Yunnan-Kunming-Dongchuan Red Land
Yunnan - Lugu Lake - Lige Peninsula
Yunnan - Shangri-La - Pudacuo National Park - Shudu Lake
Yunnan-Dali-Erhai Scenery
Yunnan-Qiubei-Puzhehei Scenic Area
Yunnan-Ruili-Ruili Port
Yunnan-Yunlong-Dalangba Scenic Area
Yunnan-Shangri-La-Baishuitai Scenic Area
Yunnan self-driving tour strategy in May 2019 (2)
The self-driving tour in Yunnan in May this year lasted 32 days, with a total journey of 9,350 kilometers, covering the entire province of Yunnan. As a major tourism province, Yunnan gives people the general impression that firstly, there are many scenic spots and a complete range of categories; secondly, that the market is mature and the facilities are complete; After walking around this beautiful, rich and magical land, I saw what I should see, what I should play, and what I should taste. Its unique natural scenery and rich ethnic customs deeply attract and infect you, making people linger and forget to return.
Let’s talk about the aspects of “travel, housing, eating, and play” that everyone is generally concerned about in self-driving tours, and share with you some experiences and superficial opinions. I hope it will be helpful to you who are preparing to travel.
Yunnan - Ninglang - Lugu Lake - Gemu Goddess Mountain - overlooking Lugu Lake from Gemu Goddess Mountain
Yunnan - Shangri-La - Pudacuo National Park - Shudu Lake
Yunnan-Dali-Shuanglang Scenic Area
Yunnan-Luliang-Colorful Sand Forest Scenic Spot
Yunnan-Tengchong-Beihai Wetland
Yunnan-Dali-Erhai Lake-Sunset
Yunnan-Shangri-La-Baishuitai Scenic Area
Yunnan-Shangri-La-Little Zhongdian Flower Sea
1. "OK". In the self-driving tour, "walking" talks about road conditions and road books.
When traveling by car, everyone is most concerned about the road conditions, because the quality of the road conditions not only affects the driving speed and time, but more importantly, it is directly related to driving safety.
In this 9,350-kilometer trip, more than two-thirds of the total mileage are expressways, and about one-third are national roads, provincial roads, county and rural roads, and scenic roads.
Except for the strange phenomenon of the speed limit, the domestic expressways are okay in other aspects. The speed limit is between 80 and 120 kilometers, and the average speed of most road sections can reach 90 to 100 kilometers per hour. There will be a rest area every tens of kilometers or less. Some construction scales are quite large. It is very convenient to take a break halfway, refuel, go to the bathroom and so on.
The road conditions of national highways, provincial highways, county and rural roads, and scenic roads are more complicated. There are many vehicles, many pedestrians, narrow roads, sharp bends and steep slopes on mountain roads, sidewalks are required for road construction, potholes and different speed limits. constraints and other factors.
There are still many cities, counties and even prefecture-level cities in Yunnan Province that have not yet connected to expressways. Therefore, when transferring from a scenic spot in one city (autonomous prefecture) to another scenic spot in another city (autonomous prefecture) during this self-driving tour, you often have to take a long distance on national, provincial or county roads. And these roads are complex road conditions, severe speed limit. The average speed of national highways is only 40 to 50 kilometers per hour, and the average speed of many provincial or county roads and mountainous roads is only about 30 kilometers per hour. It often takes half a day to travel only two to three hundred kilometers.
Among them: the first section from Yunlong to Mangshi is about 90 kilometers away, the Shangri-La East Ring Road is about 180 kilometers away, the front section from Lugu Lake to Panzhihua is about 200 kilometers away, and the last section from Yuanmou to Dongchuan Red Land is about 220 kilometers away. The distance from Dongchuan Red Land to Kunming is about 40 kilometers and so on. They all belong to the mountainous and rural roads with narrow roads, steep bends and steep slopes, potholes, and mixed people and vehicles when passing through towns and villages. Due to the particularly complicated road conditions on these sections, it is necessary to slow down, concentrate and drive carefully. At the same time, if you need to pass through these road sections in the itinerary, you must consider the fact that it takes a long time to drive.
