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[Western Sichuan Feast: 8-Day Journey to the Hidden Gem of Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan] Mount Siguniang + Fairytale World of Jiuzhaigou + Bipeng Valley + Miyaluo + Crossing the Lixiao Road + Huanglong's Heavenly Jade Pool

Destination Place

Chengdu

Travel Days

8 days

Highlights

  • Experience a diverse array of landscapes in one trip: snow-capped mountains, alpine lakes, canyons, and hot springs.

  • Colorful Jiuzhaigou embodies the autumnal romance behind the saying, “After returning from Jiuzhaigou, no other waters seem worth seeing.”

  • Traverse the viral “Li Xiaolu” road and immerse yourself in the autumn charm of western Sichuan’s mountain wilderness.

Itinerary

Day1
Chengdu
Go to Chengdu Airport by yourself today from the place of departure. After arrival, you will be picked up by a person and sent to the hotel. Afterwards, they move freely.

[Playing Tips]:
Chengdu is a city that people don't want to leave. In this city, you can deeply feel what life is called. I recommend you go to Kuanzhai Alley or Jinli to visit Chengdu's specialty shops and taste Chengdu's authentic snacks.
Day2
Chengdu-Sgnshan
Itinerary: Chengdu-Dujiangyan Scenic Area-Siguniang Mountain

After breakfast, go to visit Dujiangyan. The Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project was built by Shu County Governor Li Bing on the Minjiang River during the Warring States Period of the Qin Dynasty and King Zhao (227 BC). It is listed as a "World Cultural Heritage": Baopingkou Water Diversion, Feisha Weir Flood Discharge Dam, Guanyuzui Water Diversion Embankment, Anlan Cable Bridge and other attractions are quite spectacular. You can also visit the Qinyan Tower, which was rebuilt after the May 12 earthquake, and the Erwang Temple in memory of Li Bing and his son.

After that, take a bus to the Siguniang Mountain Observation Deck to have a panoramic view of Siguniang Mountain.

Stay at Siguniangshan Town Hotel in the evening.
3 Attractions
  • Siguniang Mountain Observation Platform

    Siguniang Mountain Observation Platform

    Visit the Maobiliang Viewing Platform: the most classic and convenient free viewpoint. Located right beside the national highway, it offers unobstructed panoramic views of Mount Siguniang, making it an ideal spot for capturing the breathtaking “Golden Sunrise” phenomenon.

  • shuangqiaogou

    shuangqiaogou

    Shuangqiaogou is named after the two wooden bridges in the ditch. The ditch is mainly composed of snowy peaks, pastures, grasslands, forests, etc. It is the most beautiful ditch in Siguniang Mountain. Strolling through the ditch, you can experience the real pastoral scenery. The main attractions include Yinyang Valley, Hunter Peak, Sun and Moon Treasure Mirror and Five-color Mountain.

  • siguniang mountain

    siguniang mountain

    Siguniang Mountain consists of four continuous peaks. The four peaks are covered with ice and snow all year round, like four handsome young girls with white gauze on their heads. They stand in turn on the two Milky Way of Changpinggou and Haizigou, hence the name Siguniang Mountain. The main peak, Yaomei Peak, is 6250 meters above sea level and is known as the "Queen of Shushan". Siguniang Mountain Scenic Area consists of Siguniang Mountain, Shuangqiaogou, Changpinggou and Haizigou "three ditches and one mountain".

Day3
Sgnshan-Lixian-Gu er gou
Itinerary: Siguniang Mountain Town-Shuangqiaogou-Gurgou Hot Spring Hotel

After breakfast, visit Siguniang Mountain [Shuangqiaogou] Scenic Area. The scenery in Shuangqiaogou is the most concentrated and charming. There are both birch forests and cypress forests that are common in low mountainous areas, as well as spruce and fir trees in high mountainous areas. The three-dimensional distribution of plants combined with the peculiar male mountains form Shuangqiaogou, including the Wushan Mountains. Eight major landscapes.

