Tour of Qinghai Lake

Tickets for the opening hours:
Qinghai Lake season ticket 100, April 15 to Oct. 15; season of 50 yuan on October 16 to next April 14. Cruise 45, the winter can not do boat. Mountain Tickets 25. Beach 22 per ticket; Bird Island is about 100 tickets. Milton 100 yuan
Transportation Overview:
7:45 every morning, from the Xining Railway Station to the south bus station will be the west side of Bird Island in Qinghai Lake, China and Pakistan, fares 35 yuan. Coach station take a bus from Xining to Bird Island about 50 km away from the dark horse of the river of time to nearly five hours, 20 yuan. And then rent a small van to the local Bird Island, will cost about 50 yuan / car.
Attractions Description:
       Has an area of 4583 square kilometers in Qinghai Lake vast mysterious gift of nature is a giant plateau in Qinghai Hokyo, clear blue lake that seems waves moving slightly in the pan-whispered legend tells of an ancient ... ...
 Ancient lake known as the "West Sea", also known as "fresh water" or "little sea." Tibetan language is called "wrong temperature cloth", meaning "green lake"; Mongolian call it "Kukunuoer", or "blue ocean." It is China's largest inland lakes, but also China's largest saltwater lake, Taihu Lake than the famous double even more. Lake from east to west, north and south narrow, slightly oval. At first glance, like a mast of the poplar leaves. Qinghai popular among the words: "fried noodles toting around the Great Lakes, a good horse race collapse exhausted deer."
Qinghai Lake is surrounded by four majestic mountain, lifted up his eyes look like four high natural barriers, which will be closely surrounded Qinghai Lake. From the foot of the mountain to the lake, it is a vast flat, vast boundless Prairie, and Yanbohaomiao, torn blue lake, like a huge square emerald jade plate embedded in the mountains, grassland between, constitute a mountain, lakes, grasslands exist side by side in the magnificent scenery and beautiful scenery.
Qinghai Lake in different seasons, the scenery is different. Summer and autumn, Qinghai Lake beautiful, like a vast undulating prairie covered with a thick layer of green carpet, countless cattle, sheep, horses like multicolored mottled pearls strewn grasslands, neat large picturesque lake rolling farmland Shakes the Barley, cauliflower pan gold, that boundless expanse of blue, forming one of the Qinghai Lake, like a pool of nectar in the gently rippling glass. The cold winter comes, jade puzzle frozen lake, snow, like a giant Hokyo, sparkling in the sun shining all day, with dazzling brilliance radiation.
Qinghai Lake in the mountains and the sea, Bird Island is a tourist destination. Hoi Shan, also known as Lucky Island, rocky island, the scenery is charming, well known since ancient times to middle Lucky.
 
Island Lake
Qinghai Lake in the five islands
Bird Island
Or eggs, also known as the small island of the Western Hills (named for eggs over and over.) Buha River is located 4 kilometers north, the east head of the island, the western end of long and narrow, shaped like tadpoles, length of 1,500 meters, since 1978 the north, west, south exposed bottom of the lake and land on three sides together. Bird Island gentle slope surface from the sand, stone cover, southwest of the island there are several spring surge. There are two main plant Potentilla split season, Bai Li, wheatgrass, Oxytropis falcate, sibiricum, Kobresia, bluegrass and so on. Bird Island is the breeding birds of Asia are unique, eight of China's first bird sanctuary. Is opening up an important place in Qinghai Province. 3 to 4 months each year, migration from the south to the geese, ducks, cranes, gulls and other birds in Qinghai Lake after another began to nest; 5 to 6 months over and over between the eggs, young birds and flocks of raucous sound of Young a few years, this when the island has more than 30 species of birds, the number reached 16.5 million pieces; 7 to 8 months, autumn, blue sky, birds flying, cruising the lake; the end of September began to south. For people to watch for the Protection of Birds, in August 1975 to establish the Bird Island Nature Reserve, National Nature Reserve was listed as 1980, 1986, 60 million government funding, the construction of the underground passage, bunkers, observation deck and other facilities for visitors to view, etc., North-South road has reached Bird Island.
Hoi Shan
Located in the center just slightly south of Qinghai Lake, about 25 kilometers from the Bird Island, the island-shaped long, middle and both ends of the narrow width, length 2.3 km, width 0.8 km, an area of 1.14 square kilometers, the highest point of elevation of the island 3266 m, from granite, gneiss, the eastern margin of the island there is a spring, for drinking. The formation of the southern edge of the bare rock cliffs, east, west, north to flat beaches. Most of the sand covering the island, growing wheatgrass, Achnatherum, Oxytropis falcate, Kobresia, Phi yellow needles, such as the Siberian Polygonatum, vegetation coverage of 50% or more, birds concentrate and rock cliffs of the island beach habitat.
