Dongjiang Lake travel guide + mist viewing tips

Dongjiang Lake is a tourist attraction in Chenzhou, Hunan. Dongjiang Lake Scenic Area is most famous for its fog viewing. In the early morning and evening, the entire lake is filled with smoke, and the distant mountains are surrounded one after another. The fishermen took a row of small boats and slowly cast their nets. The waves on the lake were shining. This scene is unique in the world. Dongjiang Lake Scenic Area

Dongjiang Lake Scenic Area is located in Zixing City, Hunan Province. It is a national 5A tourist attraction and a national wetland park. It is only 28 kilometers away from the urban area of ??Chenzhou City and a 20-minute drive via Chenzhou Avenue. Reachable.

Dongjiang Lake is pure and vast, with a surface area of ??160 square kilometers, equivalent to half the water storage of Dongting. Its water quality has reached the national first-class drinking water standard.

The main landscapes within the territory include: Fog-filled Little Dongjiang, Dongjiang Dam, Longjing Canyon, Doushu Lingyan, Dongjiang Drifting, Sanxiang and Four Rivers, Dongjiang Lake Cultural Tourism Street (including Dongjiang Lake Strange Stone Museum, Photography Art Museum, Humanities Xiaoxiang Museum), as well as antique painting boats, luxury yacht tours on the lake, and thrilling water skydiving, jet skis, etc.

Tips for fog viewing:

When you come to Dongjiang Lake, you must get up early and go to the fog viewing platform. According to local people, the fog usually disperses around 7 o'clock and 5-5 in the evening. There will be fog again at 7 o'clock. The fog viewing time is from April to November every year, and the best time is August. Fog viewing time in spring and autumn: early morning

6:30～9:30 late 5:30～7:00 Summer fog viewing time: early 5:00～7:00 late 7:00～8:00 . Dongjiang Lake Transportation Guide

1. Buy high-speed rail tickets and go to Chenzhou West Station. Chenzhou West Station is about 40 kilometers away from Dongjiang Lake Scenic Area. (Recommended)

Take bus: There is Wanhua Bus Station next to the West High-speed Railway Station. Take bus 201, 6 yuan/person (about 2 hours), get off at Luowei Station, and then cross the road Go to the bus station opposite the City Convenience Hotel and take the shuttle bus to Qingjiang and Dam for 5 yuan/person to reach the scenic spot. This trip is the cheapest, but the most time-consuming, taking three to four hours.

The most convenient mode of transportation to reach Dongjianghu Scenic Area: Chartering a car (recommended)

Chartering a car to go to major scenic spots in Chenzhou saves time, effort and worry.

The vehicle price from Chenzhou West to Dongjiang is about 120 yuan for a 5-seater car, about 150 yuan for a 7-seater car, and the average price per person to the scenic spot is 25-30 yuan.

2. Buy a train ticket and go to Chenzhou Railway Station. Chenzhou Railway Station is nearly 40 kilometers away from Dongjiang Lake Scenic Area

The most economical way of transportation: take the train to Zixing

< p>Passenger bus costs 10 yuan/person and it takes about an hour to reach Luowei. Then cross the road to the bus station opposite the City Convenience Hotel and take the Dongjianghu bus, which costs 5 yuan/person and you can reach the scenic spot. Since this trip is by train, it takes a long time.

3. Self-driving (Amap Navigation Dongjiang Lake Scenic Area)

This method is the most convenient, you can go whenever you want. However, since self-driving owners have no one to guide them and are not familiar with the place, they are prone to take the wrong route when visiting various scenic spots, and they will take many wrong roads, which is very time-consuming. If necessary, a local guide can be sent to meet everyone at the designated location so that everyone can Friends who travel by car save time, effort and worry.

Dongjiang Lake is located in the southeast of Chenzhou City, close to the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and 107 National Highway, 38 kilometers away from the city center, and 20 minutes away from Chenzhou high-grade highway. Visitors can choose the following routes to reach Dongjiang Lake:

1. Chenzhou Exit of Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway (towards Zixing) - Chenzhou Avenue for about 20 minutes - Dongjiang District of Zixing City (turn right) and enter Yingbin Avenue. Drive 3 kilometers to Dongjiang Town.

2. Rucheng Lingxiu Exit of Xiamen-Chengdu Expressway - 8 kilometers along the Hengling Highway to the starting point of Dongjiang Lake Rafting - 19 kilometers along the Hengling Highway to the Dongjiang Lake style tourist town Huangcao Town (Dongjiang Lake Rafting Scenic Area).

3. Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway Chenzhou Wuli Exit (toward Zixing)—Ziwu Highway—Zixing City Area—Ticket Guide for Dongjiang Lake Scenic Area in Dongjiang Town

14 years old Children under the age of 14 and seniors aged 60 to 64 are free of charge, but they need to pay scenic area bus and boat tickets. Students aged 14 and above, and seniors aged 60 to 64 with student ID, military ID, and disability ID are half-price.

1. Premium Route 1 is the A-line ticket for Dongjiang Lake, which includes the foggy Xiaodongjiang River and Longjing Canyon (Hugushan Waterfall and Dongjiang Dam exterior scenes are both for car viewing), priced at 85 yuan/person

2. Premium Route 2 is the B-line ticket for Dongjiang Lake. Based on the A-line, it also adds a boat trip to the lake and the Tushita Cave. The price is 152 yuan/person (recommended, Dongjiang Lake Tour Either don’t buy tickets, if you do buy tickets, buy Line B tickets, because Line A is really not that valuable).

3. Dongjiang Rafting is a C-line ticket, which includes foggy Xiaodongjiang, Longjing Canyon, lake cruise, Huangcao Town and Dongjiang rafting. The price is 338 yuan per person, and insurance fee is required. 5 yuan/person.