Sand Lake Scenic Resort is located in Pingluo County, 56 kilometers north of Yinchuan, Ningxia Autonomous Region. It is more than 80 square kilometers in area, including 45 square kilometers of lakes and over 22 square kilometers of desert. This unique, natural scenery attracts millions of visitors from home and abroad.
Sand Lake Scenic Resort is one of the best places for bird watching in all of
China, as it is home to 198 species and over one million birds. Every year during spring and autumn, over one million migratory birds stop here. The Bird-watching Tower, equipped with best telescope available, holds hundreds of people. This is a paradise for the birdwatcher as well as a great variety of birds, including white cranes, black cranes, red-crowned cranes, swans, wild ducks and mandarin ducks.
Sand Lake Scenic Resort also has several species of fishes. Not just the common carp, silver carp, grass carp and crucian carp but also the blunt-snout bream, which is rarely found in North
China. You can find giant salamanders here as well. Because of the abundance of fish, the reeds and the lotuses seem to be endless in the lake.
While riding the motorboats, the breeze in your face and the scenery rushing by will give you an exhilarating feeling. The blue sky, green lake water, yellow sand dunes, green reeds, lotus and beautiful birds create a pure and peaceful picture of nature.
Besides natural beauty, Sand Lake Scenic Resort also offers you more than thirty recreational opportunities. Some are only for the adventurous but less strenuous activities are also available, such as water-motorcycling, wind surfing, and sliding down the dunes.
Travel Tips
Add: in Pingluo County, 56 kilometers north of Yinchuan, Ningxia Autonomous Region.
Entrance fees: CNY 50
Opening Hours:08:00-18:00
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