Shuanglang - Lugu Lake: The lake and mountains are in love with butterflies and flowers, and there are houses in the green cypress and high mountains. Playing in the mountains and rivers is intoxicating, and there is no time to enjoy flowers and butterflies

Number of days: 5 days
Time: September
Average cost: 6000 yuan
With whom: parent-child
Updated: 2020.09.25

Before the trip

The

lake and mountains of Shuanglang

Lugu Lake - what a fairy and beautiful place

to return

1. Before the trip

September 2012, I traveled to Yunnan, and visited Kunming (Stone Forest) - Dali (Ancient City/Foreigner Street/Butterfly Spring) - Tiger Leaping Gorge - Lijiang (Ancient City/Jade Dragon Snow Mountain) - Shangri-La (Pudacuo National Park), Addicted to Pudacuo's beauty, he couldn't extricate himself.

When planning a trip with my family in 2020, Yunnan is the first choice, because I am still thinking about Pudacuo and the clouds there, and the reason why it is called Yunnan is really because there are many clouds in the south. It's a pity that when I was planning, I learned that Pudacuo had closed two core scenic spots since 2017 to recuperate, so I thought about it again and again and chose the Dali Shuanglang and Lugu Lake Scenic Area, which I had not been to before.

2. The lake and mountains of the double corridor

The

weather in Shenzhen in September is very bad, often cloudy, heavy rain, visibility is very low, when I arrived in Kunming, I could see a little sunshine, a little luck, rented a car at Kunming Airport, drove for more than four hours to reach the double corridor, along the way I experienced the cycle of cloudy - heavy rain - cloudy - cloudy, every time I passed by the bad weather, I couldn't help but shout "Oh! What about my blue sky and white clouds? (So much so that at the end of the trip, the plane at Kunming Airport was delayed, and my son said: Mom, you shout, "Where are my blue sky and white clouds?") Fortunately, the double corridor was sunny, and the blue sky and white clouds I was looking forward to arrived as promised.

The photo taken from the observation deck at the north entrance of the ancient city of Shuanglang shows that at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the sun is shining just from the opposite mountain.

Shuanglang Scenic Area

Shuanglang Ancient City is not as antique as Dali Ancient City, very simple two rows of houses along Erhai Lake, a stone road in the middle, affected by the epidemic, there are not many tourists. The booked homestay is in the row near the "sea", the "sea view room", and you can see the lake and mountains, sunrise and sunset of Erhai Lake from the balcony. (Sea view rooms must be booked in advance, it is difficult to book temporarily, and the price is more expensive)

Shuanglang Scenic Area The streets of Shuanglang Ancient City are not so prosperous and noisy, there are not many people, there are ingredients outside the restaurant, many fungi, you can taste, the fruits sold are delicious, soft-seeded pomegranate is 6 yuan a piece, super big, pick at will, sweet and juicy (no photos), my son also likes it very much.

Shuanglang Scenic Area The photos taken on the hotel balcony, backlit, and portraits are not very good

Shuanglang Scenic Area The gap path between the homestays can lead to the Erhai Lake, and the flowers, lakes, blue sky, white clouds and green mountains complement each other

Shuanglang Scenic Area The path near the B&B leads to the trees in the water seen by Erhai Lake

The next day, I drove around Erhai Lake, took the East Ring Road, Erhai Lake is really big, I only drove to Haidong Town in the morning, the scenery of the digging section along the road is very good, there are several tree landscapes in the water, standing tall in the blue "sea water", there are a few trees like trees, very unique scenery, but unfortunately I didn't get off the car to take pictures.

Scenery near Diaose Town

Because we have to rush back to Kunming in the afternoon, we don't have a week around Erhai Lake, and if we have time, we can play in depth in the Dali and Shuanglang areas for a few days. The environment and climate are very suitable, and life is very convenient.

