Ruoergai Grassland Tour Guide, Tickets and Transportation Necessities

The Ruoergai Prairie is located in Sichuan. The scenery here can be said to be magnificent, and cattle and sheep can be seen everywhere. When self-driving travel has become a popular tourist item nowadays, it is quite good to go to Zoige for a leisurely self-driving activity. Let’s take a look at the road trip strategy.

Introduction to the Zoige Prairie

The Mongolian Ger Prairie is the second largest grassland in China after the Hulunbuir Prairie. The famous natural wetland Flower Lake is located on the Mongolian Ger Prairie.

The grassland is dotted with lakes and cattle and sheep. Some herdsmen’s Tibetan entertainment on the road can provide activities such as eating and horse riding.

July and August are the best times to come here, as you can see wildflowers everywhere.

Self-driving travel guide - essential items: warm clothing

The Zoige Prairie has a plateau climate. To have enough warm clothes, you need to prepare long-sleeved clothes, sweaters, and jackets. Even in summer, when it’s cold in the morning and evening and hot at noon, you should keep warm, especially to prevent colds and upper respiratory tract infections.

Medicines

The Ruoergai Scenic Area has strong sunshine and lots of ultraviolet rays. Most tourists do not have altitude sickness, and some tourists may have mild altitude sickness. Please bring your own anti-altitude sickness medicine Rhodiola rosea capsules or oxygen.

Rain gear

If the weather changes quickly in Ergai and it rains often, it is best to bring rain gear.

Skin care products

Ruoergai Grassland has strong solar radiation and strong ultraviolet rays. Wear sunglasses, an umbrella, and sunscreen when going out to prevent damage from ultraviolet rays.

Digital goods

The tourist attractions in Zoige are also a paradise for photographers. Therefore, before traveling to Zoige, remember to bring digital products such as cameras and mobile phones to record the most beautiful moments during the trip.

How much does the ticket cost?

There is no ticket fee for visiting the Zoige Grassland, but you need to pay the ticket fee for consumption in the scenic area.

: How to get there

1. Chengdu-48KM Dujiangyan-90KM Wenchuan-268KM Hongyuan-90KM Tangke-90km Huahu, of which Chengdu-Dujiangyan is a highway, and the rest are provinces roads and national highways. The newly built, renovated and expanded roads after the earthquake repairs are in good condition and are very suitable for self-driving trips.

2. Walk through Chengdu - Jiangyou - Pingwu - Chuanzhu Temple - Ruoergai. This route is longer than the previous one, and the road condition is slightly worse;

3. Entering Zoige from Gansu: The 223-kilometer section from Langmusi in the Sichuan-Gansu administrative circle to Songpan Chuanzhu Temple is basically smooth; Songchuan Main Temple (K656676) to Yingxiu Expressway (K905363) is basically open for 248.687 kilometers. Among them, the K729900-K710500 section (Songpan County Zhenping to Songpan County Beidinguan) is undergoing repairs for construction defects and is half open; the Youyi Tunnel (K57114) is 80.61km away from Wenchuan (K137724) and is basically open; Ruogai Heihe Bridge (K0000) It is 93.333 kilometers to Hongyuan Waqie (K93333) and is smooth.

: The best time to travel to Zoige in summer

It is the golden season of Zoige grassland, where the sky is clear and the visibility is high. Between the sky and the earth, there are green grass, flowers blooming, and fragrance, and the horizon stretches as far as the eye can see. The grassland is dotted with countless small lakes. The lake water is blue, and the rivers are like vines, connecting large and small lakes together. The river water is crystal clear and there are many fish. In addition, every year in mid-September, the red leaves all over the mountains and plains are spectacular from the top of the mountain to the valley. In the colorful green corridor of Hangzhagu Nao Valley, my heart will be filled with the intoxicating autumn colors.