China Nature Travel: Top 5 Beautiful Places That You Should Add to Your Bucket List

Want to escape from the monotonous schedule of your daily life and embrace the eccentricity of nature? Eager to breathe in the fresh air and revive your relationship with the wilds? Then, a trip to China can satiate your desire. Known for abundant natural diversity, this country is the ideal destination for nature lovers. Needless to say, you will also enjoy the aura of the place.

But before you opt for a reputable travel company for China nature travel, you may want to know about the places where you can visit. To give you a glimpse, here, we have listed down a few places that you can explore during a nature trip in China.

1. Chengdu

The capital of south-western China’s Sichuan province, Chengdu is the abode of cute giant pandas. Located in the western part of the rich Sichuan Basin and to the east of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the vertical maximum elevation difference of Chengdu is close to 5,000m. This elevation creates a unique landscape that allows many kinds of ecosystems, flora, and fauna to flourish. Few cities in the world can enjoy such unique resources as Chengdu.

2. Baoxing

Known as a paradise of plants, animals, and most importantly, pandas, Baoxing County is one of the seven counties under the administration of Ya’an City. Now, you can see the influence of panda in everywhere of Baoxing, and people here treasure fame as the real hometown of pandas. Moreover, Baoxing serves as a very important biodiversity hotspot and type locality for many endangered species, including Giant Panda, Dove Tree, Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Chinese Thrush, Primulamoupinensis, etc.

3. Jiajin

With an altitude of more than 4000 meters, it is a high mountain in the south of Qionglai Mountain Range which is located in the northwest of Baoxing County and south of Xiaojin County. Known as a sacred mountain, Mt. Jiajin was described in old local folk songs as “birds can not fly over and man can not climb; to cross the Jiajinshanmountain, unless a god helps” Its snow-capped peaks and the vast sea of clouds are incredibly attractive. Moreover, being a core part of the World Heritage Site “Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuary”, Jiajin Mountain owns rich biodiversity that has not been quite known by the outside world.

4. Balang

Also named as Banlan Mountain in the locals and Balangla in the Tibetan language, it means “the mountain of strange willows “. Situated at the very juncture of Xiaojin, Wenchuan, and Baoxing counties, Balang Mountain is the first high mountain standing between the Sichuan Basin and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. From the foot to the mountain pass, the elevation rises sharply from 2,000m to 4,500m which provides a wide variety of habitats to support a lot of beautiful creatures. Alpine wildflowers such as Meconopsisracemosa, Primulaoptata, Orchiswardii, Saussurea medusa, Paeoniaveitchii, Paraquilegiamicrophylla, birds like Tibetan Snowcock, Snow Partridge, Chinese Monal as well as rosefinches, accentors, and pipits can be seen by the roads or on the mountain slopes.

5. Mengbi

Located 30 kilometers from the town of Barkam, Mengbi Mountain is one of the best places to see meconopsis.It is another vital bird-watching and flora-searching spot on this trip. Virgin forests scattered on different elevations of this mountain with few people visiting, making Mt. Mengbi a paradise for birds like the Blood Pheasant, Crested Tit Warbler, Chinese Fulvetta, the range-limited Crimson-browed Finch, Three-banded Rosefinch, Pink-rumpedRosefinch, Streaked Rosefinch, White-throated Needletail, and flowers like Primulapalmata, Dolomiaeasouliei, Boschniakiahimalaica, etc.

Besides the mentioned ones, there are many other places that you can visit during a natural trip. You could also be a part of China photo trips and capture the beautiful nature in your lens. So, why to wait anymore? Pack your bag and start your journey now!