【Hardcore Off-road • Hala Lake】Looking for the last drop of "tears" of the earth, exploring the Yadan group of the "Eye of Space", the east shore of Qinghai Lake / Qaidam Red Cliff / Emerald Lake / Qarhan Salt Lake Niche Secret, 5 days and 4 nights of exploration + photography tour!
Hala Lake is located in the hinterland of Qilian, known as the fifth largest no-man's land in China, the last tear on the earth, although the altitude is not too high, but the freezing period is much longer than other plateau lakes! From October to May of the following year, it can be said that Hala Lake is frozen half the time every year, which is very suitable for hardcore friends who love off-road crossing!
It is also very suitable for photographers, and the unique natural scenery + pristine environment is the photographer's favorite photography subject!
Event Highlights
▎ Hardcore off-road Hala Lake recruitment ▎
【First recruitment】The first time to reveal the small ice and snow scenery in the northwest; the particularity of the winter group;
【Four Secret Places】Traveling in the wrong season, exploring the places where few products in the market are involved: The Hala Lake Area, the Dachaidan Red Cliff, the Eastern Underground Yadan, and the Salt Lake;
【4WD off-road】The whole Toyota Prado off-road vehicle, niche destinations, driving is guaranteed, the itinerary is flexible and free, and the road conditions allow parking to take photos.
【Suitable for people】Photographers, adventure lovers, hiking enthusiasts, and tourists can sign up!
Departure information
【Nature of Activity】Golden Desert Exclusive Photography Creation Group
【Event Organizer】Golden Desert Photography Adventure Club
【Meeting point】Xining
【Meeting time】 March 19, 2022
【Campaign Period】March 19– March 23, 2022 (5 days)
【Activity fee】3 people per car; 4 people per car;
Itinerary
Day 1 All over Xining ★ Assembly Day
Today is the gathering day, all over the country rushed to Xining, known as the "eastern gateway of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau".
If you are earlier, you can visit Xining city. Recommend Xining Dongguan Mosque and Qinghai Provincial Museum. In the evening, you can go to Mojia Street, an old street in Xining with a history and culture of 600 years, to taste special foods: Qinghai's stuffed skin, fried cold powder, yogurt, fried cakes, noodles, grabbed noodles, lamb skewers and so on.
Meals: Eat all day at your own expense
Overnight: Xining Hotel Standard Room (2270m above sea level)
Assembly day: out of the group notification SMS, go to the collection hotel by yourself, report "travel agency + name" at the front desk for check-in.
Day 2 Xining East shore of Qinghai Lake Tianjun
Highlights: The east coast of Qinghai Lake
Secret Place 1: Sand and Lake on the east bank of Qinghai Lake
After breakfast, embark on an exciting Great Northwest Winter Secret Discovery Tour. From Xining, via Huangyuan, we will enter the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
This time we will not pass by the conventional south shore of Qinghai Lake, we will re-approach this frozen lake from [the east shore of Qinghai Lake]. On the eastern shore of Qinghai Lake, lakes unusually coexist with the desert. Cross-country sand rushing through, stepping into the lake, you will find that the sand and snow in winter and the canola flower scene in summer can actually be equal to autumn.
After leaving Qinghai Lake, we went all the way north to Tianjun County to stay and rest.
Travel time: about 320km Dining: Meals are at your own expense
Accommodation: Tianjun County Hotel Standard Room (Altitude: 3300m)
Day 3 Tianjun Hala Lake Delingha
Highlights: Hara Lake Exploration, Crossing Hara Lake, Lakeside Lunch, Scenery along Hara Lake, Tuanjie Peak (the highest peak in Qilian Mountain)
Secret Realm Two: Hala Lake, the fifth no-man's land
Today we will go to the uninhabited core area [Hala Lake], after breakfast we set off over the snowy mountains, snowy mountains, grasslands, and occasionally the wild animals that come into sight, so that we live in the reinforced concrete forest to truly feel free.
