Wutong Mountain, Guangdong, China

5InmerHungrig 5:00 PM Dec 25, 2017

A welcome change to the life in Shenzhen
OVERALL ASSESSMENT The walk up Wutong Mountain was very nice. There are two different ways (more on that later) so you can even choose depending on what you like. There weren't too many people around when we went but it was also very cold. Unfortunately, you probably need a lot of luck to choose a day with an actual great view. Still, you can see a lot and the height alone is incredible. WAY THERE Some people on here wrote about the bus line 211. We asked a Chinese friend who looked it up for us and said the fastest and best way is the following: Go to Huangbeiling Metro Station (by metro). Then go out through - I'm not 100% sure anymore - Exit C and go to bus station 1 (黄贝岭地铁站①站). There, you take bus M445 with the final destination Huangpeiling Station (黄排岭方向). As far as we saw, you can't take the wrong one, though, because Huangbeiling is the first/last station. To have an overview over the stations: picture 1 (I looked it up while we were on the bus so I think the first stations are missing but you will recognize station names in the announcements). The station where you need to get out is called Wutong Mountain Market Station/WuTong Shan ShiChang (梧桐山市场站). Probably, many others will get out there, too. To reach the entrance to the park, just go straight for a few hundred meters or simply follow all the others. DETAILS ABOUT THE TRIP - The small town at the entrance of the park is full of impressions but still much more quite than Shenzhen. You can get literally almost everything there (food, drinks, hiking and sports clothes, umbrellas etc.), there are at least two pretty big supermarkets. - The park is free. - We walked at a normal and consistent speed and it took us about 3 hours to get to the top (not counting our breaks). The way down the stairs took us about 2 hours. - There are two ways: the asphalted road and a stairway (pretty much only stairs). We started out taking the stairs (go in to the left directly in the beginning) but didn't recognize the "Taishan Stream" path as the continuation of that way (picture 2). That's why we ended up taking the road. It's nice because you have a better view around and about two thirds up are two restaurants. The first one is next to a temple tower and mainly sells snacks, the one a few hundred meters later is much bigger. We took the stairs when walking back down and that way is very nice, it's pretty green and natural and follows a stream. I would recommend you to take one way up and the other down. We were happy the way we did it because taking the stairs up is much harder.

4melissahghtn 5:00 PM Aug 31, 2016

A must do if in Shenzhen
The walk was challenging but the most challenging aspect was getting there. Having GPS and Google (Inc. translate and maps) blocked on our phones meant finding a travel route to Wutong Shan Village was difficult. There is no MTR station nearby so I recommend you catch the 211 bus from (near!!) Luohu MTR. To get to the bus stop you need to cross the road via the underpass and follow the road left past the Shangri-La hotel and then walk for 5 minutes. The bus timetables are not in English (which is surprising because when on the bus, everything is in English and Chinese including the voice over). You need to be on the right hand side of the road with the buses going in the direction away from Luohu station. The bus costs just ¥2 which is the UK equivalent of just 22p and you need to get off the last stop which is Wutong Shan Village. Follow the road and you will come to the path entrance. The walk itself is challenging and took me and my boyfriend 1hr 30 but we did not stop and were walking at pace. Unfortunately it was a cloudy day but the views were still breathtaking. There is a shop at the top and we bought 2 x icelollies and 2 x water totalling just ¥18 (£2). I would recommend you take plenty of water as we did this walk during the week and nobody was selling water after the first third of the walk (until the top) but this may not be the case at a weekend. The walk down took 1hr and you get the bus back from the same place.