China
Badain Jaran Desert
Badain Jaran Desert is located in the Alashan Plateau in the hyper-arid and temperate desert region of northwestern China and contains a concentrated distribution of mega-dunes with a relative height of more than 200 metres, and the inter-dunal lake basins.
It is an ideal place to study the ongoing evolutionary processes of desert geomorphology in the temperate extreme arid desert region.
Community Perspective: Zoë went "years ago" and suggests seeing the various lakes and the singing dunes.
Site Info
Official Information
- Full Name
- Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes (ID: 1638)
- Country
- China
- Status
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Inscribed 2024
Site history
History of Badain Jaran Desert
- 2024: Inscribed
- Inscribed
- 2021: Postponed
- Due to Covid reasons
- WHS Type
- Natural
- Criteria
- vii
- viii
Links
- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
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Community Information
- Community Category
- Natural landscape: Desert
Travel Information
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Community Reviews
Show full reviewsI went to Badain years ago. It is best combined with the Zhangye Danxia because of the close proximity - at least for China. These days you can fly into Jinchang and get a taxi from there. From Zhangye I had a driver taking me to the entrance of the park which is 2-3 hours driving so you leave really early or stay in the park which is usually recommended. I didn't because I saw all I wanted within a day. The entrance of the park doesn't really have much to do.
After paying for the ticket (expensive by the way) you can roam around the park but it's still far to trek anywhere so your best bet is to rent a jeep the park offers. It will save you so much time. It can take you through the park to the "thousands of lakes in the desert" although Badain Lake (巴丹湖) is the most popular one which is probably why you need ANOTHER ticket just to enter that area. The main thing to see in my opinion are the various lakes (doesn't have to be Badain Lake), the huuuuuge sand dunes and the singing sand (or singing dunes if you prefer). The famous Bilutu Peak is just in-between the many lakes.
After perhaps 4-5 hours inside the park it was time to go back which means exchanging cars and a long drive back (to Zhangye or Jinchang).
Overall this is an expensive trip because the driver …
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