Overall self-driving tour route map planning

Since the holidays are relatively long, I make my trip very relaxed and leisurely. For those who are in a hurry, 10 days is almost enough for this trip!

This route integrates karst landscape mountains and rivers + canyons + waterfalls + Fanghua shooting railway stations + terraces + ancient cities + lakes + delicious food as a leisure tour. There are not many people and the road is easy to open. Friends who have experienced it in other places in Yunnan can consider this Southeast Loop Road in Yunnan (starting from Kunming Airport and traveling clockwise).

Without saying much, let's go to the self-driving route map first!! I have read many travel notes and strategies for self-driving tours. The biggest headache for me is that everyone insists on routing maps, so I drew one myself, including the number of days to play and the journey time. Since I am driving alone, the driving arrangements are relatively easy, and I basically don't run the night oil after dark at night.

Yunnan Luoping

After arriving in Kunming, I rented a car at the airport and rushed all the way to Luoping. In fact, the most suitable seasons for traveling in Luoping are the rapeseed flowering period from February to March every year and the red sorghum period in September every autumn. The reason why I chose to go in June is that everything is cheaper to do after the epidemic recovers, so I just consider it relaxing. I chose to live in the village below Jinjiling. The back mountain of the hotel could actually climb up and overlook the entire Jinjiling. As a Taoist nun stopped me halfway up the mountain and asked me to pay a 10-yuan ticket, I came down again angrily. Since this was my first stop to see the karst mountain peaks, I was still very excited. It is recommended to play for 1-2 days.

Yunnan Jiulong Waterfall

Jiulong Waterfall is located in Luoping and can be reached in half an hour's drive from Jinjiling. There will be many adults and children pulling you at the door to be your tour guide, but you don't have to. If it takes a lot of time and strength to walk through the ten waterfalls, please forgive me for walking to the waterfall with the largest drop and coming back. There is a small train going up the mountain that is quite beautiful (it is shown in the video above). You can sit on it and see the whole picture, and then walk down it will save energy.

Maling River Grand Canyon, Xingyi, Guizhou

Going from Luoping to Xingyi is really a destination that I have a passion for, but believe me, the trip will definitely be worth it. Please forgive me for not hearing of the Maling River Grand Canyon before I went. But it is said that CCTV has often reported on this address spectacle. The roundtrip takes at least 2 hours, and it is also the most poignant tourist attraction I have visited. After walking, I really got soaked all over my body. I suggest everyone wear rain-proof clothes and shoes! But when you can't walk, you will suddenly find the magnificent Vientiane Waterfall surging down! I couldn't help but sigh that my literary attainments were too low to describe one-tenth of its grandeur. Go directly to the video.

Wanfeng Forest, Xingyi, Guizhou

In fact, Wanfenglin was a scenic spot where I planted grass wherever my father went in my early years. At that time, I had an indescribable love for this karst landscape. The grandeur of Wanfeng Forest lies in its unique landforms that are endless and isolated into peaks. It is very comfortable to live in a B & B surrounded by thousands of peaks and forests while opening the doors and windows. It's really nice to get up in the morning and breathe fresh air on the rooftop and eat breakfast.

Wanfeng Lake, Xingyi, Guizhou

For friends who don't have enough time, I really don't recommend driving dozens of kilometers extra to and from Wanfeng Lake. Because apart from some stone forests, the lake is indeed ordinary. If you like to take a boat and go deep into the mountains and rivers, you may have different feelings. But if you like this landform, I actually recommend our beautiful Qiandao Lake. Let me show you a photo.

