Mammoth Park
A theme park built by Zhalainuoer District on the original site where mammoth fossils were unearthed: mammoth skeletons have been excavated here repeatedly since 1980, hence the title "hometown of mammoths"
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 08:30-17:30
- Ticket
- Approx. CNY 50
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
A theme park built on the very site where mammoth fossil groups were unearthed in Zhalainuoer District: mammoth skeletons have been excavated here repeatedly since 1980, earning it the title "hometown of mammoths". Dozens of sculpture groups of mammoths and rhinos, restored to scale, are scattered across the grassland on a grand scale. The neighboring steam locomotive exhibition presents the century-old transport history of the Zhalainuoer coal mines; old locomotives in the same frame as mammoths make a whimsical picture of industrial civilization beside the primeval past.
Getting there: Zhalainuoer District
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