Mount Laojun - This Article Is All You Need!! (Includes Photo-taking Tips)
A feast for the eyes in the human world, a glimpse of the grandeur of humanity! Mount Laojun is truly a worthwhile investment!
First comes the preparation work‼️
You must, must choose good weather, preferably a clear sunny day! The beauty of Mount Laojun gets a buff, stunningly beautiful!
If you go now, dress warmly! The temperature at the foot and the summit of the mountain are completely different. Hats, down jackets, thick warm trousers, thermal underwear, gloves!!!! Highlighted! Gloves are essential! Otherwise, your hands will really be too frozen to move😭 You don't need to bring a lot of water and food, especially food, it's not necessary. You can bring some chocolate to replenish your energy
🚗 Mount Laojun is in Luanchuan, a bit far from Luoyang city center. It takes about two and a half hours on the road. You can choose to drive yourself or join a tour group. I chose to join a tour, which is very convenient. The total cost for Mount Laojun's ticket + bus to the first cable car station + round-trip on the first cable car + bus back to the city center + a brief introduction by the guide is 265💰. If you go by yourself, the ticket for individual visitors is 100💰, and taxis can only go to the entrance of the scenic area, which is the tourist service center. You need to take a scenic shuttle, which is quite far, and costs 40💰 round trip, so I recommend that it's more cost-effective to join a tour!
🚠 I think you should take the first cable car, because if you don't, you generally need to climb for 5-6 hours, without much nice scenery, and those on a day trip won't have the stamina, especially someone like me who doesn't exercise regularly, must ride! But for the second cable car, you can choose not to take it and climb instead. It definitely takes about an hour and a half to reach the Ten Mile Gallery. But I took it anyway, haha. You must climb the Ten Mile Gallery yourself!! I think it's the most beautiful scenery of Mount Laojun, you can easily capture a rainbow halo🌈. If you really can't keep up your strength, you can choose to take the elevator to the Golden Summit. If you can't climb down the mountain, there's also a slide, but the guide said it's very dangerous, and the journey is very short, you can say it's effortless.
🍜 The first thing to do when you get to the Golden Summit is to buy instant noodles. I think the prices on the mountain are not very expensive, instant noodles + hot water cost between 12-15, which is acceptable. If you bring your own instant noodles, you still need to buy hot water (5💰) so it's better not to bring them.
🌠 There are also wishing plaques. I bought them at the foot of the mountain, 30💰 for 6. You can compare prices. I heard from other friends that it's quite cheap on the mountain too, and they give you a pen for free, so don't rush to buy! Maybe there's cheaper at the summit!
👗 I met many young ladies renting capes along the way. I didn't rent one, but I feel that black, white, and red are the best colors for photos! There are more colors and styles at the foot of the mountain. I went into all the shops on the mountain and didn't find them very attractive, a bit like studio style. If you want to rent, you can look at the foot of the mountain!
🏠 The accommodation at the summit is actually not very good, and it's a dry toilet, the water is also ice cold, not recommended
🌄 The lights on the Golden Summit are turned on around 5:20-5:30, and it gets especially cold at night, with strong winds. After watching the lights, be sure to hurry down the mountain, otherwise, it will be crowded like sardines😞
I came to Luanchuan during the May Day holiday. I was lucky to be able to grab the tickets for Laojun Mountain in the state of reservation. After entering the gate, it is especially convenient to swipe my ID card directly. A perfect holiday
The scenery is beautiful, the golden roof is super shocking, the one-way street planning is reasonable, the scenic spot has not been limited to May 1 person, it is particularly beautiful, the ropeway queue time is not long, Ctrip ticket grab is also very reliable, it is recommended
Very good, very clean, Chinese style, friends like it very much, the company is on a business trip, has been living in this, cost-effective, the front desk lady is warm and very satisfied!
