Enshi 3-Day 2-Night Travel Guide, Budget 2000 RMB

“Hubei’s Land of Oz”---

🌿 Enshi 3 Days 2 Nights Travel Guide｜Budget 2000 RMB｜Stay in Daughter City, Explore the Grand Canyon, Walk the Cliffside Plank Road, Drink Oil Tea Soup, Experience Wild Nature for 1000 RMB per Person!

✅ Suitable for: Couples, Besties, Students, Hiking Enthusiasts
🎯 Highlights: Karst Landforms, Canyon Waterfalls, Tujia Ethnic Culture, Cliffside Walkways
> 💰 Total Budget: 2000 RMB (2 people traveling, 1000 RMB per person)

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✅ Budget Breakdown
- Transportation: 600 RMB (including city transfers + scenic area buses)
- Accommodation: 400 RMB (2 nights in Enshi city + Daughter City homestay)
- Food: 500 RMB (Tujia cuisine + local snacks)
- Tickets + Experiences: 450 RMB (including Grand Canyon, Earth Heart Valley, etc.)
- Keep 50 RMB for souvenirs or emergencies!

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🌞 Day 1: Arrive in Enshi → Check into Tujia Style Street → Night Tour of Daughter City

- Transportation:
Enshi Xujiaping Airport / Enshi Train Station → Taxi to city center or Daughter City (about 30 minutes, 40 RMB/ride)
Or take the “Tourist Shuttle” bus direct

- Accommodation:
Recommended “Daughter City Homestay” or “Comfortable City Hotel,”
200 RMB/night × 2 nights = 400 RMB (cheaper if booked in advance)

- Afternoon:
After check-in, head to Tujia Daughter City (free entry!)
Ancient-style architecture + ethnic style street, perfect for photos!

- Dinner:
Eat at a “Tujia Specialty Restaurant” with cured meat fried potato slices + mixed dishes + baked potatoes, about 40 RMB per person → 80 RMB
Must try the oil tea soup! Savory, spicy, and addictive!

- Night Tour:
Watch Tujia song and dance performances (free shows start at 7:30 PM)
Also experience a bonfire party, dance the hand-waving dance with local brothers and sisters!

✅ Day 1 Cost: about 250 RMB

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🌞 Day 2: Enshi Grand Canyon Day Trip｜The Earth’s Most Beautiful Scar

- Transportation:
City center → Grand Canyon Scenic Area (tourist shuttle, 30 RMB/person round trip → 60 RMB)
1.5-hour drive, winding mountain roads but stunning scenery!

- Tickets + Scenic Transport:
- Entrance ticket: 120 RMB/person
- Scenic shuttle bus: 30 RMB/person
- Scenic shuttle + ground cable car: 30 RMB/person
→ Total 180 RMB/person → 360 RMB (student ID gets half price!)

- Activities:
- Hike Yunlong Rift (2 hours): waterfalls, deep pools, like stepping into Jurassic Park
- Climb to Qixingzhai Peak: walk the cliffside plank road, enjoy a panoramic view (popular photo spot!)
- Total about 6-7 hours, wear comfortable shoes!

- Lunch:
Simple meal inside the park (boxed lunch/noodles), about 30 RMB/person → 60 RMB

✅ Day 2 Cost: about 500 RMB

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🌞 Day 3: Choose One: Pingshan Canyon or Earth Heart Valley + Return Trip

⚠️ Note: Pingshan Canyon (Hefeng) is farther, better for chartered car or day tour; if time is tight, choose nearby Earth Heart Valley.

✅ Recommended Option ①: Earth Heart Valley (closer, convenient transport)
- Ticket: 90 RMB/person → 180 RMB
- City transport: tourist shuttle or carpool (40 RMB/person round trip → 80 RMB)
- Highlights: underground canyon, karst caves, suspension bridge, primitive tribal ruins, very sci-fi!

✅ Or Option ②: Pingshan Canyon (more beautiful but requires early start)
- Join a day tour: about 280 RMB/person (includes transport + ticket + guide) → 560 RMB for two
(⚠️ Over budget, recommended for solo travelers or skip)

- Lunch: On the way back, eat Enshi bean skin + shumai, about 20 RMB/person → 40 RMB

Afternoon: Return to city, take high-speed train/plane to leave

✅ Day 3 Cost: Earth Heart Valley plan about 300 RMB

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✅ Total Cost (2 people)
| Item | Cost |
|---------------|--------|
| Transportation| 600 RMB|
| Accommodation | 400 RMB|
| Food | 500 RMB|
| Tickets + Experiences | 450 RMB|
| Souvenirs + Backup | 50 RMB |
| Total | 2000 RMB|

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📌 Handy Tips
1. Enshi is mountainous and rainy, bring sunscreen + non-slip shoes + raincoat!
2. Grand Canyon hiking is moderate intensity, elderly and children should take care
3. Daughter City free performances start at 7:30 PM, don’t miss it!
4. Want to shoot “China’s Semporna” floating photos? Go to Pingshan Canyon (requires a full day)

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Final Words:
Enshi,
is one of China’s rare representatives of “wild beauty,”
It’s not delicate, but breathtaking—
Canyons cut like knives, plank roads cling to cliffs,
Rivers green as jade, homes perched in the clouds.
Three days and two nights,
just enough for you to:
Walk on cliffs,
Explore the earth’s heart,
Drink a warm bowl of oil tea in a Tujia courtyard.

❤️ Come to Enshi,
not just to check in,
but to remember:
The Earth can be this beautiful.

The secret realm of western Hubei can no longer be hidden, waiting for you to explore! .