Guidelines for self-guided three-day Huangshan tour from Shanghai

Check the weather before going to make sure it won’t rain during those days. It's impossible to see Mount Huangshan when it rains. It's all covered in gray mist, and you can't see any peaks, pines, or sea of ??clouds. (When I went there, it rained for 4 days. I waited at Tangkou for 3 days. Finally, I went up the mountain in the rain on Thursday and could not see anything. The accommodation on the mountain was almost doubled for the weekend. The same room was 280 on Thursday. , 460 on May 6th. So it’s not the best to go on weekends)

I took the night train from Suzhou. Anyway, someone told me about the train, so I didn’t search for it.

Accommodation, when I searched for a self-guided tour of Huangshan on the Internet, I found the Yunhai Tower in Tangkou (I claimed that my trip to Huangshan was half successful when I arrived at the Yunhai Tower). I looked at the pictures on the Internet for a double bed room, 80 per room. At night, I felt good and booked a room. When booking a room, the front desk told me how to get off the train. Because the train station is in Tunxi, which is still 6 or 70 kilometers away from Tangkou. The 15 yuan minibus ride at the train station goes directly to the hotel door.

Because it had been raining when I arrived, I could only play around first. I visited Hongcun in the rain, and I felt that the black tiles and white walls in the mist and rain had more of a Jiangnan charm. Although there are many tourists, Hongcun is worth a visit. The Huizhou folk houses are well preserved and the various carved beams and windows are very exquisite. Although there are free large group tour guides, if you have enough budget, you can ask local villagers for private explanations. I went over and listened to one or two passages. The lectures were superb and very attractive. Unfortunately, I was also walking alone. It was not cost-effective to hire a private commentator. Then I also went to visit Tunxi Ancient City. It felt good. I bought some small things and bought Taiping Monkey Kui Tea as a gift for my brother (he is a monkey, so I told him this is Monkey King Tea). For these surrounding tours, just ask the front desk and they can help you arrange them.

How many days do you want to stay on the mountain? Tell the front desk and they will help plan the route. You can definitely see everything in Huangshan in 3 days. If you are tired, you can also see it in 2 days. I originally booked 3 days and stayed in the mountain for 2 days. The front desk also helped me book accommodation on the mountain. There are many options, ranging from tents costing RMB 120 per night to student dormitories priced at RMB 280 per night (two bunk beds, four-person room, no bathroom, free hot water, you can get it yourself) , the toilet is downstairs, actually 70 per bed, because I want to live alone, so I have to pay for 4 beds), 6, 700 for a standard room per night (thousands on weekends). It depends on what level you want to stay, the front desk will help you figure it out.

Before going up the mountain, the hotel will specially summon tourists who want to go up the mountain. In the hotel lobby, they will point to the panoramic sand table of Mount Huangshan and explain to you the specific routes up and down the mountain. I am on a 3-day route. The hotel has given me a detailed route map with each day's route marked out. You can take the route map and compare it with the sand table to have an intuitive understanding of your itinerary.

Before departure, you can borrow a hiking pole in the lobby, which will definitely be useful when going down the mountain. The food on the mountain is relatively expensive. I remember that buns are 5 yuan a piece and cucumbers are 5 yuan. Because I brought braised eggs, sausages, compressed biscuits, instant noodles, etc., I don’t know how much a meal on the mountain costs (prices found on the search, stir-fried vegetables 3.40, soup 30, buffet 120, breakfast 60). But according to my appetite, 2 buns can fill me up, and 3 buns will last me, and a cucumber will supplement my vitamins. A meal on the mountain only costs 20 yuan, which is not very expensive. I don’t think it is necessary to bring my own food, but I have to run around at that time. One month was all that could be saved in the early stage, so I stupidly carried a large bag of things up there.

On the first day I went up the mountain, it was raining and I couldn’t see anything. I went up to the hotel and checked in, then read a novel in bed. Early the next morning, we went to the Xihai Grand Canyon according to our itinerary and finished the walk at 1 pm. Then we went to see the Shixin Peak, Fuqin Pine, Dragon Claw Pine, Mengbi Shenghua, Monkey Viewing the Sea, etc. that we should see on the first day. Finally, we watched the sunset at Guangmingding before returning to the hotel.

On the third day, you can watch the sunrise early in the morning. I’m too lazy to get up, so I got up at around 8 o’clock and went straight down the mountain. I walked up Aoyu Peak and went down to Aoyu Cave. Because the line of sky can only go up, I climbed the line of sky and walked through Aoyu Cave again. I went to see the Yingke Pine (the way down the mountain is right next to the Yingke Pine, and the road was blocked by crowds of people taking photos, so I walked around and couldn’t find the way down the mountain.) Climbed the sky Dufeng, and finally descend to Ciguang Pavilion. Going down the mountain was much harder than going up. I relied on trekking poles for support until my knees hurt when I reached the bottom of the mountain. Then my hip bone still hurt for 3 days. (It’s relatively cold in the mountains, so you must bring long-sleeved, windproof and warm clothes, and a travel space cup. You can get hot water for free, and purified water costs more than 10 yuan a bottle)

I was in Huangshan for a week, before and after I stayed at Yunhai Tower for 5 days. Adhering to the principle of asking the front desk for anything, I felt quite at ease. Moreover, the food at Yunhailou is not expensive. Breakfast is 5 yuan, a stir-fried dish with rice for lunch is more than 10 yuan, and dinner with three fresh noodles and dried bamboo shoot noodles is 6 yuan. Because I am alone, basically every dish I order will have leftovers.

When I finally left, I also asked the front desk what bus I would take if I wanted to go to Shanghai. They helped me book the bus, which seemed to cost 80-100 (I don’t have an invoice, so I don’t remember). I got on the bus in front of the hotel in the morning. , we stopped at one or two passenger transportation centers, and arrived in Shanghai at 3 or 4 pm.

If you are in a hurry, go directly to the train station after coming down the mountain. K8420/K8417 departs at 19:10 in the evening and arrives in Shanghai at 7:42 in the morning.