A Hidden Gem for Spring Festival Travel Near Kunming: Spectacular Cliffs, Waterfalls, and Breathtaking Scenery

Travelers return home, most families start preparing New Year goods, and discuss how to celebrate the Spring Festival.

At this time, it's also time to discuss where to go during the Spring Festival.

Under the initiatives of "celebrating the New Year locally," "reducing gatherings," and "reducing travel," how can you make the Year of the Ox comfortable, enjoyable, and fulfilling?

Let me recommend a mysterious treasure spot that most people don't know about—Anning Qinglong Gorge in Kunming.

Here are four reasons why you should choose Anning Qinglong Gorge for your Spring Festival trip!

Celebrate the Ox Year with great excitement, prosperity, and happiness!

Four reasons to choose Anning Qinglong Gorge for the Spring Festival holiday:

Anning Qinglong Gorge is located in Qinglong Town, Anning City, Kunming, and is one of the most popular scenic areas in Anning.

Anning Qinglong Gorge connects with Fumin County. The scenic area is 29 km from Anning city center and 66 km from downtown Kunming. Highways, national roads, and county roads lead directly to the parking lot. Self-driving takes only 90 minutes.

During the Spring Festival, highway tolls are waived, making travel more affordable.

Qinglong Town, where Anning Qinglong Gorge is situated, lies within the Central Yunnan Ecological Grand Canyon. Thus, the Qinglong Gorge scenic area is also located in this grand canyon, with the Tanglang River flowing through the canyon.

The natural scenery of Anning Qinglong Gorge is beautiful, with a pure natural environment rich in negative oxygen ions. The most direct feeling is the fresh air; a deep breath refreshes the mind and uplifts the spirit.

Covering an area of 19 square kilometers, Anning Qinglong Gorge has very few buildings, preserving the purest landscape.

The scenic area is vast with sparse population and good air quality. Even when many people visit, there's no need to worry about crowding, as it is very safe.

From attractions to the food garden, everything is located in the mountains, with the entire tour moving through forests and along ridges.

From the foot of the mountain into the woods, dense forests, babbling brooks, rolling waterwheels, cascading waterfalls, resting stone benches, and pumpkin carriages are everywhere, with one activity after another.

Waterfalls, dense forests, and streams together create a spectacular landscape of competing peaks and charming scenery at Qinglong Gorge!

At Anning Qinglong Gorge in Kunming, whether it's admiring water, flowers, or rocks, it's an excellent choice. Once you see this scenery and breathe this air, you'll fall in love with the mountains and waters here.

In specific areas within the scenic area's dense forests, typical Yunnan animals such as peacocks, porcupines, and turtledoves live. Visitors can see them for free and interact with them.

There are dozens of activities within Anning Qinglong Gorge.

There are both highly interactive activities and purely scenic ones. From the elderly to children, everyone can find suitable entertainment, experience the joy of travel, and discover the charm of Anning Qinglong Gorge.

Ecological rafting takes place on the natural river section at the entrance. The wide river, turbulent currents, and long rafting course make the ecological rafting at Qinglong Gorge more enjoyable and challenging.

At the foot of the mountain, craftsmen have made small waterwheels from bamboo. Their complex and unique designs can rotate on their own when connected to running water, making them very ornamental.

Baby bottle feeding of fish is located on the long street at the entrance. A wide pool houses many unique fish that are very clever. They sink to the bottom when no one is around but gather at the surface when people approach or when something floats on the water, interacting with humans.

Shouting springs are located near the mountain foot entrance. The spring pool is small and looks ordinary when calm, but those who know how to play can discover its fun.

The highly challenging laughter trap is at the foot of the mountain. Several metal chains form paths from the left bank to the right bank, with a pool of water underneath. A slight carelessness will cause you to fall into the water.

People need to cross from the chains. It looks simple but is actually very difficult. Sore arms and legs are common feelings. This game requires great physical strength and courage.

The jungle crossing extends from the foot of the mountain to the mid-slope, covering nearly 2,000 meters. It has a beginner path for children and an intermediate path for adults.

Compared to the laughter trap, the jungle crossing is less difficult but requires more coordination and tests endurance and mindset.

The jungle train is the simplest of all activities. It's a pedal-powered train that runs on a specific track through the woods, full of childlike fun and innocence, and very popular with children.

At this point, all activities on the mountainside are complete, leaving only the most eye-catching attraction at the top: the "5D Glass Bridge."

The 5D Glass Bridge at Anning Qinglong Gorge in Kunming is the second glass bridge in Kunming. It spans over 200 meters, about 100 meters above the ground. The bridge deck is paved with transparent tempered glass, using a steel frame structure supported by multiple giant steel cables.

A quick glance from afar makes it look like a hyper-modern artwork spanning the mountains, with great architectural beauty.

Walking onto the glass bridge, the reflection of the glass creates an illusion of walking in the air, making it difficult to step normally.

If you encounter the section with over a dozen types of 5D effects, it will scare your legs weak, and you'll unconsciously hold the bridge's handrails to move forward. But this activity is widely considered the most fun in the scenic area and is not to be missed.

The food area within Anning Qinglong Gorge is divided into two parts: a food street and a canyon barbecue garden.

The food area covers most common and specialty Yunnan dishes. The food street mainly features common local snacks, while the canyon barbecue garden, as the name suggests, focuses on barbecue.

Common Yunnan specialty snacks are available on the food street, including various fried snacks such as fried potatoes, potato cakes, and sausages; various fried rice, rice plates, and rice noodles.

The canyon barbecue garden focuses on ecological home cooking and barbecue, with many green vegetables being unique to Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan.

There is a wide variety of barbecue items, mainly meat, such as roast chicken, roast pork belly, roast lamb, roast ribs, etc.

Moreover, most of the meat comes from nearby farm households or animals raised in the mountains, so the meat is tender, chewy, and delicious, completely different from what you buy in city markets.

These are the four reasons to choose Anning Qinglong Gorge for your Spring Festival trip.

From transportation, scenery, and entertainment to food, Anning Qinglong Gorge has the best advantages. Combined, these advantages make it the best choice for Spring Festival travel!

[Editor] Yunnan Yijing

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