Travel Notes | Aershan Journey to the Heart (1)

Day1: Aershan—National Forest Park—Wusu Langzi Lake—Tianchi—Santan Gorge—Dichi—Shitang Forest—Buliang River

Day2: Turtle Back Rock—Dujuan Lake—Tuofeng Ridge Tianchi—Grand Canyon—Chaihe Moon Town

Day3: Tongxin Tianchi—Landscape rock murals—Mou'a Highway—Moon Tianchi—Aershan

Day4: Orunbukan—Luyuan—White Wolf Peak—Xing’an Aobao—Wuliquan—Aershan Railway Station

🔺Travel 1:1 route map (click to enlarge)

It took us an hour's drive from the airport to the city of Aershan.

🔺Aershan Airport

After a long journey to the inn, I felt very tired and took a nap. When I woke up, I suddenly entered the winter in Aershan - it snowed in Aershan❄️. This was the first snow I saw in 2020.

🔺It’s snowing in Aershan

For dinner, we went to a Northeastern restaurant called "Small Town Family Banquet". Sharing a table with us was a couple from Beijing. We chatted about our respective itineraries. We don't know their names or contact information. We may not know each other in the future. We meet again, but I feel very happy to share the feeling of being on the road together.

Another restaurant that I can recommend is "Baolige Ice-cooked Lamb Hotpot". It is already very cold in the Arshan in October, and only the warm lamb hotpot can resist the cold.

🔺What to eat in Aershan

After dinner, we walked to Aershan Railway Station, which is known as "the most beautiful railway station in China".

Transportation in the Aershan area is not very convenient. There are very few buses. The way to travel is basically to rent a car or charter a car locally. If you rent a car, you have to pay for the gas yourself. In addition, we are not familiar with the route, so we finally chose to charter a car. , I booked 4 days on Fliggy half a month before departure.

Overall, the accommodation conditions in Aershan are not very good. The best conditions are in the urban area, followed by Chaihe Town, and the worst ones are in the Forest Park. Due to the needs of the itinerary, I have to stay in the Forest Park for one night. . When booking a hotel, be sure to choose one with heating, otherwise it will be really cold.

Aershan National Forest Park is located at the southwest foothills of the Greater Khingan Mountains. It is developed on the Aershan volcanic lava landscape. It is a magical kingdom that is half forest and half volcano.

The only road from Aershan Forest Park to Chaihe Scenic Area has different scenery along the way, connecting wetlands, forests, lakes and small towns. It is suitable for self-driving athletes and photography enthusiasts to take photos while walking.

Tianchi is a special landscape in Aershan. It is a ring-shaped wall formed by the eruption of a volcano, with a circular depression in the middle and water accumulation for many years. From Aershan Forest Park to Chaihe Town, we passed four Tianchi in total.

In the first three days, we walked along the Mo-A Highway and passed through the beautiful virgin forest, using a drone to record the dreamy scene of late autumn in the Greater Khingan Mountains. The drone hit a tree branch above Moon Tianchi and crashed. The beautiful scenery after that could only be captured with a camera📷.

The next article introduces the attractions on the last day👋