#Yanghu Wetland Park Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
#8 of Spring Outings in Changsha
City Parks
Wetlands
Address:
Shantang Village, Yanghu Street, Yuelu District, Changsha City (inside Yanghu Wetland Park)
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
2-3 hour
Phone:
0731-88768889
Changsha Weekend Trip - Checking in at Yanghu Water Street
The beauty of life lies in unexpected encounters. On the morning of April 13th, after checking in at the Xie Zilong Photography Art Museum, the original plan was to take a stroll in Yangsha Lake Wetland Park in the afternoon, but unexpectedly, I ended up at Yanghu Water Street, which backs onto the wetland park. My little one was captivated, and our park visit turned into an old street tour. Nonetheless, it was indeed worth the visit.
🌟Most recommended:
🌟1. Free attractions, and just over ten meters to the left of the entrance to Yanghu Water Street is the entrance to Yangsha Lake Wetland Park. If you have the stamina, you can enjoy both the wetland park and the water street. Nearby, there are also the Xie Zilong Photography Art Museum and the Li Zijian Art Museum (the two museums are next to each other).
🌟2. There are quite a few small game stalls that children like, with ring tossing being the most common and relatively affordable. My little one played two:
🔫 One is shooting balloons at the entrance of Yanghu Water Street. For 20 yuan, you get 20 bullets, and after shooting, you can choose a small gift for free, or if you don't want the gift, you can get another 20 bullets. Probably because the distance was quite close, my little one became a 'sharpshooter', hitting 16 targets and winning a large gift - a 'hand-pushed rocket launcher'.
The other is throwing sandbags at ducks, which was not too far from the children, and my little one hit several but didn't have enough strength to knock them down, only knocking down one. Fortunately, hitting one duck was enough to win a prize, and we got a wooden slingshot.
🌟3. The atmosphere of intangible cultural heritage. Although some venues were closed and others were under construction, one can still feel the cultural heritage that this water street originally intended to pass on. Watching sugar painting, 10 yuan per rabbit.
🌟4. The charm of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. With white walls, green tiles, stone paths, small bridges, flowing water, and black-awning boats, you can experience the charm of the Jiangnan water towns in Changsha. Suitable for checking in and taking photos.
🌟5. Nostalgia. Not far from the entrance to the water street, there is a 'Childhood Big Windmill' shop. The old-fashioned TV, childhood menu, vintage posters, and the music of 'The Girl Opposite, Look Over Here' by Ren Xianqi, along with the very retro food and goods, hit me right in the feels, truly giving a sense of 'the old general is aged'.
🗓Travel Route:
📍Yanghu Water Street is a north-south street that runs along one side of the Tan Zhou Avenue and along the Yanghu Wetland Park. If you count the round trip, 20 minutes should be enough.
🕙Our visit was from 13:50 to 15:40, roughly two hours. We entered from the main gate of Yanghu Water Street (probably the South Square), walked the main street with shops on both sides to the North Square, then walked back along the waterfront street, went up the stairs behind the Fengyu Building to the main street, and finally walked back to the main gate (near the gate there is an elevator down to the underground parking on the first floor).
✅Finally, here are some travel TIPS:
✅1. The black-awning boat costs 30 yuan per person. You can board at the North Square, and there is also a dock in the middle where you can board, but the boat ride seems quite short, probably to the Tingyu Building (where several boats are moored).
✅2. Yanghu Water Street and Yanghu Wetland Park are interconnected by a bridge. The Tingyu Building teahouse is actually transformed from the bridge itself, where you can go to the park and also enjoy the scenery on the first floor, which is very comfortable. Going down the stairs next to the Tingyu Building teahouse to the waterfront road, there is also a bridge that connects not far away.
✅3. There is a small train between the South and North Squares, 15 yuan per person.
Because a team member ran out of stamina, we didn't go to Yanghu Wetland Park. We'll visit next time. Thanks for this unexpected encounter, and I hope Yanghu Water Street becomes more and more lively.
Scatter flowers to conclude. 🌸🌸🌸
Dylan Brown
Changsha has found its real-life version of the Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz
After coming to Changsha from Guangzhou, I spent the whole day in this park,
there are many unknown wildflowers on the big lawn,
next to the wildflowers there are lakes, benches, late cherry blossoms, and many willow trees. You can walk, run, cycle, camp, and boat in the park. It's very large and suitable for all ages to play~
🌟➡️The little wildflowers are at: Wanmu Flower Sea
Next to the Egret Tower, there is also a Ferris wheel, and a children's fun park with children's entertainment facilities, a great place for taking photos and walking with kids~
There are many trees next to the grassland, and you can set up tents under the trees for shade~
.
🎫Ticket: Free
📍Location: Yanghu National Wetland Park in Changsha
🍂Address: Yanghu Wetland Park, Yuelu District, Changsha City, Hunan Province
⏰Opening Hours: Open all day
🚙Self-driving: Direct navigation will do
🅿️Parking: 10 yuan per time,
➡️The south gate may require queuing on weekends, you can enter from other gates
🚊Subway: Yanghu Xincheng➡️Then take a taxi or ride a bicycle there
Christopher Montgomery
I'm already looking forward to April in Changsha
The upcoming Changsha is countless springs and bright sceneries
Waiting for you to join a spring flower event
I've organized the photo spots for flower photography from last year and this year○
Here's the address list:
Yidu Pavilion (The purple cloud English peas are already blooming, it's fenced off this year, you can go fishing but there's a fee)
Zifeng Park
Poly Garden
Yali Yanghu Experimental Middle School
Duckbill Park
Yanghu Wetland Park
rivenia_7487
Yanghu Wetland
Over the years, I have taken photos of Yanghu Wetland
I have been living in Yanghu for 4 years now. Here's a collection of 'check-in' photos from these 4 years, there are so many spots worth shooting here.
