a rich variety of buffet options, and for dinner, you can even choose a buffet hotpot! The evening bonfire party is also spectacular, and at night, there is desert stargazing!
HarmoniousHavens
Desert Disneyland | Inner Mongolia Resonant Sand Bay Lotus Hotel
Desert Disneyland | Inner Mongolia Resonant Sand Bay Lotus Hotel
There can't be anyone who doesn't know about this Resonant Sand Bay Lotus Hotel, it's simply an upgraded version of the Desert Star Hotel, the first luxury desert resort hotel in China, backed by the Kubuqi Desert, like a white lotus blooming in the golden desert.
In the Lotus Hotel in the desert, you can:
See: stars, fireworks, etc.
Play: large water park, large entertainment facilities, physical activities, lots of children's entertainment, etc.
Appreciate: nomadic theater, desert water world, etc.
Experience: desert camel riding, desert all-terrain vehicle, bonfire party
There are so many free projects that you can't play, and you can also take a desert blockbuster here
✈Travel reference
D1: Hohhot airport pick-up
D2: Hohhot-Huitengxile Grassland-Ulan Hada Volcano Group-Ulanqab
D3: Ulanqab-Lotus Hotel (Desert Star Party)
D4: One-day tour of Lotus Hotel (Xiansha Island, Yuesha Island)
D5: Desert sunrise-Wudang Zhao-Hohhot airport drop-off
prymaybe
Inner Mongolia Parent-child Travel Guide for 6 days and 5 nights to enjoy the desert and grassland
Lotus Hotel (Lian Sha Resort Island)
🌈A trip to the desert and grassland in Inner Mongolia, I have organized a one-stop service for eating, drinking, and playing√Close your eyes and collect!!
🌈About Inner Mongolia
✨July to October is a better time for tourism in Inner Mongolia
Travel with children, six days and five nights, check in the desert + grassland at one time
🌱How to go to the desert and grassland
🚇High-speed rail/Dynamic car: First take a plane or high-speed rail to Hohhot or Baotou City, Beijing has a direct high-speed rail, it only takes 3h fire plane: Baotou Donghe Airport
🏝How to play in the desert and grassland must check in scenic spots
🏩Asia's largest city grassland, you can come to feed the free-range deer
Saihantala City Grassland
🏩: Display various representative weapons 28 doors, and there are many retired tanks and artillery Northern Weapon City
China's 7th largest desert, various parent-child activities Kubuqi Desert
🏩Lotus Hotel: A 'white lotus' blooming in the sand sea, Yuesha Island, with many exciting projects and good performances Xiangshawan Xiansha Island
Ordos Grassland: Rich grassland Mongolian culture, ace performance live horse drama
👍Recommended food
✨Oat noodles, mutton miscellaneous, milk tea, roast lamb leg, mutton skewers, shao mai, are all special foods in Inner Mongolia, and they are tested without stepping on thunder!!
🛌About accommodation
🌈Lotus Hotel: Pushing the window is the desert, the room is tense, the peak season is as high as 3000+ a night, you must buy in advance
Grassland Mongolian Bag: The grassland Mongolian bag in Ordos is relatively high-end, well-decorated, independent bathroom, air conditioning, other grassland Mongolian bags are afraid of foreigners not used to
🎆How to play in Xiangshawan
🎀Yuesha Island: Like a water world in the desert, take a small train to enter,
🎀Xiansha Island: Like an amusement park in the desert, take a small train to enter. Some projects may not be able to participate in children under 1.4 meters. In short, it is also happy enough~
🎀There are n many amusement projects on the two islands above, and it takes a whole day to play. There are 4 things to do in Ordos Grassland
🎀Ordos Grassland has nearly 20 project activities, the following projects are given priority
🎀Living in a Mongolian bag·Riding a horse sliding grass grassland karting live horse drama (ace project) tasting a scam horse feast grassland bonfire party archery
🔮Recommended play route
⚡D1: Baotou-Saihantala City Grassland-Northern Weapon City D2: Kubuqi Desert Camp-Deep into the Desert-Camping Star Watching D3: Lotus Hotel-Yuesha Island-Liansha Island
⚡D4: Xiansha Island-Ordos Grassland-Live Horse Drama-Scam Horse Feast-Bonfire Party
⚡D5: Horse riding-Sliding grass-Grassland karting-Mongolian clothes photo shoot-Archery-Mongolian fire cannon
⚡D6: Baotou-Hohhot-Wandering and Eating
elowen_nightingale_96
Disney in the desert, starry sky, swimming pool, fireworks vacation ceiling!
I recommend an oasis in the desert, where you can experience desert starry sky, swimming pool, sand sliding, fireworks and everything else~
Location: Xiangshawan, Dalad Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia!
A one-stop vacation destination, take the cable car into the desert hinterland, then take the off-road vehicle to the resort area, the area is divided into hotels (Lotus Hotel/Fusha Island Hotel/One Grain of Sand), Yuesha Island, Xiansha Island, Snowfield!
Lotus Hotel:
The aerial view of the hotel looks like a lotus, with a Buddhist concept that is clean and quiet, with complete facilities inside, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, bars (drinks are free), chess and card rooms, and many handcraft courses suitable for children, it's great for walking with kids
-The hotel room also opens the balcony door to the endless desert, and you can watch the stars on the terrace at night
-There are bonfire parties, fireworks and organized stargazing at night -There are sand sea sunrise, morning yoga and so on in the morning
-The hotel's buffet is also great, with crayfish steak, seafood and all kinds of desserts!