Mt. Siguniang Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
4.5 (50 reviews) Spent Ranking #4 in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Nature & Wildlife Areas
Outstanding National Park
It took 6 hours by bus to reach Siguniangshan from Chádiànzi long distance bus station in Chengdu. The journey there was very enjoyable as it goes over a 4200 metre mountain pass with fantastic views. Siguniangshan has three main valleys all within easy reach from Siguniangshan town. (Formerly Rilong) The Changping Valley starts from the town. The Haizi Valley is just 500 metres away. 7 kilometres down the road is the Shuangqiao Valley. I did two of the valleys with my family. Saw huge mountains, ice waterfalls, yaks, pine forest and so on. Be sure to take altitude medicine and drink plenty of water as it is quite dry up there. We had medicine and were good until we ran out on the final night and got a massive headache. Also beware of the swindlers who try to take you to your hotel when the bus drops you off. They wanted 100 Yuan for what turned out to be a 500 metre walk to the hotel. The town is small enough to get to most hotels by foot.
Address
Within Xiaojin County, Xiaojin County 624200 China
Current local date and time now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 14:02
User Ratings
4.5 based on (50 reviews)
Reviews
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5AlexTung 5:00 PM Jan 3, 2017
Haizi Valley
So you will have plenty of options in this valley. Haizi valley is one of the three valleys/parks at Mount Siguniang. You can do a 2-3 hour hiking in the park just to the mountain ridge to see the great views of Mount Siguniang itself. Or you can have a multi-day trekking to the summit of Dafeng or Erfeng of Mount Siguniang. The 2-3 hour walking is not very strenuous but rather enjoyable starting from the entrance by the parking lot and walk on boardwalks to but the ticket and walk on the horse trail. It is a pleaseant walking in a good day. Altitude is below 3400 meters. To do the summit of Dafeng, you need to walk for 6-7 hours to the base camp of Dafeng which is located at the elevation of 4300 meters. And then make the summit to 5000 meteres the next day. They have huts with basic bunks at the base camp now, 100 yuan per person. Although you can camp as well. A good time to travel to this place is between April to the next January. it has heavy snow/ or accumulated lots of snow by Feb and March every year basically.
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5Darron Gedge's G 5:00 PM Apr 9, 2016
Outstanding National Park
It took 6 hours by bus to reach Siguniangshan from Chádiànzi long distance bus station in Chengdu. The journey there was very enjoyable as it goes over a 4200 metre mountain pass with fantastic views. Siguniangshan has three main valleys all within easy reach from Siguniangshan town. (Formerly Rilong) The Changping Valley starts from the town. The Haizi Valley is just 500 metres away. 7 kilometres down the road is the Shuangqiao Valley. I did two of the valleys with my family. Saw huge mountains, ice waterfalls, yaks, pine forest and so on. Be sure to take altitude medicine and drink plenty of water as it is quite dry up there. We had medicine and were good until we ran out on the final night and got a massive headache. Also beware of the swindlers who try to take you to your hotel when the bus drops you off. They wanted 100 Yuan for what turned out to be a 500 metre walk to the hotel. The town is small enough to get to most hotels by foot.
