Echoing-Sand Mountain and Crescent Lake are essentially at the same area. They located 6 kilometers (3.73 miles) south of Dunhuang city, Gansu Province on Map of China. The Echoing-Sand Dune is five kilometers away from the city of Dunhuang, offers superb picture-book desert scenery. As you approach you become aware that the sand has many colors ranging from red to yellow, green, black and white. The dune, surrounded by rolling ridges and precipitous cliffs, reaches a relative height of 250 meters.



Vistors of Silk Road travel can explore the sand dunes by camel, electric car, quad bike or by foot. Riding a camel on the desert of the Singing sand Mountains is a great experience. You can enjoy the beautiful wavy shapes of the smooth yellow dunes against the deep blue sky, and imagine you are traveling the ancient Silk Road. Step off the camel and listen for the singing of the sand.

Encircled by the mountain, there is Crescent Lake so called because of its shape. The water in the lake is so pure and sweet that it looks like an emerald set in the sand. Many of the visitors who have made their way down the mountain like to drink from the lake. According to historical record, the lake has been in existence for hundreds of years without ever being buried by the sand; it is really a geological wonder among Classic China travel.