Best travel time: summer
Transportation:
It is better to fly through Qinghai, which is much safer than the railway. It's a long journey for the railway to enter Qinghai via Lanzhou, but you can also follow the clues of the Silk Road and browse the scenery along the way.
To/from:
Cycling route map around Qinghai Lake Xining and Golmud in Tibet have several sleeper buses to Lhasa every day. After Chaka Salt Lake and Qinghai Lake, you can ask about the passing time in Xining. If you want to live in Qinghai Lake, you can also charter a car to Qinghai Lake in Xining, and the mulberry car will go to 400 yuan. You can also take a one-day tour of Qinghai Lake in Xining at a cost of 70- 100 yuan per person.
The stations of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway are generally far away from villages and towns, and there are few trains (three trips a day in one direction).
The express trains from Shanghai to Xining are 375 and 377, and the whole journey is about 4 1 hour.
There are 75 express trains from Beijing to Xining, which takes about 33 hours.
The 1048 train from Chengdu to Golmud passes through Xining, running for 26 hours, and arrives in Xining from 17:25 to 19:20 the next day.
You can get off at Hargill by train to reach the south bank of Qinghai Lake, but because Bird Island is on the north bank, this choice is not very good.
From Xining to Qinghai Lake, hire the motorcycle of the station staff to go to the lake and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Qinghai Lake.
It takes nearly 5 hours by bus from Xining coach station to Heima River, about 50 kilometers from Bird Island and around 20 yuan. Then rent a local minivan to Bird Island, the cost is about 50 yuan/car.
The distance from Xining to Qinghai Lake is about 80 kilometers, 4 hours' drive, passing through Sun Moon Mountain, watching the sunset in Qinghai Lake tourist area, and staying in Qinghai Lake at night. It is about 400 kilometers around the lake.
At 7: 45 every morning, there will be a bus from the coach station in the south of Xining Railway Station to Bird Island in the west of Qinghai Lake. Ticket price, 35 yuan.
Many travel agencies in Xining attract business for Bird Island in Qinghai Lake at railway stations and hotels. Generally, a one-day tour costs about 100 yuan, and a two-day tour costs about 180 yuan. Not including accommodation and tickets. During the tourist season from May to September, it leaves every day.
Another way is to rent a car to Qinghai Lake, and the cost of surrounding the lake is about 800- 1000 yuan.
Self-driving or motorcycle route: National Highway 3 15 on the north shore of Qinghai Lake has poor road conditions.
Transportation in this area:
The most common way to get to Bird Island is by car from Xining, and there are ticket outlets at the intersection of Changjiang Road and Xiguan Street. In addition, Qinghai Transportation Travel Agency in Xining has a bus to Bird Island every day, and each person charges 130 yuan (excluding meals and tickets), leaving at 7: 00 in the morning and returning at 10 in the evening; Of course, you can also rent a Toyota van (the rent is about 1200 yuan). When you pass Sun Moon Mountain on the road, you can ask the driver to stop. There are some religious places of worship and towers to visit.
Accommodation in Qinghai Lake: Accounting room hotel near Qinghai Lake, but the accommodation conditions are not very good.
It is 50 minutes' drive from Heimahe Town, with Bird Island Hotel, double room with bath, 40 yuan/person, which is relatively clean. From this hotel,15km ahead are two sightseeing spots: the beach and Bird Island.
When traveling to Qinghai Lake scenic spot, you usually stay at Bird Island Hotel, or you can bring your own tent to spend the night by the lake. The price standard room of Bird Island Hotel is 168 yuan/day, and the environment is average. There are other hotels around, with triple rooms per bed 15 yuan. It is said that you can live in the room of the lakeside manager, right by the lake. Of course, you should get on well with them even if you have no money (it's more difficult, depending on your communication skills).
The local Qinghai Lake tent hotel (tel: 0974-5 13520) is a 2-star hotel. 30-50 kilometers away from Sun Moon Mountain. The room types are: Mongolian yurt 280 yuan/room; A-class double standard room 240 yuan; 1There is no bathroom in the standard room in 60 yuan; There are three 90 yuan and four 80 yuan, both male students.
There are also some tent hotels run by local people near Bird Island. In fact, they just set up some beds in tents and provide simple meals.
Fees: Qinghai Lake ticket to 30 yuan, cruise ship to 45 yuan and Sun Moon Mountain ticket 15 yuan. Beach tickets to 22 yuan; Bird Island tickets to 38 yuan.
Pelteobagrus fulvidraco is a unique fish in Qinghai Lake. In recent years, due to geological and ecological changes and people's large-scale looting, Huangpi resources are in danger of being exhausted, and the local government has ordered the fishing ban. At the same time, the fishery administration also signed an agreement with restaurants and restaurants around the lake to prohibit the sale of Huangyu and its products in Qinghai Lake. If someone sells you yellow croaker by the lake, it must be illegal income, please pay attention.