Yunnan Puzhehei

Puzhei is also a secluded place where my father went to plant grass. Moreover, unlike Wanfeng Forest, it is surrounded by a water system of Puzhei. It is a unique taste to sway in the lotus leaf by boat in the early morning. Before sunset, climb Qinglong Mountain and overlook the whole picture of Puzhei, which makes people feel a lot of emotion. This mountain is fast and not high. However, the sunset cannot be seen on the mountain due to the trees blocking it. At the foot of the mountain are fields of rice fields and lotus ponds. People with enough time still carry fishing rods to fish small fish in the lake. There are also restaurants and bars in both villages. Outside the floor-to-ceiling window of the B & B room where I stayed, there were large tracts of grass lotus flowers, with leisurely buffaloes and date red horses contrasting each other. You can sit all afternoon by quietly making a pot of tea by the window.

Mengzi Bisezhai

Mengzi's rice noodles and Bisezhai Station, where Fanghua was photographed, make this small place a must-visit attraction. I won't say much about how delicious Yunnan rice noodles are. I specially chose a small restaurant where local people eat them. I imitated them and chose a bowl of rice noodles full of ingredients. When I asked for the price, it was only 10 yuan! Bisezhai Railway Station was a historical witness to the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway at that time. There would be a small shop nearby that rented cheongsam and Republican student clothes. Renting a set of clothes was not expensive, and everyone could feel that feeling.

Mengzi rice noodles that make people drool!

Yuanyang terrace

Yuanyang Terrace is quite disappointing. It's not that the scenery I didn't see during the irrigation period was bad, but that as a 4A-level scenic spot, infrastructure construction is very settled and management is chaotic. The directions are completely unclear, and it's easy to not find where you want to go. You will find many accommodation gathering areas in Yuanyang Terrace. Friends who don't know how to choose where to live can refer to whether you want to watch the sunrise or sunset. For patients like me with difficulty getting up, living near Duoyishu Scenic Area is the best choice! After walking through several scenic spots, I still feel that the Bada Scenic Area is the most spectacular.

Jianshui Ancient City

Before arriving in Jianshui, I really didn't like to eat tofu. After arriving in Jianshui, I couldn't live without roasted tofu dipped in spicy dipping water and served with very refreshing papaya water. I couldn't live without them almost every meal! Move a small bench and sit around in front of the boss's stall, eat a piece of tofu and count a grain of corn. I'm really curious how the boss can take care of how many mouths he ate? The Jianshui train is also very worth experiencing. After riding on the slow train, it really feels like traveling through history. On the way back from play, you will definitely be shaken until you fall asleep soon ~

fuxian Lake

Fuxian Lake is really the last stop for my trip. Living in an apartment with a window open to the lake, sleeping until you wake up naturally and eating takeout is probably the way we travel for contemporary young people like us. What surprised me the most was not how beautiful the lake was, but that in the Star Cave Scenic Area, there were plateau freshwater diving projects to experience. Then of course I can't miss this opportunity! Diving 10 meters deep into the water, looking at the herring schools and water plants underwater with very high visibility, overcoming my fear of ear pressure and deep water, and the moment I returned to the surface, I really felt like I had transformed!

Yunnan Shilin

Of course, I also visited the famous Yunnan Stone Forest on the way back. This is also the place where I encountered the most tourist groups after this entire trip after the epidemic.

Kunming

Since I have been to Kunming several times and have been to many scenic spots large and small, I arranged it in Dounan Flower Market this time! For someone like me who loves flowers, Dounan Flower Market is simply a paradise, and you can really pick up a lot of unwanted flowers after 11 p.m., and you can use them even if you pick them. But even buying it is very and super cheap! Dounan Flower Market, which sells by the pound, is simply a garden in every girl's dream.

end

Soon, the 14-day solo driving tour ended. Since the tourism industry had not resumed after the epidemic, the scenic area was either free or half-price. You could live in a very good B & Bs for one to two hundred yuan, and renting a car only cost 21 yuan. A day, plus the fact that I bought various souvenirs and shipped flowers back in boxes, I spent a total of more than 8000 yuan. A person's self-driving tour actually makes me feel a lot. What hurdle can't I overcome? Girls themselves become stronger. When they look down, they will find that they will be at the top of the mountain and see the small mountains.