Yunnan-Ninglang-Lugu Lake-Looking at Lugu Lake from the Observation Deck
Yunnan-Dali-Shuanglang Scenic Area
Yunnan-Ruili-Lone Tree Forest Scenic Spot
Yunnan - Lijiang - scenery along the way
Yunnan - Shangri-La - Pudacuo National Park - Shudu Lake
Yunnan-Yunlong-Baofeng Ancient Town
Yunnan-Dali-Xizhou Ancient Town
Sichuan - Yanyuan - Lugu Lake - Caohai
tips
1. Refueling is not a problem. Along the way, there are gas stations on both highways, national and provincial roads and towns. However, in self-driving tours, you still need to develop the good habit of filling up the gas when you meet a gas station as long as the fuel tank is half used.
2. Long-distance self-driving vehicles must be well maintained. In addition to doing a comprehensive inspection and maintenance before departure, after reaching a certain number of kilometers in the middle, you should not be afraid of trouble and squeeze out time to enter the shop for maintenance to ensure the safety of the vehicle and driving.
3. After the reconstruction and expansion of the Ninglang Line from Lijiang to Lugu Lake, the road conditions are much better than before, which can save about a quarter of the time. But most of the roads along the way are densely trafficked, and there are a lot of buses and cars. Be sure to control the speed and drive carefully.
4. "Lining 18th Bend" has been replaced by a new road section. Currently, 18th Bend can still be walked but the road condition is not good. Looking from the Lining 18th Bend Observation Deck, we can see that weeds are overgrown and the winding road is no longer obvious. It is estimated that this landscape will be ruined after a while.
5. In this season in Yunnan, the sky is bright at 6 or 7 in the morning, and it will not get dark until 8 o'clock in the evening. This provides better objective conditions for travel, and the daily time can be fully utilized.
Yunnan-Yunlong-Nuodeng Ancient Village
Yunnan - Shangri-La - Pudacuo National Park - Shudu Lake
Alpine Rhododendron along the Yunnan-Shangri-La-Shangri-La East Ring Road
Yunnan-Yunlong-Nuodeng Ancient Village
Yunnan-Yuanmou-Wumao soil forest
Yunnan-Tengchong-Atami Hot Spring Scenic Area-Atami Big Rolling Pot
Yunnan-Yuanmou-Yuanmou Museum
Yunnan - Shangri-La - Pudacuo National Park - Shudu Lake
Second, "live". It is accommodation in places such as towns or scenic spots.
In recent years, like the whole country, the tourism industry in Yunnan has developed rapidly. There are many hotels in urban and rural areas, and inns, B&Bs and farmhouses are blooming everywhere. Now traveling abroad, as long as it is not a holiday like Spring Festival, May 1st, 11th, or a particularly popular scenic spot, you can find a place to stay anytime and anywhere, and there is still a lot of room for selection, with prices ranging from high to low. Thrift by others.
During this journey, I stayed for 31 nights in 32 days, and there were 21 accommodation points in total. Among them are hotels in towns, inns with scenic spots, homestays, apartments, farmhouses, etc. The price of each room per night ranges from a minimum of 100 yuan to a maximum of more than 600 yuan, with an average price of 278 yuan, which is a bit higher than the cost of accommodation when traveling by car in other places. The main reason is that in Puzhehei, Tengchong, Shuanglang and Lugu Lake, the average price has been raised because of the higher-priced inns.
In recent years, many places, especially some popular scenic spots and their surrounding areas, have launched a large number of inns and homestays, and they are good at using the Internet for promotion. Objectively speaking, the quality of the room size, bedding, supporting facilities and other aspects of these inns is much higher than that of farmhouses, but the price has also risen sharply. Among them, the cheaper ones are doubled, and most of them are three times or even higher. For the so-called high-grade and high-priced inns I have stayed in this time, most of them are not flattering, and the low cost performance is a common problem. This is not the price in the peak season. If it is the peak season, especially the Spring Festival and other crowded holidays, the price will be much higher! The conclusion is that the expectations for these so-called high-grade and high-priced inns should not be too high. Living in such an inn is not a good choice, it is a family opinion!
