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Huanglong Scenic Area Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Mar)
Huanglong Valley
The next stop after Jiuzhaigou would be the Huanglong Valley, another scenic area in the northwest part of Sichuan, China. Really enjoying the fresh air and the mountain climbing session carrying my 10kg of photography equipment (not that high though) up 3576m above sea level.
A must to see is the Wucai (Five Colored) Pond, covering an area of 21,000 sqm, also known as the largest cluster of open-air calcified 693 colorful ponds.
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Visiting Huanglong during National Day
Getting There - Airplane/Car
Attractions - Waterfalls, Lake, Pond, Mountain walkway
Hotels - Near the scenic spot there is a hotel
Food & Restaurants - Some stalls and fast food is available outside the scenic area
Shopping - Near the scenic area entrance there are some shops.
We visited the Huanglong Valley Scenic area during the Chinese National Holiday. That wasn't really a smart choice. There were a lot (really a lot) of people there.
Actually there are 2 possibilities to enter the park. There is the lower side entrance, which is located right next to the ticket office. If you choose this entrance, you will have to walk the wooden pathway up to the mountain top. Or, you can do as we did, we started and climbed until we were comfortable with the oxygen. Because of the high elevation of the park, you need to take an oxygen tank. I think you can buy oxygen tanks at the scenic area too. We were traveling with a 4 years old and a 6 years old. So we decided we will visit as much as we can and as long as we feel comfortable
So we did not hurried, took rests several times, enjoyed the views and took pictures.
You need an actual ticket to get into the park. So if you booked the ticket ahead, you need to go to the ticket office to get your actual ticket. You can't enter just with your passport.
The other entrance we did not visit. From the ticket office you take a bus to cable car. When you reach the cable car, it will take you right up to the top of the mountain. You make sure you have the oxygen tank with you. Most of the people prefer to visit the park this way, so they walk down the mountain.
During the Chinese National Holiday there were never ending queues at the bus stop and at the cable car entrance. Almost nobody took the lower entrance. So if you don't mind walkin your way up the mountain, you can easily enter by the entrance next to the ticket office.
There are no food stalls inside the park, so make sure you bring you snack.
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Huanglong National Park
Getting There - Jiuzhaigou Aiport or bus from Chengdu.
Attractions - Huanglong National Park
Hotels Ajimu Guest House
Food & Restaurants - Local Restaurants
Second National Park visit after Jiuzhaigou. Absolutely terrific. The pools are amazing. A good walk round taking the cable car up as we had to save time with arriving late. Worth it to do both national parks in North Sichuan.
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The local Yaochi-Huanglong Scenic Area
Huanglong Scenic Area is known as the four musts of colored pools, snow mountains, canyons and forests. Together with the beaches, ancient temples and folk customs, it is called seven musts.
The richly colored surface travertine landscape is the main landscape of Huanglong Scenic Area, such as the colorful pool, calcified beach pool, contending pool, bonsai pool, and the scenery is especially beautiful, which makes me sink into it.
Huanglong Scenic Area has an average elevation of over 3,000. Friends with high anti-remembers remember to prepare Rhodiola. The entire scenic area is too large, suitable for 1-2 days of play. Wucai and Huanglong Temple are sure to go.
Location Address: The southern section of the Lushan Mountain Range in Songpan County, A Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in northern Sichuan Province, which is the transitional zone from the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the Sichuan Basin. .
scenic spot tickets: 190 yuan / person in the peak season, 80 yuan / person in the off-season. The cable car goes up 80 yuan / person, down 40 yuan / person.
Opening time of the scenic spot: March 21st - November 14th (peak season) 08
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Huanglong's Five-Color Pond, a palette
It felt like it was going to rain in the morning when I left the house, but it turned out to be sunny at the door, very encouraging The highest altitude Five-Color Pond in Huanglong and Huanglonghou Temple . The altitude of Huanglong's Five-Color Pond is 3900 meters. The Five-Color Pond is the highest point of Huanglong Scenic Area, and some people may experience altitude sickness when they reach this spot. The Five-Color Pond is a group of calcified colorful ponds located at the upper end of Huanglong Scenic Area, with a total of 693 calcified ponds, and is one of the famous attractions. In the gully between the mountains, there are countless calcified colorful ponds. During the deposition process of calcium carbonate, it forms different quality calcified bodies with various organic and inorganic substances. These calcified colorful ponds of different sizes are spread out in a step-like manner, spreading layer by layer. The water is clear and transparent, the color is rich, and it gradually changes from the center to the surroundings, emerald green, light blue, sapphire blue, powder blue, goose yellow, milky white, it's extremely colorful and clear, just like a palette left in the world by heaven.
