Autumn at Wuling Mountain is a great travel destination! Three days and two nights travel guide

Beijing’s backyard garden is dressed in golden red! With a budget of 2000 RMB, enjoy a high-value three-day, two-night micro-vacation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area—forest hiking, sunrise sea of clouds, starry sky camping, authentic mountain flavors all included, luxurious yet relaxed, turning autumn into a slow-motion movie.

🚗 Transportation: 500 RMB (self-driving round trip about 4 hours, fuel + tolls; or high-speed rail from Beijing East Station to Xinglong County West Station + chartered shuttle, about 250 RMB per person)
🏡 Accommodation: 900 RMB (two nights at boutique homestays at the foot of Wuling Mountain, such as "Yunfeng She" and "Shanli Hanshe," mountain views from the window, including breakfast, about 450 RMB per night)
🎟️ Tickets + Experiences: 300 RMB (Wuling Mountain scenic area pass 140 RMB/person for two people; additional optional activities like electric carts and glass sky bridge)
🍽️ Food + Snacks: 300 RMB (five meals featuring selected wild mountain flavors)

📍Day 1: Enter the mountain to seek autumn · Quiet retreat
Arrive in the afternoon, check into the mountain homestay, brew a cup of goji berry and red date tea, listen to forest birds returning to their nests. Dinner in the courtyard barbecue or farmhouse restaurant:
✔ Firewood stewed fish
✔ Stir-fried free-range eggs | ✔ Steamed wild vegetable dumplings

📍Day 2: Summit sightseeing · Autumn colors everywhere
Early morning climb to the main peak of Wuling Mountain (elevation 2118 meters), pass through colorful forests, visit Longtan Scenic Area to see the fading waterfall, summit to overlook the Yanshan sea of clouds.
Lunch back at a restaurant at the foot of the mountain:
✔ Poluo leaf cake (steamed wrapped in unique mountain leaves, fragrant and distinctive)
✔ Millet porridge | ✔ Fried flatbread

In the afternoon, try homestay crafts: DIY hawthorn jam or autumn leaf bookmarks. Nighttime star gazing and long-exposure Milky Way photography.

📍Day 3: Slow farewell to the mountain realm · Lingering memories
After breakfast, stroll along the creek trail, pick a few red leaves as bookmarks. Before checkout, pack:
✔ Wild dried kiwi | ✔ Honey | ✔ Hickory nuts

✅ Must-eat list:
✔ Firewood stewed big carp | ✔ Poluo leaf cake
✔ Stir-fried free-range eggs | ✔ Wild vegetable dumplings
✔ Millet porridge and fried flatbread | ✔ Hickory nut kernels

Bonus: On the way, check out the Wulongtou Great Wall ruins, few people and wild scenery, magnificent autumn colors.

Three days and two nights, living in the mountains, waking up to mist, stepping out into autumn—Wuling Mountain is Beijing people’s spiritual oxygen chamber to escape the city. Budget-friendly, beautifully refined.