[2024 Hailin Attraction] Travel Guide for Hengdao Tiger Forest Park (Updated Sep)
No.2 of Best Things to Do in Mudanjiang
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Address:
near National Highway 301, Hengdaohezi Town, Hailin City, Mudanjiang City
Opening times:
Opens at 08:00-17:00(Admission ends at 16:00)Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
2-3 hours
Phone:
0453-7583835
Hengdaohezi: Exploring the charm of Northeast winter
🎈Before I came to Hengdaohezi in the Northeast, I knew almost nothing about this small town. However, when I set foot in this snowy area, I discovered the unique charm of the Northeast winter.
🎈First, let me mention the time in Harbin city. At that time, I had never seen such beautiful snow scenery. But when I arrived at Hengdaohezi, I was almost buried alive in a snow pit. This made me realize that the cold in the Northeast is not just cold, but a hellish experience.
🎈However, the beauty here is not just about the scenery. For me, the most important thing is to be able to live well. To cope with the cold, I wrapped myself like a meatball, and even the Northeast tigers gave me a look of disgust. My sisters all put on big cotton pants, warmers, down jackets, hats, gloves, scarves, and I was no exception.
🎈Hengdaohezi is a typical Northeast rural small town, with smoking chimneys and crooked utility poles. The heating here is sometimes on and sometimes off, and it gets completely dark at four o'clock every afternoon. Accompanied by heavy snow, you will find that there really exists a parallel time and space here. Walking in this small town, it seems to have traveled into the long winter of the Northeast.
🎈When touring Hengdaohezi, you can go to see the Gothic tower tip and the brightly colored train station, which is as beautiful as a fairy tale. In addition, at the railway crossing, you can also feel the unique charm under the heavy snow. The Church of the Virgin Mary is the only wooden carved structure church in China, with a typical Russian architectural style. In the museum, you can also learn about the life and culture of the emigrants at that time. In addition, there are more than 200 Russian-style wooden houses in the town, such as yellow houses, green doors, and board camphor trees, which are very beautiful to take pictures at will. The Hengdaohezi locomotive depot retains the historical memory of an era, and those rusty steam locomotive heads witnessed the glorious moment of this small town.
🎈If you are interested in animals, you must not miss the Hengdaohezi Northeast Tiger Forest Park. This is the world's largest artificial breeding base for Northeast tigers, and I am only a layer of wire mesh away from the Northeast big cats. Although Wu Song's experience of fighting tigers made me confused, it did not prevent me from being a cat lover to stroke the cats. Here, the Northeast tigers show their king of beasts, with thick fur, their beauty is fascinating.
🎈Regarding transportation, Hengdaohezi Town is about 278 kilometers away from Harbin, and it takes about 3 hours to drive. It takes about 1.5 hours to take the high-speed rail from Harbin, 88 kilometers away from Snow Town, and 61 kilometers away from Yabuli Town. If it is during the holiday period, it is recommended to drive there, because you can't get a car at all after getting off the car. Usually, taking the D-train back and forth is the most convenient choice.
🎈Regarding the itinerary, after you arrive at Hengdaohezi, you can go to visit the Northeast Tiger Forest Park first, but be careful not to stay outdoors for too long to avoid losing temperature. After eating tendon cakes at noon, you can visit the Russian-style small town, train station, town streets, railway crossings, and locomotive depots along the way.
🎈Finally, there are some precautions to remind everyone. First, it is recommended to find an indoor place to warm up every 1 hour to avoid getting cold. Secondly, because the snow is very thick, you must wear non-slip shoes, avoid going to places without footprints, and easily sink into the snow.
🎈Hengdaohezi, this small town in the Northeast winter, its beauty and charm far exceed my original imagination. If you want to experience the real Northeast winter, why not come here and feel the tranquility and loneliness in the ice and snow.
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Feed a TIGER 🐅🐯🐅🐯
Getting There - Northern part of Harbin, 15min by taxi from downtown
Attractions - In this park you can see Siberian tigers, lions, leopards... They say they have around 800 tigers in the park. You can buy a ticket 138RMB per person, get into the protected bus and begin your adventure. If you pay 200RMB more you will have a unique chance to feed tigers.
