Travel tips for Nyingchi Lulang Forest Scenic Area

Travel Notes of Travellers:

• Tiedan: Mission Operation 2010 (Part 2) ~ Travel Notes on the Sichuan-Tibet Line
• Travel Guide: Tibet Hiking and Self-Driving Travel Guide 2017

travelling guideline:

Eat: Lulang Stone Pot Chicken. The pot is hollowed out from a whole piece of stone, and the chicken is native chicken raised by local Tibetans. It is slowly stewed with stream water flowing down from the snow-capped mountains and combined with medicinal herbs such as ginseng, Tibetan Fritillary, lily, and wolfberry. It is absolutely a delicacy that you must try.

Dongjiu Forest Town is located next to National Highway 318. Lulang Forest The most prosperous core area. Tourists usually eat and stay here.

Tour route:

Sejila National Forest Park→ Lulang Forest (Observation deck, view Nanga Parbat, sunrise, forest) → Pastoral scenery (Observation deck, view sea of clouds, sea of flowers, pastoral pasture) → Gongcuo Tourist Service Center parking lot → Suspension bridge → Gongcuo, pagoda ruins → Pastoral scenery → Zhaxigang Folk Village (visiting the homes of the Tibetans in Gongbu, Lulang stone pot chicken specialties with singing and dancing in the performance hall) → Prayer flags , the legend of carrying stones, Cyclobalanopsis glauca forest (temple ruins) → alpine pastures, Tusi ruins, etc. → Qingban Tourist Service Center parking lot.

Note: The above tour route can also be taken in reverse.

Best time to visit:

July to mid-September every year, Lulang Forest It is the best time to visit when the area is lush, green, and full of wildflowers.

Shopping recommendations:

The local specialties such as palm ginseng, matsutake, cloninghodon, boletus and pine mushrooms are all good choices. The price of mushrooms varies with the season and they can generally be bought in small shops on both sides of Lulang Street.

If you want to buy a stone pot and cook your own stone pot chicken at home, you need to make an appointment in advance with the local stone pot master. The price is between 1,500 and 2,000 yuan.