Located in the middle of the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang, Lop Nur is China’s largest inland salt lake and one of the world’s largest inland rivers flowing into the desert. Lop Nur is surrounded by a vast desert and the Gobi desert with spectacular scenery. Due to its remote location and inconvenient transportation, Lop Nur has always been a mysterious and magical existence.
Lop Nur is a typical arid climate with very little annual precipitation and little vegetation cover. Here you can see a large area of sand dunes and saline-alkali land, there are some strange landform landscape, such as “Li Li moon lake”, “Fire Mountain” and so on.
Lop Nur area is also rich in animal and plant resources. Here you can see some rare wild animals, such as wild camels, wolves, snow leopards and so on. In addition, Lop Nur area also has some unique plants, such as artemisia salicorrhiza, alkali Peng and so on.
Because Lop Nur is remote and the environment is bad, the tourism resources are not developed. However, Lop Nur is a great destination for travelers who like to explore and push their limits. Some exciting activities can be carried out here, such as desert crossing, wilderness camping, star viewing and so on.