Pudacuo Super Full Guide|Love the vastness of winter
|Love the vastness of winter. Come to Pudacuo National Park. I've heard that the scenery here is stunning in summer, but I didn't expect that winter also has a different landscape✨
📍Transportation:
Buy a bus from Dukezong Ancient City to Pudacuo on the "Diqing Passenger Transport" public account, 15r/person, 30-40min by car. After getting on the bus, the driver will let everyone scan the code to buy a return ticket on the bus, the price is the same, there are return buses at 1/2/3/4/5/6 pm, choose the return bus according to your own play situation, super convenient~ The driver is also very enthusiastic, introducing the attractions and precautions along the way. Highly recommended!
🚩Play:
1. Buy tickets on site to enter the scenic area (ticket 68r+ bus ticket 70r, student ID free ticket)
2. Take the scenic bus to the first station "Shudu Lake", walk 3.3 kilometers on the plank road after arrival
3. Take the scenic bus to the second station "Bitahai" (if you don't want to go to the second station, you can get off at the entrance of the visitor center in the middle), walk about 1.2 kilometers after arrival, and then return the same way (equivalent to walking more than 2 kilometers)
4. Take the scenic bus back to the entrance and start the return journey
👣Time reference:
We took the passenger bus departing from the ancient city at 9:40 in the morning, bought tickets and entered at about 10:20, walked in a Buddhist way at Shudu Lake + often stopped to take pictures + eat, played for a long time about 2-3 hours, took the bus to Bitahai at about 13:30, and took the bus from Pudacuo back to the ancient city at 16:00 in the afternoon, and arrived at the ancient city at about four and a half in the afternoon~
💙Feelings:
I love this vastness, where the eye can see is beautiful scenery, very lucky to catch up with good weather and snow, grassland, lake, snow scene, and yaks, horses, squirrels of relatives, bks the closest place to heaven, can not forget for a long time after coming back.
Precautions:
1⃣Remember to buy oxygen in advance, do not ignore the altitude of more than 3,000 meters. The driver of the passenger bus recommends that a normal person prepare a can of oxygen, if it is a person who has not been to the plateau/headache/cold/menstrual/elderly etc. prepare two cans of oxygen.
2⃣Oxygen should be inhaled in advance, you can take a breath from time to time when you go up by car
3⃣The walking distance in Pudacuo is long, be sure to walk slowly according to your own situation and rest from time to time
4⃣There is not much food for sale in the scenic area, we all solve lunch by ourselves, so remember to bring dry food in advance, such as some bread, biscuits, chocolate, etc.
It was still a little early to go on May Day. The flowers didn't open until the end of the month. Only two attractions were opened, and they were taken by the scenic bus and then hiking. It will be sunny for a while and rain for a while, and it is not serious to walk slowly.
There is a slight altitude sickness. It depends on the personal mountain. It happens to be a strong wind and heavy rain. The weather in March is mixed with hail. It is super beautiful in the open mountains. You can't take pictures with your mobile phone. It's gone down the mountain.
Pudacuo Forest Park should be regarded as the largest scenic spot near Shangri-La, because we had to catch the train, we only stayed in it for more than two hours. After visiting the Shudu Lake, we didn't go to Bitahai again. Enter the scenic spot and take a sightseeing bus first. The bus takes a long time to get to the first stop of Duhu Lake, and then enter the 3.3 kilometer hiking, but it is basically a wooden plank road, so it is more convenient to walk. The temperature in Shangri-La at the end of April was still relatively low. Because there was no sun on a cloudy day, the rain the night before caused the scenic wind to be very strong. The meadow was still in a slightly green state, but the horse cattle were free to eat grass. It belongs to Duhu Lake and the virgin forest is still very beautiful, and some snow-capped mountains can be seen in the distance. There are many small squirrels in the virgin forest. They are not afraid of people and will beg for food. They are very cute. There are more than 4,000 meters above sea level. If the high reaction is serious, you should prepare an oxygen tank to suck it. At the end of Duhu Lake, the bus is to return to the gate of the scenic spot first. If you want to go to Bitahai, then take the bus. If you come to Pudacuo in summer, it should be more beautiful!
The highest point in Pudacuo National Park is 4,670 meters above sea level, and the lowest point is 2,347 meters above sea level. There are many unique small scenery staggered distributions such as fault cliffs, forest small mounds, deep ditch canyons, including relatively primitive and complete forest shrubs, alpine meadows, wetland lakes, geological relics, River Canyon Ecosystems, etc.
Tickets are a bit expensive, but the scenery and trees of the scenic spot are really good. Be sure to buy sightseeing car tickets, because there are a few kilometers of hiking scenery inside that is beautiful and it is recommended for everyone to take a walk.
Pudacuo is on the plateau. It was too early to go in April. It was basically dry yellow before spring. At least go after May. And the core scenic area ecology has been closed, it has been closed for 5 or 6 years, and it is still not open. Many people at 3000+ altitude will have altitude sickness. Buy more oxygen cylinders when you go. The scenery is a relatively primitive plateau lake, the prototype of Shangri-La, and the main one is quiet and native. People who like it will like it very much. Personal feelings are average. Maybe the season is not right.
A Shangri-La National Forest Park that is very worth visiting. The park has arranged landscape cars to save the hard work of hiking. The landscape cars are arranged in an orderly manner. There are also many cars. The vegetation in the park is rich like a natural oxygen bar. It is like a big one in the blue sky. The sapphire, Bita Sea is also very quiet, the lake is sparkling under the breeze, the lake is still inhabited by many birds, there are a few yaks in the meadow to eat grass, a few squirrel spirits in the snow pile are flexible walking, really a peaceful and comfortable scene.
Fortunately, when I went out of Shangri-La, I met volunteers to issue free tickets for Pudacuo. I first reported 8 people on Trip.com, and then three soldiers in the family were free of tickets. The other three used coupons. The children were free of charge and one half price. The difference was refunded. It is worth playing. The winter scenery has a special flavor, the eyes are in paradise, the staff will explain a paragraph, the experience is much better than Songzanlin and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.