Kangding
Kangding, a world-renowned historical and cultural city; a Paoma Mountain, famous across the globe; a song 'Kangding Love Song', an eternal classic, has captivated people worldwide. Best travel time: Actually, Kangding has its own beauty in every season. Relatively speaking, May to October is the peak tourist season in Kangding.
Dujuan Gorge
Dujuan Gorge is a splendid belt in the Mugecuo Scenic Area. It connects Qise Lake to the east and Yeren Lake to the west, stretching 6 kilometers. Within the gorge, the stream sometimes rushes and sometimes flows gently, with splashing water droplets. The banks of the stream are lush with trees, particularly notable for the original rhododendron forest.
Honghaizi Valley
Honghaizi, an island embedded in a mirror. Few people know about Honghaizi in Kangding. It is located on the newly built tourist loop from Mugecuo to Tagong, behind Kangding Airport on Zheduo Mountain.
Tagong Monastery is a famous Sakya (Flower Sect) temple in Ganzi Prefecture. With a history of over a thousand years, it is an important pilgrimage site for Tibetan people in the Kham region. In Ganzi Prefecture, Tagong Monastery, along with Yaqing Monastery and Larung Monastery (Sertar Buddhist Institute), are well-known large monasteries.
Yaha
Yaha Scenic Area is located in Jiagenba Township and Gonggashan Township, Kangding County, Ganzi Prefecture. The scenic area consists of four sub-scenic areas: Yalonggou Quanhuatan, Yaha Yakou Gonggashan Viewing Point, Yulongxi Grassland, and Yulongxi Quanhuachi, covering an area of 150 square kilometers, with a core scenic area of about 30 to 35 square kilometers. The entrance village, Qika Village, is also an important part of the famous scenic area - Xinduqiao 'Photography Paradise'.
Zimei Pass
Zimei Pass is located in Gongga Township, Kangding City, Ganzi Prefecture, at an altitude of 4500 meters. It is an excellent place to view the King of Sichuan Mountains, Gongga Snow Mountain, up close. It is an all-day open attraction with no entrance fee.
Shangmuju Village is located in Kangding City, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan. It is the starting point of the most famous Zimei Pass hiking route to Mount Gongga. The village is quaint and peaceful, and the villagers are simple and honest. This is an excellent place to view Mount Gongga. In front of the village, there is only a rushing small river, and the gravel road by the river is the hiking trail to Mount Gongga. Many friends who go to Mount Gongga for outdoor activities choose to stay overnight in Shangmuju Village to rest and replenish supplies.
Quanhua Beach
In a small corner of Sichuan, there is such a little-known tranquil beauty. Because few people come to disturb it, it has quietly preserved its serenity for decades and centuries. It is not as ostentatious as Huanglong, but it is no less beautiful. This scenic spot is located at Quanhua Beach in Yulongxi Village, Gongga Mountain Township (formerly Liuba Township), Kangding City, on the west slope of Gongga Mountain.
Jiagenba Town
Jiagenba is a place name located in the Gongga Mountain area of Kangding County. There is a wide dam there, which is still thickly covered with snow every March. Therefore, a group of off-road and modified car enthusiasts from Chengdu decided to experience the joy of driving in the high mountain snow there. Moreover, on the snow-capped ridges there, one can also admire the majestic figure of the King of Sichuan Mountains - the main peak of Gongga.
Xinduqiao Town
Xinduqiao Town is located at the north-south fork of National Highway 318 on the Sichuan-Tibet line. Its beautiful scenery, magical light, boundless grasslands, winding streams, golden poplars, undulating mountains, well-arranged Tibetan villages, and scattered cattle and sheep attract tourists and photography enthusiasts from all over the world... It is known as the 'World of Light and Shadow' and 'Paradise for Photographers'.
Zheduo Mountain is located in Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, with an altitude of 4298 meters. It is known as the first pass of Kham. Zheduo Mountain is also an important geographical boundary. To the west is the plateau uplift area, with the Yalong River, and to the right is the high mountain canyon area, with the Dadu River. The Dadu River basin is a transitional area in terms of ethnicity and cultural forms, mainly inhabited by the Tibetan branch known as 'Jiarong'.
