[2025 Gonghe Attraction] Travel Guide for Longyang Lake (Updated Jul)

- Documents: Bring your ID card and other necessary documents such as your student ID or senior citizen's card to enjoy relevant discounts. - Clothing: Pack warm clothes, such as thick coats and jackets. Also bring sun protection such as sunglasses, sunscreen, and hats. - Other items: Prepare common medicines, such as cold medicine, stomach medicine, and motion sickness medicine. You can also bring electronic devices such as cameras, mobile phones, and power banks. Transportation Guide - External transportation: First arrive in Xining, then travel from Xining to Longyangxia. You can choose to drive yourself; the distance between Xining City and Longyangxia Town is about 130 km, which takes about 2 hours. You can also take a long-distance bus from Xining. - Internal transportation: There are sightseeing buses in the scenic area. You can also choose to rent a car, hire a car, or take a local taxi. Attractions - Longyangxia Grand Canyon Scenic Area: Known as the "Grand Canyon of China," it features rugged rocks, overlapping peaks, crisscrossing ravines, strange peaks and dangerous rocks, and steep cliffs. You can choose to tour the area via the plank road or by boat. - Longyangxia Lake Scenic Area: This is a lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau that never freezes. The lake surface is sparkling with clear water, and the scenery is picturesque. You can stroll along the lake, admire the lake view, or take a boat trip around the lake. - Longyangxia Earth Forest Geological Park: This is one of the most typical and largest earth forests in the world, formed by the weathering of the bottom layer of the Tertiary. The ridges of the earth forest are interlaced with light and shade, with reddish-brown tones, varying heights, and ever-changing shapes. Accommodation Recommendations - Luxury: Longyangxia has some well-equipped resorts with attentive service, such as the Vienna Hotel, which can provide a high-quality accommodation experience. - Budget: There are many affordable family hotels and guesthouses in Longyangxia Town, such as some guesthouses in Time Town, which are relatively inexpensive and have local characteristics. Food Recommendations - Specialties: The local salmon is fresh and delicious and worth trying. There are also other Qinghai specialties such as hand-grabbed mutton, tsampa, butter tea, and fern root. - Snacks: Snack options include steamed buns, steamed bread, wonton soup, fried buns, deep-fried dough twists, and "dog pissing" pancakes. Travel Route Planning - Two-day tour: On the first morning, you can take a boat tour of Longyangxia Lake Scenic Area. Have lunch in Longyangxia Town, and then go to Longyangxia Grand Canyon Scenic Area in the afternoon. Stay overnight in Longyangxia Town. On the second morning, visit Longyangxia Earth Forest Geological Park, and return in the afternoon.

Off-the-beaten-path destinations for May Day|||Where to travel for May Day? The best under-the-radar destinations for reverse tourism! Avoid the crowds at popular attractions! Choose these hidden gems! Super cost-effective with bonus travel guides! 🌌 [2-Day/1-Night Extreme Itinerary] 🌞 Day 1: Canyons and Bighorn Sheep Hunting Plan ⏰ 5:30-8:30 Chasing Light on the High-altitude Plank Road ▫ Capture the uninhabited Mars-like landscape, use a telephoto lens to photograph bighorn sheep licking salt mines in the morning (show starts promptly at 7:00) ▫ Take "abyss floating" photos (location: left side of the iron chain at Viewing Platform No. 3) ⏰ 11:00-14:00 Picnic at Longyang Lake ▫ Freshly caught salmon sashimi from the fish farm (tools available for rent) ⏰ 17:00-19:30 Doomsday Yacht Cruise ▫ Turn off the engine and listen to the symphony of fish tails, capture Dune 3-style wasteland photos with reflections in the mirror-like cliffs (best shots from the starboard side of the stern) ⏰ 21:00-24:00 Stargazing Bubble House Fantasy ▫ Identify constellations with AR glasses, watch bighorn sheep licking the windows at midnight (absolute silence required) 🌞 Day 2: Time-bending Journey through the Earth Forest ⏰ 6:00-9:00 Prayer Flag Quantum Tunnel ▫ Rent Tibetan robes and scatter Lungta prayer papers against the backlight, use a slow shutter speed of 0.5 seconds to capture the flowing trails of the flags ⏰ 10:00-12:00 Dinosaur Fossil Blind Box ▫ Use a geological hammer to crack open the rock layers in the camel drinking area, search for 120-million-year-old sauropod footprints (requires an archaeological experience ticket) ⏰ 15:00-18:00 Wasteland Motorcycle Adventure ▫ Ride an ATV through the wind-eroded castles, wear goggles and take Mad Max-style photos 🏡 [Budget-friendly Accommodation] ✅ Transparent dome + fireside tea 🔸 Cliff-view triangular house (best value for money) ✅ Wake up to the sight of bighorn sheep practicing their morning cliffside routine, equipped with a Huawei P70 Pro star photography stand 🚗 [Traffic Avoidance Guide] ▫ For drivers: Xining → Longyangxia, it is recommended to depart at 5:00 am on April 30 (avoid the morning rush hour on the G6 Beijing-Tibet Expressway) ▫ High-speed rail travelers: Rent a "Longyangxia May Day Special" car at Xining Station, including a charging station map + emergency oxygen tank ▫ Ultimate tip: Set your navigation to "Longyangxia Ecological Tourism Area - East Gate," which has 70% less traffic than the West Gate 📸 [May Day Limited Photo Guide] ❶ Cyberpunk Tibetan Style 📍Location: South section of the Earth Forest Rift Valley 💡How to: Wear light-up Tibetan robes + mechanical arm accessories, use fluorescent Lungta prayer papers for cyberpunk-style photos ❷ Bighorn Sheep Star Trails ⏰Time: 01:00-03:00 on May 2 (moonless night) 📷Settings: ISO6400 + 30-second long exposure, capture the light trails of bighorn sheep at night ❸ Quantum Levitation 📍Location: Viewing Platform No. 7 on the High-altitude Plank Road 🔧Props: Use the edge of the cliff + reflector to create the illusion of weightlessness 🐟 [Local Hidden Gem Food Map]

There is such a small secret place hidden in the northwest! ! Hurry and stay here while there are few people, and go during the holidays! ! The random photos here are all covers of National Geographic! ! 🌄 Earth Forest Geopark Travel to the surface of Mars! The giant earth forest castle changes color at sunset! ! As soon as I turned on the golden orange filter, my friends in the circle thought I went to Oman! ! 🏞Longyang Grand Canyon The Chinese version of Colorado! I took the photo of my life with my legs shaking on the edge of the cliff! ! Sisters who are brave enough must walk on the wild mountain trails and turn into Indiana Jones in minutes! ! 🌊Longyang Lake Park The plateau blue tears are so beautiful that they make me cry! ! While walking by the lake, I came across a blue sheep drinking water. When a golden eagle was circling overhead, I almost thought I was filming a BBC documentary! ! 🍣Hidden Easter Eggs I never expected...Salmon freedom has been achieved in the Northwest! ! The freshly caught fish belly sashimi is so sweet that it makes your heart tremble! ! The salt and pepper fish bones are so delicious that you’ll want to lick your fingers! ! 🎫Tickets + boat tickets + meals and accommodation A standard room in a three-star hotel is only 180r You can also cook tea around the stove in the luxurious wooden house by the lake 📍Longyangxia Town, Hainan Prefecture, Qinghai Province ✨Tips: Wild flowers begin to bloom in April, so come during Qingming Festival to avoid the crowds! !