Hailuogou Glacier

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Overview

Hailuogou Glacier is a national-level nature reserve. It is the only glacier and forest park across China. It is located at the eastern slope of the Mt Gongga, the core area. It is about 260 km away from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province which has direct flights to Europe, America and Southeast Asia

Brief

Hailuogou Glacier is located in Moxi town which is a small Tibetan town administrated by Luding County in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. The glacier consists of solid water, and stretches 13 kilometers long. The total length of the glacier park is 30.7 km, and the scenic area covers 197 square kilometers. The glacier ends at Moxi Township where a large-sized integrated scenic area forms. The area is composed of a low-elevation, oceanic and contemporary glacier, hot springs, snow capped mountains, virgin forests and old drift-dammed lakes. The Valley has high values of sightseeing and scientific research because it is easy to enter and stay as well as its perfect landscape of ecological system with features of virginity and diversity.

The closet airport to Hailuogou Glacier is Kangding Airport, however, due to the well built high that makes the drive between Chengdu to this site is within 2.5 hours, of which is even much faster than taking flight to Kangding from Chengdu and then by vehicle to Hailuogou valley. With the direct flight (departure from Chengdu) that connect to the world The journey to this low altitude glacier has been made very easy.

Tips on visit

Tourist Eco-bus at Tourist Center
1^st departure: 07:00am
Last departure: 14:00pm
ticketing hour: 08:00am – 13:50pm

Tourist Eco-bus – last departure at each spot
Last departure at Gan-He Ba: 17:30 pm
Last departure at Camp 3: 17:40 pm
Last departure at Hailuo temple: 17:50 pm
Last departure at Cao Hai Zi: 18:00 pm
Last departure at Camp 2: 18:10 pm

How to Get There

Hailuogou Glacier is located in Luding County, on the east slope of Gongga Mountain at the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
By Long distance Bus
Chengdu to Moxi : at 09:30 am, there will be one bus departure for Hailuogou (one bus in low travel season; two buses at high travel season), full ride takes 7 hours, with rate RMB 135.00 per person
Chengdu to Luding, then to Moxi : The bus departs for Luding separately at 08:30am , 10:00am , 12:00pm , 13:10pm, 14:00 pm, with rate of RMB 120.00 per person; There are another two buses leave for Luding from ShiyangChang Bus station at 11:00 am , 12:40 pm, with rate RMB 118.00 per person; once arrive in Luding, swtich to local minibus to Moxi with rate of RMB 20.00 per person
Moxi to Chengdu : one bus only that leaves at 06:30 am, it would be better to book the seat 1-2 days earlier, ticketing office is at the middle section of Moxi Road, Contact: +86 836 326-6503

By Flight
There is no airport at Hailuogou Glacier , the nearest one is Kangding Airport which is about 90 kilometers and a 3 hours drive is needed. Since there is no direct bus to Hailuogou from Kangding airport, so it is not recommended to fly to Kangding and then transfer to here. However, the most convenient airport for connecting Hailuogou glacier should be Chengdu Shuangliu Airport which is 290 km east from here and a drive of 3.5 hours is necessary; Chengdu Shuangliu airport has many flights to connect with other destinations of China, once you arrive in this airport you could use Airport Bus Line 2 to get to Xin Nan Men Buss station to transfer the direct “Chengdu – Hailuogou ” bus , which departs one bus each day at 09:30 am; or to use Metro to connect Airport and Xinnanmen Bus station , then to Hailuogou