Laojun Mountain Travel Guide:
1⃣️Pre-trip Preparations
- Documents: Bring your valid ID, such as your ID card. Students, teachers, and seniors can enjoy discounts on admission tickets with relevant documents.
- Clothing: Prepare clothing according to the season. In summer, you need to prepare sunscreen clothing. In winter, you need to bring down jackets, thermal pants, and non-slip shoes. If you are watching the sunrise and sunset, pay attention to keeping warm.
- Items: Prepare a lightweight backpack, water bottle, power bank, and rain gear. You can also bring bread, chocolate, and other items to replenish energy.
2⃣️Transportation Guide
- Self-driving: Navigate directly to the Zhongling or Yunjing cableway entrance. There is a parking lot in the scenic area.
- High-speed rail: Take the Luoyang to Luan Chuan bus from Luoyang Railway Station or Longmen High-speed Railway Station, and transfer to a small bus to the cableway entrance at Laojun Mountain Tourist Center.
- Group tour: You can choose a one-day tour or a night climbing tour, including round-trip transportation, tickets, and insurance.
3⃣️Ticket and Cableway Information
- Tickets: CNY 100 for a full ticket, CNY 50 for a half ticket. Night climbing tickets need to be booked on the Laojun Mountain Princess.
- Cableway tickets: CNY 130 for a round-trip ticket on the first-level cableway and CNY 80 for a round-trip ticket on the second-level cableway. It is recommended to take the first-level cableway. You can choose the second-level cableway according to your physical strength and time.
4⃣️Tour Route
- Regular route: Cableway station at the foot of the mountain → Take the first-level cableway → Zhongtianmen → Walk up the mountain/Take the second-level cableway up the mountain → Yunjing Sky Road/Wonderland Tunnel → Shili Gallery → Mazong Ridge → Nantianmen → Golden Summit Taoist Temple → Walk down the mountain/Take the second-level cableway down the mountain → Zhongtianmen → Take the first-level cableway down the mountain → parking lot.
- Night climbing route: Night climbing entrance → Dream Chasing Valley → Zhongtianmen → Shili Painting Screen → Golden Summit Taoist Temple, where you can watch the sunrise and the lights on the Golden Summit.
5⃣️Attraction Recommendation
- Golden Summit Taoist Temple Complex: Including Laojun Temple, Yuhuangding, Liangbaotai, Golden Hall, etc., the buildings are magnificent.
- Mazong Ridge: The highest peak of Laojun Mountain, you can overlook the large and small stone peaks and enjoy the "Northern Stone Forest" landscape.
- Shili Painting Screen: Like a natural landscape painting, there are various strange peaks and stone forests.
6⃣️Accommodation Recommendations
- On the mountain: Laojun Mountain Wu Qianyan, etc., is convenient for watching the sunrise and sunset, but the price is higher.
- At the foot of the mountain: There are boutique homestays such as Shanshui Yinlu·Boyun Muye and Laojun Mountain Jiujianfang Hot Spring Homestay, with moderate prices and beautiful environment.
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