Daocheng Yading is truly breathtaking

One full-day long route + short route Approximate time reference as follows: 7:18 Board the sightseeing bus 7:28 Departure 8:15 Arrive at Zhaguanbeng 8:30 Board the electric cart and set off 9:40 Gonggaco 10:15 Vajra Challenge Line 10:40 Qujiuzaga 11:05 Milk Sea 11:28 Five-Color Sea 11:51 Leave Five-Color Sea (took photos) 12:20 Return to Qujiuzaga 12:32 Walk to the starting point of Vajra Challenge Line 14:10 Arrive at the pasture, get a stamp 14:18 Electric cart departs 14:30 Chonggu Meadow 15:06 Xinbao Lake 15:22 Pearl Sea 15:30 Xianuodri 16:23 Chonggu Meadow 16:36 Board the bus, just missed one, had to wait a bit 17:26 Arrive at the Visitor Center If there were no photo stops along the way, it would be at least an hour shorter. The spontaneous decision to travel from Shangri-La to Daocheng Yading was truly amazing! Walking on the trail, with no one around, only the sound of the wind echoing among the snow-capped mountains, I felt like a wild animal roaming the mountains, my body and soul completely free.