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Mugecuo Lake 木格措Mùgécuò
4A scenic area · Ganzi, Sichuan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ganzi
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Mugecuo Lake
Mugecuo is an alpine lake at about 3,780 metres in the mountains north-west of Kangding, nearly 3 km long and fringed by forest, grassland and snow peaks. The scenic area also takes in smaller alpine lakes and hot springs nearby, and is part of the Mount Gongga national scenic area. Its official name, 'Kangding Love Song', borrows the town's famous folk tune.
How to get to Mugecuo Lake
Roughly an hour by road north-west of Kangding town.
Nearby
- Kangding 康定 20 km
An old tea-trading town where Tibetan and Han cultures meet, made famous by a love song - Tagong Grassland 塔公草原 40 km
Yak pastures, a revered monastery and the snow peak of Zhara Lhatse on the horizon
Also within 20 km: Minyak Holy Land, Kangding 木雅圣地 (20 km).
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