As a famous Buddhism sacred lake, there are more than 50 sacred places surrounding Nam Lake, including Richu, Practice Buddhism Hole, temples, 18 mountain ridges (one of which is in the north) and 18 isles (one is in the south). In 2006, the Lhasa-Dangxiong-Nam Lake Road were has been completely built. It is broad blacktop all the way with a good road condition; therefore, you don’t need to take off-road vehicle or charted bus to get to Nam Lake. The weather of Nam Lake is quite changeable, and hailstones may suddenly come in midsummer. The temperature is so low at night that you need to wear down jackets. If someone catches a cold, it may cause high altitude pulmonary edema that may endanger his life. Therefore, it is very important to keep warm at night. In case of accident, you’d better rent a tent set up by local people or small houses. There are a lot of tents specially rent to overnight tourists on Zhaxi Peninsula, as well as chop houses. Of course, the condition is not very good and the price is not low at all.
Best time to visit Nam Lake
Nam Lake is not far from Lhasa, so the climate is similar to that of Lhasa. However, because the altitude of Nam Lake is as high as 4700 meters, it is quite cold in winter and the lake surface will freeze. Moreover, heavy snow would seal a mountain pass, which makes it not appropriate to go to Nam Lake in winter. The best time to visit Nam Lake is from May to September. You may also choose to visit in April or October, but ice on lake surface hasn’t finished melting in April, and you may encounter heavy snow that seal a mountain pass in October. Other seasons are not good choices to visit Nam Lake.
Nam Lake Tickets
Opening time: 6:00-18:00
You should buy tickets before entering Nam Lake scenic spot, however, the ticket office is quite far away from Nam Lake. You don’t need to worry, the drive will help you to buy the tickets and you just need to give him 80 yuan for one ticket. Driving forward several distances, someone would get on your bus, count the number of tourists and check your tickets. In addition, you need to pay 5 yuan as maintenance when you enter Zhaxi Isle.
How to get to Nam Lake
Nam Lake is located 190 kilometers away from Lhasa. The first bus stop is Xiongdang County, which is 162 kilometers away from 40 kilometers; then there are still 40 kilometers away from Lake Region and you should pass the mountain mouth with the altitude of 5150 meters. Road on the mountain is not convenient to walk on and road after passing the mountain pass is also difficult to walk, which would form a swamp in rainy season.
1. There are no long-distance buses from Lhasa to Nam Lake, you have to rent a car. The most simple and convenient way is to take buses of local travel agencies. In the yard of Jiri Hotel, there are travel agencies specially undertake individual tourists.
2. There are private cars in Dangxiong to Nam Lake, which has 70 kilometers and takes about two hours. It is free of charge if you bring your own tents. The accommodation in Nam Lake now costs 50 yuan for a bed with ordinary breakfast.
You’d better not visit Nam Lake when the weather is not fine, there may be heavy snow on the mountain mouth of Nagen Mountain, and your car may plunge beside Nam Lake.
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