Jiuzhaigou Valley Unfiltered + Travel Guide

Don't trust weather forecasts too much - they're unreliable❗️ The forecast showed rain a week in advance, but it turned out to be sunny☀️ Overall rating: 3.5 stars 🌟🌟🌟 🗺 Itinerary After breakfast, depart from hotel to ticket gate. Enter at 8:00 → Jianzhu Lake → Panda Lake → Five-Flower Lake → Pearl Shoal Waterfall → Arrive at Nuorilang Transfer Station for lunch break at 11:40 🍱 Tips: The transfer station offers various food options (instant noodles, milk tea, Cotti Coffee, Shuyi, Luckin Coffee, etc.) with rest areas. Prices are slightly high (fried rice noodles 30 yuan but generous portion, yam rice cakes 10 yuan for 4 pieces). Afternoon: Zechawa Valley + Shuzheng Valley 12:40 Take bus to Long Lake → Walk to Five-Color Pond → Return to Nuorilang (recommend sufficient rest, especially with elderly/children - we were too tired to properly enjoy Long Lake and Five-Color Pond) → Take bus to Shuzheng Waterfall → Reed Lake → Finally to Penjing Beach (for Reed Lake, get off at Penjing Beach and walk back to save some steps) Exit scenic area around 16:00 🚗 3-day 2-night itinerary D1: Chengdu → Huanglong-Jiuzhai Station → Jiuzhaigou hotel D2: Full day Jiuzhaigou tour → Jiuzhaigou entrance area D3: Hotel → Songpan Station → Chengdu For train stations, carpooling or private cars are more comfortable than buses (60 yuan/person from Jiuzhai Station to Jiuzhaigou, 280 yuan private car to Songpan). Food recommendations: Veteran BBQ and Sichuan Flavor Memory Yak Meat Mushroom Hotpot. Stayed at Jiuzhai Manor Steigenberger Hotel with good experience.