Check-in at Qingyuan Dongtian Wonderland
by DH 2022
Jan 22, 2025
🌿【Trip Highlights】
✅ Stay in a lakeside homestay at Qingyuan's Peach Blossom Lake, surrounded by morning mist
✅ Explore Yingxi Peak Forest in Yingde → Cycle through the "No.1 Peak Forest in Southern China", discover fairy-tale karst caves, and capture idyllic rural scenery
✅ Shaoguan Grassland → Run across rare alpine meadows in Guangdong, camp under the stars, and pose with grazing cattle and sheep
✅ Chenzhou, Hunan → Hike the Danxia landforms of Gao Yiling, stroll through the misty Xiao Dongjiang River, and take ink-painting-style photos
🗺【4-Day & 3-Night Itinerary】
Day 1: Qingyuan • Peach Blossom Lake—Living in a Landscape Painting
📍 Keywords: Lakes & Mountains • Secluded Paradise
- Arrive in Qingyuan by car/high-speed rail and head straight to Peach Blossom Lake, where emerald waters mirror picturesque karst peaks.
- Take a bamboo raft ride to experience "boating on jade waves, wandering through a painting."
- Stay overnight in a lakeside homestay; wake up to mist-covered waters like a fairyland.
Day 2: Yingde • Yingxi Peak Forest—Exploring Karst Countryside
📍 Keywords: Peak Forest Cycling • Cave Wonders
- Enter the "Little Guilin of Guangdong"—Yingxi Peak Forest Corridor. Cycle or hike through rice fields, bamboo groves, and surreal peaks.
- Visit the Fairy Cave, boat through karst caverns, and gaze at sunlight streaming through the "Sky Hole" like a fantasy world.
- Sip Yingde black tea in the evening and stay in a charming village inn for slow-paced rural vibes.
Day 3: Shaoguan • Grassland—Galloping Across Southern Fields (❤️)
📍 Keywords: Alpine Meadow • Wild Freedom
- Drive to Luokeng Grassland (or Chuandiding Grassland), a rare vast pasture in Guangdong.
- Run, picnic, photograph, or simply lie back listening to rustling grass and watching drifting clouds.
- Camp under the stars (or stay nearby) and witness a grassland sunset and Milky Way spectacle.
Day 4: Chenzhou, Hunan—Misty Dongjiang’s Poetic Scenery
📍 Keywords: Danxia Landforms • Ink-Wash Mist
- Head north to Hunan. At dawn, watch fishermen cast nets on mist-shrouded Xiao Dongjiang for classic Chinese photography.
- Hike Gao Yiling’s unique red sandstone formations in the afternoon, where crimson cliffs meet turquoise waters—both awe-inspiring and serene. Return home with landscapes etched in memory.
🚗【Travel Tips】
✔ Transport: Self-driving recommended, or rent a car after arriving by high-speed rail at Qingyuan/Shaoguan/Chenzhou.
✔ Outfits: Denim/country style for grasslands; Hanfu or solid-color dresses for Xiao Dongjiang.
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