The national park opens from 7am to 6pm during our visit at the month of May. If you have only 1 day to visit Jiuzhaigou and then you have to utilize the time efficiently. The entrance ticket cost RMB220 with bus ticket cost RMB90 and insurance RMB10. Traveling inside the national park require the bus to move around and it is a must for a 1 day pass. As advised from all trekker and travel agent and you should always start from the top. So we start our trekking at Rize valley then follow by Zechawa valley before ending the day at Shuzheng valley. We did cover most of Jiuzhaigou as mentioned.
In the early morning, we board a bus to the top of Rize valley and the bus journey take around 20 minutes. I skip the forest and start my trekking starting from Arrow Bamboo Lake. The scenery is really amazing just like the Chinese drawing like what we heard. There is a beautiful trek route between Arrow Bamboo Lake to Nuorilang Fall and enjoy the scenery while trekking through these trek routes. It takes us about 40 minutes trekking to Panda Lake from Arrow Bamboo Lake.
Walking around Panda Lake took us 30 minutes with photo stop and rest. Then it took another 40 minutes trekking from Panda Lake to Five Flower Lake which I guess it is the highlight of Rize Valley where I really understand why it is called the five flower lake where it reflect the forest natural color at its lake. Our trekking of Rize valley ends up at Pearl Shoal Waterfall. Then we took a bus to Mirror Lake before ending at Nuorilang Tourist center by 11:30am.
We continue our journey to Zechawa valley without wasting time as we board a 11:45am bus up to Long Lake. The bus journey took us 20 minutes to reach Long Lake. Long Lake is beautiful where it has a grand view with huge mountain and lake that make a perfect picture. We proceed to Color Lake which is not that amazing at Zechawa Valley. Anyway Zechawa valley has only these 2 lakes to share about. We quickly complete the lake and back to Nuorilang Center. Before having a break, we quickly visit Nuorilang Fall that we saw most of the time at photos and brochure.
After the break at Nuorilang Tourist Center, then we board a bus to Tiger Lake and trek a little short distance to Shuzheng Village along Shuzheng valley. It took about 20 minutes trekking to reach the Tibetan village. It was raining and we have a little shopping at the village before continue our journey further after 4pm. We trek the final trek at Shuzheng village to Sparkling Lake passing Shuzheng Lake and Sleeping Dragon Lake. The trekking took us 1 hour for a relaxing trekking along this valley. Then we took the bus to Bonzai Shoal Lake before ending our day.
Jiuzhaigou is above 3000 meter and our whole trekking route estimated about 10 km to 15 km walking distance. So if you are tire and you can option to take the bus straight to the designated lake of your choice. Jiuzhaigou is really a highly recommended attraction at Sichuan province.
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