Songtsam Lodge Rumei

From the window of Songtsam Lodge Rumei, the Lancang (Upper Mekong) River and green terraces framed by the window make up a landscape painting. At an altitude of 2,600 metres, this remote oasis sits at the first stop from Yunnan into the Tibet Autonomous Region on the Songtsam Tea Horse Road Expedition. Nestled away in a valley, the lodge lies next to Zhuka Village to the north and vast farmland to the south. Guest rooms all face the Lancang River, ensuring views of the natural stream outside and the green terraces nearby. The lodge embraces bright colours such as green, yellow, white, and peacock blue, mirroring the colours of the sky and the surrounding snow-capped mountains, rivers, and fields. Nearby, Markam (Mangkang) county holds the millennium-old laterite salt pans of the Lancang valley, where the ancient salt-drying craft has been passed down for generations, and the 4,200-metre Hongla Mountain Pass, the northernmost habitat of the Yunnan golden monkey.