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Hongjiannao Lake 红碱淖Hóngjiǎnnào
4A scenic area · Yulin, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yulin
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Hongjiannao Lake
Regarded as China's largest desert freshwater lake, Hongjiannao now covers about 37 km² where the loess plateau meets the Mu Us Desert on the border with Inner Mongolia. It is a national nature reserve, described by the local government as the world's largest breeding ground of the relict gull, with 195 bird species recorded, and its shores mix sandy beaches, grassland and wetland. The scenic area offers kayaking and other boat trips, sand buggies, and camel and horse rides.
How to get to Hongjiannao Lake
About 70 km north-west of Shenmu city in Erlintu township, around 1 hour 15 minutes by road.
Nearby
- Mausoleum of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗陵 30 km
A 1950s memorial to the Khan, where hereditary Darkhad guardians still keep the rites
Also within 20 km: Erlintu Grassland 尔林兔大草原 (10 km).
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