Hailar is an urban district which serves as the seat of the prefecture-level city Hulunbuir in northeastern Inner Mongolia. Hailar had been an oasis of action for wandering herdsmen. Plants used to line both the sides of Hailar River. The outskirts holds the impressive Hulun Lake and the small border town of Manzhouli filled with Russian border traders. To the north of Hailar lies a vast expanse of some of China's most rugged areas, good for camping if allowed access.