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NEIL WOODS

The UNESCO didn't deceive me, here's the lazy person's guide to Jiangxi's Turtle Peak

This is truly one of China's severely underrated 5A-level tourist attractions. Even locals in Jiangxi don't know that Yiyang in Shangrao hides the number one fairy peak in the south of the Yangtze River: Turtle Peak. ✅ National 5A-level Tourist Attraction ✅ National Forest Park ✅ Global Geopark ✅ World's rare Danxia landform wonder ✅ Listed by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage site Don't be intimidated by this mountain without a cable car. There are 3 hiking routes in Turtle Peak Scenic Area: 1⃣ Turtle Spirit Route: 2.5h Osmanthus Garden ➠ General's Tower ➠ Hero Slope ➠ Crape Myrtle Garden ➠ Turtle Peak Lake 2⃣ Danxia Visitor Route: 3.5h Turtle Spirit Welcome ➠ Century Path ➠ Fairy Scattering Flowers ➠ Turtle Back Stone ➠ Eagle Playing with Chicks ➠ Loyal Soul Stone ➠ Plank Road ➠ Three Passes ➠ Hero Slope ➠ Crape Myrtle Garden ➠ Turtle Peak Lake 3⃣ Full Journey Route: 4h Osmanthus Garden ➠ General's Tower ➠ Three Passes ➠ South Heavenly Pillar ➠ Camel Peak ➠ Turtle Peak Lake ⚠️ Actual Summary 【Lazy Person's No-Regret Route】: 5h Entrance ➠ Sightseeing Car ➠ Zhanqi Peak through the mountain tunnel ➠ Osmanthus Garden ➠ One-Line Sky ➠ Four Sounds Valley ➠ General's Tower ➠ Three Passes ascending cliff plank road ➠ Cape of Good Hope ➠ Eighteen Arhats ➠ Camel Peak Viewing Platform ➠ Return to Three Passes ➠ Hero Slope ➠ Wobo Bridge Pier to take a boat ➠ Turtle Peak Lake Pier ➠ Exit (See map 9 for the route map) 📷【8 Best Photo Spots】 ❶ Turtle Spirit Welcome: Entrance landscape of Turtle Peak, two peaks resembling a pair of staring turtles ❷ Osmanthus Garden: Old Man Peak and other mountains surround like a screen ❸ One-Line Sky: Three adjacent peaks stand with only a 90cm passageway ❹ Four Sounds Valley: Behind the big bell is a cliff plank road in a crevice ❺ Cape of Good Hope: Cliff plank road photo spot ❻ Camel Peak: The highest peak in Turtle Peak area, with seven natural dangers ❼ Hero Slope: Walking on the ridge, looking back at the main view of Turtle Peak ❽ Turtle Peak Lake: Boating on the lake to tour the full panorama of the Danxia peaks 📝【Notice】 🎫 Ticket 60, package ticket 160 (ticket + sightseeing car + boat ticket) ⏰ Time: 7:00-17:30 🗺️ Tourist center has paper maps 🏪 There are station shops on the mountain ⛰️ Pay attention to safety 🚗【Transportation】 ✈️ Airplane: Sanqing Mountain Airport 🚆 High-speed rail: Yiyang Station, 12min by taxi, there is also a Turtle Peak special line bus for 5 yuan Natural bonsai, Turtle Peak on the river is rare in the world Travel against the trend on May Day, Yiyang Shangrao Turtle Peak, a hidden gem travel destination
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Posted: May 7, 2024
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