Location: Shanxi Province, Changzhi City, Huguan County 山西省 长治市 壶关县 太行山大峡谷 For more details, see Taihangshan Mountain Grand Canyon main post We stayed in Linzhou 林州 and made a daytrip to Hongdouxia, but there is a hotel besides the Hongdouxia ticket office: Red Bean Hotel We spent half a day here, and we were almost alone … Continue reading Hongdouxia (Red Bean Gorge) 红豆峡 in Taihang Grand Canyon 太行大峡谷 →

Location: Henan province, Anyang Prefecture, Linzhou City 河南省 安阳市 林州市 and Shanxi Province, Changzhi City, Huguan County 山西省 长治市 壶关县 Official websites: Taihang Grand Canyon in Henan: Chinese and English Taihang Grand Canyon in Shanxi: Chinese and English , and a presentation of the 5 scenic areas here . The English version of the site seems to … Continue reading Taihang Grand Canyon (Taihangshan Mountain)太行大峡谷, 太行山大峡谷 →

Location: Sichuan Province, Ganzi (Garze) Tibetan Prefecture, Luding County, Xinxingxiang Village 四川省 甘孜藏族自治州 泸定县 新兴乡 Official website (in Chinese) How to get there: 20-30 minutes by car from Moxizhen (Moxi Village) 磨西镇 and Hailuogou 海螺沟. Kangding 康定 is 2 hours away, and Chengdu 成都 5 hours. Time of visit: October 2015 Entrance ticket:

Location: Sichuan Province, Ganzi (Garze) Tibetan Prefecture, Luding County, Moxi Village 四川省 甘孜藏族自治州 泸定县 磨西镇 Official website in Chinese and in English How to get there: 2 hours by car from Kangding City 康定市, and 5 minutes from Moxizhen (Moxi Village) 磨西镇. Chengdu 成都 is 5 hours away. Time of visit: October 2015 Entrance ticket: … Continue reading Hailuogou Glacier Park 海螺沟冰川 →

Location: Sichuan Province, Ganzi (Garze) Tibetan Prefecture, Luding County, in "big Hailuogou scenic area" 四川省 甘孜藏族自治州 泸定县 大海螺沟景区境内 Official website (in Chinese) How to get there: 90 minutes by car from Kangding City 康定市, or 1 hour from Moxizhen (Moxi Village) 磨西镇 and Hailuogou 海螺沟. Time of visit: October 2015

Location: Sichuan Province, Ganzi (Garze) Tibetan Prefecture, 80 km west of Kangding City 四川省甘孜藏族自治州康定市西部地区 How to get there: 2 hours by car from Kangding City 康定市 Time of visit: October 2015 First some photos from the road between Xinduqiao and Kangding: Sichuan-Tibet Highway 川藏公路 outside Xinduqiao: From Gongga Snow Mountain Viewing Platform 贡嘎雪山观景台 outside Xinduqiao:

Location: Sichuan Province, Ganzi (Garze) Tibetan Prefecture, Daofu County, Bamei Village, close to the Sichuan-Tibet Highway 川藏公路. 四川省 甘孜藏族自治州 道孚县 八美镇 The name was changed from Bamei Stone Forest to Inkstone Park in 2017 when the park was given an AAAA rating. How to get there: 2 hours (or a little more) by car from … Continue reading Moshi (Inkstone) Park 墨石公园 (Bamei Stone Forest 八美石林) →

Location: Sichuan Province, Ganzi Tibetan Prefecture, Danba County 四川省甘孜藏族自治州丹巴县 How to get there: one hour by car from Danba Time of visit: October 2015

Location: Sichuan Province, Ganzi Tibetan Prefecture, Danba County 四川省甘孜藏族自治州丹巴县 How to get there: one hour by car from Danba Time of visit: October 2015

Location: Sichuan Province, Ganzi Tibetan Prefecture, Danba County四川省甘孜藏族自治州丹巴县 How to get there: 30 minutes by car from Danba Zhonglu is the nicest of the Tibetan villages outside Danba, it's great to walk around in the hills around the village. We intended to hike from Zhonglu to  Suopo 梭坡, but unfortunately an injury forced us to … Continue reading Danba – Zhonglu Tibetan Village 丹巴 中路藏寨 →

