Haizi Mountain Nature Reserve, A High-Altitude Marvel with Over a Thousand Lakes

Dawu County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is 20 kilometers northeast along the provincial highway from Daocheng Yading Airport on Provincial Road 217

Multiple small and large blue lakes

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Natural scenery

Introduction

Haizishan Nature Reserve is located in the northern plateau region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an area of about 3,723 square kilometers, of which Litang County accounts for 2/3 and Daocheng County accounts for 1/3. The elevation of the reserve ranges from about 3,400 meters to 5,050 meters, with an average elevation of about 4,000 meters. It is a plateau hill that rose with the uplift of the Himalayan mountain range and is part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is known for the "Daocheng Ancient Ice Cap" and is the largest ancient ice relic on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The reserve is mainly composed of three different types of natural ecological environments: 1/4 is the original debris accumulation of the ancient Mediterranean sea floor, 1/4 is the primitive forest composed of main tree species such as the Sichuan-Yunnan high mountain oak, Populus cathayana and Abies squamata, 2/4 is the grassland and shrubbery of alpine wetlands. There are also 1,145 lakes of different sizes in the reserve, which have a unique size density in China. These lakes are called "Haizi" by the Tibetan people, which is also the origin of the name of Haizishan.

Address

Dawu County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is 20 kilometers northeast along the provincial highway from Daocheng Yading Airport on Provincial Road 217

Opening hours

All day (January 1st - December 31st, Monday to Sunday).

Transportation

We recommend chartering a car for round trip transportation on the same day, about 300 yuan per car, and the journey takes about 90 minutes.

Phone 0836-5327188

Haizi Mountain Nature Reserve, A High-Altitude Marvel with Over a Thousand Lakes

Introduction

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