What is the best month to visit Chaka Salt Lake?

Chaka Salt Lake is known as the Land of the Sky. The lake here is crystal clear, the surrounding climate is very suitable for living, and the environment is good. It's magical. It gives you the sense of seeing a fairy tale world, which can satisfy your deepest passion and excitement. Let me share with you the best months to visit Chaka Salt Lake.

Chayan Lake is best visited in May, June, July, August and September.

The beauty of Chaka Salt Lake is enough to move people’s hearts. It is more like a dream than a mirror in the sky. Tea Salt Lake is like a magic mirror, turning the world upside down. To go to the Salt Lake, you must take a small train and sit in the depths of the Salt Lake, in a cave, and in the endless Salt Lake. Very special! It's better to take a small train. You can go in, it takes about 20 minutes. There are fewer people there, which makes the photos more beautiful.

How to photograph the illusion of the sky?

Don’t choose noon.

The best time to shoot is when the sun sets and the sky becomes more and more beautiful. There are also sunny evenings, the white lake reflects the blue sky, the cotton candy-like white clouds, and the warm sunset.

Be sure to stand still! Don't move your feet!

The most beautiful thing about tea is its reflection, so when you get to the middle of the lake, you must stand still. If you move your feet, your reflection will burn and you won't have that beauty.

Best location: Deep in the Salt Lake

The Tea Salt Lake has created a miracle: floating on the water. As a large amount of lake salt sedimentary minerals crystallize in Chaka Salt Lake, a "salt plate" several meters thick is formed, which is covered with a layer of water several millimeters thick. Viewed from a distance, people standing on the salt plate seem to be floating on the water. , its reflection is clearly visible.

Practical Tips for Tea Salt Lake

Transportation Guide

Cha Distance

Xining

310 kilometers, Starting in the morning

Xining

You can reach Chaka Salt Lake at noon. You'd better contact a local tour guide to charter a car.

Price and time

Ticket to Tea Salt Lake is 70 yuan/person, train ticket is 35 yuan/person, opening hours: 7:00-18:30.

Best tourist season

View the salt lake scenery in summer, industrial salt mining in spring, and snow scenery in winter. On the 15th day of the lunar calendar, we offer sacrifices to the sea, take a small train for sightseeing, take a yacht for sightseeing, and watch artificial salt mining.

Can athlete’s foot be treated?

Drivers on the road all know that foot soaking can cure athlete’s foot. Soaking your feet is a must whether you have athlete’s foot or not.

Be careful of altitude sickness.

The Chayan Lake area is about 3,000 meters above sea level, so be careful not to exercise strenuously to avoid altitude sickness.

Wear sun protection.

On a sunny day, the light here is very strong and reflected by the lake water, so be prepared for sun protection. It is best to prepare a pair of sunglasses to protect your eyes, otherwise it will cause great harm to your eyes.

Watch the rock formations.

Because the salt layer is rough, it will be very painful to walk barefoot, and the mud in the lake is very deep, so it is not recommended to walk too deep.

About taking good photos.

If you want to take good photos in Salt Lake, you have to work hard at RP. It is best to visit on a sunny day, and come after consecutive sunny days. At this time, the crystallinity of the lake water is very high. You will see a thin layer of brine covering the white salt lake. The scenery and reflection are the clearest and purest.

Be sure to wear bright clothes when going to the Salt Lake, not white or blue.

Because the sky is blue and the clouds are white, there is no impact on taking pictures.

You can’t see the reflection of the car on a rainy day.

One of the "55 Places to Visit in a Lifetime" selected by 055-79000 magazine, China's Sky Mirror: Chaka Salt Lake.

It is said that Chaka Salt Lake is another mirror of the sky. The lake water is very reflective and you can see all the reflections. It is famous for this rare natural sight, hence the name Mirror of the Sky.

The premise is that the weather is clear and the wind is gentle. It happened to be a rainy day when I went there, and I passed by that extreme reflection.

So everyone’s journey is different and the scenery they encounter is also different. The rainy Chaka Salt Lake has a different kind of poetry, which makes me feel as if I have been waiting for it for many years and finally met it in endless time.

Whether I come or not, it is waiting there quietly. Be silent here and listen to its dialogue with the sky; wait here for the collision of souls. One day I will realize that everything happened while I was on the road.

The rain stopped and the day after tomorrow started to look a little blue.

I’ve been there once, and I personally think the best time to go to Chaka Salt Lake is June. There is less rain in June and the proportion of salt is significant, so the photo effect will be more obvious.

From the end of June to the beginning of July, it is summer in Qinghai. It is said that summer in Qinghai lasts only about a week. It was the end of August when I went. I came from Shanghai, where the temperature was 36 degrees, to Qinghai, where the temperature difference was 22 degrees, and I caught a cold.

On a sunny day, you can take pictures of the sky. When it's cloudy, rainy and windy, you won't be able to see the special effects of the sky mirror.

It is said that the most beautiful time period of Chaka Salt Lake is before 10 am and after 5 pm, that is, sunrise and sunset.

Choose brightly colored clothes, preferably a red dress or a large red silk scarf, for the most beautiful photos.

The above two photos were searched on the Internet.

These are photos taken on a sunny day wearing colorful clothes. Therefore, if you wear gorgeous clothes and go to Chaka Salt Lake on a sunny day, you will encounter the most beautiful sky mirror.

While doing the guide, I learned that there are six wonders in Chaka Salt Lake: Mirror of the Sky, Mirror of the Night Sky, Chaka Salt Lake Salt Sculpture, Salt Lake Railway Track, Salt Lake Train, and Sunrise and Sunset.

The reflection of the Chaka Salt Lake forms a sky of the same color as the lake surface, and the sky is full of stars scattered on the lake surface. Therefore, the Chaka Salt Lake at night is known as the "Mirror of the Night Sky".

The Salt Lake City Railroad is a very short track that leads to the center of the lake. The distance between the rails is only 60 centimeters, making it a rare "inch-gauge" train in the world.

Taking a small train into the Salt Lake Scenic Area is a must for every tourist who comes to Salt Lake, so the Salt Lake Train is also a beautiful scenery.

In Chaka Salt Lake from May to September, the sunrise time is around 6:30 in the morning and the sunset time is around 19:30. So please wear your most colorful clothes at the most beautiful time and experience Chaka Salt Lake!

Salt water is very corrosive. Remember to protect your camera. If your hands touch salt, try not to touch the camera again.

Wear sunglasses, the ultraviolet reflection from Chaka Salt Lake is very harmful to your eyes. Wearing sunglasses can protect your eyes very well.

It is important to pay attention to sun protection on the plateau. The ultraviolet rays on the plateau are much stronger than those on the plains, so it is necessary to apply sunscreen at all times.

I took photos of salt sculptures.

There are no shops in the scenic area except for salt, so please fill your stomach before entering the scenic area.

If you want to take good-looking photos, go down to the lake and walk barefoot in the lake. You still have to go barefoot. The photos you took are the best. But the salt grains are thick and can hurt your feet. And at the end of August, I felt that the temperature in the water was only about 10 degrees. The weather is really cold.

Unless you go during the week when summer begins in Qinghai, the temperature difference between morning and evening will be huge, so bring enough clothes.

Chayan Lake is a plateau area. Do not do strenuous exercise to avoid altitude sickness.

There is an exclusive tourist train from Xining to Chaka Salt Lake. The endless prairie along the road is full of beautiful scenery. It is recommended to take the train to Chaka Salt Lake and encounter beautiful scenery on the way.

It was this special train that brought me to Chaka Salt Lake.