[2025 Gangca Attraction] Travel Guide for Qinghai Lake The Holy Spring Bay (Cliff) (Updated Jan)

Shengquan Bay at Qinghai Lake is a natural wonder that is well worth a visit. Here is a travel guide for you: • Location and transportation: • The cliffs of Shengquan Bay at Qinghai Lake are located in the northeast of Qinghai Lake, in the territory of Quanjixiang, Gangcha County, on the north bank of Qinghai Lake. • It is 221 km from Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, and 4.5 km from National Highway 315. • If you choose to drive, it is about 160 km from Chaka Salt Lake. • Opening hours: • Open all year round, from 8:30 am to 8:00 pm. • Tickets and transportation: • The Shengquan Bay Ecological Experience Area (cliffs) is currently in trial operation, and tickets are free, but you need to pay CNY 20 per person for a round-trip bus ticket from the parking lot to the lake. Private cars are not allowed. • Special experience: • The cliffs are a natural landscape formed by crustal movement and lake water erosion. The vertical height of the cliff is tens of meters, in stark contrast to the blue Qinghai Lake. • You can overlook the beautiful scenery of Qinghai Lake from the cliffs and experience the magnificent scenery of the wide lake and clear water. • There are Tibetan Buddhist temples and pagodas near the cliffs, adding a sense of mystery. • In summer, you can watch the largest sacrificial activities in the lake area, as well as the naked carp and water birds of Qinghai Lake. • In winter, visitors can watch the swans dancing on the blue ice. • Dining and shopping: • There are small vendors in the scenic area offering local snacks, such as instant noodles for CNY 6, cola for CNY 3, and a large bag of yak meat for CNY 98. • Precautions: • As the Shengquan Bay Ecological Experience Area is still under construction, the tourism infrastructure needs to be improved. Visitors are advised to pay attention to safety and abide by the regulations of the scenic area. • There are many Huang fish in the cliff scenic area. Please pay attention to protecting the ecological environment while watching. • Other suggestions: • If you plan to watch the sunrise, you can choose to stay near the Shengquan Bay Scenic Area (cliffs) so that you can get up early to watch the sunrise. I hope this guide will help you better plan your trip to the cliffs of Shengquan Bay at Qinghai Lake. Have a nice trip!

📍Detailed address: National Highway 315, Gangcha County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province Location: Shengquan Bay (Cliff), Qinghai Lake 🕙Opening hours: 08:30–20:00 1️⃣ Scenic spots on the west line of the lake: Erlangjian - Nanshan Viewing Platform - Heima River - Donggeer Viewing Platform - Garila Temple (recommended) - Cliff (recommended) - Fairy Bay - Jinyintan 2️⃣ Scenic spots on the east line of the lake: Jinyintan - Fairy Bay - Cliff - Garila Temple - Donggeer Viewing Platform - Heima River - Nanshan Viewing Platform - Erlangjian Tips: The sunset at Qinghai Lake in summer is after 20:00, so it is bright until 21:00. You can watch the sunset here and then stay in the west. It takes 20 minutes to drive from the cliff to the main accommodation area on the west line of the lake.

🔶If you are traveling along the Northwest Loop, don't miss the Qinghai Lake Cliff!❗️ 🔶You can directly navigate to the Qinghai Lake Cliff Scenic Area, which has a parking lot, so you don't need to park outside. 🔶Fairy Bay: This is a wetland, and it's unknown if fairies live here. The lake water here is yellowish, but it still looks beautiful from the bridge. 🔶Shengquan Bay: This is a favorite spot for children. After taking the ferry to the lakeside, you can feed the seagulls. We didn't see any Huang fish when we visited, but you can ride a yak for photos, walk with lambs, and take photos with deer. Children had so much fun playing by the lake that they didn't want to leave. The view from the cliff is indeed beautiful. You can see the turquoise lake, where the water meets the sky, with rippling waves. 🔶Donggeer: This is an observation deck where we saw many seagulls and Huang fish swimming together. The scenery is also stunning. The lake water is bright blue and clear, and it looks beautiful in the sunset glow. We took our favorite photos of the trip here. 🔶If you want to take photos on the cliff, keep walking to the right, go up the boardwalk, and at the highest point, you'll see a small section of railing that is empty, allowing only one person to pass through. It seems to be intentionally left by the scenic area. After going down, walk a bit further, and you'll find the classic photo spot. 🔶Qinghai Lake Cliff Scenic Area: Tickets are CNY 20. It is one of the newly opened and still under construction scenic areas in 2024, and also one of the popular spots. The cliff is perfect for 📸 photos. The shuttle bus and the road to the scenic area are average, and the facilities need improvement. 🔶Activities: 🔺After getting off the sightseeing bus, there are activities like horseback riding, yak riding, and holding a baby yak. We tried yak riding, and photos cost CNY 20 per person, while a simple walk costs CNY 30 per person. If there are many people, you can negotiate a group price. 🔺Feeding seagulls: A favorite activity for children, it's free. Please bring bread in advance. Flocks of seagulls fly back and forth, and feeding them by the shore is simple and fun. 🔺Hiking: There is a boardwalk with good quality wood, and it's not high, so it's not tiring to climb. It is built along the cliff by the coastline, allowing you to take photos and enjoy the scenery while climbing. 🔺There are prayer flags, rest stops, and photo spots halfway up the mountain. 🔺Near the top of the mountain, you may encounter free-range yaks, which you can observe up close.

📍The first stop of the 2024 Qinghai-Gansu Grand Loop journey is Qinghai Lake. Perhaps because I have seen too many lakes, or maybe because it is not as magnificent as the real ocean, Qinghai Lake did not initially bring me great shock. 🍡However, I have to say, Qinghai Lake is particularly large. We drove along the lakeside for nearly 200 kilometers, and the scenery along the way truly amazed me. Under the blue sky and white clouds, patches of blooming rapeseed flowers occasionally appeared, dazzling like a golden ocean; at other times, there were grasslands with herds of cattle and sheep, full of vitality and energy. The most surprising thing is that there is even a desert by Qinghai Lake, a unique landscape that makes one marvel at the wonders of nature. 🌅Along the way, there were surprises and emotions. Qinghai Lake, with its unique charm, inadvertently left a deep impression on my heart. Qinghai Lake Sacred Spring Bay (Cliff)

Visit Qinghai Lake, only go to the cliffs! On October 8th, travel off-peak with friends and fly directly to Xining to start the journey of 'Viewing Poplar Forests along the Qinghai-Gansu Line'. Just 100 meters out of the airport terminal, there's the Shenzhou car rental pickup point, which is really convenient. The cost of renting a Tank 300 is only 166 yuan per day, how cool is that? Stay at the Intercontinental Hotel near the train station, with a price of 300+ yuan, the value for money is undeniable. After breakfast the next day, head straight to the cliffs of Qinghai Lake. It's a drive of over 3 hours from the hotel, with the altitude gradually increasing along the way. Once you reach the cliffs, the altitude is 3100 meters, and as long as you don't run around, it feels okay. The 20 yuan ticket includes the scenic area shuttle, which is such a great deal! The key is that there are few people and the scenery is beautiful. All the pictures are original, with no filters. You tell me if it's worth it. After leaving the cliffs, drive to Delingha, a distance of 290 kilometers, with the highest altitude along the way nearly 4000 meters. Friends who suffer from altitude sickness can replenish their energy with glucose and chocolate.