#Quanbao Gap Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Waterfalls
Address:
Xiuwu, Jiaozuo, Henan, China
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
2.5 hours
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Yuntai Mountain Scenic Spot, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province (5A)
🎫：
120 yuan per ticket (admission + sightseeing bus. One ticket is valid for 3 days from the date of purchase)
Recommended attractions:
Red Stone Gorge
Quanpu Gorge:
Take the sightseeing bus directly to Quanpu Gorge station, get off, the glacier is very shocking and beautiful.
Tanpu Gorge
Diecai Cave
Zhuyu Peak
Wanshan Temple
Photo spots:
Ice House
Wooden House + Snow Rose
Nordic Style Wooden House Tent
Snow Fox location, perfect for reflection shots!
Secluded pool surface bridge, great for that cover photo!
Entrance of the Ice and Snow World with red and green walls
Coffee Cart
ELI ARMSTRONG
Henan Yuntai Mountain | How can it be so beautiful?
This place was once visited by the poet king Wang Wei and the medicine king Sun Simiao. Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area is located in Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City, more than 30 kilometers away from Jiaozuo District.
Self-driving:
Navigate to "Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area Parking Lot" to reach the scenic area.
Tickets:
120 yuan / person, free for those under 1.4 meters and over 60 years old, half price for students.
Opening hours:
06:30-18:30, stop admission after 17:30.
Park sightseeing car ticket: 60 yuan / person.
Main attractions
Red Stone Gorge, Xiaozhai Gorge, Cornelian Cherry Peak. Xiaozhai Gorge includes Spring Waterfall Gorge, Pool Waterfall Gorge and Macaque Valley. Cornelian Cherry Peak and Phoenix Ridge are in the same area. Xiaozhai Gorge and Red Stone Gorge are on the main line, Cornelian Cherry Peak and Phoenix Ridge are on the mountain, you need to transfer or take a cable car. There is also a Wanshan Temple if you want to go, you need to transfer.
The waterfalls of Yuntai Mountain, all freeze into ice in winter,
with various shapes, covering the mountain, super beautiful and spectacular.
Recommendation: The best spot to see the ice waterfall (Spring Waterfall Gorge), about 3000 meters long, all the way are ice pillars, ice flowers, ice hangings, a casual shot is a beautiful photo
JENNIFER ROWE
Yuntai Mountain self-driving one-day tour
Itinerary👉 Around 8:30 in the morning, drive from Luoyang to Yuntai Mountain along the national highway, about three and a half hours. Complain that the road near Jiaozuo is very dirty and the green trees on the road are black😯
Parking👉🅿️ It is recommended to go to the shore service area, parking is ten yuan, and it is the closest to the scenic area to buy tickets and take the bus, very convenient!
Tickets👉120 includes round-trip bus🚌 fees, personally feel quite cost-effective haha, after buying the ticket, go directly to the door to check and take the bus
Attractions👉 Because I am lazy, we only went to Xiaozhaigou, Xiaozhaigou has Quanpu Gorge-Tanpu Gorge-Monkey Valley.
1️⃣Monkey Valley I don't like monkeys so I didn't forget to go to Monkey Valley, I don't know what it looks like inside🫢 There are 185 handsome guys at the door, you can ask them to take pictures, because I am a i person can only admire the handsome guys from a distance.
2️⃣Quanpu Gorge There are more ice hangings for check-in and taking pictures, you can go back, there are also ice hangings behind, not so many people.
