Three-day Jiuzhaigou Free Travel Guide

Three-day Jiuzhaigou Free Travel Guide Day 1: 🚄Chengdu East to Zhenjiangguan Station (1.5h by train, be sure to book tickets a few days in advance) 🚌Tourist direct bus booked on Ctrip (about 3h by bus, winding mountain roads, those prone to motion sickness should prepare motion sickness medicine and vomit bags) 🏨Hotels near the scenic area usually offer free transportation to the entrance of the scenic area on the day of the visit, and you can take a taxi back from the main entrance of the scenic area after the visit. There are plenty of taxis, which is very convenient. 🍽️Breakfast and lunch can be solved nearby, there are well-known restaurants such as KFC, McDonald's, Dicos, Luckin Coffee, and Tea100 near the scenic area, and they all offer takeout, which is very convenient! Dinner: Jiuzhai Fairy Tale Tibetan Restaurant, quite popular online, has a local atmosphere, excellent service, and offers a yak meat hotpot set for 2-3 people plus yak meat skewers (with complimentary baby vegetables and yak yogurt). Yak meat is chewier than beef, tastes quite fragrant at first, but after eating more, the soup base feels too light and relies on dipping sauce for flavor; highland barley walnut cake is fragrant, tasting like a healthy grain cake; yak yogurt has a sweet and sour taste, very rich in flavor, with an average cost of around seventy to eighty yuan per person. Day 2: The hotel's business car takes you to the entrance of the scenic area, queue up for ticket inspection at 8 am, and take the sightseeing bus upon entering. Jiuzhaigou scenic area is distributed in a 'Y' shape, with the main road being Shuzheng Valley, which has many Tibetan homestays that can be booked in advance to stay inside the valley. After entering the park, queue up for the scenic area's sightseeing bus, which randomly takes you to the left or right valley. If going to the left valley, it is recommended to sit on the left side of the sightseeing bus, with Tiger Lake and Rhino Lake on the left, offering many scenic views along the way; if going to the right valley, it is recommended to sit on the right side of the sightseeing bus, with Mirror Lake, Nuorilang Waterfall, Panda Lake, etc., on the right. Nuorilang Center has many restaurants, the food is a bit expensive, but the prices at the milk tea shops are quite fair, if you have the energy, it's better to bring your own dry food or self-heating rice. Chang Lake, Arrow Bamboo Lake, Panda Lake, Five Flower Lake, Nuorilang Waterfall are must-visits! The Five-Color Pond may have less water, but its colorful appearance is quite photogenic. Other lakes are also beautiful, but after visual fatigue sets in, they all seem more or less the same, so I didn't visit them. Note small tips: The local temperature in Jiuzhaigou is low, with a large temperature difference between day and night. It's only about seven or eight degrees Celsius when entering the park at 8 am, and even playing with a phone can make your hands feel cold, so be sure to wear a windproof jacket. However, once the sun comes out, the temperature rises quickly, and you can wear a light-colored camisole long dress under the jacket, paired with some ethnic accessories, which is very photogenic! My biggest regret is that I was afraid of the cold and didn't wear a dress, but by noon I was sweating from the heat. Day 3: Return by the same route 🔙