Three-Day Tour of Yuexi Peninsula in Honghu

Take a bus to Wulin Town, Honghu City, carrying the sentiment of the song 'Honghu Lake, Waves Beat on Waves,' and arrive at the fascinating and longed-for Honghu Lake. Along the way, the scenery is pleasant, with the open landscape of the Jianghan Plain fully in view. Tall, straight, and lush camphor trees line the road; through the gaps in the trees, you can see endless rice paddies, where golden rice ears are bending the seedlings. There are also large expanses of water that frequently catch your eye. If it is dusk, driving along this road feels like a persistent chase of the sun, also like a romantic pursuit. With such a good mood, you soon arrive at the most romantic and distinctive world-class hot spring resort in China—Yuexi Peninsula Hot Spring Resort.

After checking into the hotel, briefly arrange your luggage, and then it is dinner time. Honghu's lotus seeds, lotus roots, hairy crabs, Honghu Three Steamed Dishes, and Honghu wild duck are all famous nationwide. At the Shuiyunxuan Chinese Restaurant in Yuexi Peninsula, you can enjoy all these delicacies: wild white lotus seed and tremella soup, lotus root and pork bone soup, health-preserving lotus root starch, Honghu Three Steamed Dishes, braised wild duck, dry pot Honghu wild duck, hairy crabs, pearl野菜 balls, water town sentiments, and more. During the National Day holiday, it is the perfect time to eat hairy crabs. Honghu hairy crabs, because they are produced in Honghu Lake with excellent and pollution-free water quality, are known as 'Honghu Clearwater Hairy Crabs.' They have characteristics such as green back, white belly, yellow hair, golden claws, and fine, delicious meat. Their unique flavor lies in being fishy, fresh, sweet, tender, fatty, and crisp. Every dish has the unique taste of Honghu, authentic and delicious, so irresistible that you can't stop eating.

After dinner, take a walk around the resort to aid digestion. After nightfall, Yuexi Peninsula seems to be shrouded in a rural artistic atmosphere, mysterious and rustic.

After the walk, you can go soak in the hot springs. Yuexi Peninsula Hot Spring Resort features a rare 76°C silicic acid hot spring that has been precious for ten thousand years. Silicic acid hot springs are well-known both domestically and internationally as beauty and body-enhancing mineral water, especially suitable for women's skincare. They also promote blood circulation, relieve stress, boost metabolism, and are a medical health hot spring for strengthening the body and prolonging life.

After changing clothes, enter the hot spring pool area, which has various characteristic pools. There are Chinese hot spring pools for cultivating your health, strengthening your body, relaxing muscles and improving blood circulation, nourishing your skin, and balancing internal and external care. There are Eastern-style hot spring pools where you can experience the mystery of the East, including Four Tree Bath Houses, Muying Pool, cold springs, and other Eastern atmospheres. There is a couple's hot spring area, where you can soak in the warm spring amidst the fragrance of birds and flowers, like a paradise on earth. There is also Yuexi SPA, combining Thai massage and pure aromatherapy to relieve physical and mental stress, accompanied by beautiful music, taking you into a dreamlike enjoyment.

After soaking, go to the rest area on the third floor, where free snacks, drinks, fruits, etc., are available for guests. The environment is elegant and very comfortable.

Having soaked away all fatigue, you can have a good sleep and look forward to the wonderful itinerary of the next day.

Day 2: Wake up in the morning, push open the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the morning light spreads onto the bed. Stand on the balcony, stretch, and breathe in fresh air. A beautiful day begins again.

Go to Yuexi Peninsula Aegean Sea Western Restaurant for a buffet breakfast. The breakfast here is very rich, with both Chinese and Western options fully available. The waitress said the beef noodles here are delicious and often have long queues.

After breakfast, drive to Honghu city center for a stroll. In the morning, visit the former capital of the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Revolutionary Base—Qujiawan (the filming location for the TV series 'Honghu Red Guards'). See [the 'Fisherman's Love Charm' wedding exhibition, 'Pastoral Symphony' farm tools exhibition, 'Hot Earth Chant' calligraphy and painting exhibition, 'Ink Honghu' fishing gear exhibition, 'Spring Water Flowing Years' waterwheel exhibition]. Visit the former residences of He Long, Zhou Yiqun, and Duan Dechang, and watch the film 'Honghu Red Guards.'

After lunch, take a boat to visit the national AAAA-level tourist scenic area—Honghu Lake Lantian Ecological Park. See the hundred-meter corridor, Guanyin Lotus Platform, and Lotus Fairy. Visit the ten-thousand-mu lotus root planting base, Fishing Island, and Lotus Source.

For dinner, go to the night market street along Yanhe Road to try some local specialties and experience the local customs. Then, you can go to the bar and KTV street on Yuanlin Road to have fun with friends, or you can also go to Honghu Lake Riverside Park to enjoy the river breeze and find a place to sit. Then return to Yuexi Peninsula Hot Spring Resort to rest. Friends who drink alcohol should not drive.

After breakfast, it is time to explore the resort. Stroll around the resort and experience the slow life!

Walk by the beautiful Shanshui Lake. The lake water is clear and emerald, bright as a mirror. The sun is shining brightly, and the clouds are like cotton. Under the sunlight, it sparkles like crushed silver. The lake is surrounded by undulating hills covered with lush forests and bamboo groves. The scenery is very charming. Although the autumn water is cool, it ripples with faint green, not harsh. Kang Bridge on Shanshui Lake welcomes every arriving guest.

The autumn forest is tempting because of the red and yellow colors, the leaves flying like butterflies in the wind, and the murmuring of branches rubbing against each other. This makes the autumn forest more like a forest. When you walk among the fir trees in Yuexi Peninsula, it makes you imagine that there might be a silent wooden cabin ahead, its roof covered with red or yellow leaves.

Your imagination is absolutely not just fantasy here! The mysterious White Egret Garden Tree Houses, hidden among the camphor and bamboo forests, are scattered and well-arranged. Here, you can get close to nature and enjoy hot spring baths and forest baths. It is a natural oxygen bar with high negative ion content. Far from the hustle and bustle of the city, you can bathe in the true essence of nature.

After that, return to your warm home, having spent a wonderful three days easily and happily at Yuexi Peninsula. Here, there is no need to rush your itinerary, no need to worry about finding your way, and no need to worry about bad food or sleep. This kind of life is exactly the vacation we want.