Destinations / Northwest China

Ningxia

Our home: where the Yellow River meets the desert.

Road Commune was born in Ningxia, so we know its roads best. It has the Western Xia Imperial Tombs, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2025, thousands of years of rock art, a young wine region on the Helan Mountain foothills, and the dunes of the Tengger Desert.

Don’t miss

The Western Xia Imperial Tombs (UNESCO, 2025)
Helan Mountain rock carvings and wineries
A night at a Tengger Desert camp
Crossing the Yellow River on a sheepskin raft

Journeys that visit Ningxia

Our home turf · 6 days

Yinchuan · Helan Mountains · Tengger Desert

Edge of the Desert

Visit a lost empire’s UNESCO-listed tombs, taste wine from the Helan Mountain foothills, and spend a night camped in the dunes. This is where Road Commune began.

from $1,690 pp$282 / dayNext: 3 Apr

Road trip · 8 days

Ningxia · Alxa, Inner Mongolia

River, Gobi & Grassland

A slow loop across the Helan Mountains into Mongolian herding country, with long empty roads out to the horizon.

from $2,390 pp$299 / dayNext: 1 May

Private add-on · 3 days

Yinchuan · Helan Mountains

Wine, Rock & River

A long weekend that slots easily into a Beijing, Shanghai or Xi’an trip. We arrange private departures on any date you choose.

from $790 pp$263 / dayPrivate · any date

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