Hercynian Mountains
Also Minghaixipi, located 6 km north of Buha River and Bird Island at the Buha River alluvial with the top beaches, the island's northeastern edge of the lake close to a fault scarp, with a similar cylindrical outer cliffs of rock tower in the lake, is the breeding sites for cormorants, the island vegetation cover more than 90%.
Milton
In the lake northeast, Haiyan County, was the largest island in the lake, about 13 kilometers long and about 2.8 km, an area of 18 square kilometers, 3252 meters above sea level the highest point of the island, is a prominent ridge of sand lake accumulation of water formed by the wind. 1980 Sand Island and the northeast end of the peninsula connected to the land to become, and surrounded by 33 square kilometers Milton Lake, the surface covered by sand, no vegetation, habitat for fish breeding gulls.
Three stone
Interpolation, also known as solitary mountain, located in the southwest of the lake is densely together by the seven limestone, rock composition, about 17 meters high, covering an area of about 0.056 square kilometers, from Bird Island, the sea, mountain 20 km. Gap in the rubble on the island only oxtail chrysanthemum growth. Vegetation less than 5%.
 
Grand Bird Island in Qinghai Lake
Qi laying of Qinghai Lake scenery, there is a famous Bird Island Nature Reserve, home and abroad, where the habitat open the bar-headed geese, brown-headed gulls, fish gulls, cormorants, terns, black-necked crane, swan, red duck, and golden eagles and other raptors jade belt, Day and other climbing birds, and Braun, larks and other small songbirds last two species. According to bird experts estimate that the total number of birds here in the thousand or more; and one of Bird Island (a small Western Hills) and trigeminal Stone (insert isolated mountain) and the most famous, because in this gathering of birds of the total number of protected areas seventy percent or more. If you are fortunate enough to field some sightseeing, then it can be called eye-opener for your miles.
Bird Island is far away from the place where you can hear the different sounds of birds, the babble dumb chirp, the former call upon should, song noisy, crowded. Look at their lives near the screen, it is interesting: some wind flying, dancing; some in the focus nest hatched, lie low male Shou; some cruising on the lake, chase play; also some in the grass on the walk, the female lead the way in front, the male hold the line in the post along with occasional small disobedient child, away from the team, bird pecked to catch up to look, to show reprimand, as if one group small family scene.
If the season were incubated in birds, you can also see another piece of spectacular scenery, you'd better not come near to disturb them, and takes only with a telescope in one or two hundred meters observation, you can see the following lens: Bird Island had only 0.27 square kilometers, shaped like a tadpole. Prominent in that sea of about ten meters of the tadpole head high ground, a little tiny place, filled with tens of thousands of nests on the density of the large and growing number of really difficult to describe in words. Aquatic birds in the lush, food is abundant, less sunny drying but enemies multiply the environment, live, no wonder people call it the Bird Island in Qinghai Lake, "Birds of Paradise" was.
Habitat for birds in Qinghai Lake area focus, there is Bird Island breeding bird island, Hoi Shan, solitary inserted Hill (c stone), Hercynian mountains, Sand Island and Bird Island to Spring Bay, and that Ga is lake shore, swamp . And also the view of the attractions.
Bird Island, also known as the small island of the Western Hills, or eggs (eggs over and over because of the name), is located 4 kilometers north of Buha River, the east head of the island, the western end of long and narrow, shaped like tadpoles, length of 1,500 meters. Since 1978, the north, west and south side exposed and the land into a lake. Bird Island gentle slope surface from the sand and stone cover. Major plants have Baili, wheatgrass, Oxytropis falcate, sibiricum, humilis, Poa annua and so on. Southwest of the island there are several spring surge.
Bird Island Nature Reserve is a window opening of Qinghai Province, but also scholars study examined an important place highland birds. March-April each year, migration from the south to the geese, ducks, cranes, gulls and other migratory birds have arrived in the Qinghai Lake, began to choose to nest; May-June between the eggs over and over, then chick groups, crowded, several in addition, birdsong can be passed in the ears; July-August, the autumn, flocks of birds flying the blue sky or cruising the lake; the end of September began to south.