Yunnan-Dali-Shuanglang Scenery-Nanzhao Customs Island
Yunnan-Ninglang-Lugu Lake-Lover Tree Scenic Area
Yunnan-Kunming-Dongchuan Red Land
Yunnan-Yunlong-Nuodeng Ancient Village
Yunnan-Qiubei-Puzhehei Scenic Area
Yunnan-Ruili-Yizhai Two Countries Scenic Area-Boundary Pillar No. 71-China-Myanmar Border
Yunnan - Shangri-La - Songzanlin Temple
Yunnan-Chengjiang-Fuxian Lake-Gushan Scenic Area-Gold Coast
tips
1. Choose a hotel or inn for accommodation, preferably with breakfast, which is more convenient.
2. Parking is very important for self-driving tours. It is best to choose a hotel with a parking space, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble.
3. There is no charge for parking in the parking lots of more than half of the scenic spots in Yunnan. This point should be praised.
Yunnan-Shangri-La-Shangri-La Prairie
Yunnan-Luliang-Colorful Sand Forest Scenic Spot
Yunnan-Shangri-La-Sanba Naxi Township
Yunnan-Lijiang-Dayan Ancient Town
Yunnan-Tengchong-Heshun Ancient Town
Yunnan-Jinghong-Xishuangbanna Primeval Forest-Peacock Villa
Yunnan-Qiubei-Puzhehei Scenic Area-Swan Lake
Yunnan-Dali-Shuanglang Town-Yang Liping Sun Palace
Three, "eat". It is three meals a day and tasting local specialties.
Now the tourism industry in Yunnan is very developed, and there are hotels and restaurants everywhere, so it is very convenient to eat anywhere when you want. The only exception is in the rest area of the highway, where the choice is very small (this is the same all over the country).
In terms of food in Yunnan, whether it is a hotel in the city or a restaurant in a town, most of the taste is not bad. For us Cantonese, it is much better than in Sichuan, Tibet, Gansu and other places. You only need to say hello to the store when ordering, no chili and less salt, it is generally OK, and the price is more suitable. Most of the meals eaten along the way feel better. There are kitchens or conveniences for cooking in several accommodation places, so we took the time to purchase some ingredients at the farmer’s market, and made our favorite meals that suit our taste. We also bought chicken a few times and used our own stewing pot Made soup. The price of meat and vegetables here is much cheaper than in Guangdong, and the taste is good. It is economical and affordable, and it also regulates the stomach. It really serves multiple purposes.
Breakfast is basically included in the accommodation fee. It is convenient and quick to have breakfast at the lodging place. Although there are not many breakfast varieties in hotels in some places, it is no problem to fill your stomach no matter what.
In addition, they tasted Pu'er tea at the Chinese Pu'er Tea Expo Garden in Pu'er, steamed stone pot chicken in Jianshui, ham in Nuodeng Village, and roast suckling pig by the Lugu Lake, etc. These things with local characteristics are just a taste, and whether they are suitable for your own taste varies from person to person.
Yunnan-Jinghong-Lancang River
Yunnan-Mangshi-Mengba Naxi Rare Garden
Yunnan - Shangri-La - Pudacuo National Park - Shudu Lake
Yunnan-Luliang-Colorful Sand Forest Scenic Spot
Yunnan-Mengzi-Bisezhai Railway Station-the filming location of the movie "Youth"
Yunnan-Shangri-La-Shangri-La Prairie
Four, "play". It is to enjoy the scenery and visit the scenic spots.
Yunnan is rich in tourism resources and is a veritable tourism province. Its territory has plateaus, snow mountains, glaciers, lakes, grasslands, forests, canyons, Tianchi, wetlands, volcanoes, hot springs, caves, stone forests, soil forests, sand forests, terraced fields, flower seas, as well as borders, ports, ancient towns, ancient cities, Ancient villages, ancient bridges, tropical and subtropical scenery, and the unique Dongchuan red land in China, etc. Yunnan has tourism resources that other provinces have, and Yunnan also has tourism resources that other provinces do not have, covering almost all categories of tourism resources.
