River and Valley Hike in Shuiquangou to Longquanyu

Saturday, 23 June 2012 08:00

Meeting place & time:

Bus leaves from East 3 rd Ring Road Lufthansa Center at 8:00am.
(We will meet at Exit C at Liangmaqiao Subway on Line 10)

Hiking Distance: 7km 
Walking time: about 4 hours 
Start height: approx. 300m 
Peak: approx. 300m 
Location: yanqing
Travel time: 2 hours each way
Level of difficulty: 3(“moderate”)
this level is not that difficult,there is no mountain climbing,altitude almost the same from the beginning to the end,so breathe will be very easy.condition of the trail also nice not too many bush ,short sleeves and pants also ok.even you have no hike experience you still can make it if you are not afraid of high.

Hike at a Glance:
we will drive about 2 hours to the village named Shuiquangou,this village located in the deep of the mountain ,in summer time this place is good place to make yourself cool,on the way to this village we will drive pass the Ming Tomb,some of the tomb we drive pass still close to the public.the van will drive uphill first and then downhill and then we arrive the village.there is a trail connect the place we arrive to another part of the village.we walk on this trail and go through a small river to arrive the other part of the village.in this part of village there are a lot of farmhouse offer accommodation and food to tourists ,this town is quite modern,but there still some old house at the side of the road we walk through.after we go through this part of the village we will walk on the trail leading to the valley we going to hike.the beginning just like a playground,and then road get narrower and narrower,but still wide enough.this trail accompanied by a river,clean water flowing,make people so comfortable.follow the trail the trail will get rocky.there are big rock at the two sides of the river ,some place you can go through between the rock but some place you have to climb up the rock and jump on the rock,because these rocks are so close to the river so is wet and slippery .you have to be steady.keep going in this rocky area we will meet a lake ,there is no bridge across the lake we have to use boats ,these boats are like the boats in park is very cute.there is no paddle but there are some local ladies use rope to drag the boats .this will be new experience of your travel.after across the lake another ten minutes we arrive the bridge and this the destination of this hike named Longquanyu. From this bridge we will walk on cement road to the van about 20 minutes.