3️⃣Tanpu Gorge It seems to be a Yuntai Big Sky Waterfall, but it's too cold, there is no water, I didn't see anything when I went😭
👉There is a sightseeing bus in front of Xiaozhaigou for ten yuan round trip. Personally, if your body allows, you can not take it, because the sightseeing bus can only sit for one kilometer, and the rest still have to walk in by themselves, it's not necessary🤔
👉When returning, be sure to remember where your car is parked in the service area, don't get it wrong, because if you come down late, the bus will not go up again
👉Remember to wear thicker, because it's really cold🥶
MOSES OBRIEN
Jiaozuo | Yuntai Mountain in winter to see the ice waterfall, the ice and snow wonderland around Zhengzhou | Henan luggage storage
🏨Accommodation: Tickets 120💰 valid for three days, can stay in the scenic area ➡️ The facilities in the shore service area are better, close to the attractions, convenient for eating and drinking, and there are many people on holidays
🎒Storage: "Simple Way" 👉 One-click query for storage points everywhere, 10💰/day
🚄Transportation:
Self-driving (down at the shore service area), high-speed rail
High-speed rail gets off at Jiaozuo Station or Xiuwu West Station
🔹Jiaozuo Station: Bus special line 4💰, you can take a taxi directly, carpooling with few people (about 20r/person)
🔹Xiuwu West Station: It is a little closer to Yuntai Mountain, the bus special line is 10💰, and the last bus is at 16:00
⚠️Transportation in the scenic area:
Each boarding point has a sightseeing bus to and from the scenic area. Tourists can take the bus to various attractions and service areas with a sightseeing bus ticket
Wear non-slip shoes, it's very slippery at the ice waterfall
【Route】
D1: Red Stone Gorge ➡️ Cornus Peak ➡️ Phoenix Ridge
D2: Xiaozhai Gully: Spring Waterfall Gorge ➡️ Pool Waterfall Gorge ➡️ Monkey Valley
①Red Stone Gorge
A landmark attraction, combining beauty, seclusion, majesty, and danger. The gorge is 1500 meters long, with a wide outside and a secluded inside, and hidden wonders. In winter, the icicles or snowflakes hanging on the branches shine under the sun, adding a touch of mystery and romance to the Red Stone Gorge.
🔹One-way line attractions, you can't go back, the exit is at Zifang Lake Reservoir
②Cornus Peak
Covered with white snow, the peaks are stacked, like a scroll of ink painting. Standing on the top of the peak overlooking the mountains, the sea of clouds is beautiful. Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty once wrote the eternal verse "I know my brothers are climbing high, and there is one less person to insert Cornus" here, so the thousand-year-old temple Cornus Peak Temple on the top of the peak is also known as "the first peak in the world".
🔹After watching the sunset on the top of the mountain, you can take the cable car or bus up and down, and you will pass through the Stacked Color Cave on the way.
③Phoenix Ridge
Glass plank road (20💰, built on the edge of the cliff, those who are afraid of heights enter with caution🙅)
🔹You can't go down the mountain directly on foot, you must go back to the downhill point of Cornus Peak, or you can take the cable car down from Phoenix Ridge
D2: Xiaozhai Gully
✅The gathering place of ice waterfalls
④Spring Waterfall Gorge
You can see the ice waterfall about 1 kilometer walk from the entrance (you can take the sightseeing car for this section of the road). If you want to see Yuntai Sky Waterfall, you can only walk. The fewer people go in, the fewer people go to the end, you can see it. Along the way, the ice hangs layer upon layer, silver-clad and plain-dressed❄️, it is particularly spectacular.
🔹There are activities such as rock climbing trains and jungle slides in winter, and you can eat at the entrance
⑤Pool Waterfall Gorge
Three steps one spring, five steps one waterfall, ten steps one pool, spring, waterfall, and pool are born together, which is a unique beauty of Yuntai Mountain.
⑥Monkey Valley
There are many wild macaque groups distributed here, with a total of more than 1300 macaques.
Tourists can watch the wonderful macaque performance (four o'clock in the afternoon) here, experience the intimate interaction with the macaques, and feel the intelligence and agility of the macaques.
CYRUS RHODES
Visited Yuntai Mountain on the last day before the scenic area was renovated
Visited Yuntai Mountain on the last day before the scenic area was renovated.
Took the high-speed train to Xiuwu West, then took a Didi to the homestay in the service area on the shore for 48r. The ticket price is 180r, which includes unlimited rides on the scenic bus.
Visited the spring waterfall canyon and the pool waterfall canyon in Xiaozhaigou on the same day, which took 3.5 hours. Skipped the monkey valley because I was not interested. The Xiaozhaigou scenic area began to be renovated and closed to the public the next day I went, and the ticket price was halved at the same time.
The next morning, I spent about 1.5h in the Red Stone Canyon. This scenic spot is a one-way line, and the exit is Zifang Lake. Then I took the scenic bus to Juyufeng, visited Juyufeng and Phoenix Ridge, and walked slowly and took pictures. It took a total of 2h. Had lunch at the popular Yunshang Restaurant downstairs of the homestay.
In the afternoon, I was bored and checked what else was nearby to play, and decided to take the scenic bus to Wanshan Temple and then walk to Baijiayan Temple Tower. I downloaded an offline map and set off. The tower was built during the Tang Dynasty Wu Zetian period, rebuilt in the Jin Dynasty, with a flat octagonal shape and a mixed structure of brick and wood. It took about 2 hours to go back and forth to Wanshan Temple. This place is not part of the scenic area operation area, and it is not recommended for novices to go alone.