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18 photos to show you just how beautiful the dawn redwood season in Dali is right now…

Maruko's 1000 fun plans continue to share Issue 316 is here - To chase a scene of dawn redwoods, seagulls, and the orange sea sunrise I’ve come to Dali again and again! - Dali in the off-season of December is just too beautiful! Even the locals say: this is the best-looking time in Dali Comic-like scenery, fewer people, low prices, but unfortunately most people don’t know about it... - If you’re lucky enough to choose this season to come to Dali I want to share with you my favorite sunrise dawn redwood and seagull photo spots and routes Take beautiful photos all along the way, you won’t miss any of the spots this season And all are free! - 📷 One-day autumn tour route: Longkan Pier ➡️ Xiaoyizhuang ➡️ Caicun ➡️ Majiuyi Village ➡️ Fumeiyi Village ➡️ Fumeiyi Erhai Beach ➡️ Xiabopeng ➡️ S Bay ➡️ Gusheng Village ➡️ Covered Bridge Finish this route and you’ll have seen the autumn beauty of Haixi this season No regrets✌️ 【Photo Spot Sharing】 A rarely shared hidden gem dawn redwood portrait spot (Sisters all go shoot, who can capture the beauty of the water better?) 1️⃣ Longkan Pier (P1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 18) Recommended to arrive by 7:30 AM, the sunrise with seagulls and dawn redwoods is really romantic On the left side of the viewing platform are two large patches of dawn redwoods (P1 couple trees / P2 group of dawn redwoods in water); on the right side is a big dawn redwood, P9 is the distant reef, P18 is the nearby rock If you don’t have high demands for photos, you can skip P1 and P18 to avoid the cold water 2️⃣ Chongyi Village (P10) Besides the classic boardwalk, don’t miss the dead tree stump + dawn redwood foreground on the right 3️⃣ Xiabopeng (P7, 11, 16) There are 3 spots, the dead tree and two dawn redwood spots in the water at S Bay are great for photos 4️⃣ Erhai Beach (P4, P6) A large dawn redwood forest where you can shoot Erhai Lake through the dawn redwoods (P4) Not as beautiful as last year today, but still worth it; you can shoot reflections of the dawn redwood forest, like an oil painting (P6) 5️⃣ Covered Bridge (12, 13, 15) Use the bridge arch for framing people and the dawn redwoods in the water The ancient tree vine dawn redwood had poor lighting when I visited In front of the couple trees, you can shoot photos combining dawn redwoods and the covered bridge - I’ve been to Dali many times a year, just got back from Dali If you want to know anything about traveling here, feel free to ask Maruko, happy to help~~ -
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