After that, take the Li path and enjoy the beautiful natural scenery along the way to Bipeng Gully.
After arriving, we went to Gurgou to stay-[Ramada Hot Spring Hotel Gurgou]. The hotel is located in the beautiful Gurgou-Miaro Scenic and Scenic Belt, surrounded by sacred peaks, accompanied by canyons, picturesque mountains and rivers.

[Warm Tip]: It is recommended to go to Li Xiaoli by cars with less than 9 seats; if there is weather or the Li Xiaoli is not accessible, you need to take the old road, passing through Yingxiu, Wenchuan, Li County to Bipeng Gully, which will take about 2 hours longer. Please understand.
1 Attractions
  • Miaro Scenic Area

    Miaro Scenic Area

    Miaro Scenic Area is one of the largest red leaf scenic spots discovered and opened in China. It was once more than 180 times larger than Beijing Xiangshan Red Leaf Scenic Area. Every golden autumn in October and November, Miaro reaches its most beautiful time of the year, and the red leaves all over the mountains and fields are very spectacular.

Day4
Maoxian-Gu er gou
Itinerary: Gurgou Hot Spring Hotel-Bipenggou-Mao County

After breakfast, we set off for a visit to the [Bipeng Gully] that integrates the scenery of plateau, glaciers, hot springs, and canyons. There are strange peaks in the ditch, deep canyons, crisscross glaciers, flying waterfalls, and there are many types of wild animals and plants. Bipenggou is compared to the beautiful back of Siguniang Mountain. Each season has different beautiful scenery.

After that, go to Mao County Hotel to stay.
1 Attractions
  • bi penggou

    bi penggou

    Bipenggou is a large-scale original ecological tourist scenic spot integrating original ecological landscape exhibitions, mountain climbing, polar exploration, skiing and skating, and leisure vacations. Bipenggou is famous for its beautiful natural scenery, perfect natural ecological landscape, and excellent ecological environment. There are many kinds of red leaves and rhododendrons in the scenic area, with pristine forests, flying waterfalls, and strange glaciers. Bipenggou is famous for its beautiful natural scenery, perfect natural ecological landscape, and excellent ecological environment. There are many kinds of red leaves and rhododendrons in the scenic area, with pristine forests, flying waterfalls, and strange glaciers. Bipenggou is compared to the beautiful back of Siguniang Mountain. This is a colorful world, with thick green trees, dark red leaves, green lakes, blue skies, and pure white snow; it is a colorful world, with steep peaks, a glacier, and temples among people.

Day5
Maoxian-Jiuzhaigou
Itinerary: Mao County-Huanglong Scenic Area-Jiuzhaigoukou

Starting from the hotel to the [Huanglong Scenic Area] in the morning, you have to cross the Liangyakou of Xuebao Ding Mountain at an altitude of 4100 meters. In order to avoid traffic jams, it is recommended to leave early. Huanglong Scenic Area is known as the "Jade Pool on Earth" because there are many colorful ponds in the ditch, which change into colorful colors as the surrounding scenery changes and the angle of sunlight exposure changes. We took the cableway up the mountain and then walked down to enjoy the scenery along the way.

After the tour, go to Jiuzhaigou Goukou Hotel to stay. In the evening, we arranged a special Tibetan meal and had a delicious meal.
1 Attractions
  • Huanglong Scenic Area

    Huanglong Scenic Area

    The core area of Huanglong Scenic Area is dotted with more than 3,000 colored ponds. With the surface tufa landscape with ingenious structure and colorful colors as the main scenery, it consists of Huanglonggou, Danyun Gorge, Munigou, Xuebao Ding, Red Army Long March Monument Park, etc. The main landscape is concentrated in the Huanglong Gully, which is about 3.6 kilometers long. The ditch is full of calcium carbonate tufa deposits and is rich in animal and plant resources.

Day6
Jiuzhaigou
Itinerary: One day in Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area

After breakfast, take a bus to the [Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area]. Jiuzhaigou is rich in "water features", including streams, springs, waterfalls, rivers and scattered seas, so it is known as "Jiuzhai returns without seeing water". The "Six Wonders" of Jiuzhaigou refer to the most representative scenic spots in the ditch, which are Cuihai, Died Waterfall, Colorful Forest, Snow Peak, Tibetan Love and Blue Ice. Jiuzhaigou is generally Y-shaped and is composed of three ditches 50 kilometers deep.