The vehicle travels all the way to our destination [Hala Lake] in the morning. Hala Lake is the second largest lake in Qinghai after Qinghai Lake, is located in the qinghai plateau inland basin of a large saltwater lake, an area of 60,200 hectares, 4078 meters above sea level, the wetland distribution of large and small dozens of lake bubbles, perennial water storage, is a shallow water small lake bubble, a large area of marshland. Lake Hala is an untapped virgin land in the hinterland of the Qilian Mountains. In recent years, with the development of tourism and exploration activities on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it has gradually entered people's sights. The road we traveled meandered between the high hills of the Qilian Mountains, crossing many grasslands, wetlands, and dozens of rivers, all the way with unlimited scenery. If you are lucky, you can see rare wild animals such as yellow sheep, wild yaks, brown bears, and Tibetan wild donkeys!
At the same time, in winter, Hala Lake is frozen, we can drive directly into the lake, blue ice and white ice are intertwined, far away from the unity of the peaks under the snowy mountains, we can enjoy the fun, feel the heavens and the earth a drop in the sea. He then returned to Delhi.
Special Experience: At lunchtime, we will prepare a lakeside lunch by the lake, and enjoy a different kind of lunch by the frozen lake when the temperature is the highest in the day!
Travel time: approx. 270km Dining: Complimentary lunch,
Overnight: Delhi City Hotel Standard Room (2900m above sea level)
Day 4 Delingha Underground Yadan Dachaidan Emerald Lake Dachaidan
Highlights: Eastern Underground Yadan Exploration, Dachaidan Emerald Lake, Alien Site
Secret Realm Three: Eastern Underground Yadan, looking for the Eye of Space
After breakfast, depart from Delhi for a journey of discovery of the eastern secrets of Qaidam. The Qaidam Western Secret Realm, led by the cliff, has become more and more popular since 20 years, and the Qaidam Western Secret Realm has rarely been set footed at present, this time, let us and the Ranger guests, unveil the mystery of this no-man's land.
We will cross-country into the Gobi desert of the Qaidam Basin to explore the inaccessible [Eastern Underground Yadan], the Eastern Yadan has the natural conditions that other single Yadan does not have at all, and has a sunken Yadan, known as "the hinterland of the devil, the underground Yadan". The scenic spot not only has the mysterious Yadan landform group, but also the characteristic terrain of the basin such as Danxia, desert, canyon, wetland, hot spring, river, and Gobi Desert. We will also look for the mysterious "Eye of Outer Space" here. On the way, visit the Alien Site.
Then head to the "Dachaidan Emerald Lake", where aerial photography is perfect, due to the different concentrations of minerals contained, forming a colorful scene. When the weather is fine, the mirror-like lake reflects the blue sky and white clouds and snow-capped peaks, as if you are in a fairyland. The arrival of winter ice and snow is even more extraordinary. Afterwards, we stayed in the town of Dachaidan.
Travel time: about 280km Dining: Breakfast included, self-catering
Accommodation: Grand ChaiDan Hotel Standard Room (3100m above sea level)
Day 5 Dachaidan Red Cliff Secret Red River Valley Qarhan Salt Lake Golmud
Highlights: Red Cliffs, Red River Valley, Qarhan Salt Lake
Secret Realm Four: The Great ChaiDan Red Cliff Secret Realm
After breakfast today, we will cross the Gobi to a newly discovered [Red Cliff Secret], the red cliff is high, we will follow the river valley until we climb to the top of the cliff, overlooking the vast red earth. Few people here know about it, and only buggies can take you to this secret place. Then we rushed to the [Red River Valley], where the waterway washed by the flowing water showed a slight red color, and the combination with the bridge became a classic scene.
After lunch, we came to the [Qarhan Salt Lake], which has been more deeply developed in recent years, in addition to the salt flowers and salt pans that once existed, the patterns and spots are varied, creating a jade phalanx that resembles the grain of cantaloupe skin. Finally we came to golmud city to end our journey.
Travel time: about 230km Dining: Breakfast included, self-catering
Dissolution Day: Return to Golmud at approximately 17:00 p.m., return train tickets must be scheduled after 18:30, and return flights must be scheduled after 19:00.
