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Home » Kham Destinations Guide » Hailuogou Glacier

Hailuogou Glacier

Contents

  1. Location
  2. Brief
  3. Hailuogou Glacier
    1. Address & Contact
    2. Opening Hour
    3. Altitude
    4. Entrance fee
  4. Inside Hailuogou transportation
    1. Tourist Eco-bus at Tourist Center
    2. Tourist Eco-bus – last departure at each spot
  5. How to get to there
    1. By flight
    2. By long distance bus

Hailuogou Glacier is a glacial valley with national-level nature reserve. It is the only glacier and forest park across China with location at the eastern slope of Mt Gongga.

Location

It is about 320 km away from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province which has direct flights to Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Paris, Bangkok, Singapore, Japan, Korea…etc. The direct flights have made the trip to this low altitude glacier very easy

Hailuogou Glacier is near Moxi town which is a small tibetan town administrated by Luding County in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Brief

The total length of Glacier Park is 30.7 kilometers, in which the glacier stretches 13 kilometers long and ends at Moxi Township where a large-sized integrated scenic area forms and covering an area of 197 square kilometers.

The scenic 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.

Hailuo-Gou-Glacier
Hailuogou Glacier
cable car

Hailuogou Glacier


Address & Contact

Add : Moxi Town, Luding County
Contact : +86 836 326-8893

Opening Hour

Summer&Autumn : 07:30 am – 12:30 pm
Winter&Spring : 08:30 am – 12:30 pm

Altitude

1,680 – 3,200 meters

Entrance fee

Entrance fee: RMB 90 per person
Tourist Eco-bus: RMB 70 per person
Cable car: RMB 150 per person

Inside Hailuogou transportation


Tourist Eco-bus at Tourist Center

  • 1st 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 to there


Hailuogou Glacier is located in Luding County, on the east slope of Gongga Mountain at the eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

By flight

The nearest airport is Kangding Airport which is about 180 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 switch to local vehicle to here.

However, the most convenient airport for connecting Hailuogou glacier should be Chengdu Shuangliu Airport which is 330km east from here and a drive of 4 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 Xin-nan-men Bus station , then to Hailuogou

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 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 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 per person; once arrive in Luding, swtich to local minibus to Moxi with rate of RMB 20 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

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Andi Sutrisno Santoso says

    June 1, 2024 at 6:40 pm

    Hello….How to buy the advance bus ticket from Kading to Moxi return for mid June.
    Please advise us too the bus time schedule.
    Awaiting your info with thanks

    Reply
    • Tibetan Trekking Travel says

      June 2, 2024 at 8:34 am

      Hello

      Short-distance bus tickets are not sold in advance and can only be purchased at the ticket window on the day of departure.

      As far as we know, there are no direct “shuttle buses” from Kangding to Moxi Town (Hailuogou Glacier). However, there may be “exclusive buses” from Kangding to Moxi, but these are not operated by Kangding Transportation Company. We do not have information about these passenger vehicles.

      We suggest you to:
      – 1. Contact Kangding Bus Station to see if there is an exclusive bus from Kangding to Moxi available for purchase at Kangding Bus Station.

      – 2. You can try taking the bus from Kangding to Luding, then transfer to a local passenger minibus to Moxi Town.

      Kangding Bus Station Address and Phone Number
      Station Address: 108 Qingge Avenue, Kangding City (on the right side of Lam Ze Lin Ka Hotel)
      Phone: 0836-2822211

      Reply
      • Andi Sutrisno Santoso says

        June 14, 2024 at 10:37 am

        Thank you when we arrived Kanding bus Stn we will ask there at least we will try reach Luding by bus then transfer minibus to Moxi town

        Reply
        • Tibetan Trekking Travel says

          June 14, 2024 at 10:46 am

          OK, happy and safe trip

          Reply

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