Watch the performance of "Jiuzhai Eternal Love" and enjoy a large-scale song and dance performance, completely break the boundaries of art types, and a visual feast will be shocking!
6 Attractions
  • Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area

    Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area

    Jiuzhaigou is a World Natural Heritage site, a national key scenic area, a national AAAAA-level tourist scenic area, a national nature reserve, a national geological park and a member of the World Biosphere Reserve Network. It is also the first nature reserve in China with the main purpose of protecting natural landscapes.

  • Five flowers

    Five flowers

    Wuhua Lake, located in the Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, is one of the most beautiful lakes in Jiuzhaigou.

  • Panda sea falls

    Panda sea falls

    Panda Sea is located in Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, with an altitude of 2587 meters, a depth of 14 meters, and an area of 90,000 square meters. Panda activities often occur here, hence the name Panda Sea. The texture of the rock wall by the lake is unique, reflecting the lake, and contrasts with the round white stone like a panda with several circles of black patterns naturally growing underwater beside the lake. It is one of the four major waterfalls in Jiuzhaigou and the one with the largest drop among Jiuzhaigou waterfalls.

  • Multicolored pool

    Multicolored pool

    There is a scenic spot in Jiuzhaigou that is the most amazing, where the colors of water vary from deep to light, blue to green, as if it has assembled all the colors that water can have. Along with the rocks, aquatic plants, moss and branches, it nearly encapsulates all the highlights of Jiuzhaigou into one.

  • Changhai

    Changhai

    Changhai has an altitude of 3060 meters, a length of about five kilometers, a width of about 600 meters, and an area of 930,000 square meters. The mountain peak next to Changhai is covered with snow all year round, and the forest is surrounded by green pearls. Standing on the Changhai Observation Platform, you can have a panoramic view of the blue sky, white clouds, and the snowy peaks. It feels that the mountains and the sky are connected to each other without distance. This is also a big sight of Changhai. Poetry and Fu: The sun reflects the snowy mountains and the blue clouds, and the ancient trees bloom with the blue waves.

  • Tree normal group

    Tree normal group

    Shuzheng Qunhai Scenic Area is the gate to the beautiful scenery of Jiuzhaigou. The Shuzheng Group Trench has a total length of 13.8 kilometers and has more than 40 lakes (haizi) of various types, accounting for about 40% of all lakes in Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area. The water from the upper sea climbs over the lake embankment and overflows from the trees, stirring up white water droplets, jumping and shuttling in the green. The water flows up and down along the embankment, forming a curtain of water, graceful and changing. The entire group of seas is clearly stratified, with blue colors in the green, and fairytale innocence and nature.

Day7
Jiuzhaigou-Chengdu-Pingwu
Itinerary: Jiuzhaigou-Songpan Ancient City-Chengdu

Today, I will return to Chengdu and visit the Ancient City of Songpan, known as Songzhou in ancient times. It was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Since ancient times, it has been a military fortress in northwest Sichuan, and it has also been an important station for the long-standing "tea-horse exchange" of Tibetan, Qiang, Hui and Han people. The ancient city is divided into two cities, inner and outer, with a gate connecting the two cities. The city wall is all made of blue bricks, which is firm and solid. Its thickness reaches 12 meters, making it the largest in the country.

Upon arrival, stay at Chengdu Hotel to rest.
1 Attractions
  • Bao'en Temple

    Bao'en Temple

    Bao'en Temple was built by a local chieftain in the Ming Dynasty. He spent a large amount of money to hire 20 craftsmen who had participated in the construction of the Forbidden City to build it. It was constructed completely by referring to the architecture of the imperial palace. Therefore, Bao'en Temple is also known as the "Forbidden City in the Remote Mountains".

Day8
Chengdu
I slept until I woke up naturally today, and arranged to send me off to my warm home based on the flight time.