Yinkentara — “the eternal steppe” in Mongolian — is a 53 km² ocean of singing sand in the heart of the Kubuqi Desert. Ride the world’s longest desert cableway, slide a dune that hums beneath you, sleep in a space capsule under the Milky Way, and wake to camel bells.
Two generations planted 20,000 mu of green into moving sand — so that travellers could hear a desert hum, and watch an oasis answer.
What awaits you
From the roar of the singing sands to a quiet blessing at the oboo, a day at Yinkentara moves between adrenaline and ceremony. Every experience can be arranged through the visitor centre — or bundled into a one-stop pass.
Slide the 110-metre crescent dune and hear it roar under your board
A 2,494-metre aerial ride over the dune sea — the longest of its kind
Ride with a camel train along the ridge at sunrise or dusk
UTV and desert buggy runs across six kilometres of open sand
Blessings at one of the world’s largest sacred stone cairns
Mongolian horse culture, trick riding and the Ordos wedding performance
Cross the sand sea by mini-train, or pedal a rail bike across the flats
Join the two-generation greening project — plant a tree with your name
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