Jiuzhaigou National Park Will Reopen from 27 September, 2019

updated on 24 September, 2019

Big good news for all of the fans of Jiuzhaigou National Park because, after nearly a year's recovery, most sceneries of the National Park has recovered from the lethal earthquake in August of 2017 and rainstorm in 2018. Both Administrative Office of Jiuzhaigou National Park and Aba State Tourism Bureau has released the notification of the reopening of Jiuzhaigou National Park.

Jiuzhaigou Park Buses Are Ready

What Can I See after the Earthquake

Currently only some parts of JIuzhaigou is open for travelers from 8am to 5pm, while the some other sites are still closed due to safety reasons. It is still worth visiting after the earthquake. The ponds, lakes, streams, mountains, waterfalls were beautiful and they are now still beautiful.

Beautiful Long Lake in Zezhawa Valley

At present, only Shuzheng Valley and Zezhawa Valley are open for travelers. Most part of Rize Valley is still closed, only Mirror Lake is open. Shuzheng Valley stretches from the entrance of the park to Nuorilang to Nuorilang Waterafall, which is about 13.8km long. You can see more than 20 ponds in the valley, including the second largest one in the park - Rhinoceros Lake. Nuorilang is the biggest highlight though part of the waterfall was damaged in the earthquake but it is still beautiful.Shuzheng Waterfall didn’t have any damage in the earthquake. It is the same as before.Huohua Lake is emerged with the lower Shuanglong Lake in the earthquake. There will be no Huohua Lake but a bigger Shuanglong Lake. And there will be a new waterfall Shuanglong Waterfall.Zechawa Valley, the longest valley in the park, got slight damage in the earthquake. Most sites in the valley stay the same as they used to be, including Long Lake and Five-color Pond. Zhuru Temple in Zharu Valley, a less visited valley in the Park, is also open for travelers.

Jiuzhaigou Open Area After Earthquake

How to Visit the National Park

According to the regulation of the Park, travelers will be divided into groups, and brought to visit Shuzheng Valley and Zezhawa Valley by a park bus and a tour guide both of which will be arranged by the park. Travelers have to exit the Park with the same group and bus. The park bus will run from Shuzheng Valley to Zezhawa Valley and stop at most of the sites in two valleys. But there are five sites, including Long Lake and Five-color Pond in Zezhawa Valley, Shuzheng Lakes Group, Two-dragon Lake and Nuorilang Waterfall can only be visited by walking.

Limpid Mirror Lake in Rize Valley

The Tourists Capacity Is Limited

Only 5,000 tourists are allowed to visit JIuzhaigou National Park each day in 2018. The Administrative Office may adjust the number accordingly to the actual situation. Please note that independent travelers will be rejected because now it is only open for tourist groups which are organized by travel agencies who also have to buy travel insurance for their customers. Reservation by real name is required. Your travel agency will help you register on website - www.abatour.com

Nuorilang Waterfall in Shuzheng Valley

Fees for Admission Tickets and Park Bus

The fees for the Admission Tickets and Park Bus differ by seasons. In the peak season (1st April to 15th November), it’s 100 RMB for the Admission Tickets, and 90 RMB for the Park Bus. In the off season, it’s 40 RMB for the Admission Tickets, and 90 RMB for the Park Bus.

How to Get to Jiuzhaigou

Air travel to Jiuzhaigou is fast and covenient. It flys only about 45mins to get to Jiuzhaigou Hunaglong Airport from Chengdu Shuanglui Airport. And there are frequent schedules of flight each day, up to more than 20 flights during peak season. If you travel by land, you have a full day driving to Jiuzhaigou while you can enjoy amazing landscape on the road. The driving from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou goes about 450km, passing by Dujiangyan, Wenchuan, Songpan, etc. If you are solo traveler, you can take public bus from Chengdu Chadianzi Bus Station (Address: 289, 5th Section of West Third Ring Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu; Ticket: around 170 RMB).