Go for the weekend! A complete guide to a one-day trip to Lotus Lake in Dazhou

✨Closed loop travel✨
Dazhou City → 🚗30 minutes Lotus Lake Wetland Plank Road (9:00) → 🚶🏻‍♀️10 minutes Bird Watching Platform (11:30) → 🚤15 minutes Cruise Ship Wharf (13:00) → 🚴🏻‍♀️8 minutes Lake Island Flower Sea (15:00) → 🚗Return to the city (18:00)

💐Must-visit attractions💐
1️⃣ Lotus Lake Wetland Boardwalk (free): In early spring, the lake water is as green as jelly🍮, and reeds are swaying on both sides of the boardwalk. Wearing a light-colored skirt and taking photos will instantly turn you into a forest fairy!
2️⃣ Bird watching platform (free): From March to April, it’s the migratory season for birds. You can use a telescope to see flocks of egrets flying. Remember to bring bread to feed the ducks (don’t let them get all the bread).
3️⃣ Cruise ship terminal (electric boat 30 yuan/30 minutes): Highly recommended to rent a boat at dusk! The lake is full of golden light🌅, and the besties take pictures of each other's backs~
4️⃣ Flower Sea on Lake Heart Island (free): Rapeseed flowers and peach blossoms are in full bloom. There are swings and retro pavilions on the island. The picnic mat is a comic scene.

🍜Food guide🍜
▪️ Lakeside snack stall: cold noodles 8 yuan/bowl (super delicious with chili), crispy rice cake 6 yuan/portion, the crispy rice cake is a must!
▪️ Pier Farmhouse (40 yuan per person): I recommend the pickled fish at Lianhu Fish Restaurant. The live fish is freshly caught and the scrambled eggs with wild vegetables are also delicious.
❗Money-saving tip: Bring your own thermos cup and snacks, mineral water in the scenic area is sold at 4 yuan per bottle!

🏡Accommodation Guide🏡
▫️ The best value for money in the city: Dazhou Phoenix International Hotel (150 yuan/night), the room has floor-to-ceiling windows with river views, and it only takes 10 minutes to get to Lianhua Lake by car~
▫️ Lakeside B&B addict: "Qihu Xiaozhu" tatami room 200 yuan/night, the terrace directly overlooks the lake, listening to the frogs and watching the stars at night is super healing✨

🚌Transportation Tips🚌
✔️ Self-driving tour: Navigate to "Lotus Lake Wetland Park", parking lot is 5 yuan/day, go early to grab a parking space on weekends!
✔️ Bus: Take bus No. 8 in the city → transfer to bus No. 12 at Xiwai (8 yuan for the whole journey, 1 hour), the scenery along the way is like a Miyazaki Hayao movie 🎬
❗Avoidance: Don’t take a black car! The price of 50 yuan was directly reduced to 30 yuan. It is more cost-effective to use Didi.

⚠️Other tips⚠️
❶ Sun protection! Sun protection! The ultraviolet rays by the lake are super strong 🌞The hat and sunglasses are welded to my face!
❷ Carry mosquito repellent with you, as the wetland bugs are very friendly (don’t ask me how I know 😭)
❸ The cruise stops operating after 4pm, so if you want to go boating, go early.
❹ Civilized bird watching 📵 Take pictures quietly, the administrator will really use the loudspeaker to shout!

💬Mumblings: I thought it was a niche attraction, but when I posted it on WeChat Moments, 99+ people asked for its address😂There were few people on the Qingming outing, and the scenery was beautiful, so just go for it!