Buttered tea is not suitable for mainlanders' stomachs and can't be eaten more.
Native products:
Gao Dai is a traditional breakfast food in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province, and it is a sweet cake made of glutinous rice and red dates. Its characteristics are: rich jujube fragrance, soft and sweet. Moreover, jujube also has the effects of invigorating qi and blood, nourishing kidney and calming nerves, and is a nourishing and health-preserving food.
Riba- Many tourists will be deeply impressed by a unique barbecue in Xining, which is called kebab. This is a kind of mutton kebab. The taste is that the lamb chops are cooked half-cooked, then brushed with sauce and roasted on charcoal fire. This practice is actually a Turkish barbecue, and even the word kebab comes from Turkish.
Qinghai Lake is not only a national nature reserve, but also a national 4A tourist scenic spot. It is also a national key scenic spot approved by the State Council. With its unique natural scenery and important ecological status, it is one of the regions with the richest biodiversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Qinghai Lake has a long history of tourism. Every spring and summer, many units and organizations organize people or individuals to visit Qinghai Lake, watch the lake and watch birds. 1979 Shan Ying machinery factory uses docks and ships to organize Qinghai Lake tourism, increase tourism contents and projects, and expand tourism routes. 1988 the factory was cancelled and all facilities were handed over to the accounting room hotel of Qinghai Lake Travel Agency. The main items and contents of the visit include: the ruins of the ancient Tang-Fan Road, the grassland by the lake, the pastoral scenery, the lakes and mountains, and visiting Tibetan herdsmen's families, tasting Tibetan-flavor foods such as highland barley wine, yogurt and hand-grabbed mutton, riding horses in the grassland and desert, boating in Qinghai Lake, taking a boat tour of the scenic spots and historic sites in Haixinshan, and staying in places with ethnic characteristics. The best travel time is from June to September every year. Qinghai-Tibet Highway and Qinghai-Tibet Railway extend westward along the north bank of the lake.
However, with the development of tourism resources in Qinghai Lake area, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Qinghai Lake area has greatly increased. Since 2000, Qinghai Lake has been rated as a "national key scenic spot". As one of the four scenic spots in Qinghai Lake, 15 1 scenic spot has become a must-see place to visit Qinghai Lake. People who see unlimited business opportunities have "occupied" the surrounding areas, and catering, accommodation, maintenance and other related services are in full swing. According to statistics, the scenic zone around Qinghai Lake received more than 300,000 tourists this year, and the highest daily reception exceeded 1 10,000.
With the increase of tourists, the problem of environmental pollution has begun to appear, especially some tourists, tour guides and assistants do not have a strong sense of environmental protection, throw away garbage such as plastic products at will, and merchants are unconscious in production and life, resulting in "white garbage" seriously affecting the ecological environment around Qinghai Lake and the production and life of farmers and herdsmen, and even leading to the phenomenon that cattle and sheep eat white garbage by mistake in the surrounding areas of Qinghai Lake. In this regard, more and more social forces have paid attention to it. Although the relevant departments have carried out environmental sanitation rectification, the effect is still not satisfactory.
Since last year, our province has attached great importance to the environmental pollution around the lake. The Provincial Tourism Bureau, the Provincial Communications Department and the Office of the Administrative Committee of Qinghai Lake Tourist Area jointly issued the Notice on Strengthening Environmental Protection Measures to Eliminate White Pollution. The Office of the Management Committee of Qinghai Lake Tourist Area also actively coordinated relevant departments and joined hands with Qinghai Lake tourism development enterprises to win funds. The three scenic spots of Qinghai Lake 15 1, Bird Island and Sand Island were built and improved on a large scale, focusing on roads, water supply and drainage sewage treatment, production and domestic garbage, and environmental remediation. Sewage treatment plants and landfills were built, and the water supply system was improved, making the three major scenic spots around the lake clean and tidy. At the same time, invest 300,000 yuan to make environmental warning signs to remind tourists and local residents to protect the environment; Tourism professionals in cities around the lake have received intensive training in environmental awareness, and all travel agencies, tourist bus companies and passenger transport companies are required to improve their environmental awareness. Trash bins (bags) are also installed on coaches and passenger vehicles. Tourists are forbidden to throw garbage outside the vehicles, and non-degradable disposable plastic products are prohibited to ensure that the domestic garbage on the vehicles is placed in designated places.