You WONT believe these CALCIUM POOLS exist😱
Five-colored calcium pools in Sichuan, China😍
Located in the north west part of Sichuan, the Huanglong scenic area is known for its colorful travertine pools formed by calcite deposits.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1992 because its outstanding travertine formations, limestone formations, and travertine terraces rank top three in the world!
Tourists can visit the site by driving around 400km from Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan.
Although, because there are no highways and the roads are quite bumpy, the drive will take around 8 hours.
Despite the adventure to get there, the pools do not disappoint! It was such a breathtaking and unforgettable sight to see.
I still remember the "Colorful Pool" in the elementary school textbook. I still remember the illustration. After growing up, I gradually became familiar with the colorful pool is the Huanglong Scenic Area. Autumn is thick, and the forest is full of dyed. The original Yaochi is not in the sky, in the world.
Vibrant Natural Pools: Huanglong 🇨🇳
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Huanglong National Scenic Park is located in North West Sichuan Province. I must say that it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Whereever you look is such a feast if beauty.
How to Get there:
1. You can take a bus that will take you up to Jiuzhiagou first from either Xinnamen or Chadianzi Bus station. Then another bus to Huanglong. Enjoy your time in Jiuzhaigou first.
2. You can take a flight from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou and then take a bus to huanglong.
How long is the journey:
Approximately around 8-10 hoirs by bus from Chengdu to Jouzhaigou and another 3 hour bus ride to Jouzhaigou.
Flight: Around 1 hour.
NOTE‼️
If you are not used to high altitude then prepare before hand and take some high altitude pills a week or days before your hike up.
Wear confortable shoes and clothes.
Enjoy your Huanglong trip.
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LIGHT OVER THE CLOUDS Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Mar)
Pretend to be abroad, move into the forest starry sky tree house under the snow mountain, and experience the surprise brought by the snow
Songpan Light and Cloud Homestay is located in the upper Nami village of Songpan, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, at an altitude of 3200 meters, like a pearl in the forest, it is an ideal place for travelers to get close to nature and experience Tibetan customs.
Design
The design of the homestay is ingenious, the irregular polyhedron shape echoes the opposite sacred mountain "Xuebaoding". The insulation material and warming measures of the tree house can also feel the warmth of home in the cold winter, the moderate shielding ensures your privacy, and also increases the design sense, integrating nature and humanities into one, feeling the charm of nature and the unique charm of Tibetan culture.
Room
The homestay consists of 7 independent small wooden houses, facing the Xuebaoding snow mountain, surrounded by primitive forests, each tree house has different sizes of houses, the indoor net height is 5.3 meters, there are living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, etc. The insulation material and warming measures of the tree house make the indoor temperature reach 28°, here, you can enjoy the invincible scenery, feel private and
comfortable.
Food
Sit down in the snow mountain restaurant and taste the delicious food cooked with local ingredients, follow the housekeeper to experience the local life in the Tibetan family, taste the Tibetan yak hot pot, and sit around the fire with the villagers to roast meat and drink. Tibetans are naturally bold and will not be restrained. Everyone sings and dances together, feeling the charm of Tibetan culture.
Surroundings
Nami Village is located at the end of this road, 51 Tibetan households are scattered along the river, in the distance is Xuebaoding, showing sharp peaks, majestic and majestic, this is the must-pass place to climb Xuebaoding to the base camp, Xuebaoding is also known as Xuebaoding, with an altitude of 5588 meters, the north side of the peak is the Huanglong Scenic Area, which is as famous as Jiuzhaigou, and is known as "the fairyland on earth". Around Xuebaoding, Huagreen Erhai, Huya Canyon, Danyun Gorge, etc. are also famous in the outdoor circle.
