Lugu Lake in Yunnan Province

Location: Lugu Lake is situated in the center of Ningliang Yi Autonomous County, in northwest Yunnan.
¡¡¡¡Why visit?
¡¡ ¡¡¡¡Marvelous scenery with unique the matriarchal Mosuo Culture.
¡¡¡¡How to get there?
¡¡¡¡Ninglang, is an essential stop en route to Lugu Lake and all transport is via here. The county town is 72km from the lake and Luoshui village where most of the activities, guesthouses and sights are.
¡¡¡¡From Sichuan Province: Take train No117 (From Beijing), train No.165 (From Xi¡®an), No551 (From Chengdu) to Panzhihua city in Sichuan. In Panzhihua, a daily bus leaves for Ninglang at 8AM; the trip takes 8 Hours and costs RMB45.5
¡¡¡¡From Kunming: Kunming western station has a sleeper bus to Ninglang that leaves at 16:00 and gets to Ninglang about 10:00 in the morning. The trip is 620km and the fare is around RMB130.
¡¡¡¡From Lijiang: The old road from Lijiang to Ninglang used to go via Yongsheng, this route is not that comfortable and takes about 7 hours.
¡¡¡¡From Ninglang county town to Lugu Hu Lake: There are now transfer buses to and from Lugu Lake. Local public buses to Yongning Town also stop at Luoshui. The fare is RMB10 and the trip takes between 3 and 5 hours depending on the road conditions. A tourist bus sets out for the lake at 9:00 every day. The fare is RMB54.
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