The provincial environmental protection bureau also held a special meeting to clean up the "white pollution" around Qinghai Lake. Send an environmental monitoring and law enforcement team to conduct on-site law enforcement inspection on environmental protection during the operation of cruise ships in Qinghai Lake "15 1" scenic spot from time to time, deal with pollutants generated during the operation and berthing of cruise ships in time, impose administrative penalties on the oil slick on the dock surface of Qinghai Lake Cruise Co., Ltd. and order it to make timely rectification; The Provincial Highway Transportation Department invested 7.2 million yuan to implement the environmental improvement project along the highway around Qinghai Lake, backfill the borrow pits left by road construction on both sides of the 109 national highway over the years, and restore vegetation.
You can see 14 stainless steel environmental warning signs, which say in Chinese, English and Tibetan that "you have entered the tourist area, and it is everyone's responsibility to protect the environment" and "Interim Provisions on the Management of Qinghai Lake Tourist Area", and have been placed in Qinghai Lake 15 1 scenic spot, Erlangjian, Qinghai Lake Fishing Ground, Hudong Sheep Farm and Shadao.
Zang Mingxi of the Provincial Lake Management Office said that the ecology of Qinghai Lake is fragile, and once it is destroyed, it will be difficult to recover. If tourism in Qinghai Lake is to develop sustainably, it is necessary to play the "green" brand. At the same time, the whole society needs to care for the natural environment and develop good environmental habits.
On June 25th, 2006, 10, Qinghai Lake was awarded the certificate and medal of "The Most Beautiful Five Lakes in China" by China National Geographic magazine. Qinghai Lake, with its vast smoke and blue waves, is like a huge jade plate embedded between mountains and grasslands in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, forming a magnificent view of mountains, lakes and grass. Qinghai Lake covers an area of 4,300 square kilometers, with waterfowl gathering in Tianshui, blue sky and white clouds, and lakes and mountains set each other off.
In the contest of "The Most Beautiful Place in China" jointly organized by China National Geographic Magazine and 34 national media, Qinghai Lake was rated as the first of the "Five Most Beautiful Lakes in China". On October 25th, 65438/kloc-0, Qinghai Provincial Tourism Bureau and chinese national geography magazine jointly held a celebration on the lakeside of Qinghai. Dan Zhiqiang, executive editor of chinese national geography magazine, presented the certificate on behalf of the jury and unveiled it. On the same day, a 100-meter scroll signing activity with the theme of "Protecting Qinghai Lake, the most beautiful lake in China" was held.
Dan Zhiqiang, executive editor of chinese national geography magazine, said that the selection was made up of five professional societies, a dozen academicians and experts and scholars, which ensured the scientificity and rigor of the selection. "In the selection, Qinghai Lake was comparable to Kanas Lake in Xinjiang, and finally won the favor of the judges with its majestic and unique scenery."
Xu Hao, deputy director of Qinghai Provincial Tourism Bureau, said: "Qinghai Lake combines the beauty of nature, humanity, ecological harmony and profound oriental beauty. Its unique and important ecological status shows that Qinghai Lake belongs not only to the people of Qinghai, but also to the people of the whole country and the world. "
Bird Island Grand View in Qinghai Lake
In the beautiful Qinghai Lake, there is a famous Bird Island Nature Reserve at home and abroad, where there are nearly 20 species of climbing birds, larks and larks, such as spotted geese, brown-headed gulls, fish gulls, cormorants, terns, black-necked cranes, swans, red-spotted ducks, raptors, such as jade-banded golden eagles and Dai Sheng. According to the estimation of bird experts, the total number of birds here exceeds100000; Bird Island (Xiaoxi Mountain) and Trident Stone (Gushan Mountain) are the most famous, because more than 70% of the total number of birds in nature reserves are gathered here. If you are lucky enough to go sightseeing on the spot, it will open your eyes.
Far away from Bird Island, you can hear birds with different timbres, some dumb, some chirping, some calling back and forth, some noisy and some lively. It is even more interesting to see their life pictures at close range: some are flying in the wind; Some are concentrating on brooding, while females are holding on; Some swim on the lake, chasing and playing; Others walk on the grass, led by females, followed by males, and occasionally disobedient chicks. When they left the team, the big birds came after them and pecked them to show their reprimand, just like a small family scene.
If it is in the hatching season of birds, you can see another spectacular scenery. You'd better not go near to disturb them. As long as you observe from a distance of one or two hundred meters with a telescope, you can see the following lens: Bird Island was originally only 0.27 square kilometers, shaped like a tadpole. There are tens of thousands of nests on the head of tadpoles about ten meters from the sea. It is difficult to describe them in words. Birds breed and live in an environment with abundant aquatic plants, adequate food, dry sunshine and few natural enemies. No wonder people call Bird Island in Qinghai Lake "a paradise for birds".
Bird Island, Haixinshan, Ancient Tea Mountain (Three Stones), Haixi Mountain, Sand Island, Bird Island to Quanwan, Nagatan and Lake Swamp are islands where birds live and multiply intensively. At the same time, it is also a scenic spot worth watching.