The activity fee includes:
1. The cost of the whole off-road vehicle;
23,000 yuan / person travel accident injury insurance;
3. The cost of the whole double standard room, and the single room difference can be enjoyed by one person and one room;
4. Allowance for tour leader + driver;
The event does not include:
1. Meal expenses for the whole process;
2. Full ticket fee;
3. Other personal expenses;
Activity gear
- Ride the whole off-road vehicle, it is not recommended to carry a trolley box, try to carry a backpack, and you can also use it with a photography bag or a small belt bag for activities;
- Outdoor three-piece set (storm jacket, quick-drying jacket, fleece) warm jacket, sunglasses, sunhat, travel shoes;
- Cold medicine, gastrointestinal medicine, vitamins, band-aids, wind oil essence;
- Sunscreen + Moisturizing Water + Hand Cream + Lip Care (MM Essential);
- All kinds of digital products and chargers, photographic equipment;
- Prepare some dry food, fruit and snacks, and a thermos kettle;
- toiletries, change of clothes;
- Identity documents.
Precautions
- Bring valid documents such as ID card + health code;
2. In order to ensure safety, please obey the tour leader's arrangement;
3. If the itinerary is blocked due to force majeure factors (traffic jams, bad cars, bad weather, etc.), the company and the tour leader have the right to change the itinerary;
4. The members of the regiment shall keep all their belongings and bear the responsibility for the loss or damage of their belongings.
Registration reminder
Important Reminder: If a newly confirmed COVID-19 patient is discovered, or if the government takes stricter measures to prevent and control the new crown pneumonia epidemic, which may cause the tour you signed up to not continue or there is a significant risk of epidemic situation in continuing the tour, both parties have the right to terminate the tour contract, terminate the tour, and deal with the aftermath in accordance with Article 67 of the Tourism Law.
1. Booking Restrictions:
(1) Health agreement: This product does not accept the following diseases: infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, mental illness, severe anemia, convalescent disease patients with large and medium-sized surgery, pregnant women and people with limited mobility and other unsuitable travelers. For the sake of travel safety, please do a necessary physical examination before traveling, and the booker must accurately and timely convey and verify the physical condition of the tourist before registering, otherwise the adverse consequences and all costs caused by this will be borne by the booker and the tourist.
(2) Minors agree: Minors under the age of 18 must be registered by their parents to travel; minors under the age of 16 must be accompanied by their parents or temporary guardians designated by their parents, just as if there are minors traveling without parents, the adult travelers who accompany them are regarded as the temporary guardians of the minors, responsible for the whole process of supervising and caring for minors, such as concealing the accident of joining the group, the responsibility is borne by themselves. If there is concealment of minors' identity information, legal responsibility shall be borne by themselves.
(3) Elderly agreement: Elderly people over 70 years old (inclusive) must be accompanied by at least 1 relative or friend aged 18-69 years old to travel. The travel itinerary of the ranger has certain requirements for the physical fitness of the tourist: the itinerary may pass through the high mountains or valleys, and people who usually live in the plains will have physical discomfort or strong stress reactions; trains, planes, ships, cars and other means of transport have appeared on the elderly due to physical discomfort and personal accidents, in order to ensure the safety of tourism, the elderly must participate in good health, if there is a special medical history or there is a trip (project) that is not suitable for participation, the travel agency staff should be informed in writing in time, If there is concealment of physical health, the adverse consequences and all costs arising therefrom shall be borne by the person himself.
(4) The registration conditions for special routes shall be subject to the specific regulations of the line. Please note that some routes have strict age restrictions on active people.
2. Please arrive at the meeting place at the agreed time, and do not be late to avoid delaying the itinerary of other tourists. If you are unable to travel with the group due to being late and are unable to join the tour group on the way to departure, the tourist shall be deemed to have terminated the contract on the day of departure.
3. If the itinerary is cancelled or changed due to unexpected events or force majeure, including but not limited to traffic delays, strikes, weather, aircraft and train failures, flight cancellations or change times, etc., the tour operator and the travel agency are not liable for breach of contract, and we will do our best to assist you in handling the change, such as the difference in price, more refund and less compensation. If you request to terminate the contract, the travel agency will deal with it in accordance with Article 67 of the Tourism Law.
4. Outdoor routes and routes in remote areas are relatively difficult due to the relatively difficult roads, and the conditions are not as good as those in developed areas, and it is hoped that participants will have reasonable psychological expectations. Due to the particularity of the photographic route, the shooting needs to be taken early and return late, and the participants must have a reasonable judgment on their physical condition.
5. For specific hotel information, please refer to the final itinerary.
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Editor of this issue: Golden Desert Zhang Qin