Hoi Shan, located in the center just slightly south of Qinghai Lake, about 25 kilometers from the Bird Island, the island-shaped long, wide and both ends of the narrow middle, forming the southern edge of the bare rock cliffs, east, west and north to flat beaches, the island Most of the sand cover, the growth of Agropyron, Achnatherum, Oxytropis falcate, humilis, Phi yellow needles, such as the Siberian Polygonatum, vegetation cover degree of 50% or more, birds concentrated toward the edge of the island and the gravel beach habitat.
Insert isolated mountain, also known as three-stone, is located southwest of Qinghai Lake, north of the lake 8 km away from northwest of Bird Island 20 km. Third stone from the rock, gravel and sand beach ridge composed of 700 meters long from east to north-south width of 150 meters. More gentle southern slope of the reef, the north is steep. Island vegetation is sparse, only a gap in the stone blocks the growth of gray vegetables, oxtail chrysanthemum, cover less than 5%. Qinghai Lake birds gather here most of the islands of habitat.
Hercynian mountains and Minghaixipi, located 6 km north of Buha River, and the egg in Buha River alluvial island with the top beaches, two islands located about 2 km north and south. Northeastern margin of the island cliffs close to the new layer of the lake, there is a nearly circular outer cliffs of rock tower in the lake, 30 meters from the lake, is the cormorants breeding places. The growth of plants on the island are Achnatherum, wild onions, wheatgrass, bluegrass, etc., more than 90% coverage.
Island, located in the northeast of Qinghai Lake, Haiyan County, was the largest island in the lake has become a peninsula, the surface covered by gravel, almost no vegetation, habitat for fish breeding gulls.
Spring Bay, tidal marshes that Ga is located in the south of Qinghai Kosei, the main growth of wetland plants Carex, flat spike grass, horsetails and so on. There are many springs forming wetlands surge in winter without snow, people and animals is not easy to enter. Within 6-8 km near shore aquatic plants and plankton abundant in the Qinghai Lake naked carp larvae living area, also home to many migratory birds, traveling birds and habitat brood. Swan and black-necked cranes and other rare birds and large lived here.
In addition to these major habitat of birds, there are sword south shore of Koizumi, Jiro sword, northern shore of Lake of the Shaliuhe, Spring River Gee, Hal cover the area and Buha River estuary, the lower reaches of its tidal flats are habitat for birds, foraging area.
Birds in Qinghai Lake, 163 species belonging to 14 orders, 35 families, the total number of 100,000 or more. Large populations are: Anseriformes ducks in bar-headed goose, tufted duck, red duck, common merganser, goldeneye ducks, White-eyed duck, spot-billed duck, pintail ducks, large swan; gull gull-shaped head families brown-headed Gull, fish, gull; crane-shaped head Demoiselle Crane Division Crane, crane, black-necked cranes; pelican shaped head cormorant cormorants and other subjects, is the largest number of brown-headed Gull, fish, gulls, tufted duck and cormorants, have tens of thousands.
 
Climatic characteristics
Qinghai Lake has a plateau continental climate, adequate light, strong sunshine; cold winter cool in summer, warm season is short, long, cold season, strong winds and dust storms in spring; rainfall below normal, hot shower in the same quarter, distinct wet and dry season.
Illumination
Lakes most sunshine hours throughout the year in 3000 hours or more, compared with the same latitude east of Qinghai higher than about 700 hours; annual sunshine percentage of 68 to 69%. Amount of radiation in 171.461 kcal / square centimeter of -106.693 kcal / square centimeter, the same latitude than the North China Plain, the Loess Plateau is 10 to 40 kcal / cm year.
Temperature
Slightly higher temperatures in eastern and southern Lake District, the average annual temperature at between 1.1 ℃ ~ 0.3 ℃; western and northern lower, the average annual temperature at -0.8 ℃ ~ 0.6 ℃, with an average maximum temperature 6.7 ℃ ~ 8.7 ℃, with an average minimum temperature of -6.7 ℃ ~ 4.9 ℃ between the extreme maximum temperature is 25 ℃ and 24.4 ℃, extreme minimum temperature of -31 ℃ ~ and -33. 4 ℃.
Water
Lakes annual precipitation less than normal. However, slightly higher than the north and east and south west, east annual precipitation is 412.8 mm, 359.4 mm south, northwest of 370.3 mm, 360.4 mm and the Western public and 324.5 mm. Amounted to 1502 mm annual evaporation, evaporation far exceeds precipitation. Seasonal changes in lake precipitation, precipitation and more concentrated in the 5 September, hot shower in the same quarter.
