Travel | Summer Retreat in the Mountains: A Two-Day, One-Night Guide to Yuntai Mountain
| Summer Retreat in the Mountains: A Two-Day, One-Night Guide to Yuntai Mountain.📍Location: Yuntai Mountain, Jiaozuo, Henan
🏔Scenery: This is the Yuntai Mountain from the poems of Wang Wei. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, it's perfect for a summer retreat and very convenient for travel!
🚗Recommended Route:
Day One: Red Stone Gorge - Zifang Lake - Cornelian Cherry Peak
Day Two: Wanshan Temple - Xiaozhaigou (Macaque Valley - Tan Waterfall Gorge - Spring Waterfall Gorge)
🚕Transportation Guide
1⃣High-speed train: Xiuwu West Station, carpool from the station to the scenic area entrance for 15 yuan per person, taking about 30 minutes
2⃣High-speed train: Jiaozuo Station, carpool from the station for 20 yuan per person, taking about 50 minutes
🏠Accommodation
Staying at the service area on the shore is most convenient. The service area is like a pedestrian street, with everything you need for eating, drinking, playing, and staying, and it's very close to the scenic area entrance! You can directly take the scenic area sightseeing bus when you come out!
👍Attraction Recommendations
📍🚩Red Stone Gorge 🕰Duration: 2 hours
Red Stone Gorge is the core scenic area of Yuntai Mountain, a must-visit attraction known as the 'Bonsai Valley'. It is 2000 meters long, entering from Red Stone Gorge and exiting at Zifang Lake, experiencing the natural wonders along the way.
⭕️There are shops selling small items along Zifang Lake, the items are very cheap and quite characteristic! It's my first time seeing things sold in a scenic area cheaper than outside! Worth taking a look if you're interested, you won't lose out!!
📍Cornelian Cherry Peak for sunset 🕰Duration: 2-3 hours
🎋'Alone in a foreign land, I am an alien guest, every festive day my homesickness doubles. Knowing my brothers are climbing high, I insert cornelian cherries but one is missing.'
This is the Cornelian Cherry Peak from the poems of Wang Wei, also the main peak of Yuntai Mountain, with an altitude of 1297.6 meters. Main attractions: Medicine King Cave, Guandi Temple, Xuandi Palace.
⭕️🔅Take the scenic area bus to the entrance of Cornelian Cherry Peak, estimated 30 minutes. There are 1660 steps to Cornelian Cherry Peak, it is recommended to climb directly, 1 hour up the mountain, 20 minutes down. There are steep steps at the beginning and end, but the middle path is relatively flat and cool in the forest. Personally, I think there is no need to take the cable car, don't be intimidated by the appearance of the starting and ending points.
🌅Sunset time: If you are going to watch the sunset, it's later in the summer, so it's suggested to start later and climb slowly.
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📍Wanshan Temple ⏰Duration: 40 minutes
Wanshan Temple is particularly quiet with few people, perhaps because of the few visitors, the sound of cicadas seems particularly lively. Here you can feel a rare tranquility. The temple offers three incense sticks for free.
📍Xiaozhaigou🏞 (Macaque Valley - Tan Waterfall Gorge - Spring Waterfall Gorge)
🕰Total duration for Xiaozhaigou: About 5 hours
These attractions are close to each other. In Macaque Valley, you can see monkeys and performances. Tan Waterfall Gorge and Spring Waterfall Gorge are somewhat similar, with mountain play and water fun, featuring cool spring waterfalls. Tan Waterfall Gorge has more shade and is a better place for summer retreat. However, it looks best with ice waterfalls in winter!
‼️💯 Remember to bring your ID card when going out, as every attraction requires it!!
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Yuntai Mountain Scenic Spot
The management is well organized, the scenery is beautiful, it is worth seeing. There are many people traveling on May 1st, but the route planning of the scenic spot is reasonable, parking is convenient, there are many service and command personnel, and there are no obstacles. The scenic area is full of food, drink and fun, convenient and reasonable.
The scenery is pleasant, one step at a time; the service facilities are humanized, and there are many traffic stations, and you can transfer up and down at any time. You can buy a ticket for up to three days at a time. It is not too fast or slow to visit all the attractions according to the tourist route. If the cable car fare can be discounted a little, it would be fine!
The scenery is pleasant, one step at a time; the service facilities are humanized, and there are many traffic stations, and you can transfer up and down at any time. You can buy a ticket for up to three days at a time. It is not too fast or slow to visit all the attractions according to the tourist route. If the cable car fare can be discounted a little, it would be fine!
Yuntai Mountain is very good. I bought tickets to enter and exit the scenic spot for two consecutive days. The main content of the play is mainly landscape. The peak can climb the mountain, the Hongshi Gorge can have green water. There are Changsheng Spring and Bulao Spring in the other two Gorges. You can see a big waterfall at the end, and there is a macaque valley in the middle. You can feed the monkeys, and there will be macaque performances at fixed points every day. If you like excitement, you can also spend money to play high-altitude crossing projects. The accommodation conditions near the scenic spot are average, but the price is not expensive. Most of them can park for free, just suitable for coming to play and sleep.
When you come to Henan, Yuntai Mountain is the most worth checking in. The scenery of Yuntai Mountain has its own beauty all year round. The flowers are full of mountains and wild in spring. In summer, you can come to play in the water to escape the heat. In autumn, the red leaves are like colorful clouds. In winter, there is an ice and snow festival. It is like entering a fairy tale world. And the service attitude is very good, it is worth seeing!
Ok, what macaque valley is not very fun, except for a circus performance, other people did not see the head (a few monkeys, peacocks) when the Red Rock Gorge went to the crowd, it was very tired to walk, others because they were with children, so they were all by car, cable car (glass plank road) elevator (Redstone Gorge bottom to go up the stairs for more than half an hour) This is quite tired.
The special landform of Yuntai Mountain is worth taking children to enjoy the experience. The three major theme sections have their own characteristics. Leave some time in Yuntai Mountain and slowly feel the unique gifts of nature. Let the whole body and mind have a qualitative improvement. The meaning of travel is roughly like this! The local government in Henan is also very friendly. There is no slaughter phenomenon in the scenic spot and the price is very fair. This once again increases the experience and happiness of travel! Yuntai Mountain is a good choice for Spring Festival travel!
Very worth a visit. The annual ticket is 10 yuan more expensive than the single ticket. I decisively chose the annual ticket. It is said that Yuntai Mountain in summer is better. A day is a little tight, it can be completed, two days will be better. There are free cars in the scenic area to and from various attractions such as Lufeng, Xiaozhaigou, Hongshixia, which is very convenient. You must experience the Lufeng glass plank road.