Safe Spring Festival Getaway Around Kunming: Green Forests, Grand Canyons, Rafting - Embark on an Eco-Tour

It's Chinese New Year! It's Chinese New Year! Where to go for the New Year this year?

Don't worry, we've already picked a spot for you!

Due to special circumstances, the most popular and safest travel options throughout 2021 were short trips and nearby tours.

For the 2021 Spring Festival, many places still advocated staying put for the holiday, so for the 2022 Spring Festival, to be safe, short-distance and surrounding tours are still the choice!

As a Kunming local, how to choose a surrounding tour?

Don't worry, use the process of elimination, and Anning Qinglong Gorge appears!

Many people may wonder, why choose Qinglong Gorge?

Reason One: Anning Qinglong Gorge has beautiful mountains and clear waters, fresh air, and excellent natural scenery.

Reason Two: Anning Qinglong Gorge has a 19-square-kilometer natural oxygen bar. No matter how many people enter the scenic area, there's no need to worry about crowding; it's safe and secure.

Reason Three: There are many activities at Qinglong Gorge. How many exactly? You'll find out when you go.

Reason Four: Qinglong Gorge is just over an hour's drive from downtown Kunming, easily doable as a day trip, extremely convenient!

Above are the advantages of choosing Anning Qinglong Gorge as your Spring Festival travel destination.

Next, let's see how to enjoy the vast Anning Qinglong Gorge.

Anning Qinglong Gorge is a blessed land on earth. Its unique geographical location creates incomparable natural scenery and climate. Here the water is clear, the mountains are beautiful, the views are stunning, the air is fresh, and the activities are novel. So the ways to enjoy Anning Qinglong Gorge are inseparable from these elements.

When visiting Anning Qinglong Gorge, you must see the water!

The water in Anning Qinglong Gorge is diverse: wide rivers, splashing waterfalls, crystal-clear pools, and gently flowing streams. Water is everywhere.

Waterfalls falling from heights into pools—not large but quite peculiar. The streams along the hiking trail showcase the clear and cool characteristics of the water in Anning Qinglong Gorge.

The stream water flows slowly from the mountaintop to the foot, forming pools of clear spring along the way. The spring water is so clear you can see the bottom, with waterwheels turning beside them, adding a rustic charm.

After the stream forms spring pools, colorful koi fish swim freely in them. The stream overflows from the pools and flows down to the foot, merging into the river. The wide river is an excellent place for rafting.

Perhaps this is the magic of the water in Anning Qinglong Gorge—sightseeing and playing!

When visiting Anning Qinglong Gorge, you must view the mountains!

When you reach the summit and look around, you'll be greeted by lush greenery everywhere. The green is so endearing. You feel surrounded by mountains, your mind broadens, and all worries can be cast away!

When visiting Anning Qinglong Gorge, you must enjoy the flowers!

The winter cherry blossoms in Anning Qinglong Gorge are a wonder. Although spring hasn't arrived yet, the winter cherry blossoms are already blooming gradually!

Spring has not come, but flowers are already blooming. The richly colored winter cherry blossoms bring surprises, making you feel the vibrant spring atmosphere early.

When visiting Anning Qinglong Gorge, you must try the special attractions!

There are many experience projects in Anning Qinglong Gorge, dozens of them, large and small. Among them, the most distinctive are the 5D Glass Bridge, Eco-rafting, Jungle Crossing, and Laughing Traps.

The 5D Glass Bridge is the flagship attraction of Anning Qinglong Gorge. It is 188 meters long and 108 meters above the ground. The entire bridge deck is made of glass. Hearing about such a high bridge and imagining it makes your legs tremble; experiencing it in person is even more thrilling!

On the 5D Glass Bridge, there are all kinds of funny scenes: people who close their eyes and need help to cross, people who walk shakily step by step like a turtle, and people who bravely challenge the 5D effects and get a big scare when they step on it. It can be said that the 5D Glass Bridge is full of joy!

Eco-rafting is another special attraction in Anning Qinglong Gorge. The rafting course is 5 kilometers long and takes about an hour.

The wide river with its swift currents—all natural conditions indicate that this is the best place for rafting.

Another special attraction in Anning Qinglong Gorge is Jungle Crossing and Laughing Traps. The seemingly simple projects are the most challenging. Jungle Crossing is 2 kilometers long and takes about half an hour, testing one's perseverance and physical strength.

When visiting Anning Qinglong Gorge, you must eat mountain delicacies and 'wild game'!

When talking about 'mountain delicacies and wild game', don't misunderstand. The mountain delicacies are real, but the 'wild game' is not actually wild!

The so-called 'wild game' is actually free-range poultry raised in the mountains, such as chickens, ducks, fish, and goats. The fish are freshly caught, and the chickens are free-range chickens raised in the mountains.

The food is delicious, the variety is complete, and the prices are fair. There are roast whole lamb, roast chicken, roast pork ribs, roast fish, roast wild vegetables, firewood chicken, and various specialty snacks.

Firewood chicken is cooked in the most traditional way—an iron pot over a wood-fired stove. The ingredients fully absorb the wok hei (breath of the wok), producing an aroma that makes your mouth water. This is definitely a rare rustic flavor hard to find in the city.

Young people gain fun and delicious food here; elderly people calm their minds in the fresh mountain air; children broaden their horizons, get close to nature, and see a world beyond concrete and steel!

For the Year of the Tiger Spring Festival surrounding tour, why not bring family and friends to Qinglong Gorge and experience the joy of sightseeing and water activities!

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