Location: Sichuan Province, Ganzi Tibetan Prefecture, Danba County 四川省甘孜藏族自治州丹巴县 How to get there: 15 minutes by car from Danba Time of visit: October 2015

Location: Sichuan Province, Ganzi Tibetan Prefecture, Danba County 四川省甘孜藏族自治州丹巴县 How to get there: 20 minutes by car from Danba The least interesting of the 3 famous Tibetan villages around Danba, Zhonglu 中路藏寨 (and to some extent Suopo 梭坡) is a more interesting choice. Time of visit: October 2015

Location: Sichuan Province, Ganzi Tibetan Prefecture, Danba County, Bianerxiang Village 四川省甘孜藏族自治州丹巴县西北部的边耳乡 How to get there: 3 hours by car from Danba, 65 kilometers Where to stay: in Secretary Song's guesthouse 宋书记家, there are only a few double rooms with bathroom and hot water, so book in advance. There was no heating and the nights were … Continue reading Danba – Dangling 丹巴 党岭 →

Location: Sichuan Province, Aba Tibetan Prefecture, Lixian County  四川省 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 理县 How to get here: 20 minutes by car from Bipenggou Valley 毕棚沟 (see this post for more details) to the beginning of Liangtaigou Valley. A roadblock prevents cars from entering the valley, but a 19 kilometer long winding asphalt road continues up through the valley … Continue reading Liangtaigou Valley 凉台沟 →

Location: Sichuan Province, Aba Tibetan Prefecture, Lixian County  四川省 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 理县 The official website http://www.bipenggou.net is down, not sure if it's temporary or permanent. How to get here: 4 hours by bus from Chengdu Chadianzi Bus Station 成都茶店子客运站 to Lixian 理县. Our hotel sent a car and picked us up at the bus station. We … Continue reading Bipenggou Valley 毕棚沟 →

One of the 3 scenic areas (valleys, gorges), see Siguniangshan main post There are no roads here, and no stairs or plank roads, only muddy hiking paths. It's OK when the weather is dry, but it's difficult after it has been raining, it takes time for the paths to dry up. Time of visit: October … Continue reading Siguniangshan (“4 Girl Mountain”) – Haizigou Valley 四姑娘山 海子沟 →

One of the 3 scenic areas (valleys, gorges) in Siguniangshan, see the main post No vehicles are allowed here, there's no real road, only stairs, plank roads and hiking paths. Horses are available in a part of the area, but there's no need to ride, the walking paths are good. Time of visit: October 2015 … Continue reading Siguniangshan (“4 Girl Mountain”) – Changpinggou Valley 四姑娘山 长坪沟 →

The best of the 3 scenic areas (valleys, gorges) in Siguniangshan, located 7 kilometers away from the other two scenic areas, for more details see Siguniangshan main post A sightseeing bus takes visitors the 32 kilometers from the entrance to the end of the gorge without stopping, a one hour trip. On the way back … Continue reading Siguniangshan (“4 Girl Mountain”) – Shuangqiaogou (“Double Bridge Valley”) 四姑娘山 双桥沟 →

Location: Sichuan Province, Aba Tibetan Prefecture, Xiaojin County  四川省 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 小金县Official website: in Chinese and in English How to get there: 5 hours by bus from Chengdu Chadianzi Bus Station 成都茶店子客运站But we didn't travel from Chengdu, we hired a car/driver from Bipenggou 毕棚沟 (over 5 hours), and left Siguniangshan for Danba County 丹巴 (under 3 … Continue reading Siguniangshan (“4 Girls Mountain”) 四姑娘山 →

Location: Gansu province, Baiyin City, Jingtai County 甘肃省 白银市 景泰县 How to get there: 90 minutes by train or bus from the province capital Lanzhou to Baiyin City, and then 2 hours by bus to Yellow River Stone Forest. The bus leaves Baiyin 16:30 every day, and returns 07:30. A taxi is around 200 yuan. … Continue reading Yellow River Stone Forest (Jingtai Huanghe Shilin) (景泰)黄河石林 and Yinmagou Grand Canyon 饮马沟大峡谷 →