Shuangfeng Forest, Heilongjiang, China
4.5 (68 reviews) Wednesday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Spent Ranking #1 in Hailin Forests
Beautiful snow experience
Also known as China Snow Town (中国雪乡), it is about 5 to 6 hours journey from Harbin city. As such, majority of visitors will do a 2D1N trip. Be warned that the accommodation (typically family inns) are rather expensive and yet provide basic amenities. Nevertheless, this snow town attracts lots of local visitors during the winter season. The snow is beautiful, soft and thick. The town is essentially one long street, nestled in a valley surrounded by the thick mountain forest. Along this street are mainly eateries, inns, convenience stores as well as street vendors. What I love most are the traditional houses covered with thick snow. At night, the whole town is lit up by the red lanterns hanging outside their houses and on the streets, making the snow town a great place to wander and unwind.
Address
Changting Town, Hailin 157125 China
Working hours
Monday : 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday : 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Wednesday : 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Thursday : 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Friday : 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Saturday : 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Sunday : 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Current local date and time now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 18:46
User Ratings
4.5 based on (68 reviews)
Reviews
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5Jenny Goh 5:00 PM Jan 3, 2020
Enchanting Snow Country
Visited and stayed here for 2 nights. It was a wonderful experience but the cold can be Super cold like -27 deg Celsius. We had to wear at least 4 to 5 layers on top and 3 layers pants. There are skiing, tubing down slopes, horse and dog sleds... but I didn’t go for animal rides. I just spent RMB 50 per person to enjoy unlimited tubes down the slopes and it was fun enough. Visiting China Snow Town can be very cheap. But as I browse through the internet and travel apps, the tours are quite expensive for the same travel period. I DIY-ed and it was a lot cheaper. Be careful of tour agencies, chartered car Drivers trying to recommend you “cheaper tickets” and pushing you to buy snow activity packages at cheaper rates... just don’t get conned. They have a Long list of activities, but if the weather is Super cold I doubt I could last Long out in the cold to complete those activities anyway. There’s village procession and fireworks every night. All in all, this is a wonderful place to visit.
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4Martin 5:00 PM Jan 5, 2020
Nice to see
Snow town should be included if you are travelling to Harbin for winter holiday especially if you are from a non snowy country. Bear in mind though that it is very packed and crowded with local tourist so if you are looking for a quite forest town this is not the place. It is very touristy and if you don’t speak chinese you better get a local tour with english guide since everyone cannot speak english here. Make sure you travel light to snow town since you have to drag your luggage on icy cold weather. Better to leave your big suitcases at Harbin hotels. There are variety of activities here such as skiing for beginner, snow tubing but I suggest max 2-3 days stay. Note: no english speaking people here make it difficult to do most things for non chinese speaking.
