Located in Xining, Qinghai, the Qinghai Lake Scenic Area is a scenic area with beautiful natural scenery. It is also China’s largest inland lake and the largest saltwater lake in China. So what are the fun places here? What are the attractions worth visiting? Here is a detailed travel guide.
1、Recommended Attractions
Erlangjian Scenic Area
Erlangjian has built an observation area with birdwatching platform, deer park, sea viewing bridge and sea viewing pavilion, and a leisure area with the “Auspicious Four Rui” sculpture in the pier square. Erlangjian Scenic Area is located in the southeast of Qinghai Lake. It is also known as the 151 Base because it is 151km away from Xining. The entrance to the scenic area is located on the side of National Highway 109. It has become one of the most important attractions in Qinghai Lake. Apart from Bird Island, the 151 Base is a must-visit place for travel groups to take tourists to visit. Erlangjian, with its unique geographical location of winding into Qinghai Lake, its ecological natural resources dominated by grassland and beach, and animals, and its folk cultural activities as its content, has become a shining pearl in the Qinghai Lake Tourism Area. In the past month, Erlangjian has built an observation area with birdwatching platform, deer park, sea viewing bridge and sea viewing pavilion, a leisure area with the “Auspicious Four Rui” sculpture in the pier square, and a water entertainment area with activities such as jet skis and self-driving yachts.
Xiangnvwan Scenic Area
Xiangnvwan Scenic Area is located in the north of Qinghai Lake, it is an important wetland of Qinghai Lake and home of swans, with rich biodiversity. The Xiangnvwan scenery is rich in levels, it is an ideal place for plateau ecological sightseeing and scientific research education. Every autumn and winter, flocks of swans show their graceful figures here, like fairies descending to earth to play. Xiangnvwan Scenic Area is positioned as a “place that touches people”, with its gorgeous plateau meadow wetlands, colorful Tibetan cultural customs, and water, birds and fish as its foundation, it shows the ecological and cultural landscape of Qinghai Lake, making it a tourist area that integrates plateau wetland ecological experience and sea worship culture. At the same time, every autumn and winter, there are more than 1500 swans inhabiting here.
2、Traffic Guide
Xining-Qinghai Lake Bird Island, Xining long-distance bus station has a bus to Bird Island Town at 7:45 am every day, passing through Gangca County and arriving at 2:30 pm, the ticket price is 48 yuan, the return trip is at 3:00 pm at Bird Island Town. You can also take a chartered car, the cost is about 500-700 yuan. From Bird Island Town to the entrance of Bird Island Scenic Area, it is about 16 kilometers, hitchhiking is 10 yuan/person, chartered car is 40 yuan/car to the entrance of the scenic area.
3、Introduction of the Scenic Area
Qinghai Lake, located in the northeastern part of the Qinghai Plateau, northwest of Xining City, is China’s largest inland lake and the largest saltwater lake in China. Qinghai Lake covers an area of 4456 square kilometers, with a circumference of over 360 kilometers, more than twice the size of the famous Taihu Lake. The lake is long from east to west and narrow from north to south, slightly elliptical in shape. The average depth of Qinghai Lake is about 21 meters, the maximum depth is 32.8 meters, the water storage capacity is 105 billion cubic meters, and the lake surface elevation is 3260 meters, higher than two Mount Taishan.
Qinghai Lake freezes every December, with an ice period of 6 months and an ice thickness of more than half a meter. The average depth of the lake is about 21 meters, the maximum depth is 32.8 meters, the water storage capacity is 105 billion cubic meters, and the lake surface elevation is 3260 meters. There are 5 small islands in the lake, with Haixin Mountain being the largest. Bird Island is located in the west of the lake, covering an area of 0.11 square kilometers. It is the breeding ground for more than 10 species of migratory birds such as bar-headed geese, gulls and cormorants, with a population of over 100,000. A Bird Island Nature Reserve has been established, and the lake is rich in Qinghai Lake naked carp, and the lakeside grassland is a good natural pasture.
The natural landscapes of the Qinghai Lake area mainly include: Qinghai Lake, Bird Island, Haixin Mountain, Sand Island, Three Stones, Erlangjian; the lakeside mountain and grassland area mainly includes Mount Riyue, Daotang River, Xiaobaihu Lake, Buha River, Crescent Lake, Hot Spring, Cuota Lake, Shagel Mountain, Baohutu Listening Spring and Jinyintan Grassland.
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