How to visit the Lugu Lake Tourist Areas

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The length of the highroad around Lugu Lake is 76km. At present, there are several ways to visit in the Lugu Lake Tourist Areas. No mater where you start, from Daluoshui, Lige or Lugu Lake Town, you can find the best way to travel along the road around the Lake or boat on the Lake.

1. Walk around Lugu Lake ( 2 days )

Day 1: Lige peninsula ( in Yunnan ) - Nisai Village - Xiaoluoshui Village - Dazui Village - Lugu Lake town ( in Sichuan; about 7 hours )

Day 2: Lugu Lake town - Lama Temple - walking marriage bridge - Caohai - Daluoshui Village - Lige Village ( about 8 hours )

The length of walking road is about 60 kilometer. Walking is the perfect to enjoy the beauty of Lugu Lake at the different time of a day from various points of view. Since the morning scene of the Lake is the most beautiful in a day, it is high recommended to start your walking from 7 o'clock, making you have enough time to view and no delay the trip. Along the road, there are several small stores where you can buy snacks and mineral water. So do not pack much which drain fatigue at the beginning.

Of course, if you are lodging in Lugu Lake town or Daluoshui Village, you can adjust your route appropriately.

The Road around the Lugu Lake

2. Cycle around the Lake ( 2 days )

Day 1: Daluoshui Village - Lige Village - Nisai Village - Dazui Village - Mukua Village - Lugu Lake town

Day 2: Lugu Lake town - Lama Temple - walking marriage bridge - Caohai - Daluoshui Village - Lige Village ( about 8 hours )

If you have good physical stamina, it is available to use one day to cycle about the Lake. However, the road from Zhaojia bay via Luowa to Wuzhiluo is the mountain road, and has many sharp turns. Be careful of cycling in one day tight journey.

If you are lodging in Lige peninsula or Lugu Lake town, just adjust your cycling route appropriately.

The Bike for Cycling around the Lugu Lake

3. Take the sightseeing bus around the Lake

Main stops: Luowa whurf - Lama Temple - Lugu Lake Town - Lugu Lake Town Holiday Hotel - Lover's branch - Lion Mountain (Holy Gemu Mountain) Cableway - Lige Viewing Deck - Yunnan Lover's Branch - Sanjia Village - Walking Marriage Bridge

The route of sightseeing bus is a anticlockwise. The buses depart from Luowa whurf in Sichuan at 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 and 12:00. The last stop is at the Walking Marriage Bridge. The driving time is about 3-4 hours. Every bus is equipped with a Chinese guide. Tourists can get on the bus from every stop.

4. Boat on the Lake

There several wharfs around the Lugu Lake, usually at the village near to the Lake. Pig Though Boat is the only and special vehicle on the Lake. The fee is different according to the distance of boating, usually at 30-120 yuan per person. If you want to boat from the Lake in Yunnan to the Lake in Sichuan, the fee is 80 yuan per person; and the fee from the Lake in Sichuan to the Lake in Yunnan is 120 yuan per person.

Caohai: Wuzhiluo wharf, Boshu wharf, Zhaeluo wharf, Luowa wharf
Goddess Gulf: Goddess Gulf wharf
Dazu Village: Dazu wharf, Wakua wharf
Lige peninsula: Lige wharf
Daluoshui Village: Luoshui wharf, Lugu Lake wharf, Xiaoyuba wharf, Sajia Village wharf

Boat on the Lugu Lake

5. Hike Holy Gemu Mountain

The Holy Gemu Mountain (3754m) is the highest mountain in Lugu Lake tourist areas. Its altitude is 1000 meters more than that of the Lake. It is located at the north of the Lake and it is the best place to view the panorama of Lugu Lake.

Tourist can walk to or ride a bike to Nisai Village, and then only walk to the gate of the Holy Gemu Mountain. Tourist can choose hiking to the top or take the cable car. Hiking the mountain is special to exhaust physical strength because of thousands of steps. For taking the cable car, tourists need firstly to take the slideway and then turn to the cable car. When you are standing on the perfect viewing point, you will be shocked by the full view of Lugu Lake before you.