# Erenhot (二连浩特市)

Xilingol, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region · North China, China · Guidebook rating: 3/5
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## Key facts

- **Address:** Erenhot City, Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
- **Getting there:** Long-distance buses run directly from Xilinhot to Erenhot (二连浩特), so you can take one from there.
- **Good for:** Ethnic Culture, Nature

## About Erenhot

Erenhot is a small port city on the China–Mongolia border. Visitors can see the national border gate and boundary markers, and handle exit-tour formalities here. About 9 km northeast of the city is Banlan Lake. Although it is now a barren desert grassland with little wildlife beyond larks and hares, this area was home to dinosaurs in the Mesozoic Cretaceous period. Large numbers of dinosaur and crocodile fossils have been discovered here to date.

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Source: China Self-Guided Travel 2025 (《中国自助游》, Tianjin Science & Technology Press, Aug 2024), p. 1887. Prices, hours and transport details are as printed in the August 2024 edition and may have changed. Always confirm with the venue before you travel.
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