If you take a train travel to Lhasa, Tibet, the whole journey deserves your time. The followings are a list of the main great attraction along the Qingzang Railway (Qinghai-Tibet Railway).
Qinghai Lake with Bird Island
Location: Approximately 150km away from Xining (about two and half hours drive from Xining)
Altitude: 3200 meters above sea level
Area: About 4456 square meters
Highlights: Bird Island with flocks of birds, Haixin Hill, Haixi Hill, Sankuaishui (Three Stones), and Sand Island.
Tips: If you have a short stay in Xining, it is one of your best choice.
Ta'er Monastery
Location: About 25 kilometers away from Xining
Highlights: One of Tibetan Buddhism's six largest Gelugpa monasteries, birth place of the founder of Gelugpa, Tsong Khapa; various religious ceremonies throughout the year.
Tips: Another choice for your short stay in Xining.
Chaerhan Salt Lake
Location: 750 kilometers away from Xining
Altitude: 2200-2670 meters above sea level
Area: About 5856 square kilometers
Highlights: 32 kilometers of the Qinghai Tibet Railway running over the lake; the largest salt lake in China; salt crystal, salt bridge, salt house, reflection of clouds, mountains, tents of nomad and herds in and around the lake.
Kunlun Mountains
Nearby Station: Yuzhufeng, Wangkun
Altitude: Between 5,500 and 6,000 meters above sea level
Highlights: The first range that the Qinghai Tibet Railway traverse; the largest mountain system in China, perennially snow-covered peaks.
Kunlun Mountain Pass
Location: 160 kilometers away from Golmud
Nearby Station: Wangkun, Bugongquan ( the Pass is between these two stations)
Altitude: 4764 meters above sea level
Highlights: The first pass on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, Kunlun Mountain Pass, rare animals leaping and skipping on the snow and grassland.
Hoh Xil Depopulated Area
Nearby Station: Qumar River, Wudaoliang, Xiushui River
Altitude: above 4,000 meters
Area: 4,500 square kilometers
Highlights: Largest depopulated area in China, various species of wild animals
Tuotuo River
Nearby Station: Tuotuo River
Highlights: The origination of Changjiang River; bamboo-shaped ice bars, ice-bridges, icy lakes.
Tanggula Mountain Pass
Location: about 203 km away from Tuotuo River Town
Nearby Station: Tanggula
Altitude: 5072 meters above sea level
Highlights: The highest point along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and natural boundary between Qinghai and Tibet
Changtang Grassland
Location: Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet
Nearby Station: Tanggula, Zagya Zangbu
Altitude: over 4500 meters above sea level
Highlights: One of the five biggest pastures in China; rich land for plants and paradise for wild animals, a place for holding local annual horse-racing festival.
Lake Namtso
Location: In Damxung County, Lhasa
Nearby Station: Damxung
Altitude: 4,718 meters above sea level
Highlights: Famous holy lake in Tibet, the second largest salt lake in China and the highest-altitude salt lake in the world; Blue lake and white mountains under blue sky.
Yangpachen Hot Springs
Nearby Station: Yangpachen
Highlights: highest-temperature hot springs, boiling springs and geysers and common hot springs.
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Itself
Lastly, it is undeniable that the Qinghai-Tibet railway itself is a great attraction. You couldn't help admiring this world famous project when you see the up to 50 meters bridge-Sanchahe Bridge (Nearby Station: Chinatai, Yuzhufeng) which is the first Takahashi of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the 11.7 km-long Qingshui River Bridge (Nearby Station: Budongquan, Qumar River) across as a rainbow in the Hoh Xil Depopulated District, the world's longest plateau permafrost tunnel- Kunlun Mountain Tunnel (Nearby Station: Yuzhufeng, Wangkun), the world's highest-altitude Fenghuoshan Tunnel (Nearby Station: Gyangkedong, Riar Chi Qu) and so on.
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