Mugecuo Winter Travel Guide in Western Sichuan Secret Land Journey
🏔Attractions: Kangding Love Song (Mugecuo) Scenic Area
📍Address: Wangmu Village, Yala Township, Kangding City, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan
⏰Opening Hours: 8:00-18:00 (Entry stops at 16:30)
🚗Transportation: About 3h drive from Chengdu
🚌Bus: Take a bus from Chengdu Chadianzi Bus Station, Xinnanmen Bus Station, or East Station Bus Station to Kangding, then take a taxi/car share to the scenic area.
🎫Ticket: 105r/person, sightseeing car 90r/person
🗺️Tour Route: Take the bus🚗 to the highest point of Mugecuo and then tour downwards
✅Mugecuo is located within the Kangding Love Song Scenic Area, about 17 kilometers from Kangding city center. The scenic area consists of six attractions: Rhododendron Gorge, Fragrant Grassland, Seven-Color Lake, Medicinal Pool Hot Spring, Mugecuo (Wild Man Lake), and Red Sea Grassland.
🔆Main Attractions
🔹Mugecuo: The lake surface freezes in winter, and there is a Sakyamuni statue on the opposite mountain. On a clear day, you can see the sun shining on the golden mountain.
🔸Red Sea Grassland: Named after the high mountain lake 'Red Sea', and in summer, it blooms with colorful Gesang flowers🌸
🔹Seven-Color Lake: A crescent-shaped lake surrounded by mountains, forests, flower seas, and grasslands, with a viewing platform that offers a distant view of the snow-capped mountains.
🔸Rhododendron Gorge: May is the best time to view rhododendrons every year.
🔹Medicinal Pool Hot Spring: A hot spring from the snow mountain streams, 35r/person
🌟There are also several other high mountain lakes and hot springs nearby, with primitive forests, grasslands, and snow-capped mountain landscapes blending together. On a clear day, you can see the 7556-meter-high Gongga Snow Mountain, known as the 'King of Shu Mountains', from Mugecuo.
✨In winter, the surface of Mugecuo is frozen into a scene, but you can still see the blue of the water. In the morning when the light is good, you can see the clear blue ice and the beauty of the magnificent fractures. The sunlight truly makes the heart flutter!
‼️Precautions
About road conditions: The majority of the route from Chengdu to Mugecuo Scenic Area is on highways with good road conditions. Be cautious of black ice and drive slowly in other surrounding areas during winter.
About altitude sickness: The altitude of Mugecuo Scenic Area is nearly 4000 meters. Avoid strenuous exercise to prevent altitude sickness.
About clothing: In the plateau region, the weather is changeable. It is recommended to wear thick clothes and take measures to keep warm.
About sun protection: The scenic area is located in the plateau region. Be aware of ultraviolet rays and apply sunscreen.
🏃Nearby attractions that can be visited together
Provincial Road s434, Moshishan Park, Honghaizi, Yuzixi, Xinduqiao
It is worth a visit to the scenic spot, and will come again! However, it is recommended to add more trash cans. There are still more garbage in the scenic area. Otherwise, there is no place to throw garbage, which will affect the natural environment.
The scenery is quite good, although there is no blue sky, but the big lake in the clouds has a special flavor. The cuckoo Gorge trail is so beautiful, the cuckoo is in full bloom, the water is rushing, a bit like the rushing Yellow River, very spectacular
It is highly recommended to visit tourist attractions, with a panoramic view of the streams and lakes of the alpine canyons. It coincides with the blooming season of the alpine rhododendrons, and the azaleas on both sides of the stream are very beautiful. Relaxed and happy during the walk.
You can go, but the expectations should not be too high. The staff in the scenic spot are hoping to earn tourists' money. This will inevitably disgust people, but it is also fine. There are thousands of people, not everyone is so marketable. It is worth mentioning that after taking the boat, there is a stall selling beef jerky immediately after disembarking. The boss is very generous to let tourists taste it, but the price is slightly higher. And the restaurant owner is also very kind. Enter the scenic spot and take the bus directly to the deepest point, then you can choose to move freely or take a boat to the opposite peninsula, and then you can check in the small attractions along the way. In fact, the most beautiful scenery is on the road. In fact, there are many free beautiful scenery spots in western Sichuan. The meaning of paying tickets is nothing more than punching in and flaunting and financing the development of scenic spots.
The 7-day and 6-night trip to Tibet ended. The five-day itinerary was led by our tour guide Pan Zongjun Pan. The itinerary time arrangement was particularly perfect. The time control of each attraction, the arrangement of taking pictures and punching points were in place, and there was no extra consumption. Pan guide was humorous and funny. Although people are dark, but a sincere heart leads us to play
In fact, if I went to Siguniang Mountain and went here again, I felt that there was no good-looking ticket. It was quite expensive. Then if I couldn’t do the car, I should get motion sickness. I didn’t get off the bus. I didn’t think the attraction was very good. I went up and made a boat. It’s not good. I saw my head at a glance.