Dalinur Lake (Tips, Photos & Map)

Location of Dalinur Lake

Plan your Inner Mongolia Tour? Dalinur Lake (达里诺尔湖) is worth your exploration. Dalinur Lake ( or simply called Dali Lake ) literally means”a lake large like sea. The lake is located on the southwest of Gong Geer Grassland , 90km to the west of Jingpeng Town (经棚镇) in Hexigten Banner (克什克腾旗), 300km to the north of Chifeng, 680km to the north of Beijing.

It is the second largest inland lake in Inner Mongolia. Dalinur Lake is an enclosed half salty lake with an area of 240 square kilometers and an average depth of 10-13 meters.

How to Visit Dalinur Lake

Dalinur Lake has two sister lakes – Ganggennur Lake and Duolunnur Lake. The three lakes are connected by the three rivers including Liangzi River, Gong Geer River and Shalihe River, which form a lake area on the Inner Mongolia Plateau.

Dalinur Lake is one of the three swan lakes in China with other two being Bayinbuluk Lake in Xinjiang and Panyang Lake in Jiangxi. The lake is also the largest passage for migrant birds in the northern China. In the Dali Lake live two kinds of fish – carps and Huazi Fish. The Huazi fish is very famous locally.

As a tourist destination, the Dalinur Lake is open to tourists on its two sides – the north side and south side. You have to pay to visit either the northern lake area and the southern lake area. You buy entrance tickets separately – RMB70 each place.

The northen lake area has four major highlights – Zhen Zi Mountain, Geopark Museum, Dalinur Lake Park and Bird-watching. In the north lake area, you may stay overnight at the yurts; in the south, you may stay in the Mantuoshan Resort.

In different seasons, the Dalinur Lake presents different pictures of the natural beauty of grassland landscapes: April and May for bird watching; June, July and August for grassland landscapes; September and October for autumn foliage and winter for fish catching.

How to get to Dalinur Lake

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