Today Sunday, I went to Laojun Mountain, and I queued at the ropeway station at 7:30 and returned to the mountain at 14:00. Overall, the scenery is good. It is worth coming, I recommend everyone to come. We are taking the first-level ropeway up and down; take the second-level ropeway up and down; take the escalator up and down, walk to the second-level ropeway. Scenic area management: Basically, the staff in the scenic area cannot be seen, and the staff are not seen to maintain order in the crowded places. Management is generally the same. When I came down to queue up for the peak forest cableway, the crowds of people in the place where I got on the bus were crowded, and the staff didn't care. I was really worried about what if I squeezed a person down and fell under the cableway track? Summary Raiders: Travel: Self-driving first buy tickets online and then drive directly into the parking lot at the entrance of the ropeway. There are two parallel first-level cableways to Zhongtianmen (you can pick a seat at will. If you don't take the cableway to walk up the mountain, it is said that it will be at least 2 hours and there is no scenery along the way). There are several attractions nearby after going to Zhongtianmen. After walking up the mountain (at least 1 hour) or the second-level cableway "Fenglin Cableway" up the mountain. There are two roads from the exit of Fenglin Cableway. It is recommended to choose the one on the left (including the one on the "cloud plank road", more than1.3 kilometers, but the scenery is really good, the road is smoother), and the one on the right will converge. After the confluence, go forward, to the general station service station, you can choose to continue walking up the mountain or take the escalator up the mountain. If you take the escalator, pay attention to go 200 meters forward to the first fork (right front "Nantianmen" and left front "Golden Ding Taoguan Group"), first go to the right back to the "Maluling" - Funiu Mountain main peak (about 300 meters), and then go back to the third fork. It is recommended to go to the right "Nantian Gate" to reach the Golden Summit Taoist Group. Live: There are many homestays in the scenic area. Generally speaking, the decoration and management are not bad. The price is inversely proportional to the distance from the ropeway station. Eat: Most of the homestays can order food and breakfast, and there are also several food stalls. Quality and price are OK, not too outrageous. Time to play: the best normal working hours; followed by Sunday; followed by Saturday; the worst long holiday, such as 5.1, 10.1, etc. This time, we saw that the scenic spot has announced that the staff is saturated at 10 o'clock on Saturday and no tickets are sold. Sunday 7:30 first-level cableway, queue for half an hour, 1:00 pm to queue up the second-level cableway "peak forest cableway" 20 minutes.
The first-level cableway (with tickets 220 yuan) + the second-level cableway (round-trip 80 yuan) + the escalator (40 yuan only upside down) + the slide (20 yuan downside, you can also walk, I personally like the slide), a perfect journey. The scenery is pleasant, the incense is strong (Daxiang 30, light 100), the price is very high, suitable for us with poor physical strength, hahaha. There is also a drone shooting video, 80 yuan, it is also very good, come and leave a memorial. By the way, the sweet la la at the entrance of the ropeway is super cost-effective, 11 yuan, a big cup, and the taste is not bad. Warm reminder: It is best to travel on a staggered peak, there are many people in line for the ropeway, and tickets must be made online in advance.
The landscape is beautiful, the building is magnificent, the weather is suddenly raining, the clouds are lingering, just going down the mountain, the sun comes out, and I am very lucky to see the afterglow of the sunset. The Golden Palace is magnificent under the sun, standing on the mountain, there is an unreal beauty! The ropes and slides are really fun, and I want to go in the future.
Laojun Mountain is the most conscience I have encountered at present. The most beautiful. The most humane. The cheapest price in the scenic area. The scenery is charming. Let me simply say it. If you are as lazy as me. You can choose a first-level cableway. The second-level cableway immediately. Take the elevator in General Ling again. You can get to the top of the mountain in an hour as soon as possible. Golden Palace. But I suggest you go up to the top of the mountain by yourself at Shili Gallery. The scenery is particularly good. If you don't look, you will regret it. It is after the second-level cableway comes down. Go to the top of the mountain and don't take the elevator. You will thank me. Good people take the Raiders safely in their lives.
Very fun, need a certain physical strength, just in the snow is also very happy, friends are very happy, that is, the mountain is too slippery, fell several times, I hope to improve the stairs in the future, the wooden stairs are too slippery