It's no exaggeration to say that Wuhai Lake is the West Lake beyond the Great Wall
After longing for a visit to Wuhai, a less-known destination, I found that there are not many travel guides online, and there are few tourists,
and it's less than 2 hours away from Yinchuan by train.
✔️ Wuhai is not big, and you can finish touring it in one day.
♥️ The first place to go is, of course, Wuhai Lake.
Believe it or not, Wuhai Lake is part of the Yellow River waters in the Ulan Buh Desert.
🈯️ Travel Tips
There are two ways to tour Wuhai Lake: by land and by water.
👉 We took the land route, which requires a taxi ride + walking to reach.
🔍 Here's the detailed guide -
❶ First, take a taxi to , and enter the desert through the fork in the road next to it.
❷ This desert road is partly buried by yellow sand, so ordinary cars can't pass through, and you can only walk in. (Please don't be stubborn if you're driving ❗️)
❸ After about an hour and a half of walking + taking photos, you'll see a white signal tower on the right side of the road and enter the sand dunes.
❹ After climbing over a few dunes, you'll reach the popular dead tree photo spot. (But it's really a bit tough)
💰 The whole journey is free, no admission fee required.
⚠️ For the return trip, you'll have to go back the same way, remember to contact the driver in advance to pick you up, or you can hitch a ride with the locals.
🚢 The water route is much simpler, just take a speedboat from Wuhai Lake No.1 Pier, which is also close to the downtown area, but it lacks a lot of the fun along the way, and you can't take road photos.
📸️ Other tips
❶ I regret not wearing the right clothes, this place is suitable for black or bright-colored dresses.
❷ When walking in the desert, be sure to wear the right shoes, my canvas shoes got sand in them several times 😭
❸ Drone aerial photography can capture the full panorama, which is really stunning! But some areas have no signal, so return quickly.
❹ Lenses with a focal length of 70mm or more are so good! The undulating road, the high-rise buildings of the distant city, and the compressed sense of space feel a bit like a mirage. But the sand is very fine, so be careful when changing lenses.
There are two ways to play in this place. The first is to take a speedboat or drive into the scenic spot by car. You can buy a package ticket, including speedboat, motorboat, sandy off-road, camel riding, water bicycle, etc. The first method is suitable for leisure travel such as taking pictures, parent-child and other leisure travel. The second is that people with desert cross-country experience enter through the gate to wear sand. Ulanbu and desert difficulty coefficient is high. If you don't drive an off-road vehicle and have no desert driving experience, don't blindly wear sand.
Wuhai Lake, located in Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, is part of the waters of the Yellow River. Wuhai Lake is a water conservancy hub of Haibo Bay of the Yellow River. It was formed at the end of December 2013 with a total area of 118 square kilometers. The area is 18.5 times of Hangzhou West Lake and 2.6 times of Ningxia Sha Lake. It is named after Wuhai City, Haibo Bay District and Wuda District. Wuhai Lake is located in the core of the scenic area, with the water conservancy hub dam in the north, the Ulanbu and the desert in the west, the upper river of the Yellow River in the south, the riverside landscape belt of Wuhai City in the east, and the Gandel Mountains in the distance. The rich landscape is integrated with the calm mirrored lake.
Wuhai Lake is a water conservancy hub of Haibo Bay of the Yellow River. It was formed at the end of December 2013 with a total area of 118 square kilometers. The area is 18.5 times of Hangzhou West Lake and 2.6 times of Ningxia Sha Lake. It is named after Wuhai City, Haibo Bay District and Wuda District. Wuhai Lake is located in the core of the scenic area, with the water conservancy hub dam in the north, the Ulanbu and the desert in the west, the upper river of the Yellow River in the south, the riverside landscape belt of Wuhai City in the east, and the Gandel Mountains in the distance. The rich landscape is integrated with the calm mirrored lake.
Wuhai Lake (seeing the sea in the desert), is a lake intercepting the Yellow River, the total area is twice that of the West Lake. It is east of Wuhai City, west of Alxa Ulanbu and desert, south of the Yellow River, and in the distance there is the Gandel Mountains. On both sides of the Yellow River, a collection of lakes, islands, red-billed oysters, Yellow River bridges, grasslands, Unique natural landscape integrating desert, wetlands and mountains. Raiders: Seasonal cost: 6-early October. The lake is free. Transportation accommodation: Located in Wulan District, Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, close to the city, convenient transportation, 30 minutes drive. View: The lake scenic spot is worth a visit to the project 1. The library is the commanding height on the roof. 2. The dam is blocked by the river. 3. Bicycle or walk around the lake. 4. Cruise ships around the lake. 5. Sunset. There are parking lots everywhere above. Opposite the desert to play the ferry lake and the desert projects at your own expense, parking fees are two yuan a day. Due to the location of the sun and taking pictures, it is suitable for visiting Wuhai Lake in the morning, Ulanbu and the desert in the afternoon, and Wuhai Lake to watch the sunset in the evening. Ulanbu and desert: sunny and windless at a glance, the best time, yacht across the lake to the desert on the other side as much as possible, the waves are played backward. Desert projects include Baji SUV, kart, camel, sandboarding, kayaking, water bicycles, water sofas, water motorcycles, water banana boats, and flying fish. It is more cost-effective to buy packages before crossing the lake. Personally, it is recommended to sit down on the Baji off-road vehicle first, have the experience of a roller coaster, and you can circle the scenic spot to choose the next travel direction. Equipment: sunglasses, sun hats, sunscreen, mountaineering shoes above the middle waist, masks, and you can also bring a change of clothes.
When the vast blue Wuhai Lake flooded into the vast Ulanbu and desert, the sand sea was formed, and the natural wonders connected by the sand island were formed. Standing on the dunes overlooking, like a huge, flat emerald inlaid with sand. At the end of the lake, on the edge of the desert, sand islands scattered in the water.