One-day tour of Huanglong Scenic Area in Sichuan
At 6:30 on September 16, 18 of us set off from Chengdu and arrived at Huanglong Scenic Area after 7 hours.
The tour plan of the scenic area is to go to the highest point of the scenic area first, and then walk down from the top. Therefore, we need to take the cable car to the most beautiful spot in the scenic area, the Five-Color Pond. There are many tourists taking the cable car, and the queue for the cable car is about 300 meters long, but the order is well organized, and the speed of the cable car is very fast, faster than the cable cars we have taken elsewhere, but the riding experience is still good.
At the end of the cable car, there is still 2.6 kilometers away from the Five-Color Pond. You can take the scenic spot sightseeing car or walk there. We certainly hope to take the car, but the guide introduced that there is a quota limit for the sightseeing car every day, and the quota for the day has been sold out, so we can only walk there.
The road along the way is very good, all wooden plank roads. But the whole way is a gradual ascent. The altitude of Chengdu is about 500 meters. When we arrived at the entrance of the scenic area, it was already about 3000 meters. After taking the cable car and walking to the Five-Color Pond, the altitude will reach about 3600 meters. In fact, when we arrived at the entrance of the scenic area, some of us had altitude sickness. During the climbing process, more people had altitude sickness. Fortunately, the climbing process was slow and not continuous ascent. There were medical stations set up along the way. Those with severe altitude sickness could go in for treatment. Those with general altitude sickness could buy oxygen tanks (20 yuan/tank) for oxygen. Half of us bought oxygen tanks, and the altitude sickness improved significantly after oxygen. Most people continued to climb, but some people stopped halfway.
We took the cable car to the Five-Color Pond at 2 o'clock and it took about 2 hours. Although we were tired all the way, we were immediately refreshed when we saw the beautiful scenery of the Five-Color Pond. From then on, the beautiful scenery such as the Striving for Beauty Pool, Saro Reflecting Color Pool, Mirror Reflection Pool, Bonsai Pool, Welcoming Guest Pool, Lotus Platform Waterfall, Waterfall Flowing Light, Gold Sand Paving the Ground, etc., were all in sight, and we all forgot about the time, kept taking pictures, and unknowingly played for 4.5 hours. When we returned to the entrance of the scenic area, it was already 6:30. Huanglong is worthy of the reputation of 'Fairyland on Earth'!
In addition to being mentally prepared for altitude sickness when visiting Huanglong, you should also be fully prepared for the temperature changes in the scenic area. When we started climbing, the sky was clear, and we could wear a sun protection suit or even a short-sleeved shirt. But in the afternoon, the sun was blocked by clouds, and the temperature seemed to drop suddenly. Fortunately, we brought a thicker long-sleeved shirt to barely keep warm!
Wucaichi, located in the national nature reserve of Jiuzhaigou, Aba Tibetan and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is Chawagou, the smallest sea child in Jiuzhaigou, known as the eye of Jiuzhaigou. It belongs to the Changhai Scenic Area in Jiuzhaigou, and is a lake-stacked waterfall landscape. The colorful pool is 3010 meters above sea level, with an area of 5645 square meters, about 100 meters long, 60 meters wide and6.6 meters deep. The color is beautiful, the upper half is blue, the lower half is orange red, the left is sky blue, the right is olive green, the water in the pool is groundwater circulation supply, spring precipitation in the pool less water level falls. After entering the rainy season, the water level naturally rises.
The colorful pool is the essence of Jiuzhaigou lake. It is the smallest and most colorful pool in Jiuzhaigou. The upper half is blue, the lower half is orange red, the left is sky blue, and the right is olive green. The colorful pool is 3,900 meters above sea level, which is the highest point of Huanglong attractions. Getting there requires some physical strength.
This is the case in the off-season. There is no need to wait in line for a long time. The scenery must be discounted. There is very little water in the dry season. You can also see the appearance of its spectacular time. The overall feeling is still good.
Wucaichi, located in the national nature reserve of Jiuzhaigou, Aba Tibetan and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is Chawagou, the smallest sea child in Jiuzhaigou, known as the eye of Jiuzhaigou. It belongs to the Changhai Scenic Area in Jiuzhaigou, and is a lake-stacked waterfall landscape. The colorful pool is 3010 meters above sea level, with an area of 5645 square meters, about 100 meters long, 60 meters wide and6.6 meters deep. The color is beautiful, the upper half is blue, the lower half is orange red, the left is sky blue, and the right is olive green. Water in the pool is supplied by groundwater circulation, and the water level in the pool is lowered in spring precipitation. After entering the rainy season, the water level naturally rises. The color pool is highly transparent. Through the pool water, you can see the stone grains of the rock surface of the pool. The name of the color pool is related to the transparent pool water and stone grains. Due to the color difference of the sediments at the bottom of the pool and the color of the plants at the pool, the blue lake surface presents colorful colors. Jiuzhaigou has more than 3,000 colorful pools, like colorful pearls inlaid in the virgin forest, the landscape is beautiful!
In the forest, a lake of water into the sapphire buried in the dense forest is faintly visible. This is the multicolored pool at an altitude of 2995 meters. Although the multicolored pool is the smallest sea in Jiuzhaigou, the color is the most beautiful. The refraction generated by the sun shines, the multicolored pool is more colorful and charming.
The colorful pool is the essence of Jiuzhaigou lake, the smallest and most colorful pool in Jiuzhaigou, the upper half is blue, the lower half is orange red, the left is sky blue, and the right is olive green. The lake is full of aquatic plant communities such as sponges, algae, small alfalfa, and various herbs such as aloe, throttle grass, water wick. These aquatic communities contain different chlorophyll depths and can show different colors in the lake water rich in calcium carbonate. Winter is surrounded by ice and snow, and this colorful small pool is not frozen, it is amazing.