Shibayuetan | A leaf heralds autumn, attending a colorful feast
Guangwushan is composed of three separate scenic areas: the Dam area, Taoyuan area, and Shibayuetan area. Shibayuetan is a famous scenic spot in Guangwushan, blessed with unique natural scenery, lush vegetation, crisscrossing streams, and a harmonious blend of mountains and waters, offering breathtaking views that make visitors linger in every season. Within the Shibayuetan Gully, there are 18 waterfall pools that seem divinely crafted, earning it the nickname 'Jiuzhaigou of Northeast Sichuan'. Entering the Shibayuetan scenic area, the first thing that catches the eye is the golden larch forest, as if stepping into a painting. In the deep autumn, besides the larch, the main features of Shibayuetan are the waterfalls, clear pools, red leaves, yellow leaves, and fallen leaves all merging into one, forming a wonderful, vivid, and rustic landscape painting, giving a strong visual impact. The autumn charm here lies not only in the colors but also in the intoxicating waters, with changing views at every step, each pool having its own characteristics, enchanting and intoxicating, 'Yuetan rivals Jiuzhaigou, with unparalleled red leaves', making it an excellent place to appreciate the red leaves in autumn.
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The Shibayuetan landscape is famous for its colorful forests and streams, with clear waters and unique rocks, and is renowned for its beautiful scenery. In autumn, the colors are intense, with red leaves reflecting in the pools, making Shibayuetan like a naturally formed oil painting, splendid and colorful.
Red Leaf Festival Time: Mid-October to Mid-November
About Time and Weather
The red leaf landscape is highly seasonal, and during the Red Leaf Festival, especially on weekends, there are many people, so it is best to avoid weekends and choose a sunny day for the best viewing and photography experience.
Travel: It takes 2.5h-3h to drive from Guangwushan Town to Shibayuetan scenic area, and about 1.5h from Nanjiang County to the scenic area. You can drive to the parking lot in Shibayuetan, then walk the plank road to play and go up the mountain. There are many bends in the road within the scenic area, so be careful when driving.
Play: Private cars can enter the scenic area. There are upper and lower parking lots in the area. It is recommended to park in the upper parking lot, walk the plank road, and then take the shuttle bus (10r/person) from the lower parking lot back to the upper parking lot. This way, the overall journey is downhill, which is relatively easy. Alternatively, you can hike from the lower parking lot to the upper parking lot.
· Duration: It takes about 1.5h-2h to walk and play.
· Tickets: 55r for adults, 28r for students
The scenery is beautiful and the distance is not too tired. I drove to the parking lot on the mountain. I walked from the mountain to the foot of the mountain. I just had to take the traffic car to the parking lot on the mountain to drive my own car. . . . .
The 18th Moon Lake, which arrived in early November, although the red leaves were almost finished, the scenery was still good. The traffic car management of scenic spot management is also OK, there is no need to wait too long, compared to the Guangwu Mountain Scenic Area, there are fewer people here.
Very beautiful, worth playing, beautiful scenery, perfect combination of stream color forests, very, very beautiful! It is inconvenient transportation, not self-driving, can only be chartered in Nanjiang County. Or chartered in Guangwushan Town.
The autumn color is very beautiful, there are streams and waterfalls along the way, spring should be very beautiful, summer will be very cool. It takes about an hour and a half to start nearly 60 kilometers from Nanjiang County.
From Nanjiang County to Shibayuetan, 55 kilometers drive for 2 hours, all mountain roads, up a mountain and down the mountain, you can see very beautiful yellow leaves when you go to the mountain mouth. The car can be parked at the upper entrance of the scenic spot, and go down from the mountain. The driver uses the 10 yuan parking ticket at the upper entrance and takes the scenic spot car to the upper entrance and drives to the lower entrance to pick up people. 10.29 In the scenic spot, the weather is better, plus the water view, the red leaves are very beautiful, and the mountain road that is not in vain for a few hours. No sightseeing car, no ropeway, the ticket price is relatively high.
During the Red Leaf Festival on October 23, 2023, I arrived at the Shibayuetan Scenic Area in the afternoon and was beautifully reversed by the red leaves of the magnificent forest here! There are mountains, waters and pools, rocks, streams and waterfalls, green trees, colorful forests and red leaves, green, yellow and red, it is worth visiting and taking pictures to enjoy the taste!
Very amazing, personally feel more beautiful than Micang Mountain, the scenery along the way, catching up with the rain in the mountains, the clouds and mist, the forest is dyed, it is really light and fog, the smoke is scattered everywhere. The red leaves of the 18th Moon Lake are gorgeous, the stream is gurgling, and the waterfall is hanging on the wall. This autumn trip is the most worthwhile place!