A Hidden Gem for Water Fun Around Xi'an

😍😍This summer, of course, you should visit this hidden treasure in Baoji for a cool retreat and water fun—📍Honghe Valley 🔸It's like Shaanxi's own Emerald City Honghe Valley Forest Park is connected to Taibai Mountain It's perfect for friends who like 🏃hiking and playing in the water And you can 🚗drive through the park It's also very family-friendly for weekend trips with 👪children and relatives I'm still thinking about it after coming back I would go again if I have the chance!! 📍Honghe Valley Forest Park 📍Address: Heying Road, Meixian County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province 🕛Opening Hours: 09:00-18:00 (Ticket sales stop at 16:00) 🎫Admission: 54 RMB Parking fee: 10 RMB 🚋Transportation: Drive directly to 'Honghe Valley', about 1.5h from Xi'an Must-visit attractions in Honghe Valley: ✅Feihong Waterfall: The waterfall cascades from a height, resembling a huge white water curtain, very spectacular. ✅Doumu Waterfall: A magnificent waterfall within Honghe Valley, pouring down from Douqi Peak with a vertical drop of over eighty meters, known as the number one waterfall in Shaanxi. ✅Lingyun Plank Road: With a total length of 1265 meters, it winds like a giant snake on the cliffs over 2000 meters high, thrilling and exciting, comparable to Mount Hua. ✅Glass Viewing Platform: Located on the top of the red cliffs of Honghe Valley, at an altitude of 1910 meters, it is the highest external A-shaped glass viewing platform in the northwest region. ✅Shuangdong Water Curtain: Here, a huge rock splits the stream, forming two caves with waterfalls, hidden behind the falls. ✨Tour route: Visitor Service Center—Shili Gorge Scenic Area—Fairy Ridge—Qinling Fauna and Flora Exhibition Hall—Glass Viewing Platform—Descend Lingyun Plank Road—Honghe Valley Resort Area 1⃣From the ticket point to the core area is about 7 kilometers, you can take a one-way 15 RMB scenic shuttle bus, or drive in. Those with good physical strength can also walk there. 2⃣Guanyin Temple—Taigong Stone Ship—Shuangdong Water Curtain—Shen Turtle Treasure Egg—Bai Xian Stone—Feihong Waterfall 3⃣Doumu Waterfall, about 10 kilometers to Doumu Waterfall, you can take a battery car (one-way 30 RMB, round-trip 45 RMB), and after getting off, you still have to walk about 1 kilometer. 4⃣The core area of Honghe Valley Resort, there are 2 squares, a leisure square, and a food square (for those who don't want to climb the mountain, you can have a meal and rest here before descending). 5⃣Going up the mountain—Fairy Ridge, there are 3 routes, ✅Cross the single-plank bridge, walk up the mountain on Lingyun Plank Road ✅Take the cable car up the mountain ✅Take the cable car up and Lingyun Plank Road down (recommended, you can see all the scenery) Take the Fairy Ridge cable car (one-way 60 RMB, round-trip 120 RMB)—Qinling Fauna and Flora Exhibition Hall—Glass Viewing Platform—Descend Lingyun Plank Road 🌟Some points to note: ✔When taking the cable car up the mountain at the cable car station, there may be mild altitude sickness, and it's quite cold, so it's recommended to wear long clothes and sleeves, ✔There is only one shop on Fairy Ridge, where you can buy a summit medal. ✔The glass plank road charges 38 RMB per person, and there is a slide down to an altitude of 1000m, which charges 30 RMB, and there are also high-altitude performances. ✔Taigong Stone Ship, very suitable for checking in and taking photos.