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Tammy&J
Very nice place to see the siberian tigers here in Harbin! They are very dangerous yet beautiful giant cats. You can pay some money for meat and you can feed it to the tigers as well! #happynewyear #siberiantigers
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Quinissa
Siberian tiger park!! It is the perfect place to see this beautiful creature. Located in the middle city of Harbin, it is very easy to access. When you arrive, you can choose whether you want to take the closed-windows bus or the open one (with trellis of course), where you can feed the tigers from the inside, which is I would recommend to do! #HalloTrip
Quinissa
Go see the tigers
Hengdaohezi Northeast Tiger Forest Park is located in Hailin City, Mudanjiang. If you drive from Harbin, take the Suiman Expressway and exit at the Hengdaohezi toll station. It’s just a few minutes' drive from there. The tiger park offers free parking, and the highway is in good condition. The total distance is less than 300 kilometers, and you can reach it within three hours, making it very suitable for self-driving.
The best part of the park is the tiger cubs. Over 20 little tigers play and frolic in a circular yard, instantly making you understand the meaning of 'tiger-headed and tiger-brained.' They are extremely cute.
The park also has a free-range area for Northeast tigers, which you can view from an iron cage car, as well as lions, bears, monkeys, alpacas, and more.
Tickets cost 50 yuan, and it’s an additional 10 yuan per person to ride the iron cage car through the free-range area. The prices are very reasonable.
The more dangerous, the more forward: Mudanjiang 'Art Town, Forest Sea Snowfield' welcomes you
Mudanjiang is a city that integrates history, culture, humanities and natural scenery. It has many distinctive tourist attractions. Among the many attractions in winter, Mudanjiang recommends the most interesting and fun route, 'Art Town, Forest Sea Snowfield'.
The 'Art Town, Forest Sea Snowfield' route includes Hengdaohezi Russian Style Town, Forest Sea Snowfield Scenic Area, Qilidi Ecological Folk Village, Northeast Tiger Forest Park, Weihushan Film and Television City, Zhongxing Village Folk Custom Park, Zhongxing Peak Yuet Self-driving Camp, and Yang Zirong Martyrs Cemetery.
Attraction one, Hengdaohezi Russian Style Town→Russian style throughout: Hengdaohezi is a century-old historical and cultural town, which is the richest and best preserved small town along the Middle East Railway.
Attraction two, Forest Sea Snowfield Scenic Area→Beautiful scenery + human history check-in place:
Where is the Northeast Forest Sea Snowfield, come to Hailin City, Mudanjiang City, the scenic area has built a large forest small train theme park, take the red light train to start, pass through Shuanglongxi Station, Linhai Happy Valley Station, Jiapigou Station, Weihushan Station and other sightseeing stations, you will feel the vastness and magnificence of the forest sea snowfield during the train journey, and you will know a little about the forest sea snowfield after playing these projects.
Attraction three, Qilidi Ecological Folk Village→A village like a landscape painting: Qilidi Ecological Folk Village is 7 kilometers away from Hengdaohezi Station, belongs to the original forest ecosystem of Changbai Mountain, contains rich forest resources and mountain products, the village has restored the rural architectural style of the Northeast in the 1930s and 1940s, the small bridge and flowing water scenery is charming.
Attraction four, Hengdaohezi Northeast Tiger Forest Park→National AAAA Scenic Area: The Northeast Tiger 'Wandashan No. 1' has attracted the attention of many netizens. If you want to get close to the Northeast Tiger, you have to come to Hengdaohezi Northeast Tiger Forest Park. Here has formed a comprehensive forest park integrating tourism, viewing, catering, and leisure. It has successively built a variety of animal viewing areas such as Tiger Viewing Park, Cub Park, Lion Park, Bear Park, Deer Park, and the largest Northeast Tiger Science Education Exhibition Hall in the country.
