Haizi Valley

 As an important part of Mt. Siguniang, Haizi Valley stretches for a total length of 19.2km and covers an area of 126.48km2. Located in Rilong Town, views of this valley are distinctive from those of Shuangqiao Valley and Changping Valley. The first half is mainly alpine meadow, making it the best place for tourists to appreciate Mt. Siguniang and for amateur photographers to take pictures of this gorgeous mount.

The second half is a long stretch of alpine lakes, which may take visitors a whole day for sightseeing. Currently, 12 sightseeing points and 46 scenic spots have been initially explored. The valley is dotted with more than a dozen alpine lakes, such as Flower Lake, Floating Lake and Blue Lake. Water flows through Wori River into pellucid, deep and quiet Dadu River in Dunbar, reflecting the green mountains and blue sky. Many ancient precious scaleless fish are retained here and become the living fossils for people to comprehend this land.

Haizi Valley is also a good place to camp and the only path to get to each peak. Departing from here, climbers can reach No.1 Camp and the Base Camp from Haizi Valley by walking or riding a horse, then head to the large peak, the second peak, the third peak and the main peak. With the longing for this mysterious place and after hours or even days of trekking, one will eventually reach the lakes with the mountains behind themselves. Then you can enjoy the beauty of the scenery, watch the alpine ducks flying over the water, listen to the birds chirping in the mountains, and soak yourself in meditation and excitement.

Location of Haizi Valley

Haizi Valley is the one of the three parks of Siguniang that is located by the easternmost part of the parks. The entrance of the park is located by the tourist center of Changping Valley. It doesn’t require any tourist bus nor cable cars to go into Haizi Valley. The ticket checking point is around 500m from the Changping Tourist Center. It is fairly easy to get to the entrance of Haizi Valley from the town of Rilong (Siguniangshan Town).

What to Do/See in Haizi Valley

Chaoshanping: The best photo spot of Siguniang Mountains

Chaoshanping is a tourist attraction of Haizi Valley. It is on the open ridge of south extension of the four sister girl mountains. Here one has one of the best places to take photos of Siguniang. One can either walk up here from the base or use a horse to ride up here to take photos of the mountains.

An annual Guozhuang Celebration is held here in Haizi Valley at Guozhuang Ping for people from around Mt. Siguniang. It is held on the 5th day of the 5th month in lunar calendar. During this celebration people gather to dance, to race horse and pray. It is usually in June in western calendar.

Hiking

There is no tourist bus required to go to this valley, unlike the other two valleys (Changping and Shuangqiao) at Mt. Siguniang. A 10-minute’s walk on the wooden boardwalk from Changping Valley parking lot (Tourist Center) by the road will lead you to the entrance of Haizi Valley. A 0.5 hour of walking gives you the full view of the Four Sisters Mountain at Chaoshan Ping and Guozhuang Ping, where it is actually the extended south lower ridge of Mt. Siguniang. If one wishes to go further into Haizi Valley, a longer and harder walk is necessary.

From Guozhuangping to Dajianbao it is 6km. By Dajianbao the trail splits into two: the one goes up leads to Dafeng and Erfeng Base Camps and the one continues NE goes to Dahaizi Lake and Huahaizi Lake. From Dajianbao to Dafeng BC is 6km. From Dajianbao to Dahaizi Lake it is 6km. From Dajianbao to Laoniu Yuanzi is 3km. From Laoniu Yuanzi to Bagepeng is 7km. From Dahaizi to Huahaizi is 2km. From Huahaizi to Rhino Lake is 7km.

Entrance of Haizi Valley is 3100m. Guozhuangping is 3400m. Dajianbao is at 3700m. Huahaizi is at 3850m. Bagepeng is at 4550m. Dafeng BC is at 4300m. Erfeng BC is 4200m. Rihno Lake is at 4400m.

Trek to Dafeng Summit

One of the most popular things to do in Siguniang is to trek to the summit of Dafeng peak, a 5025-m mountain that requires a hard trek to get to. This trip needs to hire local porter team and needs to sign up by the local park office. Only organized trips are accepted to do Dafeng and Erfeng. Read more details on Dafeng Summit Trek.

Horse-riding

Horse-riding is available in Haizi Valley as well. You can find them after the ticket office. Horse-riding service is one of the ways local Tibetan people making a living in this clean and sustainable industry. They will normally try to convince you to ride their horses so if you feel like riding a horse, it will be a good choice and you will have the chance to chat with the local lovely people. Riding a horse in Haizi Valley costs between 160yuan and 400 yuan.

Photographing

Photograph lovers may consider to have one or two nights camped in the valley by one of the lakes at higher elevation. This will give you an opportunity to shoot photos others wouldn’t have the chance to. Good locations of shooting great photos include Bage Peng, Shuanghaizi Lake, Huahaizi Lake, etc. You can contact our expert to find out more.Haizi Valley Bagepeng

Camping

There are huts available in Haizi Valley, among which some are seasonal and not suited for overnight due to poor maintenance. A bunk in the huts by Dafeng and Erfeng BCs costs 100 yuan per person normally. You are not allowed to camp inside the valley unless you go with a local guide or a local company mandated by the park. Going to Dafeng or Erfeng will be going in Haizi Valley. Each year from May to October will see lots of hikers coming to go to the summit of Dafeng or Erfeng, two 5000+ meters mountain that requires hard walking but non-technical.

There is also a hiking that you can go from Haizi Valley too east to the uncharted Panda Reserve in Wolong. It is said to be very beautiful but few has done this before. It requires hard walking and you need to be self-supported for the hiking as horses can not pass the high mountain passes.