Chaka Salt Lake Travel Guide Transportation Accommodation

Chaka Salt Lake, known as the "mirror of the sky" in China, is a famous natural crystalline salt lake in Qaidam Basin, with high salt yield. There are many salt sculptures in the scenic area for viewing, and you can also take a small train to the depths of the salt lake to watch. Chaka Salt Lake has beautiful scenery and is suitable for photographers to go sightseeing.

Where is Chaka Salt Lake? Chaka Salt Lake, also known as Chaka or Dabsunnaoer, is located near Chaka Town, Wulan County, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, 292 kilometers away from Xining and about 15 1 km away from Qinghai Lake.

How to play Chaka Salt Lake?

Opening hours of Chaka Salt Lake: peak season (July and August)

Business hours 05: 30-22: 00

Peak season (65438+1October1-65438+1October 7th)

Business hours 07: 00-265438+ zero

Flat season (June, September)

Business hours 06: 00-265438+ zero

Low season (April 65438+1October 8-65438+1October 3 1)

Business hours 07: 00-21:00;

Tickets: 70 yuan, holding a student ID card at half price;

Ticket price of small train in scenic spot: one-way 50 yuan/person;

Ticket price of battery car: 10 yuan/person, one way, and you can reach Yandiao Square from the entrance of the scenic spot (or about 20 minutes' walk).

Chaka Salt Lake takes about three to three and a half hours to play well.

How to get to Chaka Salt Lake? Chaka Salt Lake is located in Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, 70km away from Heima River, 298km away from Xining and 140km away from Qinghai Lake. It's about 5 kilometers from Chaka Town to Salt Lake. You can only walk or take a taxi. Generally, there are taxis at the intersection of Salt Lake City. There are three ways to go to Salt Lake, usually from Xining or Qinghai Lake:

1. Go by bus

Xining Xinning Road Passenger Transport Center Station has a shuttle bus to Chaka Town at noon 12 every day (the fare is 58 yuan, and the journey takes about 5 hours). In addition, Xinning Road Bus Terminal has 4-5 buses to Wulan every day, passing through Chaka Town (the fare is 70 yuan, and it takes 6 hours by car).

Go by train

The number of tourist trains is Y96 1/2, and the tourist train from Xining to Chaka runs continuously from June to August. Departure time: Xining Station departs at 8: 25, arrives at Chaka Station at 12: 55, departs from Chaka Station at 17: 30 on the same day and returns to Xining Station at 22: 00+05.

drive by yourself

From Xining, first take Xining-Doba Expressway, then pass through the dangerous ancient city, then take Huangdao first-class highway to Daotang River, then follow the national highway 109, pass by Erlangjian Scenic Area of Qinghai Lake, and then cross the rubber mountain at an altitude of 3,670 meters to enter Haixi. The mountain is high and dangerous, and there are many bays, especially there are many semi-trailer trucks coming down or coming up from Golmud or Lhasa. Truck drivers always drive long distances.

4. Recruit small partners to carpool

It is a very popular way to travel in the northwest by recruiting small partners to carpool online, which can effectively reduce the relatively high charter cost in the northwest because of the long distance. Meeting unknown people in an unknown journey is what young people are looking for now.

Is there a place to live around Chaka Salt Lake?

When staying in Salt Lake, most tourists will choose Chaka Town or Heimahe Township. You can stay in Chaka Salt Lake (Chaka Salt Lake has youth hostels and Qingyan Hotel. Because this is an open accommodation in the scenic spot, you can enter the scenic spot to see the starry sky at night. )。 Chaka town also has hotels to stay in. Chaka Town is about four kilometers away from Chaka Salt Lake.

You can also live in Heima River (Heima River is the best scenic spot for sunrise in Qinghai Lake), but the price of Heima River is relatively high, and it is about 80 kilometers away from Chaka Salt Lake, so you need to climb the rubber mountain.