High winds and sandstorms
Lake winds, large number of sandstorm days is one of the regions across the province. 2 to 4 months each year, more than the afternoon to evening there were strong winds, and the prevailing northwest wind. To Gangcha example. Strong winds (≥ 17 m / s) average 47.3 days, 2 to 4 months up to an average of between 5.9 ~ 9.3 days, up to as much as 19 days of March. Sandstorm over the years an average of 14 days. Buha River protection area - more than the Bird Island area northwest wind, maximum wind of 9 to 10. Because the high altitude lake, Lake westerly many great impact of high air throughout the year and more under the control of the west. Maximum wind speed in winter and spring, summer and autumn small. Under the action of the wind, usually 2 to 3 waves, a maximum of 7 to 8, the annual wave of more than 6 days for 40 days.
Water temperature
Qinghai Lake water temperature changes with the seasons. Water temperature in summer was positively stratospheric phenomena, in August up to 22.3 ℃, average 16 ℃; the lower the water temperature is lower, the average temperature is 9.5 ℃, a minimum of 6 ℃. Occur due to windy autumn lake water stirred, so that water temperature stratification phenomenon disappeared, the lake freezes in winter, the water temperature inversion phenomenon occurs, in January, the upper lake under the ice temperature -0.9 ℃, the bottom water temperature 3. 3 ℃. After the spring thaw, the water surface temperature began to rise gradually went back to the summer season the water temperature.
Ice conditions
Qinghai Lake water content due to inorganic salts, the water freezing temperature lower than 0 ℃. From mid-November each year, Lake temperature dropped to below 0 ℃, the lowest temperature in January next year, all lake to form a stable ice sheet, the average ice cover is 108 ~ 116 days, the shortest was 76 days and the longest 138 days . Ice thickness of 40 cm, the maximum ice thickness 90 cm. After sealing the ice, the ice flat, due to fierce winds, often cracks and fissure. Lakes and mountains in the winter to watch when, everywhere are all white, shiny and silvery. In mid-March, broken ice, lake ice appears, under the action of the wind, forming a huge iceberg floating to shore, the largest volume of about 10 cubic meters of ice, after mid-April, the lake ice completely melting.
 
Traffic in the area:
The most common way is to go to Bird Island by car from Xining in the past, the Yangtze River Road and West Street intersection with the relevant ticket; addition, Xining, Qinghai traffic travel to Bird Island in the car every day, 130 yuan per person (excluding meals fees and tickets), starting seven in the morning, ten p.m. back; course, you can also rent a Toyota van to go there (rent is about 1200 yuan.) Way through the Mountain, you can allow the driver to stop for a stop, there are some places of religious worship and the tower can see.
Qinghai Lake Accommodation: Qinghai Lake Hotel near the accountant, but not very good accommodation.
Dark horse town 50 minutes away by car where there is Bird Island hotels, double room with bath 40 yuan / person, fairly clean. Continue to move forward from the hotel is 15 kilometers from the two tourist attractions: the beach, and Bird Island.
Tour of Qinghai Lake to generally stay in the Bird Island Hotel, you can also bring their own tents in the lake overnight. Bird Island hotel standard room price 168 yuan / day, the environment in general, surrounded by other hotels, 15 yuan a triple. It is said to live in the lake room managers live to the lake, of course, have a good relationship with them, not money (difficult to see networking skills).
Tent local Qinghai Lake Hotel (Tel :0974-513520) is a 2 star hotel. Mountain scenic spot along the river down from 30-50 km. Room types: yurts 280 yuan / room; Class A double standard room 240 yuan; 160, the standard room without bathroom; in addition to 90 triple, 80 quadruple rooms, all public health.
Some of the locals in the nearby Bird Island in the tent business hotel, in fact, ride a few beds in the tent, providing a simple meal
Hint: Huang fish of the species are unique to the Qinghai Lake, in recent years, due to geo-ecological change and a large number of people to feed, Huang depletion of fish resources are facing the danger, the local government has ordered the ban. At the same time, the lake fishery sector also restaurants, hotels signed the "ban on the sale of fish and their products Huang Qinghai Lake," the agreement. If you sell to someone in the lake Huang fish, it must be illegally acquired, please note.
Butter tea is not suitable for mainland stomach, can not eat.
 
Souvenirs:
Retort cake - Guanzhong area in Shaanxi traditional breakfast foods, rice and dates for the raw materials are made of a sweet cake. Its characteristics are: date rich, Ruannuo sticky sweet. And Jujube also has a Qi tonic, Yang Shen soothe the nerves of the effectiveness of self-cultivation is a nourishing food.
