This jewel destination was the lure. The post cards and the stories were too tempting. Jiuzhaiguo lies in the crown of the spectacular Min Shan mountain range. Friends insist it is a must -do on a visit to China. And they are right.
So my hubby and I joined a group of friends on the Jiuzhaiguo holiday with destinations to some remoter, less travelled parts of Sichuan.
Even before the peak season, tourists were already flocking to the Jiuzhai Valley. The National Park is located in the north of the Sichuan province in South Western China. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992, Jiuzhaiguo means ' Nine Village Valley' and is named after the nine Tibetan villages scattered through out the park. Tibetan people have lived in this region for thousands of years and locals still hold onto many traditional ways of life.
Jiuzhai Valley has 17 waterfall groups, 47 springs and 114 lakes in the park. What we saw was stunning and so magical. For us, timing was a little off as the spectacular colours of autumn that makes it the most breathtaking time of the year was not showing off yet. But for soon-to be travellers, if you like what you see in these pictures, just paint the shades of red, orange, brown amidst the aqua blue, green, purple hues of the lakes, you know you are in a fairyland on earth!
A lasting memory of the colours of Jiuzhaiguo. Unforgettable.
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