Precautions
The plateau mountain climate, strong ultraviolet rays, please prepare sun protection items, if you have plans for outdoor activities such as horse riding and hiking, it is recommended that you wear hats, gloves and anti-slip and waterproof outdoor shoes, the temperature difference at the location of Light and Cloud Xuebaoding is large. It is recommended to prepare thin down jackets in May-June and September-October, prepare thick coats in July-August, prepare thick down jackets in November-April, prepare for the cold, friends who drive by themselves in winter, please do not drive diesel cars, diesel is easy to freeze, it is recommended to drive gasoline cars, it is recommended to bring anti-skid chains.
Move into the worry-free valley cabin in the cloud and lie on the bed to see the snow mountain
'Pine Climb·Light and Cloud Tree House'
This is a small village of the Ando Tibetans where it is quiet, beautiful, and simple... possessing the 'wealth' that the city does not have
Snow mountains, forests, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, grasslands... 7 lovely tree houses and Tibetan-style main buildings are built at the foot of the sacred mountain Xuebao Ding
One facing the snow mountain, one accompanying the forest, as if the fairy tale world between the Alps harmoniously integrates into the Tibetan village
Irregular polyhedral tree houses are scattered around the grassland, built with locally common materials such as stones and pine wood
The surface of the tree house has turned into metallic gray after long-term ultraviolet radiation, leaving traces of time, and it fits more with the forest
The tree house faces the snow mountain or the grassland
So a whole glass door and window are designed on the front, bringing the scenery into the room. Sitting on the sofa in the living room, you can see the distant Xuebao Ding, the lush forest, the magnificent waterfall, or the grassland where the horses are running. It is all these that make light and clouds a unique existence
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I thought Jiuzhaigou was already very beautiful, until I came here
Perhaps because it's too close to Jiuzhaigou, many people directly overlook this attraction, so it's relatively less popular and the experience is better. I originally thought that Jiuzhaigou was already very beautiful, until I came to Huanglong, which was originally a place I didn't hold much hope for, but it actually gave me a sense of surprise. The Huanglong in late autumn is really a paradise lost in the world.
Tips:
1. It takes about 6 hours to depart from Chengdu, and the road conditions are relatively good, just navigate directly to Huanglong Scenic Area.
2. The water volume is not very large now, but the low mountain area is the autumn color pool, and the high mountain area is the snow color pool. It's nice to experience two seasons in one day.
3. It is recommended to take the cable car up the mountain, and then walk down from the high mountain area, which will be easier.
4. If the weather is good, you can see the main peak of Minshan, Xuebaoding, here.
Never come to Huanglong in winter, because
Because you will take the photos of your life! This is how Huanglong is photographed, and it's directly praised on the circle of friends! ⬇️
📷Photographing Snow Mountains:
1️⃣You can see the main peak of Minshan, Xuebaoding🏔️, in Huanglong! There are shooting positions all the way up the pedestrian walkway, easy to shoot!
2️⃣Using vertical stitching can take a group photo of the colorful pool and the snow mountain.
3️⃣In the later stage, you can reduce the saturation and enhance the clarity to highlight the texture of the snow mountain.
📷Photographing Calcification Pools:
1️⃣Only the Welcome Pool and the Colorful Pool are not frozen in winter, it is recommended not to have too much expectation for the pool before going. The highlight of winter is the snow mountain🏔️ and the pool in the same frame.
2️⃣Use a telephoto lens to shoot the details of the pool.
3️⃣Friends with drones, fly them! ✈️
Why not act on your feelings! With fewer people and beautiful scenery, why not set off quickly! 🚶🏻♂️
Mounigou Scenic Area Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Mar)
Blue-Greenish Lake in Mounigou Valley
In Songpan (Aba Prefecture), Sichuan province, there is this nice lake inside Mounigou valley. 🏞️
It's a scenic area, where you can walk around and enjoy the nature. One day is enough, start in the morning and finish in the afternoon. There are some nice routes and you can choose between a short and a long route.
🚗 It's exactly 300km from Chengdu, it takes you about 6hours to arrive at Mounigou. In summer busses are available from Chengdu.
🕜 Open from 8am to 5pm, you can stay a little longer if you're already inside.
🎟️ Ticket is around 80RMB, discounts available
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Muni Valley
Muni Valley is located in Songpan, the scenic area is divided into two parts: Erdaohai and Zhaga Waterfall, there is about half an hour's drive between the two, there is no scenic area transportation, self-driving is the most convenient. Muni Valley has the beauty of both Huanglong and Jiuzhaigou, although it is a mini version, but the scenery is beautiful and there are few people, it is worth a visit.
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