Alxa Right Banner

Home to the main part of the Badain Jaran Desert, where towering dunes and desert lakes set each other off, a paradise for desert off-roading and trekking.

Alxa Right Banner lies in the middle of Alxa League in western Inner Mongolia, adjoining Gansu; most of it is desert and wasteland, and it is sparsely populated. The Badain Jaran Desert is known for some of the tallest dunes in the world, singing sands and numerous lakes among the dunes, with the Badain Jaran Temple in the desert as a signature landmark; the Mandela Mountain rock carvings are also of great value. Autumn, September to October, has comfortable temperatures and stable weather, the best time to venture deep into the desert, while summer is scorching and winter bitterly cold. You must join an off-road convoy to enter the desert, and can come from Alxa Right Banner Airport or from the direction of Zhangye and Jinchang in Gansu.

Destinations

• Badain Jaran Desert (Alxa Right Banner)

Itineraries

• Badain Jaran Desert & Ejina Populus Euphratica Crossing – Enter from Yinchuan and exit from Jiayuguan, traverse Alxa, venture deep into the desert, and catch the golden autumn P…