Dongchuan Erhai, Travel Guide
📍 Precise Location
• Administrative Division: Shekuai Township, Dongchuan District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, part of the Hongwang Mountain Range.
• Core Coordinates: Set navigation destination to "Dongchuan Erhai" and "Luoxue"
• Altitude: 3000–3600 meters
Tips: There are two ways to experience Erhai. For hiking, navigate to "Luoxue", which is the starting point for the hike, a loop trail of about 10KM. For check-in photos, navigate to "Erhai", and park by the roadside about 1KM below the mountain pass.
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🚗 Transportation Guide
We drove ourselves, departing at 7 AM and arriving a little after 11 AM. The road surface transitioned from expressway to good rural roads, then ordinary rural roads, and finally bluestone roads. The expressway portion took about 2 hours, with the remaining time spent on rural roads. The journey there was continuously uphill with many curves, so those prone to motion sickness should prepare motion sickness medicine in advance.
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🌸 Core Scenery and Photo Guide
The flowers are actually very small; up close, you'll see blue flowers mixed with yellow ones, but from a distance, there are small patches of blue scenes. Both telephoto and wide-angle lenses are great for photos, very suitable for taking "large scenery, small person" shots ◦
With cattle and sheep dotting the meadow, a low angle combined with blue sky and white clouds creates a Ghibli anime feel.
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⚠️ Key Considerations
📶 No mobile signal throughout the entire journey
💰 Accommodation Cost: Around 300-400 RMB per person
Recommended: Vienna International Hotel, Kunming South Railway Station Municipal Government Branch. The hotel offers free pick-up and drop-off service to Kunming South Railway Station, and the service attitude is excellent.
Post by GraysonRogers.42 | Jul 23, 2025