The sunrise and sunset, the rolling clouds, the blooming and withering of flowers, the dimming lights at night, and the change of seasons have become a part of my daily life.
The plum blossom tunnel under the Egret Tower that I discovered when passing by years ago was still unknown to many, I could even have the place to myself on a sunny afternoon. Now, it has become incredibly popular, especially in winter.
CreativeCrafterCollective
It might as well be renamed Changsha Oil Painting Park
How can the annual autumn grand prize be without Changsha Yanghu Wetland Park?
Looking out from the home window, it is colorful.
On days when you can't go out, it's also very comfortable to be able to overlook such a scene.
The new purple flower sea is next to the fir forest.
Entering the sports park from the side door of the Waguang intersection should be closer.
emmettsantana77
Day and night of the Egret Tower / The most beautiful Yanghu Lake plum blossom scenery
📍Yanghu Wetland Park plum blossom ice ling
Yanghu fairy mist lingers, listen to the plum blossoms wrapped in ice collide, making a crisp sound, feel the vitality of the beginning of spring.
I have been to Yanghu countless times, and this is the first time I have seen such a scenery.
Several years of Jinshui have passed, like the cold winter has passed, the fire-like 🌸 of the Jia Chen year
It's a beautiful scene that can't be missed in the new year 🤭
The taste of the year in the lens, good luck in the new year to see the beautiful scenery
Stella.Peterson@34
Changsha Yanghu Wetland Park|Experience a different little Jiangnan
|Experience a different little Jiangnan.🎡Changsha Yanghu Wetland Park: The total planned area is about 6000 acres, the greening coverage rate is 90%, and there are more than 350 kinds of wetland plants and more than 300 kinds of birds, subtropical animals, aquatic animals and insects.
1. Business hours
Summer: 7:00-21:30
Winter: 7:30-21:00
2. Parking
Charged by times, 10 yuan each time.
3. Park transportation
1) Sightseeing car, 20 yuan/person, children under 1.2 meters are free
2) Self-driving electric car (4 seats), 80 yuan for half an hour
3) There is also a place for boating in the middle
A deposit is required. Two-person pedal boat 50 yuan/hour; four-person pedal boat 70 yuan/hour; two-person electric boat 70 yuan/hour; four-person electric boat 100 yuan/hour. Less than one hour is counted as one hour.
🌻Scenic spot play projects
1. Leisure park
The beauty of Yanghu Wetland Park is different in four seasons. In spring, fly kites, enjoy flowers, and recognize plants; chase the sunset in summer; watch egrets, enjoy red leaves, and see reeds in autumn; lie in the arms of the earth like a baby and enjoy the warm sunbath in winter.
2. Thousand-acre flower sea
The thousand-acre flower sea has planted cluster fuklu kau, Persian chrysanthemum, beautiful moon grass and other plants according to the seasonal changes. The planned area of 750 acres of flower sea pastoral area makes the Yanghu flower sea always maintain the beautiful scenery of 'flowers flying everywhere' all year round. It is the largest urban flower sea in Changsha.
3. Sports
The third phase of the sports park project covers an area of about 170 acres and is positioned as a multi-functional sports theme park for public fitness and public participation. The first phase of Yanghu Sports Park was fully opened to the public during the 2017 National Day period, covering an area of 115 acres, mainly for football, with a total of 10 high-quality football fields, which are rare in Changsha in terms of scale and quality. The second phase of the sports park will cover a variety of popular sports projects such as swimming, diving, surfing and parent-child water play.
4. Parent-child paradise
Yanghu Fun World is located in the second phase of Yanghu Wetland, the super high Ferris wheel can overlook the whole view of Yanghu, the big pendulum, the small train, the pirate ship and other more than 20 projects, it is a good place for weekend parent-child play.
5. Yanghu Water Street
Yanghu Water Street stands by the lake in Yanghu Wetland Park, integrating culture and art, performance activities, entertainment interaction and other features. The architectural style of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China attracts countless people to check in. The ancient atmosphere gives people a sense of crossing.
6. Yanghu Fun World
Yanghu Fun World is located in the second phase of Yanghu Wetland, the super high Ferris wheel can overlook the whole view of Yanghu, the big pendulum, the small train, the pirate ship and other more than 20 projects.
In addition, Yanghu Wetland Park can also camp, picnic, outing, nearby there are IKEA, Longhu Tianjie and other commercial centers can check in, there are also Li Zijian Art Museum, Xie Zilong Image Art Museum and other popular attractions to watch.
JourneyGems
Aerial photography of the beautiful Yanghu Wetland Park
In the Yanghu area of Xiangjiang New District, Changsha City, a national wetland park, it used to be an absolute rural area. Now, look at these large shopping malls, the 24-hour congested Xiangfu Road Bridge and the dazzling lights at the beginning, the bustling city temperament is not lost to the May 1st business circle!