Quick 2 days trip to Huangshan

Here we go to one more descent place that have stolen my heart! Huangshan UNESCO Global Geopark is 10 km2 area with the fantastic landscapes. The high speed train comes to Huangshan in the late evening, so I decided to stay a night in the town and in the morning I went to the country Tangkouzhen which is around 50 mins by car from the town. I heard there’re buses, too, but they start service at 9 am and you need around 1.5 h to get the place, but I didn’t want to waste time and ordered DiDi that cost around 170 yuan with the highway. I stayed in Tangkou for two full days, but as for me, you need around 3 days to see all the main spots in the park. Tangkou is quite good, developed and tourists oriented place. I went to the south gate to buy the ticket and you can choose Eastern or Western side. Firstly you buy the bus ticket for 19 yuan, so I went to the East first, the place in the first pic with the rough peaks. So you take the shuttle bus that brings you to the cableway. The entrance and one way cableway is 260ish yuan. Once you get off the cableway you can walk uphill where you can find the Welcoming Pine and many scenic spots. I didn’t go to all of them because the view is almost the same from there. After that, I decided to walk down on foot, it’s around 5.5 km down the hill and it took me 1.5 hours while the signs say it takes 3 hours. So the overall trip to the first spot took 4-4.5h. The next day I went to the same gate and bought the ticket to the Western part and it was absolutely right decision because the western part is the way bigger and tiring, later I’ll tell you why. So, on this side, the shuttle bus takes you to another cableway which goes freaking high!!! After you got off the cableway, you can follow several paths: through the cave (a hole in the mountain) which is a bit harder or to go another way. I walked all the way to the third cableway but I didn’t take it because I was dreadfully tired, you know why? So, here’s the trick of this place… because there’re stairs everywhere EVERYWHERE I swear!!! you can’t imagine how much my calves were sore 😫 I couldn’t walk for the next two days lol. But it was definitely worth it. I was shocked when I saw the guys who provide service to carry ppl in the sedan chair up and downstairs on their shoulders 😨 they are 100% cyborgs. So, the tips are: - before you go to the cableway, there are some small shops, you should buy (I bought mine for 35 yuan but there are wooden one much cheaper) or take with you the hiking cane, it really helps a lot! - go for a massage after hiking or at least bring your muscles pain relief ointment - take MORE water. because the shops on the top are always out of stock - don’t take the drone with you, they will not let you fly it I wish you to have the best trips and please, take care of yourselves ❤️ #staycation #awesomepic #nationalpark #naturalwonders #summervacation #mountainview