Horse trekking from Langmusi into the surrounding plateau is the experience that many travellers cite as their most memorable in the region. Horses and guides can be arranged through guesthouses in the village, and trips range from half-day rides into the grasslands to three-day expeditions with overnight stays in nomadic tents. The multi-day trips are the more rewarding: the grassland landscape that begins just beyond the village extends uninterrupted to the horizon, and the experience of spending a night on the open plateau with a Tibetan nomadic family has a quality that no day trip can replicate.
The Tibetan nomads in the grasslands around Langmusi follow traditional patterns of seasonal movement, following their yak and sheep herds between lower winter camps and higher summer pastures. In summer the black yak-hair tents are visible across the grassland, with smoke rising from the stovepipes, and the family dogs — large, suspicious, and impressive — announce your approach from considerable distance. The hospitality extended to visitors is genuine rather than performative; butter tea and tsampa in a nomadic tent are among the most specifically Tibetan experiences available to travellers.
Longer routes from Langmusi connect to Flower Lake (Hua Hai) to the southeast, an alpine lake in a natural glacial basin that is less visited than similar lakes further south. The route takes about two days by horse from Langmusi through terrain that becomes gradually more spectacular as you gain altitude.