Shapotou Desert Stargazing Camp 沙漠星空营地正规运营项目

About Shapotou Desert Stargazing Camp

The Yellow River and the Tengger Desert meet at Shapotou, and the scenic area was among the first group of national 5A-grade scenic areas, designated in 2007. In the autumn of 2020 a Desert Star Hotel opened in the depths of the Tengger Desert there, which Xinhua described as offering a new way to combine desert travel with the night sky.

The star-gazing valley in the desert has guides who point out constellations, and the "Hometown of Stars" (星星的故乡) tourism brand grew quickly from it. The company running the scenic area lists star-gazing lectures, desert yoga, sand-therapy health treatments and desert picnics among its in-depth star products; China Tourism News adds a desert tent camp, sand therapy, a Wang Wei viewing platform and a desert panorama restaurant among the area's newer projects, and records that the straw-checkerboard sand-fixing method developed at Shapotou made it possible to build the Baolan railway across the desert.

The catalogue label 沙漠星空营地正规运营项目 is an editorial one. The sources describe named, operating products of the Shapotou scenic area — the hotel, the star-gazing valley, the tent camp — rather than a single entity of that name, and they give no prices, opening hours or booking arrangements.

What to look for

• The Desert Star Hotel (沙漠星星酒店), which opened in the Tengger Desert in the autumn of 2020.
• The star-gazing valley (观星谷), where star guides point out constellations.
• The desert tent camp and sand-therapy facilities that China Tourism News lists among the scenic area's newer projects.
• The straw checkers (麦草方格) at Shapotou, the sand-fixing method that made it possible to carry the Baolan railway across the desert.

Location & getting there

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