Worth a DetourQinghai Lake
About 60 miles away
China's largest lake, a vast salty mirror on the Tibetan Plateau, ringed by grasslands that bloom yellow with rapeseed in July.
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Chaka Salt Lake
A high salt lake on the Tibetan Plateau whose still surface mirrors the sky, west of Qinghai Lake.
- Best Time to Go
- Jun–Sep
Our full guide to Chaka Salt Lake is being written. It's on the Northwest China and Tibet list as If You're Nearby.
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Must-SeeMount Emei
Sichuan
About 553 miles away
A sacred Buddhist mountain of temples and forest, climbed on foot or by cable car to the Golden Summit.
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