have a Qinghai Lake tour first before your other tibet tours

Qinghai Lake, 180km away from Xining, Qinghai Province, is the largest inland salty lake in China. If you are on the tibet railway, you may have the chance to have a glimpse of the lake on the train to tibet. The lake is so large with an area of nearly 5000 square kilometers. There are five islands in the lake and the most famous one is the bird lake in the northwest. It is the most intensive birds breeding ground in Asia and there are thousands of all kinds of birds flying there from April to the early July to live till winter, among them including barhead goose, swans, fish gulls and many other migratory birds. And during that time, the island shall become a world of birds and eggs. The water level in the lake shall be lower during May and June which are also the breeding months of birds, and sometimes, you can even drive a car to the bird island. The entrance price for Qinghai lake is only five Yuan and it’s 38 Yuan for the bird island. If you are planning your china tibet tours, before you lhasa tour or Everest Base Camp Tour, or any other tibet tours, you may have a Qinghai Lake tour first.