Ribbed bar - lots of tourists will Xining called in a unique "ribbed bar" (Kebab) barbecue impressed. This is a first half-cooked lamb chops cooked to, and then painted on the sauce, the flavor of the charcoal on the barbecue chicken, this approach is actually a Turkish kebab, or even the word is derived from the Turkish Kebab.
Tips: car from Bird Island Bird Management Office to Taiwan 12 Yuan, (a distance of 17 km, but also much lower estimate) riding back and forth from the parking 5 yuan (less than two meters, is not fooled.) 10 yuan per person boat ride, two or more start. Riding around 10 per photo, you can bargain.
 
Sea Lakeshore Raiders
Road around the lake about 360 km a week, around the lake via Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Autonomous Prefecture, and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, is an excellent highway traffic, and cars few people hope, only to note that there The police speeding extremely strict, the other group should pay attention to cattle by road. Travel in the region, no altitude sickness.
Tibetan areas of Qinghai Lake is a holy lake, clockwise around the lake is best to respect the local habits. Basically have the government set up along the barbed wire barrier between the road and the Lake Ranch, but there are still many places not easy to climb over barbed wire or can be close to Qinghai Lake.
Lake's main town (village) points to the town and accommodation: 151 steward, hotel, Jiangxi ditch, Dark Horse River, Stone is Hai, Bird Town, Shatuo Temple Station, Stephen Kyrgyzstan, Gangcha, West Town, East Lake Breeding Farm Qinghai Lake fisheries. Kyrgyzstan to the West by the spring in which a walk through the town boundary in Autonomous Prefecture, the densely relatively concentrated.
Food to pasta (Ga surface films, noodles, etc.) and mainly beef and mutton, but also along the Qinghai features Niangpi and yogurt, and low consumption, pasta in less than 10 yuan. Huang Qinghai Lake is a national ban fishing in the fish species, to protect the species, please do not eat! Here you can drink boiled tea everywhere. V Hunan cooking with tea, color similar to black tea, which is only salt. If you drink this at home in the herdsmen will be added to milk or butter tea.
Qinghai Lake is mainly ethnic Tibetan areas, followed by the Hui and Mongolian. The place simple and sincere, warm and hospitable local people can basically interact with you if Green Cape.
Lake and the surrounding major attractions for the Mountain, Daotang River, lake wood ditch painting, rubber Hill, Chaka Salt Lake, Chaka Temple, Volt ancient Egypt, Bird Island, Harbour Hill, North sunny city, She Buji rock paintings, ancient Gahai, gold Silver Beach grasslands, Atomic City West Township, Milton, West County Triangle city.
 
The most beautiful time of Qinghai Lake
A: Map of the local is near Qinghai Lake is about a year in June there will be tulips Festival in Xining, in the Atomic City (West Town) will be Wang Luobin Arts Festival, Lamb Festival. You can also pass to the Qinghai Lake on the way to see atomic city, where formerly the R & D in the two bombs, one can see many of the atomic bomb memorial, close to Qinghai Lake from here, walk out of the town of East Lake Road West directly to the Qinghai Lake, but to the 151 distance, take this path along the "viewing platform" "Panchen Line Home" "Sand Mountain Sand Plan" (you can try the general plan from the top of a 20 yuan), "Poseidon Temple "(Tibetan festival a place the sea) and other places. Is also a good choice, take East Lake Road, from Milton is also very close, good on Sand Island are sand sculptures.
Between two 5-June Bird Island eggs over and over, then chick groups, crowded, a few miles away, birdsong can be passed in the ears; full of life. Qinghai Lake is the best time to bird watching.
Third, in July -8 months of Qinghai Lake will not only large areas of rape blossoms, and yellow flowers and endless blue water phase costume, great scenery. Qinghai Lake is the best camp to visitors, but the temperature was around 18 ℃, the climate cool and pleasant.
Competition from the same lake in 2002, July-August each year, held in Qinghai Province. Approved by the International Cycling Union, Lake Race for the 2.HC level, is Asia's top events, but also the world's highest altitude of the international cycling race. Second only to the Tour de France, Central Italy game, such as Pro Tour race of Spain. Competition each year from around the five continents of the 20 sports teams in more than 100 athletes, the total distance of 1,300 km race, with an average elevation of 3,000 meters race 9 days, total $ 250,000 prize money. Circuit design to match the vast blue, clouds, bird wings as the central Qinghai Lake, extending to the surrounding area, along the magnificent natural scenery magnificent, charming charming.