Ruoergai Travel Guide
Located in the northwest of Sichuan province, Ruoergai, also known as Zoige, is famous for its stunning landscape of prairie and lakes. To visit Ruoergai Prairie, you can enjoy the natural beauty of the wetland, especially in Huahu Lake, and witness the unique beauty of the first bend of Yellow River. As one of the inhabit for Tibet people, Ruoergai is also a good place to explore the Tibetan culture and religion from the local monasteries, such as the famous Langmusi Temple and nearby Labrang Monastery.
Here we share the detailed travel guide to Ruoergai with you, such the fact of the highlights in Ruoergai, how to get to and get around Ruoergai, when is the best time to visit Ruoergai, what to eat when visit Ruoergai and the sample itinerries for you to choose. Hope you will get a better understanding about Ruoergai and have a wonderful tour in Ruoergai.
Ruoergai Prairie, alsk known as Ruoergai Wetland, is one of the Top 10 Most Beautiful Wetland in China. The Huahu Lake is the highlight of every trip to Ruoergai. And there are still more things to see and to expereince, such as to see the stunning view of the First Bend of Yellow River, to relax yourself in Jiangzha Hot Spring or visit the only habitat for Sika Deer in Tiebu Nature Reserve.
Langmusi is a small town located at the boundary of the Luqu County (Gansu Province) and Ruoergai County (Sichuan). The most famouse attractions is the two monateries in Langmusi. The one in Sichuan province is Geerdi Monasytery, which is the biggest Gelug Sect Monastery in Aba, Sichuan. The other one in Gansu province is Saichi Monastery, where you can see the typical Tibetan sky burial.It is a good place to exprience the local Tibet culture.
It is convenient to get to Ruoergai from Chengdu by car or by flight. You can take a flight from Chengdu to Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport or Aba Hongyuan Airport and then transfer to Ruoergai wetland. And the overland tours to Ruoergai are always companied with a trip to Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong National Park en route. To travel around Ruoergai to the nearby attractions, you can only travel by local bus or by chartered car.
Where to live when travel Ruoergai Prairie? Most tourists choose to live in Ruoergai Down Town or Tangke Town. There are several hotels and hostels in the down town. And if you take a round trip to Ruoergai, you can also spend a night in Tangke town, where the first bend of Yellow River is. There are many hostels availabel for tourists in Tangker.
The best time to visit Ruoergai wetland is in summer and autumn when the wild flowers are blooming. The winter in Ruoergai is very cold but quite cool in summer. You can check more information, including the temperature and rainfall of Ruoergai in each season.
How to arrange a flexible tour to Ruoergai? What to expereince along the way? In order to help you make your trip to Ruoergai more fluently without missing any highlights en route, here we offer the most popular Ruoergai tour itineraries for your reference.
You can find many restaurants in Business Street and Xiangbala Street in Ruoergai down town. And there is also a main street in Langmusi town where many local restaurants are gathered. Most of the dishes are Sichuan cuisine, and you can taste some local Tibetan food and snacks when you visit Ruoergai.
Most residents in Ruoergai are Tibetan, so there are many Tibetan festivals celebrated by the local peoples. Here are the introducton of the main festivals you can experience in Ruoergai with the local people.
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