Beijing -- Mohe, Heilongjiang (北京--漠河)

 

Mohe County in Heilongjiang [Photo by Xiefan/bbs.fengniao.com]

Cycling routes: Beijing →Miyun County →Luanping County (Hebei) →Longhua County →Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County →Chifeng City (Inner Mongolia) →Tongliao →Ulan Hot →Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner →Nenjiang County (Heilongjiang) →Heihe City →Tahe County →Mohe

Distance: 2,800km

Duration: 22 --30 days

Expenses: 4,000 --6,000 yuan

Best time for cycling: June --July

With a history of more than 3,000 years, Beijing is the center of politics, culture, art and international exchange in China; it also features numerous cultural relics and natural scenery. As the northmost point of the country, Mohe is known as "China's Arctic Village" and the "place that never sleeps". Every year around the summer solstice, it is the best place to watch the Northern Lights and White Nights. During the cycling trip from Beijing to Mohe, visitors can enjoy the changing scenery from prosperous metropolis to boundless grasslands and then dense forest.

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