3. Lugu Lake - what kind of fairy beauty?

When I returned to Kunming at night, the weather had changed, and the cool wind made people shiver. The next day, I flew directly to Lugu Lake (because my family and I have been to Lijiang, and I don't want to go to Lugu Lake through Lijiang, and it takes four or five hours to go to Lijiang by car), and it was raining lightly when I arrived at Lugu Lake Airport, so I took the airport bus (30 yuan/person) to Lugu Lake Scenic Area, all the way was a winding mountain road, and it was also the only road leading to the scenic spot (there is a gate of the scenic spot when it is about to arrive, charging 30 yuan per person), and it takes an hour to arrive at the passenger station of Daluoshui Village, the periphery of the village looks ordinary, just like a rural town. I didn't see any beautiful scenery, and I was a little disappointed (foreshadowing). The hotel sent a car to pick up the lake view resort villa in Yinhuwan, and drove along the lake for seven or eight minutes to the hotel, and sent a large plate of fruits (there are local sugar apples, super large soft-seeded pomegranates, etc., and the pomegranates are as delicious as ever). The first floor is a swimming pool, the second floor is a large living room, and the rooms on the third floor have a large balcony, which is really convenient to see the lake, and the view is very wide, but the weather is not strong, very cold, and the light is not good.

Lugu Lake Hotel balcony, cloudy day The lake is windy, very cold, and the light is not good The

weather improved the next day, thank goodness.

Lugu Lake Reminiscence Silver Lake Bay Lake View Villa In the morning, the scenery outside the room

Lugu Lake Reminiscence Yinhuwan Lake View Villa In the morning, the room can see the view

The next day, take the sightseeing bus around the lake (the first day by the airport bus, recommended by the staff on the bus, they call the bus around the lake, there is a tour guide, 30 yuan/person, you can sit for two consecutive days, very cost-effective, if you charter a car, our family of three costs 300 yuan), all the attractions are around the lake: Rig Peninsula - Gemlang Goddess Peak - Lover's Beach in Sichuan - Caohai (Wedding Bridge) - Return to Daluoshui Village.

1. Rig Peninsula

Rig Island Along the winding mountain road, come to the Rig Peninsula Observation Deck, the sun has not yet fully come out in the morning, The light is not very good, and there are many people on the observation deck, and this photo taken from a different angle did not take a good photo.

Along the road next to the observation deck, you can go all the way down to the lake and enter the Rig Peninsula, where there are yellow and blue boats, blooming gorgeous Gesang flowers, willows, white "apricot poplars" floating on the water (the name given by tourists after the development of tourism), and the water-friendly homestays, mountains, and peninsulas in the distance, which are particularly peaceful and quiet. The walk along the lake takes about 20 minutes, so if you stay here, you can spend the whole day. The child was not interested in any of this, playing with pebbles and throwing splashes there. Because the lighting is not good , I didn't take many photos, and some photos have already been posted in the circle of friends, so I don't want to post them repeatedly. Here is a recommendation index of five stars!

Rig Island

2. Lover's Beach in Sichuan

Passing by the Goddess Mountain of Gemlang, the ropeway was not overhauled, and when passing the border of Dianchuan, the tour guide asked me to get out of the car to watch and take pictures, and I was lazy to go down. Arriving at Lover's Beach in Sichuan, the weather has completely cleared up, the blue sky and white clouds are infinitely beautiful, and there are many small lakeside attractions in this area for taking pictures. It's chic. Fortunately, the child met another child from Beijing who was on the tour bus, and the two of them ate together, played with stones, threw splashes, and took a boat, which was very happy.

Lover's Beach

There are plenty of props to take pictures of, and there are several cars of various colors parked by the lake for taking pictures.

Lover's Beach A photo of a family member O(∩_∩)O

Lover's Beach Take a break in the middle, have a simple meal, and the two children are happier to eat together.

3. The filming location of "Dear Inn"

Rowing back

and forth for an hour, you can go to the filming location of the Dear Inn, or you can go to see the sea of flowers (apricot and poplar flowers), we chose the former. 100 yuan/person, 20 yuan for children, 8-10 people per boat.

Lugu Lake Confused Nest Dear Inn

Through the tall aquatic grass and enter the wide lake, the lake water is clear and cold, the afternoon sun is very strong, but there are gusts of cool breeze blowing, and the boat is rippling, which is very comfortable. The rowing brother didn't let us play in the water, saying that he rowed so hard (*^_^*). I also met a pair of handsome men and beautiful women who chartered a boat, dressed gorgeously, sitting on the bow of the boat in a cool bandeau skirt, opposite her boyfriend, sitting on the side of the rowing brother to take pictures of her. This scene is also very beautiful O(∩_∩)O

The

scenery here always reminds me of the old song "Blue Tears".

