Experience the Unique Tibetan Culture of Balagezong

Here is a travel guide to Balagezong: Preparation - Documents: Bring your ID card and other documents that may be required, such as a student ID or senior citizen card, to get the corresponding ticket discounts. - Clothing: The temperature varies greatly due to the large altitude difference in the scenic area. Bring a down jacket, windbreaker, thermal underwear, hat, scarf, gloves, and non-slip shoes. - Items: Prepare sunscreen, sunglasses, lip balm, moisturizer, a thermos, and medicine to prevent altitude sickness, such as rhodiola. Transportation Guide - External transportation: You can go to Shangri-La City first and then go to the scenic area. You can fly directly to Shangri-La Airport, take the Lijiang-Shangri-La section of the Yunnan-Tibet Railway to Shangri-La Station, or take a long-distance bus to Shangri-La. - Internal transportation: From downtown Shangri-La to Balagezong, you can drive, take a direct bus to the scenic area, or charter a car. There are sightseeing buses in the scenic area that travel between the scenic spots. Attractions - Shangri-La Grand Canyon: The canyon is deep, with green peaks on both sides. There is a wooden plank road for hiking, and there is a rafting project in summer. - Echo Wall: There is a 1.2 km long viewing plank road, a glass viewing platform, and a high-altitude cableway, where you can enjoy the scenery of the primeval forest and the Shangri-La Grand Canyon. - Bala Village: A Tibetan village located at the foot of Gezong Snow Mountain, with an intangible cultural heritage experience hall, a residential culture museum, and more. - Shambhala Stupa: The world's only natural stupa, at an altitude of 4,050 meters, which looks like "Qudenggabo" when covered with snow. - Millennium Bodhi Tree: The tree is more than 3,000 years old, standing on the mountain, with lush branches and leaves, and a trunk that grows in the shape of a human palm. Travel Routes - One-day tour: Bala Tibetan Culture Experience Center (Zhuoma Lakang) - Bala Village - Echo Wall - Shangri-La Grand Canyon - Millennium Bodhi Tree. - Two-day tour: On the first day, you can visit the Bala Tibetan Culture Experience Center, Bala Village, and Echo Wall, enjoy the canyon scenery and snow-capped mountains, and experience the high-altitude zipline. On the second day, visit the Shambhala Stupa and Shangri-La Grand Canyon, participate in the rafting project, and finally enjoy the Millennium Bodhi Tree. Accommodation and Food - Accommodation: There are Shuizhuang Hotel and Tibetan Ecological Hotel at the entrance of the scenic area, and Snow Mountain Ice Spring Health Resort, Snow Mountain Cliff Miracle Hotel, and Snow Mountain Star Sky Hotel in the scenic area. - Food: There are restaurants or snack bars near each scenic spot, where you can taste Tibetan food such as butter tea, barley wine, yak hot pot, and other delicacies such as hamburgers, stone pot bibimbap, and small pot rice noodles.