Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: arisaema on January 16, 2018, 10:06:25 AM
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I have visited Nujiang more times than I can count, and I would like to make one "final" trip there next summer, both to revisit old (and extremely rich) spots, and explore some previously unexplored roads heading up the mountains on both sides of the valley. My own purpose for this trip is to document and photograph the variation within the genera Arisaema and Nomocharis, as well as the species Lilium henrici (and it's subspecies).
Unlike the trip organized by Whistling Arrow this is not a trek, with the exception of one (or possibly two) days trekking up and down Biluo Xueshan all exploration will be done by car, with nights spent in hotels. We will visit most of the drivable side roads heading up both sides of the valley from Liuku all the way north to Gongshan, before crossing the mountain into Deqin.
For more information have a look at the suggested itinerary here, the dates are somewhat flexible: http://chinesealpines.com/nujiang18.pdf (http://chinesealpines.com/nujiang18.pdf)
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Great to have choice in such matters - good luck with this trip, Bobo.
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Thanks! I took Alan Mitchell (of the lily group) down there back in 2015, and I've been wanting to go back in summertime since, but it's both remote, landslide prone and a somewhat sensitive area bordering both Myanmar and Tibet, so sadly neither an easy or cheap place to explore...