[2025 Mao County Attraction] Travel Guide for Songpinggou (Updated Jul)

Songpinggou in Maoxian City is a popular destination when visiting Chengdu. This place features stunningly colorful lakes, especially during the autumn foliage season, which enhances its beauty. There are forest trails for leisurely walks to enjoy the autumn scenery, and you can also take a boat ride to admire the lake's waters and surrounding views. It's truly a romantic spot. 🏖️ Environment/Facilities: Beautiful scenery, great atmosphere, lakes, forests, easy to explore, with small park vehicles available to take you to various attractions. 💞 Reasons to Recommend: Easy to walk around, not strenuous, the water is incredibly beautiful, and the forest trails are enjoyable with comfortable wooden paths.

Songpinggou National Park is located in Mao County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. This national park is renowned for its stunning natural beauty, featuring snow-capped mountains, turquoise lakes, and lush pine forests. Within the park, visitors can explore three valleys, nine lakes, and 40 scenic spots. The park offers golf cart services to transport visitors to various viewpoints atop the mountains. The lakes boast a vibrant green color, resembling emerald pools, surrounded by majestic mountains, creating a breathtakingly beautiful landscape. 🏖️ Environment/Facilities: Golf cart services are available at various points.

Day.1 We started at Songpinggou Park After getting off the plane, we arranged for a car to pick us up. We traveled from Chengdu Airport to Songpinggou Park. It took 5 hours to travel. The view along the way was very good. We went at the beginning of the year when snow had just started to fall and it was cold. Bathroom: We stopped by a gas station to pee once along the way. I was very excited because I had heard a lot about the reputation of the bathroom. But luckily, we went very early, so the bathroom probably hadn't been used yet. 🫣 First time seeing real snow🤭 #travelchina #travelchina #travelchinabyyourself #songpinggou

#Get a discount without relying on luck #Travel to China Songpinggou, a 4A-level tourist attraction in Maoxian City, is a tourist attraction for viewing colorful water. There are many ponds, such as White Stone Lake, Dark Blue Ink Lake, and Reed Lake. You can walk to visit or buy a ticket for a small park car to stop at important points. This place is also suitable for viewing the changing leaves. Travel We traveled from Chengdu and rented a car to take us around.

Songpinggou is a great autumn destination around Chengdu. Songpinggou is nicknamed 'Little Jiuzhaigou', and its scenic spots are mostly named after those in Jiuzhaigou, albeit on a smaller scale. Each attraction is not very large and has not been deliberately constructed; you have to search carefully to discover its hidden beauty. Address: Inside Diexi Town, Mao County, Aba Prefecture, about 240KM from Chengdu, approximately 4 hours. Ticket: Single ticket 70 RMB per person, sightseeing car ticket one-way 50 RMB per person, round-trip 70 RMB per person. Tour route: Changhai - Colorful Pond - Cui Bamboo Gully - Pearl Waterfall - Ink Sea - Exit (Baishi Sea). Altitude: about 2200-2900, no risk of altitude sickness. Time for visit: half a day to one day. Main attractions: 1 Baishi Sea (the largest 'sea' in the scenic area, where you can take a yacht for 60 RMB per person), the red leaves along the plank road are very beautiful, a popular spot for red leaves photos. 2 Ink Sea (a rather unique 'sea', the water is as deep as blue ink). 3 Colorful Pond (a mini version of Jiuzhaigou's Colorful Pond, with colorful forests on one side and rugged rocks on the other). Changhai (the highest 'sea' in the scenic area, a barrier lake formed after an earthquake). Baila Sea (divided into Upper Baila Sea and Lower Baila Sea, with layers of forests in full color, and the streams and colorful forests are very splendid and varied). Notice: The scenic area has two ticket checkpoints. After the first checkpoint, continue driving past the second checkpoint to park. The attractions along the route from Baishi Sea to Ink Sea to Colorful Pond to Changhai are inside the second checkpoint, and the ticket is valid for one day. Baila Sea is located between the two checkpoints, with no restrictions on the ticket. Accommodations within the scenic area are mainly located in Baila Village.