The family enjoyed the nourishment of the sun and breeze, and did not let me block the sun, and when I returned to the hotel at night, half of his face and neck were red O(∩_∩)O

4, Caohai (Wedding Bridge)

The

last big attraction in Caohai (Wedding Bridge) is so beautiful. Patches of aquatic plants, green, tall and lush, above the aquatic plants are a red plank road (wedding bridge), running from south to north, you can immerse yourself in the lake and aquatic plants to see the scenery. (I am really at a loss for words, and when I want to write a travelogue, I find that I can't describe the beautiful scenery I see, and I am also very distressed?) Don't say anything about looking at the picture, but it's better to go to the picture yourself.

Grass Sea

Walk the Marriage Bridge The first half of the Caohai Wedding Bridge attraction is a long stretch of shops rented by local residents selling specialties, including all kinds of handicrafts, shawls, ethnic costumes, fruits, dried apples, and most of them are dried mushrooms. It is common to see women sitting in small shops with babies in their arms, with a small bed behind them, and simple cooking utensils, children crying, and many half-year-old children alone in the shop while doing homework or reading books, while looking at the store, and there are also many grandmothers looking at the store, full of expectant eyes, very simple. Pity overflowed, and I really wanted to buy all their things, but my strength was weak, and I didn't buy anything in the end, and now I feel very sorry. Wait for me, when I have money, I'll do charity O(∩_∩)O

Caohai Look at the scenery! Ignore people

5. Daluoshui Village

After seeing the grass sea, he returned to Yunnan, and the car drove back along the lake. You can sit on the landscape anywhere, and you can shoot a blockbuster anywhere, not necessarily in the scenic spots, but on the roadside.I heard the tourist next to me say: When I was a child, I wrote essays about the water surface, always writing about the water surface like a piece of gold, shining and sparkling. The lake water here is like silver, the sun shines on the surface of the lake, like a layer of sparkling broken silver, and the lake water is green and like crumpled green satin.

Lugu Lake This was taken by me in the car through the car window, my mobile phone took very ordinary landscape photos, and the rest were landscape photos taken by family members' mobile phones.

About half an hour back to Daluoshui Village, as soon as I entered the homestay, the child found the chess on the table, pulled his father and said, "Dad, let's play the next game", I was very surprised, where did the four-year-old child know that chess was a competitive game? Back in the room, outside the window of the entire glass wall is a large patch of Gesang flowers, by the lake, the sun shines on the green mountains, green water, and red flowers, with the blue sky and white clouds, what comes into view is simply a painting! I exclaimed, "It's so beautiful", which is completely different from when I arrived on the outskirts of the village the day before! The boy's nature was fully revealed, and his father and I joked: It seems that sexual orientation is not to be worried at all.

Daluoshui Wharf Business District View outside the hotel

Daluoshui Wharf Business District I love flowers so much, how can I not take a group photo? ?

The lake outside the hotel

Daluoshui Wharf business district The

lakeside outside the hotel

Lake

outside the hotel

Daluoshui Village, the supporting facilities are very mature, eating and shopping are much more convenient than other attractions, the key is that the scenery along the lake is really beautiful, and the experience of living in a lakeside homestay is also very good, and the family said: Why don't you stay here all the time, why do you want to live in the villa the first night. Compared with the villa, it is more cost-effective. I went to a top-ranked local restaurant in the evening, saw a luxury car at the door of the restaurant, and thought, "This boss is good, the business is good, and I can buy such a luxurious car." Eat stone pot fish with wild mushrooms, sweet and delicious, two pounds of fish 138 yuan package, two big and one snack is endless, the price is too lovely. I met the handsome man and beautiful woman who chartered a boat to take pictures again, sitting at the next table, and the child played with toys and dropped them on the ground several times, and the man was very friendly to help pick them up. First we ate and left, and saw them get into the luxury car parked at the door, oh, I see, bring beautiful women out on ( ̄▽ ̄) vacation"

Daluoshui Village is convenient, beautiful and beautiful, there are many homestays along the lake, but it is different from Erhai Lake, the homestay in Erhai Lake is built near the water, the homestay here is still a little far from the water, flowers and plants are planted in the middle, there are walking beaches by the lake, and trees that can be seen alone, here is more original than Erhai Lake, and the scenery is more beautiful. You can also be in a daze and hang out for several days, right?

Fourth, return

This

trip will be summed up with "wind and snow" and "apricot and poplar", which are two derogatory words, but they are very suitable for these two places, and have become the propaganda slogans of Dali and Lugu Lake.

If you can't take away the beautiful scenery there, you will go again in the future. Next time, be sure to feel it slowly and carefully.