Jiuzhaigou Travel Guide | Essential Attractions Recommendations, Just Read This and You're Set
🎫Tickets:
Available for purchase online, the price is 280, which includes a 90 yuan sightseeing bus fee
🏞Attractions:
The Jiuzhaigou scenic area is very large, distributed in a Y-shape, with three diverging valleys being Rize Valley, Zechawa Valley, and Shuzheng Valley. To fully explore the entire scenic area, including taking photos, it should take about 10 hours. (The route map is on the last page)
Upon entering the park, take the sightseeing bus directly. The bus will distribute visitors evenly according to the day's visitor flow, randomly taking tourists to the uppermost parts of Rize Valley, Shuzheng Valley, and Zechawa Valley. The central transfer point of the entire scenic area is the Nuorilang Transfer Station, located at the very center of the three valleys. At this transfer point, you can switch buses to reach any of the valleys.
On the day of our visit, we first reached the Primeval Forest Station at the top of Rize Valley, then played our way down to the Nuorilang Transfer Station, went to the highest point of Zechawa Valley on the left - Long Lake, then to the Five-Color Pond, and back to Nuorilang. Finally, we played our way down Shuzheng Valley and exited the scenic area.
💙Essential Attractions Recommendations:
The scenic area is too large, and some of the lakes look similar to each other. Personally, I don't think it's necessary to visit every single attraction. Here are the spots I think are worth seeing.
🌟Rize Valley: Arrow Bamboo Lake➕Panda Lake➕Five Flower Lake.
We went to the Primeval Forest and felt it was not very distinctive, so we continued downwards. The most recommended is to walk from Arrow Bamboo Lake to Panda Lake, make sure to walk on the inside plank road, accompanied by the clear stream all the way, it's too comfortable! Panda Lake is really blue and serene! It's great for taking photos📷.
Five Flower Lake indeed looks like it has several different shades of blue and green, different from the other purely blue lakes.
🌟Zechawa Valley: Long Lake➕Five-Color Pond
Long Lake is the highest in altitude, and it's cooler on the mountain, giving a feeling of the ocean.
The Five-Color Pond is the most dreamy blue, clear and transparent, it doesn't seem like it really exists.
Shuzheng Valley: By the time we came down, it was already a bit late, so we just glanced at it from the sightseeing bus. It's recommended to sit on the driver's side when going up the mountain, and on the other side (the right-hand side) when coming down. This way, you can enjoy the scenery along the way twice from the bus, both when going up and coming down.
🎒Equipment to Carry:
ID card, sunglasses, sun umbrella, sunscreen spray, photography equipment, and lunch food
Wearing sunglasses makes it easy to take good photos, no need to manage expressions. Also, it's too hot in the scenic area, so be sure to protect yourself from the sun. It's said that the mountain weather is changeable, and it might rain, but I didn't encounter it
The food in the scenic area is 15 yuan for a bowl of instant noodles, 30 yuan for a self-heating pot, 5 yuan for a bottle of mineral water, and 10 yuan for a grilled sausage. You can decide whether to bring your own food or buy a simple meal in the scenic area
The driver's eldest brother is very good. The high-speed rail station did not eat lunch. He waited for us to finish the meal. He stopped at Songzhou Ancient City and several viewing spots along the way to let us visit. He patiently explained to us and was very satisfied with the itinerary.
The scenery shocked me to the point where I couldn’t describe it in words. Or I said that it was a must-go natural scenic spot in this life. In fact, I commented on 5A because the standard is the highest. I have to go a few times when I have time. I don’t say anything else. Friends take family to enjoy this fairy tale world of fairyland.
Since the scenic spot is located at an altitude of 3,000 meters, strenuous exercise is not recommended to prevent altitude sickness. However, most people will not suffer from obvious altitude sickness even if they do not take medication. However, due to the high altitude, relatively strong ultraviolet rays are recommended, so it is recommended to wear sunglasses and apply sunscreen to protect the skin.
As a Sichuanese, I wanted to come very early, but I always felt that I could come at any time and delay it. Finally, in September 2023, I came to a trip that said to go. It was very convenient to drive by car. In order not to hurry from Chengdu to stay at Songpan, I came to Jiuzhaigou the next day. I entered the ditch at about ten o'clock in the morning. I didn't have enough time for one day. I visited half of the attractions and continued the next day. It is recommended to use two days. My favorite is the sea of flowers and colorful pools. Other attractions are also amazing. It is really the ceiling of domestic attractions. The visitor center in the ditch can eat box lunch, the price is not expensive, and the villagers can also eat. The language cannot describe the beauty of Jiuzhaigou. You must be in the scene to know his beauty. You must list the attractions that you must go to for this life.
This group is really good, including the itinerary hotel accommodation, this bus is really good and comfortable, there is also a USB charging interface, do not be afraid of the phone is out of power, can give us enough rest without delaying the trip to the maximum extent, Jiuzhaigou is really beautiful, Each season has a different beauty, and this group will be set next autumn. It is really worth visiting. Our Xiaoyan tour guide is also very good. The explanation service is very good. The master car skills are good. The arranged itinerary is also very good. Overall, I am very satisfied this time.
I wanted to go to Jiuzhaigou many years ago, but due to the inconvenience of transportation, I have not had a chance. Since the high-speed rail to Jiuzhaigou opened last year, I have been planning to see the weather forecast and there is always rain. I have finally decided to go to Jiuzhaigou to see. When I came to Jiuzhaigou, the scenery was beautiful, and it was impossible to describe it in words. Although this trip was hard, it was worth it.
The scenery of Jiuzhaigou is beautiful and it is worth going. The elderly can be free of tickets for more than 60 years old, and only buy a bus ticket for 90 yuan. There are three ditches in the scenic spot, which are Y-shaped. The middle is Shuzhenggou, the left is Chawagou, and the right is Rizegou. The three ditches meet at the Nuorilang Center to change the car. They open the door at 8 o'clock in the scenic spot. They waited about ten minutes to get on the car. Which ditch to go to is randomly assigned by the dispatcher. Our car drove directly to the virgin forest. Since there is no station in the sea of Fangcao and the sea of swans, we watched the two seas in the car. After turning around the virgin forest, we took the car to the Arrow Bamboo Sea. We walked down the plank road around the Arrow Bamboo Sea, and then walked to the Arrow Bamboo Sea Waterfall. We originally planned to take the car. Looking at the panda sea not far away, I walked down, and then took the car from the panda sea to the sea of flowers, and then from the sea of flowers to the pearl beach waterfall. From the pearl beach waterfall, I took a car to the mirror sea. The mirror sea is not big. I took a few photos and took the car to the center of Nuorilang. Find the bus stop in the Nuojilang Center to Changhai. This place needs to go through a shopping point and go up all the way. From the Nuojilang Center, you can directly go to Changhai. You can see the snow-capped mountains in Changhai. It is said that Changhai is the largest sea in Jiuzhaigou. Zi, because you can only watch it on a road, I didn’t feel that Changhai is the highest place in Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, up to more than 3,000 meters. It’s very cold to go up. I didn’t stay much. I walked along the plank road to the colorful pool. The colorful pool is now a dry season. There is not much water. From the colorful pool to the below pick-up point, I drove directly to the Nuorilang Center. From Norilang, I saw the waterfall and took the bus back. There were too many people at the station and stood all the way to the visitor center.
After Zhenjiangguan Station came out, you could see the bus. According to the number of SMS notifications received the day before, put your luggage on the bus. The traffic jam on the road was very severe. It took more than three hours to get to the hotel. The driver master was very good. He parked the car next to the hotel. It was very convenient.