How to travel Huanglong National Park by Cable Car?

Located in Songpan County of Sichuan province, Huanglong National Park is the only one plateau wetland that is well-preserved in China. Different from Jiuzhaigou Valley which is100km away, Huanglong Park is famous for its four kinds of stunning beauty, that’s multicolored ponds, snow-capped mountains, breathtaking canyons and boundless forests. Facing the origin of Fu River, the main scenic spot Huanglonggou Valley, a dragon-shaped spot under the main peak of Min Mountain, just like a majestic dragon to Chinese’s mind, which is the origin of its name.

Stunning beauty in Huanglong Park

Generally speaking, it is recommended to visit its most beautiful in early autumn. Blazing with color, the forest and lakes add to the extraordinarily life and gaiety of Huanglong. Owing to the cold winter at the high altitude nearly 4000 meters, Huanglong National Park will be closed from 16th November to 31st March. The ticket is 200 RMB in peak season and 60 RMB in low season. It is not recommended to visit in April because of dry season, but surrounded by snow-capped mountain and forest, the amazing clarity of the blue lakes even more attractive than in summer.

Huanglong National Park is surrounded by sonw-capped mountain and forest in low reason

Huanglong National Park Cable Car

Due to the annual maintenance work, the cable car in Huanglong National Park was unavailable until 31st March this year. It will take you 25 minutes to queue up waiting for the cable car in low season, while nearly one hour in peak season. The cableway is bidirectional, and 80 RMB for going up and 40 RMB for down. It is close to the mountain, which won’t terrify vertigo sufferers. Eight persons could be taken at once and arrive in 2 minutes.

Huanglong National Park Cable Car

Going up by cable car and down by foots is the best way to visit Huanglong. On the one hand, in such a place with an average altitude of 3400 meters, keeping up strength is essential. Physical strength of normal adult may not enough to support walking all the way. On the other hand, most of the scenic spots are relatively grouped, so one-way tour is enough to visit them. However, the road up to the hill is divided from the down road, so walking all the way is the only method to visit Huanglong without leaving any tiny spots.

Going up by cable car

The cable car will be closed after 5:00pm. If you arrived at Huanglong National Park in the afternoon, you have no choice but taking the cable car. Given the high altitude and possibility of altitude stress, you’d better to enjoy the sites slowly, and this tour may take you more than 5 hours. Compared with downhill by cable car, going up by it won’t in a hurry and conserve strength.

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Travel Route in Huanglong National Park

The duck-board and tour route are H-shaped, going up by cable car, walking along the parallel path which will take you 40 minutes, and you will arrive at an active platform. Spanning more than 1km, the parallel path has no steps and won’t waste your strength. Keep climbing for 1km, and you will arrive at the most famous spot, multicolored pond. The highest point of multicolored pond reaches 3900 meters, which is also the highest point of the scenic spot that tourists can arrive. Along with relief elevation of land surfaces, these calcified ponds distribute by terraces.

Multicolored pond in Huanglong Park

After visiting multicolored pond, the route is all downhill from here to the finish, and the spots will be visited in order. Next spot is Huanglong Temple. There is a middle temple set for rest. It is said that the man named Huang Long cultivated himself into immortal here, and Huanglong Temple is built to remember him. Formed by more than 500 colorful ponds, Zhengyan pond is the largest multicolored pond group of Huanglong, as well as the richest one in color. According to experts, Zhengyan pond could rival the Plitvice National Park of Yugoslavia in beauty. Others scenic spots, like Golden Sands, Yingxian Bridge, waterfalls and Xishen Cavity, are also distributed on the downhill road.

Huanglong Temple

Viewing along this route until scenic gate, the downhill road is around 4km and takes you nearly 4 hours. If you hurry up to down the hill, it will cut down the walking time to two hours without visiting scenic spots along the way. By comparison with Jiuzhaigou Valley, the view of Huanglong has more characters of plateau scenery.

Zhengyan pond

Huanglong National Park Transportation

How to Travel around in Huanglong National Park

Free bus is available at walkway exit and entrance and cable car station of Huanglong Park, and you can get the cable car station located at the foot of the mountain by taking bus.

Huanglong Park entrance

How to Go to Huanglong National Park

There are several regular buses from Jiuzhaigou to Huanglong. If you get accommodation in Jiuzahigou, you would better purchase tickets at first, and make a good schedule. Huanglong Park has no individual regular bus, so you need to confer with the driver on which station you will get off the bus. The driving from Jiuzhaigou to Huanglong will takes you around two hours.

The road from Jiuzhaigou to Huanglong

What to Bring while Visiting Huanglong National Park

Given to the humid cold climate and high altitude, winter coat is needed in spring and autumn, while in summer, heavyjacket is needed. Pay attention to the weather forecast before setting out, and prepare yourself a umbrella or rain coat just in case.Conditions are damp and foggy in morning and evening. Unlike Jiuzhaigou, the duck-board is not laid with iron net, so it would be slippery after rain and fog. No matter it rains or not, put on your antiskid shoes when walk down the hill. The high altitude means high UV level, so make sure that you are well-protected by sun glasses and sun cream.Rain or not, put on sun cream to defend UV rays.

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To ease the influence of altitude stress, take rhodiola for ten days before your trip, and start your trip until the buffer period isover. Carry some sweet food which can replenish physical strength by your side.For insurance, take some oxygen carriers or oxygen bottles by your side, which is easy to find in the spots.

Where to Live in Huanglong

One-day tour is recommended, so you can find a hotel nearby Jiuzhaigou National Park, setting out from the hotel and return here before sun set, and so does Songpan County. There has no restaurant in Huanglong, and you need to prepare food in advance. Most of the tourists choose to buy food in Jiuzhaigou or Songpan, where the choice of food is various and local characteristic.

Hotel nearby Jiuzhaigou National Park

FAQs about Visiting Huanglong National Park

Q: What’s the best viewing time of Huanglong Park?

A: Different seasons with different views. Early autumn from September to October would be the best viewing time. However, crystal-like lakes inlayed a piece of white wonderful land is also worth watching in early spring and winter. The boundless forests of rhododendron are only available from March to June, and lakes will reach its most beautiful during wet season in July and August. The beauty varies from seasons, but all in all, October is recommended.

Q: Could I go up by foot and down by cable car?

A: Yes. However, going up by foot needs better strength than down by foot. What’s more, you need to take care of the operation time of cable car, and make sure that you will arrive at HuanglongPark before noon.