Chaka Salt Lake

Chaka Salt Lake is located at No. 9, Salt Lake Road, Chaka Town, Ulan County, Haixi Mongolian Tibetan Prefecture, Qinghai Province. "Chaka" is a Tibetan language, which means salt pond, and "Dabxun Nur" in Mongolian language, which is the sea of green salt.

Chaka Salt Lake has an average altitude of 3059 meters, a lake area of 154 square kilometers, and a scenic area of 30 square kilometers. This is an important stop of the ancient Silk Road, and the intersection of National Highway 109 and National Highway 315. It is 298km east of Xining, the provincial capital, and 200km west of Delingha. It is known as the east gate of the Qaidam Basin.

The Chaka Salt Lake is surrounded by snow mountains. The calm lake is like a mirror, reflecting the beautiful and intoxicating sky scenery. It is known as "the mirror of the sky in China". Being in the world of salt, walking on the lake is like walking on clouds. The water reflects the sky and the sky touches the earth. Walking between lakes is like swimming in a painting.

Chaka Salt Lake has beautiful scenery all the year round. In spring, white clouds hanging low in the sky fall on the lake water. It is unclear whether the salt is whiter or the clouds are whiter; In summer, the rippling lake water is as green as emerald, refreshing people's hearts; The dry lake in autumn is clean and ice, flat and boundless; The desolation in winter is more challenging.

Chaka Salt Lake is also famous for its abundant green salt, becoming the first green edible salt production base in China. In recent years, it has enjoyed a high reputation in the international and domestic tourism circles and the scenery tour of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau due to its production and tourism. The number of tourists has increased year by year. It has been rated as one of the "55 places to go in one's life" by the National Tourism Geography magazine, and has become another beautiful golden card of the beautiful Qinghai.

Chinese name	Chaka Salt Lake
Foreign name	CakaSaltLake
geographical position	South of Wulanchaka Town, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province
Climate type	Plateau continental climate
Lake area	105 square kilometers
Lake elevation	3059m
Official telephone	0977-8246999，0977-8240129
Opening Hours	6:00-22:00 all year round

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Official website：

https://www.chakasl.com/