This time I have been walking in Yunnan for so many days, and I have visited some of the main scenic spots here. I feel that this trip is worthwhile, and I have left a good impression and good memory. Among them, there are bright spots, high appreciation, and recommended scenic spots mainly include (in order of time of visit): Puzhehei Scenic Area (Qiubei), Jianshui Ancient City, Zhujia Garden (Jianshui), that Keli Ancient Tea Horse Road Station (Ning'er), Gaozhuang West Scenery, Jinghong Golden Pagoda, Lancang River Scenery (Jinghong), Chinese Academy of Sciences Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (Mengla), Weishan Ancient City (Weishan), Nuodeng Ancient Village (Yunlong) . , Erhai Lake, Shuanglang Scenic Area, Dali Ancient City (Dali), Dayan Ancient City (Lijiang), Tiger Leaping Gorge Hike, Pudacuo National Park, Songzanlin Temple, Shangri-La Grassland, Small Zhongdian Flower Sea (Shangri-La), Lugu Lake (Ninglang, Yanyuan), Yuanmou Wumao Soil Forest (Yuanmou), Dianchi Lake, Dongchuan Red Earth (Kunming), Fuxian Lake (Chengjiang), Stone Forest Scenic Area (Stone Forest), Colorful Sand Forest Scenic Area (Luliang ).
Yunnan-Qiubei-Puzhehei Scenic Area-Xihuang Wetland
Yunnan-Ruili-Yizhai Two Scenic Spots
Yunnan-Shangri-La-Tiger Leaping Gorge (Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge) Scenic Spot
Yunnan-Kunming-Dongchuan Red Land
Yunnan-Yunlong-Yunlong Tianchi
Yunnan-Chengjiang-Fuxian Lake-Sunset
tips
1. The Bameijing area in Guangnan was originally arranged to visit, but unfortunately it has been closed to welcome guests since last year because of its internal renovation. It is said that it will not reopen until October this year.
2. To visit Puzhehei, you have to climb Qinglong Mountain (the mountain is not high, it is relatively easy to climb up), overlooking the entire scenic spot from the mountain, there is another scene
3. We have toured around Erhai Lake, Lugu Lake and Fuxian Lake. In fact, every lake has some road sections that are not close to the lake. The biggest advantage of traveling around the lake is that you can slowly visit the scenic spots along the lake one by one, so each place has a whole day for traveling around the lake.
3. When visiting Lugu Lake, if the time schedule is sufficient, it is a good choice to take the cable car to Gom Goddess Mountain. Climbing up and looking far away, you can see different scenery on the mountain than you can see on the Lugu Lake Observation Deck on the opposite bank. It is worth recommending.
4. The hot springs in Tengchong are very famous. Feel very comfortable after soaking, very good, if you have a chance, try it.
5. In the recent stage, Pudacuo National Park only opens the "Shudu Lake" scenic spot for tourists to visit, and about half a day before and after is enough. In this season, alpine rhododendrons are blooming beside the lake and the plank road, reflecting the lake and mountains, which is very beautiful.
6. There is not much publicity and popularity of the Luliang Colored Sand Forest Scenic Spot. After the tour, I feel that it is quite distinctive and worth seeing. At present, the scenic spot is undergoing large-scale upgrading and renovation. It is said that it will be completed before the end of the year, and it will be more convenient for tourists to watch.
7. When traveling in this season, the climate temperature difference is relatively large. In Xishuangbanna and Ruili, both encountered high temperatures of nearly 40 degrees, which was extremely hot. According to the local people, it is due to the long drought and no rain in Yunnan this year. In Shangri-La, the temperature is only about 5 degrees in the morning and evening, so we need to change into winter clothes. So when you go out, you can't take less clothes.
Yunnan-Shangri-La-Little Zhongdian Flower Sea
Sichuan - Yanyuan - Lugu Lake - Marriage Bridge
Yunnan - Ruili - End of the World
Yunnan - Jianshui - Seventeen Arch Bridge
Yunnan-Mengzi-Bisezhai Railway Station-the filming location of the movie "Youth"
Yunnan-Chengjiang-Fuxian Lake-Gushan Scenic Area-Gold Coast
Yunnan-Luliang-Colorful Sand Forest Scenic Spot
Yunnan-Tengchong-Heshun Ancient Town-Ai Siqi Memorial Hall