Reasons to Travel Qinghai in Summer
1. Qinghai is more beautiful in summer.
The water surface of Qinghai Lake and the reflection of Chaka Salt Lake are at their best only in summer. Only in summer can you see Menyuan's rape flower sea and Qilian's grassland pasture. Only in summer you will have the opportunity to see various folk activities, such as the June Festival (Shaman Festival), the Horse Racing Festival, the Flower Festival, and The Naadam Festival.
2.It's not easy to get altitude sickness in Qinghai in summer.
Qinghai is located in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, except for Hehuang Valley and Qaidam Basin, most of the area is between three and four kilometers above sea level. Tourists from the plains are prone to altitude sickness when they enter the high-altitude area, which is closely related to the thin air and low oxygen content in the high-altitude area. At high altitudes, the air is thinner in winter, so altitude sickness is more severe in winter. In summer, vegetation is lush and the air is high in oxygen, so it is less likely to be high.
3. Qinghai is a summer resort
Winter in Qinghai is long and cold, while summer is short and cool. If you travel to Qinghai in winter, whether it is indoors or outdoors, the first thing you have to face is how to resist the cold weather. In winter, outdoor activities are not convenient, and the car is more prone to problems. If it is summer, except for the period of high noon when sunshine will be exposed, the other time is relatively cool.
4. You can play longer time if you travel to Qinghai in the summer.
Being inland, Qinghai gets dark earlier in winter, so tourist attractions and cultural venues such as museums have relatively short opening hours. Traveling to Qinghai in winter, the available time during the day is greatly reduced. The temperature at night is low, and some parts of Qinghai are less developed, so the options for recreational activities are limited. But summer is different, you can have plenty of time to play outdoors, and you can even participate in a bonfire on the grassland in the evening.
5. It's cheaper to travel to Qinghai in summer
In summer, you can play for a long time, so you can compress the trip, or arrange more attractions in the given itinerary, which is cost-effective. At the same time, because more tourists are traveling in the summer, it is easier to carpool or group, as long as you avoid holidays, and make full use of preferential tickets in scenic spots, you can still save a sum of money.
6.You can take the most beautiful photos when you travel to Qinghai in summer
Summer to Qinghai to take photos, with a box of clothes in the outdoors can also be taken with the change without worrying about whether you will catch a cold. On the other hand, most of Qinghai's scenery in summer is magnificent.
Must-visit Qinghai Attractions in summer
Menyuan Rape Flower
The plateau climate in Qinghai delays the flowering period of rape flower by three or four months, and it will not enter the full flowering period until mid-July, which will make you enjoy yourself so much as to forget to leave. Rape flower is in full bloom in July. Blue sky and white clouds, snow-capped mountains, red houses, and mosques complement each other, showing a charming scenery with characteristics. The air is filled with a rich honey fragrance, and you will be intoxicated with this poetic scenery when you look at the endless golden-yellow.
Qinghai Lake
Qinghai Lake is located on the plateau, about 3200 meters above sea level, the average daily temperature is only about 15℃ in July and August. The thousands of acres of rapeseed flowers around the lake are in full bloom, and the wildflowers of the alpine pastures are colorful. With the blue sky and white clouds, the boundless lake, the flying water birds, the horses eating grass on the lake, and the occasional Tibetan people galloping by on horseback, the cycling teams become a unique landscape of Qinghai Lake.
Chaka Salt Lake
Chaka Salt Lake in summer is very beautiful. Sometimes the lake is rippling, sometimes it is vast and white, integrating beauty and magnificence. Among the many salt lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it is majestic and grand, known as the "mirror of the sky" in China.
Qilian County
Every summer, when the Qilian Mountains are still covered with white snow, the grasslands connected with them are green. At the foot of the hill, on the hill, everywhere green rendering, it has become a beautiful picture. It is like the color palette that God had left behind, with the blue sky, white snow mountain, yellow rape, green grassland, red Danxia.
This summer, don't hide in an air-conditioned room, bring a camera and sun-protective clothing. Let's set out to experience the vast and magnificent Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Qinghai Lake is magnificent and charming, Chaka Salt Lake is quiet and pure, and at the foot of Qilian Mountain with snow-capped silver peaks, prayer flags fly, cattle and sheep flock on the pasture, and the sea of flowers in Menyuan is endless. I believe you will enjoy yourself so much as to forget to leave.