The above attractions can be arranged according to their own needs. Here in winter, it has become a snow kingdom. You can have a snowball fight, take beautiful photos, make Northeast dumplings, make ice lanterns, cut window flowers, play with water and ice, ride a horse and sled, ski, soak in hot springs, eat Northeast ice and snow food, frozen pears, iron pot stew, hot pot, everything will make you cherish this beauty.
Tips: Public transportation is convenient, or you can drive by yourself, be careful when driving in Snow Town.
Accommodation suggestions refer to Ctrip to make a good plan, winter tourism in Mudanjiang is also very popular.
lyrielle_1730
Siberia Tiger Park in Harbin
#harbintrip
Tiger park is well maintained and tigers are well taken cared of. Never gotten so close to tigers before.
Paid RMB 110 for entrance fees which includes a bus ride around the park. Do note that mid way through the bus ride, the bus driver would ask if the visitors would like to see live chicken being fed to the tigers. If majority agrees, he will start collecting RMB 20 from each adult to see how many chickens can be purchased with the collected amount. Afterwhich, he will communcate with the vehicle carrying the live chickens to meet in front of the bus via walkie-talkie. Chicken feathers and blood can be seen in paches around the park.
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Siberia Tiger Safari
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Siberia tiger park is a location in the northwest area of Harbin where you can experience the Siberian tiger up close. At the ticket counter you have a couple of choices in tickets. We bought the regular park entrance ticket plus bus ticket. This allows you to take a bus that drives through the tiger enclosures. If you are lucky the tigers will come close to the bus, but if you guaranteed want a close encouter you should consider buying one of the more expensive tickets that allow you to feed the tigers from inside the bus.
Viana’s Journey
Harbin Siberian Tiger 🐅
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📌"Siberian Tiger Park" 东北虎林园
📍Address: China, Heilongjiang, Harbin, Songbei District, 松北街88号
China is attempting to repopulate the area with Siberian tigers and support the general protection of the species through the establishment of the Siberian Tiger Park, which is situated in Harbin. The park is thought to be the only location in the world where one may view the rare and purebred Siberian tigers. It's estimated that the facility can accommodate up to 1,000 enormous big cats, making it one of the biggest Siberian tiger breeding facilities. Another popular tourist destination is the Siberian Tiger Park, especially with domestic travelers. It has made it possible for tourists to have up-close looks at these amazing animals.
This isn't just any old refuge or zoo—you won't find a place like this again! There are a few unusual activities that tourists may find interesting.The undoubtedly exceptional Tiger Safari is the main draw of the Siberian Tiger Park. After being herded aboard opulent buses with barred windows, visitors are taken around the expansive paddocks filled with tigers that are allowed to wander freely. You get the chance to feed the animal in addition to getting a completely different viewpoint on them.
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马琳娜
Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin 🇨🇳
There are more than 800 Siberian tigers are present here.. What an added activity in our itinerary. We came to Harbin to just initially see the ice festival but upon browsing the internet we found out an interesting place to visit. We were very curious how Siberian Tigers are different to normal tigers. And yes, Siberian Tigers are way bigger than what we normally see in our local zoos. The largest tigers can grow as long as 11 feet.
Tickets Price: It costs 100rmb above depending on your inclusions..it could go higher. You can go for a jeep ride around the habitat of the Siberian tigers where you will see them roam around. Some would even approach your jeep. It is friggin scary. You can even feed them live animals (but i suggest not to try this please). If you really want to feed them, you can buy strips of meat while in you jeep , just stick out a strip of meat using a stick. You can also take pictures of the cubs. like you can carry them with safety measures of course.
China has been successfully breeding this magnificent species of tigers. It is an awesome place to see.
ADDRESS: No.88 Songbei Streey, Daowai District Harbin City.
Enjoy your Siberian Tiger Park experience.
FilipinaTraveler
If you visit Harbin, you must come to this place full of fluffy siberian tigers! The place is about 20 mins from the city center and you can take a taxi to get there, which is cheap. In here, you will be taking a bus to go around the park and you can also feed them from the bus by buying some meat inside. #wintergetaway
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Quinissa
absolutely beautiful animals it was great to get so close to them. The majority of tigers roam freely and have large spacious living areas however some other big cats have quite small homes and some appear to be unhappy or distressed