8:30 a.m. Depart from hotel
11:00 a.m. Arrive in Huanglong National Park,
11:00 a.m. Lunch in a local restaurant
12:00 p.m. Visit to Huanglong National Park.
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The Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area is located in Songpan County, in the northwest part of Sichuan Province and encompasses the Huanglong and Muni Valley. Huanglongs major scenery is concentrated in the 3.6-kilometer (2.2 miles) long Huanglong Valley that includes snow-clad peaks and the easternmost glaciers in China. Due to its layered calcium carbonated deposit patterns, the valley resembles a golden dragon winding its way through the virgin forest, stone mountains and glaciers. Along the valley are scattering numerous colorful ponds of different sizes and shapes, which are strewn with gold colored limestone deposit giving a shimmering golden hue to water, so in sunlight, a golden dragon seems to surge forth from the forest. Thus it was named Huanglong Valley (Yellow Dragon Valley).
4:00-5:00 p.m. Depart from Huanglong back to Jiuzhaigou or Chuanzhusi
Head back to Jiuzhaigou via Chuanzhusi, arriving back at Jiuzhaigou around 7pm