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Chaka Salt Lake, the most beautiful salt lake in the Great Northwest, is stunningly beautiful

✨If you love the scenery of salt lakes 👋🏻 then Chaka Salt Lake will definitely not disappoint you · 💚Chaka Salt Lake The lake is vast and white as snow It's as big as 55 Chaka Salt Lakes It is the second largest salt lake in the world and the largest in China! · 📍Location: Chaka Town, Golmud City, Qinghai Province 🕓Opening hours: 8:00-20:00 🎫Ticket price: 100 yuan per person · 🗓️Best time to visit From June to October each year, during this period the climate is mild and the sunshine is plentiful, you can enjoy the beautiful lake water and the surrounding scenery, especially in autumn, when the lake dries up and forms a red salt layer, which is very spectacular! · ✈️Travel guide Take high-speed train/train/plane to Xining first, then drive or charter a car to Chaka Salt Lake (no public transportation), it is recommended to take a trip on the Qinghai-Gansu Grand Loop, along the way there are plateaus, snow mountains, lakes, yardangs, grasslands, deserts... The scenery along the way is colorful, like God's palette overturned~ · ✨Main attractions✨ · 💚The Salt Bridge A natural road made entirely of salt, with a length of 32km and a thickness of 15-18 meters, this is the best place to view the entire salt lake, with breathtaking scenery! · 💚Dream Island Located in the center of the salt lake, the island has various shapes of pianos, swings, exposed salt flowers and other landscapes, where you can take many beautiful photos, and there are starry sky rooms on the island for experience, at night you can enjoy the starry sky and lake light · 💚The Ship of Salt The iconic landscape of Chaka Salt Lake, the shape of the ship is made of salt crystals, like a huge ship sailing on the salt lake, very attractive · 🔖Notice 📌The sunlight reflection on the salt lake is very strong, pay attention to sun protection and eye protection 📌Do not step on or damage the salt layer at will, protect this natural wonder! 📌Chaka Salt Lake is located at an altitude of 2670 meters on the plateau, there may be altitude sickness, pay attention to proper rest and hydration~ · 🚙Recommended itinerary D1: Xining → Qilian Grassland → Zhuoer Mountain → Qilian County D2: Qilian → Sui-Qi Highway → Zhangye Danxia National Geopark → Jiayuguan City D3: Jiayuguan → Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring → Dunhuang D4: Dunhuang → Mogao Caves → Dachaidan Emerald Lake → Dachaidan Town D5: Dachaidan → Water Yardang → U-shaped Highway → Golmud City D6: Golmud City → Chaka Salt Lake → Chaka Salt Lake → Chaka Town D7: Chaka Town → Nanshan Panorama → Qinghai Lake → Xining
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Posted: Apr 30, 2024
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