Sailimu Lake Winter Limited Pink Snow Mountain

✈️Weekend round trip from Chengdu to Sailimu Lake📝 This trip to Sailimu Lake was definitely worth it!!! From 11.29 to 12.1, take one day off on the weekend and immerse yourself in the healing beauty of the last tear of the Atlantic~ ✈️Outbound: 9:45-14:25, Tianfu to Bole ✈️Return: 15:25-19:10, Bole to Tianfu The tickets were purchased from Sichuan Airlines, costing about 1500 RMB per person round trip (seats are a bit narrow). 🚗Car rental: Initially wanted to rent a car and drive, but considering the snow and icy roads in winter, for safety, the three of us girls chose to hire a car (luckily found a reliable driver - Xiao Ma). 📝Day 1: Watch swans 🦢 + soak in hot springs ♨️ 🏨Accommodation: Chose Huajiantang Hotel in the hot spring county, right next to Luquan Hot Spring Center, very convenient for hot springs. On the way to the hot spring county, we were lucky to see rime ice, absolutely stunning! Saw white swans 🦢 under the snow-capped mountains and soaked in natural hot springs ♨️ (locals also soak their feet there). Best to go early, otherwise the light is dim for photos after dark. In the evening, soaking in Luquan hot springs, you can capture the pink-toned sky, then take a shower, have dinner, and rest in the room. This small county surrounded by snow mountains is truly a delightful surprise~ 📝Day 2: Chase sunrise around the lake + photo shoot 🏨Accommodation: Chose Wangshan No.1 Courtyard (superb service and relatively new facilities). Early morning, Teacher Xiao Ma came to pick us up from the hot spring county to Sailimu Lake to watch the sunrise. Departed at 8 am with plenty of time, saw the pink sky and sunlight on the pink mountains. The wind around the lake is strong, so keep warm; for beautiful photos, it’s recommended to use extra heat packs. Super awesome Xiao Ma used a drone to film us by the lake (had been highly recommended before). To avoid regrets, we booked a photo shoot, aiming for pink-toned sunset photos, and it did not disappoint. The photographer was very professional and patient, took many beautiful shots! (We got 12 finely edited photos + all raw files (just need to adjust the tone to get the final images) + one video (but we were too tired to shoot it, so we gave up)). 📝Day 3: Shoot sunrise pink mountains (dry land scallions) + explore and eat in the city, buy souvenirs, return trip Have to praise Teacher Xiao Ma’s professional skills for capturing the long-awaited dry land scallions with the pink snow mountains as the background, beyond expectations! Visited the popular Guozigou online, beautiful but not as stunning as imagined, probably still enchanted by the sunrise pink mountains’ beauty, haha! The whole trip was relaxed and unhurried, saw everything we wanted, took all the photos we wanted, and the three days were not exhausting at all!!! Including airfare, the cost per person was about 3000 RMB. All expenses were spent without counting strictly, ate whatever we wanted, stayed in nice hotels, and traveling to Xinjiang in the off-season is definitely worth it!