It's like the end of the world! No need to go to Iceland, Lake Baikal!
It is known as the "last tear of the Atlantic", it's too beautiful. Sayram Lake is the highest, largest, and most beautiful alpine lake in Xinjiang, and it is also the last place where the Atlantic warm and humid air flow lingers, so it is called the "last tear of the Atlantic". Sayram Lake is located in the Bortala Prefecture in western Xinjiang, close to places like Yili Huocheng, about 600 kilometers away from Urumqi by car. Every winter, Sayram Lake turns into a stunning blue museum, with ice ridges, naan ice, ice dams, ice flowers, ice bubbles... All the wonders of ice can be seen here~
Sayram Lake Ice Viewing Time
End of December - January: The lake begins to freeze, and a lot of early broken ice, naan ice will be slapped to the shore
January - March: Ice flowers, ice bubbles, ice flowers form on the lake, you can lie on the lake to take pictures and watch the blue ice puzzle
End of March - Mid-April: The lake begins to thaw, a lot of blue ice blocks are pushed to the shore, you can enjoy the melting ice, ice pushing wonders
"Best viewing spots of Sayram Lake
Keqin Yongzhu: You can see ice flowers and ice bubbles, thick blue ice can be stepped on
Qinshui Beach: One of the few ice diving spots in the scenic area, there are swans foraging here all year round
1 Internet Celebrity S Bay: Snow mountains, bends connected in a line, with the background of blue ice lake, minutes out of the picture
Pine Tree Head: The highest point can overlook the whole view of Sayram Lake blue gem
You can also see the Guozigou Bridge behind
1 Point Jiangtai: Here you can see the sunset, the sun shines on the golden mountain, as beautiful as a poem
Best viewing time:
Starting in December each year, the lake freezes, a lot of early broken ice has been slapped to the shore, you can stand on the shore to shoot blue ice.
From early January to early March each year, you can go on the ice to shoot, there are a lot of blue ice, ice bubbles, sunny days.
In March each year, the lake begins to thaw, you can enjoy the melting ice, a lot of ice blocks are pushed to the shore.
Self-driving route: Urumqi → Kuitun → Nalati Grassland → Tekes → Zhaosu → Yining → Horgos Port → Sayram Lake
Take a plane directly to Yining and then drive for two hours
Play time: Sayram Lake is very large, it is recommended to leave a day's time for entertainment.
In addition to the stunning ice and snow scenery in winter at Sayram Lake, you can also experience the fun and exciting ice and snow entertainment, snow drifting cars, snow motorcycles, horse-drawn sleds, internet celebrity swings, skiing, rainbow slides... all of this, enough to satisfy your desire to play in the snow. Admission: 70 yuan, no one collects in winter!