Chaka salt lake
Chaka salt lake is a natural crystallized salt lake over 3000 years, located in chaka town, wulan county, haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai province. It is one of the four major salt lakes in the Qaidam basin."Chaka" is a Tibetan word meaning salt pool, which is also the salt of blue sea.
The feature of climate around chaka salt lake is warm , cool, arid with little rain. It belongs to the plateau continental climate ,with an annual average temperature of 4 degree and an annual average rainfall of 210.4 mm. The salt lake looks like an oval in shape and covers an area of 105 square kilometers.It is 3,100 meters above sea level, 15.8 kilometers long and 9.2 kilometers wide.
Chaka salt lake is as famous as Ta'er monastery and Qinghai lake. It is reputated as the mirror of sky by tourists, which is a particular site for photographing. It was rated as one of "55 places of must going in the lifetime" by national travel geography magazine.
Tours That Go to Chaka salt lake
5 Days -Discovery Tour for Xining
This tour will bring you to research the abundant culture of Tibetan buddhism and enjoy the wonderful scenery of salty lakes on the plateau. The detailed itinerary is the following content.
Day 1-Meet you at Xining fast train station or Xining airport or hotel in Xining city. Stay overnight in Xining.
...Read moreThis tour will bring you to research the abundant culture of Tibetan buddhism and enjoy the wonderful scenery of salty lakes on the plateau. The detailed itinerary is the following content.
Day 1-Meet you at Xining fast train station or Xining airport or hotel in Xining city. Stay overnight in Xining.
Day 2-After breakfast drive 3 hours to Qinghai lake ,the largest inland and salty lake in China.On the way visit Dangeer ancient city,which was built in 14 century and used to be reputated as trade capital or little beijing. Then drive to Chaka town. Stay overnigh at Chaka town.
Day 3- Visit the Chaka salty lake,the natural crystallized salty lake,which was compared as "the mirror of sky". It is a wonderful place for photographing.Then drive back to Xining. On the way back visit the Sun and Moon mountain,which used to be an important path of the south silk road. Stay overnight in Xining.
Day 4-In the morning visit the Ta'er monastery,which is the birth place of the founder of yellow section in Tibetan Buddhism and one of 6 famous Tibetan monasteries in China. In the afternoon visit the Tibetan Medical museum,where you can know the mistery of Tibetan medical things. Stay overnight in Xining.
Day 5-Send you to Xining airport or fast train station.
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