Saihanba National Forest Park

Located in the Bashang area of Chengde city, Hebei Province, Saihanba National Forest Park is the biggest forest park in North China. It is also part of “Mulan Paddock”, one of the famous hunting grounds for the royal families in the Qing Dynasty. With “ecology, royalty and folk lores” as its main features, it is a forest and grassland eco-tourism resort. Blessed with abundant water, grass and forests resources, it has also attracted numerous wild animals. Back in the Liao and Jin dynasties of China, it was known as “Boundless Pine Forests”.

It would be a shame if you come to a grassland without riding horses. There are many stud farms of a certain scale in Saihanba, and their price of horseback riding is rather stable. Tourists get to choose which horse they’d like to ride. However, tourists also need to carefully differentiate the horses since there are also a lot of wild horses that are not included in the farms.

Besides riding horses, tourists can also enjoy driving off-road vehicles. In Saihanba national forest park, there are many 4-seat off-road vehicles on many grasslands that can be rented by tourists. Then visitors can drive off-road vehicles on the boundless grassland, while enjoying the fresh air and spectacular natural scenery. With a number of large and small lakes in the Saihanba scenic area, you can also experience some water sports to enjoy the cool of summer, such as fishing, pedal boats, rafting, high-altitude downhill, speedboats.

Best time for traveling: June, July, and August (midsummer). With the highest temperatures in this season usually being no more than 25°C, it is a great place for summer vacation and sightseeing.

地址：承德市围场满族蒙古族自治县塞罕坝国家森林公园

Address: Saihanba National Forest Park, Weichang Manchu Mongolian Autonomous County, Chengde City

Jingxi Grassland

Jingxi Grassland is situated in Tent Park of Jingxi Prairie, East Garden Town, Huailai County, Zhangjiakou City. As the biggest grassland in Beijing with an area of 90,000mu, it is the prairie closest to Beijing, and it is joined by Kangxi Grassland.

Being only 80km away from Beijing, it is joined by Kangxi Grassland. With Guanting Reservoir on its west and Haituo Mountain on its north, Jingxi grassland, with spectacular natural scenery, is adjacent to the Badaling Great Wall. The Jingxi grassland is celebrated for superb scenery, such as the green hills and grassland as well as clear lakes. It becomes very quiet when night comes, and tourists can completely relax themselves while enjoying refreshing breeze and looking at the twinkling stars in the sky.

Strolling through the vast grasslands, you can see groups of cattle and sheep everywhere. The white Mongolian style yurts on the grasslands seem like those small white flowers on a large embroidered blanket, which are both beautiful and natural.

地址：张家口市怀来县东花园镇太师庄村

Address: Taishizhuang Village, East Garden Town, Huailai County, Zhangjiakou City

Guyuan Grassland

Guyuan County, Hebei Province is located at the south of the Inner Mongolia Plateau and the outside the ancient Great Wall. It covers an area of 900 square kilometers and is only 260 kilometers away from Beijing. Thus, it is the original wetland grassland nearest to Beijing. It is also the source of three rivers – Luanhe River, Baihe River and Heihe River. The Lighting Lake Wetland Park here is the most well preserved wetland grassland and the one closest to Beijing.

Being close to the Inner Mongolia prairie, Guyuan grassland is a large glass land with wetlands and lakes. Along with the Fengning Bashang Grassland, Mulan Paddock and Zhangbei Dam, they all provide visitors with fascinating natural scenery. That is to say, from here, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Saibei prairie. Compared with other grasslands, you can feel a stronger sense of primitiveness of the Mongolian grasslands there.

The Lighting Lake Wetland Park here is the most well preserved wetland grassland and the one closest to Beijing. The channel of the Lighting Lake twists like a snake, which is curving and beautiful! The rugged Tanshan Mountain Range, endless natural grassland, and infinite scenery has attracted ancient emperors in different dynasties and countless men of letters to come for a visit.

地址：张家口东北180公里的沽源县境内

Address: Guyuan County, 180 kilometers in the northeast of Zhangjiakou