Which month is the best to visit Shangri-la and what precautionary measures need to be taken before making trip to Shangri-la?
1.January to April:
Shangri-la or ZhongDian (old name) belongs to the Tibetan plateau, with average altitude of 3100meters above sea level. It is also parts of Himalayan range. Hence it’s hiding under the coldness for almost five months in a year. The best season to visit our birth place Shangri-la is between midst of May to the October, It’s getting cold at the end of October.
2.May:
If you are the flower lover, the May is no doubt the best season to marry beauty of flowers, a lot of wild flowers blossoming surrounding on the mountains indiscriminately. Among which the rhododendrons dominates most of the mountains. We usually take our clients to the different small mountains around the town. It takes about 3 to 4 hours riding bicycle. Especially the Napa lake area, just take an half an hour hiking up to the mountain; you will feel that you are in the ocean of flowers. Grass turns into green. This type of the beauty really gives you a sense of relief and happiness. And you will automatically feel that the nature has so much power to put us in a idealized world. One of the most popular medical herbs also grows everywhere.
We receive less rain fall during the May and sun shine at most of the time. Since it’s situated on the top of Tibetan plateau, it’s somehow little bit windy. Besides the ultraviolet ray is so strong here, it often burn your beautiful face..
Hence:
A) Two warm jackets will be helpful for you during the course of visiting Shangri-la.
B) The sun lotion is extremely important for protection of your lovely face and hands.
C) A pair of sunglasses will be much better.
D) A camera so that you could get some nice shots of rhododendrons and other wild flowers.
E) Take a package of Honjing Tian, for altitude sickness, or we will provide them to you..
F) A pair of proper trekking shoes.
3.June,July and August:
Although the raining season has already started, yet the entire Shangri-la looks much greener. This is the also season for local Tibetan and other ethnic group to collect the popular medical fungus called –caterpillar fungus(冬虫夏草), A lot of people go up to the mountain to collect them, and will bring them back to the town, start doing their business, you can have a very close look at the popular medicine. It’s also the season for mushroom; these two are the main income source of Tibetan people over here.
Since monsoon has already on its way, it’s raining frequently, of course it’s depends upon your luck, whether you could have a better weather or not. The best information for you is that , it will be nice for you to check the weather forecast before making your trip to Shangri-la during these months.
Some precautions that you could take before you are here, so that it will make your trip more memorable.
a.Get yourself a nice and warm rainproof coat.
b.A flash light or torch.
c.A pair of sunglasses
d.A pair of gloves.
f.Pill for loss motion, since food over here are pretty strong, besides change in climate makes abdomen uncomfortable sometimes.
g.A pack of or a bottle of sun lotion.
h.One or two pair of warm trousers
i.Trekking shoes
4.September and October:
this is the highest season in Shangri-la, thousands of tourists followed into these areas. The cost everything will somehow goes up. Like hotel, car, serve service etc. The entire place starts turning into yellow. The good thing that you may experience is that you can go to the village around the town, and getting harvest with villagers.
Some necessary precaution can be taken before making your trip to Shangri-la during these seasons:
a.Make a call to the respective agency to book the flight tickets or hotel in advance.
b.The sun lotion
c.A proper camera.
d.Warm jackets(at least 2)
e.Warms jackets.( a least 2)
f.Flash light.
g.Trekking shoes
5.Nov to December:
The coldness starts engulfing entire Shangri-la, and starts snowing, everything will be stagnated till the beginning of April.
6.What else makes your trip memorable and enjoyable?
If you are having hypertension or high blood pressure, you need to go to the doctor and get medical confirmation weather you are alright to go high altitude place like Tibet, and Shangri-la, because a lot of people with high blood pressure used to undergo serious trouble here in Shangri-la and other parts of Tibetan regions. Yes, some people take the precautionary measure under their high concern. Hence even if you are having some extend high blood pressure, she or he makes the trip far better than what they expected. For instance”
a.Take a jogging in your home country or town at least 10 days in advance before coming to Shangri-la or other parts of Tibet.
b.Stop taking oily food.
c.30minutes do exercise early in the morning and evening may make you stronger traveler.
d.Cycling will be the best exercise for a proper circulation of your blood pressure.
e.Stop getting yourself into intoxication or smoking etc.
f.Taking a yoga or meditation course also nice for having peaceful mental status.
g.Stop taking all kinds of soft drinks.
h.Increase green vegetable into your daily meal.
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