Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟） is one of the most beautiful place I ever been in my life, a collection of lakes, waterfalls and mountains combined with autumn colours. It is located at Sichuan province (四川省）, 400km away from Chengdu. The altitude varies in the range of 2000 - 3000m above sea level.
26 Oct
We reached Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟）around 2pm, and after shopping in some of the hotels/guesthouses, we decided to stay at Jiu Yang Quick Hotel (九阳捷酒店）. The price of the room is RMB180/night for 4 people room. It is located around 1km away from the entrance to the park, taxi to the entrance of the park cost RMB10. Despite the peak season in the month of October and November, rooms are widely available near the park.
We reached Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟）around 2pm, and after shopping in some of the hotels/guesthouses, we decided to stay at Jiu Yang Quick Hotel (九阳捷酒店）. The price of the room is RMB180/night for 4 people room. It is located around 1km away from the entrance to the park, taxi to the entrance of the park cost RMB10. Despite the peak season in the month of October and November, rooms are widely available near the park.
There is nothing much that can be done near the entrance to the park, there are some stalls selling local specialties for shopping only.
27 Oct
Following the suggestion on the travel forum, we tried our best to be the first in the ticket counter queue, we reached there at 6.30am. They started selling tickets at 7am. The entrance ticket to Jiuzhaigou National Park is pretty expensive, RMB220, on top of that, we need to buy the bus ticket for RMB90.
We decided to go all the way up to the highest point at Promival Forest (原始森林). From there we took the bus down again to Arrow Bamboo Lake (箭竹海) and walk towards the entrance from there.
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| 原始森林 |
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| Arrow Bamboo Lake (箭竹海) |
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| Panda Lake (熊猫海) |
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| Panda Waterfall (熊猫瀑布） |
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| Nuorilang Waterfall (诺日朗瀑布） |
The weather was not as good as the previous day, however, we still haven't finished walking all the trails inside Jiuzhaigou National Park. So we went in again (and paid again the expensive entrance ticket because there is no multiple day pass due to peak season).
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| Long Lake （长海） |
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| Colourful Lake (五彩池） |
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| Waterfall, Lake, and Leaves |
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| The path in the park |
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| Reed Lake |
29 Oct
We took direct bus back to Chengdu (成都), departed at 7am. There are 3-4 buses in the morning connecting the park and Chengdu. If you miss the bus, you will need to go to Jiuzhaigou Town (九寨溝縣城), around 40km away from the park. There are more buses from there to Chengdu. The bus drive took around 10 hours, the view near the park is beautiful on the road.
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