Bird Island, also known as Xiaoxi Mountain or Egg Island (named after eggs everywhere), is located 4 kilometers north of Buha estuary. The eastern end of the island is large, and the western end is narrow and long, shaped like a tadpole, with a total length of1500m. After 1978, the bottom of the lake on the north, west and south sides is exposed and integrated with the land. Bird Island has a gentle slope and its surface is covered with sand. The main plants are Chenopodium, Agropyron cristatum, Oxytropis falcata, Polygonum sibiricum, Artemisia, Poa pratensis and so on. There are several springs flowing in the southwest of the island.
Bird Island Nature Reserve is a window for Qinghai Province to open to the outside world, and it is also an important place for experts and scholars to study and inspect plateau birds. From March to April every year, migratory birds such as geese, ducks, cranes and gulls in the south arrive in Qinghai Lake one after another and begin to choose places to nest. From May to June, eggs are everywhere, and then young birds flock together, which is very lively. Birds can be heard singing miles away. In the autumn of July and August, birds soar in the blue sky or swim on the lake; South migration began at the end of September.
Haixinshan, located south of the center of Qinghai Lake, is about 25 kilometers away from Bird Island. It takes the shape of a long island, with a wide middle and narrow ends. The southern edge of the rock is exposed, forming a steep cliff, and the east, west and north sides are flat beaches. Most of the island is covered with sand, including agropyron cristatum, Achnatherum splendens, Oxytropis falcata, Artemisia selengensis, Polygonatum sibiricum and so on. Covered with vegetation.
The ancient tea mountain, also known as Sankuai Stone, is located in the southwest of Qinghai Lake, 8 kilometers away from the lake in the south and 20 kilometers away from Bird Island in the northwest. Sanshi consists of reef, gravel beach and sand ridge, which is about 700 meters long from east to west and 150 meters wide from north to south. The south slope of the reef is gentle and the north slope is steep. Vegetation on the island is scarce, and only grey vegetables and Artemisia oxtail grow in the gaps between gravel blocks, with a coverage rate of less than 5%. This is one of the islands with the most birds in Qinghai Lake.
Haixi Mountain, also known as Haixipi, is located about 6 kilometers north of Buha River Estuary. There is an egg island on the top of Buha River alluvial beach, and the two islands are about 2 kilometers apart. On the northeast edge of the island, near the lake, there is a new steep cliff. Outside the steep cliff, there is a nearly circular rock standing in the lake, more than 30 meters away from the lake, which is the breeding ground of cormorants. The main plants growing on the island are Achnatherum splendens, Welsh onion, Agropyron cristatum and Poa pratensis, with a coverage rate of over 90%.
Sand Island, located in the northeast of Qinghai Lake, in Haiyan County, used to be the largest island in the lake, but now it has become a peninsula, with its surface covered with gravel and basically no vegetation, which is the habitat and breeding ground for fish gulls.
Nagaquan Bay, a tidal flat swamp, is located in the southwest of Qinghai Lake, and mainly contains wet plants such as Carex, Pennisetum and Cunninghamia lanceolata. There are many springs flowing in here, forming a swamp wetland, which is not frozen in winter and is not easy for people and animals to enter. There are abundant aquatic plants and plankton in the range of 6-8 kilometers near the lakeshore, which is the living area of naked carp larvae in Qinghai Lake and the brooding area and habitat of many migratory birds and travelers. Rare birds such as swans and black-necked cranes live here.
In addition to the main habitats of the above-mentioned birds, there are one wave stream and two wave streams along the coast of Hunan, and the areas around Liusha River Estuary, Quanji River and Hargeer River along the coast of Hubei, as well as the middle and lower reaches of Buha River and its beaches are also habitats and foraging places for birds.
There are 163 species of birds in Qinghai Lake, belonging to 14 order and 35 families, with a total number of more than 654.38+10,000 birds. Large populations include: spotted geese, crested diving ducks, red-spotted ducks, merganser ducks, magpie ducks, white-eyed ducks, spotted ducks, needle-tailed ducks and swans; Brown-headed gulls and fish gulls of the family Ditch; Among cranes, demoiselle cranes, gray cranes and black-necked cranes; Cormorants of Moraceae and so on. The largest number are brown-headed gulls, fish gulls, crested diving ducks and cormorants, all of which are tens of thousands.
Qinghai Lake is the largest inland saltwater lake in China and one of the highest lakes in the world. It was called "West Sea" in ancient times, also known as "Hai Xian", "Freshwater Sea" and "Baihe Qianghai". After the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was called Qinghai. Tibetan is called "Ku Lake", which means blue or cyan lake. The name of Qinghai Lake began in modern times, and it was not widely known as Qinghai Lake until 1949. Qinghai Lake is located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, between 99 36' ~10016' east longitude and 36 32' ~ 3715' north latitude.