The Best Travel Time of Laigu Glacier

Laigu Glacier, located in Ranwu Town, basu county, Changdu District, Tibet, is one of the three largest glaciers in the world. It is a small glacier attraction, but it is also a hidden paradise-like beauty. So when is the best tourist season for Laigu Glacier?

The best time to travel to ancient glaciers The best tourist season for ancient glaciers in Tibet is the Spring Festival, which is around April every year. This time is the most beautiful season to photograph ancient glaciers. During this period, the frozen ancient glaciers gradually appeared in front of tourists, and the snow on the glaciers has not completely melted, showing the shock and purity of the glaciers to the fullest.

Autumn is the best tourist season to visit Laigu Glacier, and it is most likely to see glaciers, which are colorful and beautiful around.

The best place to see the ancient glaciers is Ranwu Lake. Ranwu Lake is just south of Laigu Glacier, which is connected with the lake. After the ice and snow melted, clean snow water flowed into the lake. When I first arrived at Ranwu Lake, the sun had not yet risen, and the Laigu Glacier at this time brought a cold aesthetic feeling. At dawn, a blue lake appeared in front of us, reflecting the ancient glaciers. The tourists were all shocked by the spectacular sight. The beauty of Laigu Glacier, like the meaning of "Laigu", is hidden. Only by looking at it with your heart, will the connotative temperament beauty be completely produced from the inside out.

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public transportation

If you want to see the ancient glaciers, you can take all the shuttle buses from Chengdu, Lhasa, Changdu and Linzhi, get off at Ranwu Town, and then rent a car to the ancient village. It can also be in Changdu or Linzhi.

Take the shuttle bus to Chayu and get off at Zongba Village, which is only about 10 km from Zongba Village to Gucun.

Self-driving chartered car

You can drive from Chengdu or Kunming along the Sichuan-Tibet Highway to Ranwu Town, and then turn to the provincial highway to Chayu. Walk along the provincial road for about 10 km and you will see the archway of Laigu Glacier, then turn to the village road of the archway and walk 10 km to the ancient village.

. Ordinary cars and vans can only park in front of the archway at most. If you re-enter, you must use an off-road vehicle and cross many rivers, so you need to be fully prepared.

go on foot

If you want to walk after getting off the bus, it takes 10 to 12 hours to walk from Ranwu Town to Gucun, and it takes two or three days. There are several villages along the way to rest, and the scenery along the way is picturesque.

In this vast land, glaciers have been photographed, which is amazing. Appreciating the ancient glaciers will make people feel back to ancient times, all the noise will be frozen by this thrilling scenery, and the soul of human mind will be purified. The majestic snow-capped mountains gave birth to this magical glacier, and the ice water in Juanjuan gathered into a lake, which became a wonderful flower of nature.