My Second Day on Mount Huangshan (1)

See the First Light of the Morning (Dawn)

It was still dark outside. Some people climbed up to the Dawn Pavilion by using flashlights. Hiking for about 500 meters, we got to the Dawn Pavilion to the north of our Beihai Hotel.

We were lucky to catch the dawn and twilight just in time, but a little disappointed that the sunrise was blocked by the Beginning-to-believe Peak to our east. Maybe that’s why it is called “Dawn Pavilion” instead of “Sunrise Pavilion”.

1.5km Walk from Beihai Hotel to Red Cloud Cableway Station

At 8:30 we started our 1.5km walk towards Taiping Telpher with its upper station called”Red Cloud Cableway Station” and “Songgu Cableway Station” down the mountain.

We rambled along the stone paved roads winding under arched trees in colours. One pine tree caught my eyed – “Tuanjiesong”. The tree is 14.5 meters high. We also passed Xihai Hotel and Cloud Dispelling Hotel (where we has lunch later) before we got to Taiping Cableway.

Taking Taiping Telpher (Cable Car Station)

It was my time to take Taiping Cableway. The upper station is called “Red Cloud Station” since it is nestled by the side of Red Cloud Peak, also a perfect point to see the sunset.

Unlike Yungu Telpher (Cable Station), Taiping Telpher runs every half hour with a huge cable car holding around 30-40 people per time.

The 10-minute cable car experience was amazing! It was thrilled to view the picturesque peaks, rocks and trees passing by. The passengers on the car were all busy in taking photos.

Walk from Songgu Cable Car Station and visit Emerald Pool

Songgu Station is the lower cable car station of Taiping Telpher. “Songgu” means pine tree valley. But we also saw lots of bamboo trees.

Hassle-free Huangshan Guided Tours

If you don’t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours, here are some options for guided tours to Huangshan:

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