Every time I see someone asking "How much does it cost to go to Mount Huangshan" backstage, I think of my first experience of climbing the mountain. At that time, I didn't understand anything and rushed to the National Day holiday. I spent over 400 yuan on a bed on the mountaintop without a window, and a bowl of instant noodles cost 15 yuan. After going down the mountain, I calculated the total amount and felt heartbroken for several days. Later, after running a lot, I realized that Mount Huangshan is never "expensive" or "inexpensive", but whether you go at the right time and spend your money in the right place.
Today's article will break down the two things of season and cost and explain them clearly. After reading it, you can at least save hundreds of dollars in wasted money.
Say it firstMount Huangshan Tourism SeasonWhen you go determines how much money you spend and what scenery you want to see
Mount Huangshan can be accessed in all seasons, but the experience and cost are very different.
March to May and September to November are widely recognized as the most beautiful window periods. In spring, the mountain flowers bloom in full bloom, and in autumn, the forests are stained with colors. The probability of a sea of clouds appearing is also the highest. But these two periods are also during the peak season, with tickets costing around 190 yuan per minute. Accommodation on the mountaintop needs to be purchased in advance. Especially around the time of National Day, both foot traffic and prices surged together.
June to August is the summer season, and the advantage is that the temperature at the mountaintop is only around 20 ℃, making it a perfect summer resort. Moreover, from June to the end of August each year, fresh middle school and high school graduates as well as full-time university graduates can enjoy free admission tickets, and this wave of benefits will not be wasted. The cost is the large number of people, the cable car queue takes half an hour to start, and the mountaintop houses are still tight.
December to February is the off-season, with tickets reduced to 150 yuan and discounts on cable cars. With fewer people and beautiful scenery, the rime and snow scenery is a different flavor. But attractions such as Xihai Grand Canyon and Tiandu Peak will be closed, and the available routes will be discounted.
Summary in one sentence: If you want to save money, choose winter; if you want comfort, choose spring and autumn; if you want to make a living, choose summer vacation, but be mentally prepared to queue up.
moreoverMount Huangshan tourism expensesWhere did the money go
There is a clear bottom line of Mount Huangshan's cost, which no one can get around: 190 yuan for tickets+19 yuan for one-way bus in the scenic area+170 to 190 yuan for round-trip cableway. With just this basic set of operations, the average person is heading towards over 400 yuan. Fortunately, the tickets have a conscience setting: you can enter the park for many times within three days after the first ticket check, so you can only spend one ticket for two days, which is the most hidden money saving point in Mount Huangshan.
What really widens the gap is accommodation. Living in Tangkou Town at the foot of the mountain, staying at a homestay for over 100 to 200 yuan per night, with an average of 50-60 yuan per person to enjoy stinky mandarin fish and hairy tofu for meals, and an average of 800 to 1200 yuan per person per night for two days can be quite comfortable. But if you want to watch the sunrise, you must live on the mountaintop. The peak season for standard rooms in Baiyun Hotel and Guangmingding Mountain Villa easily exceeds 1000, and even multi person rooms require two to three hundred beds. The cost of living on the mountaintop is that the budget jumps directly to over 1500 to 2000 yuan.
My own suggestion is: if it's your first time going, your physical strength is average, and you're obsessed with the sunrise, just grit your teeth and stay at the mountaintop for one night, choose a bed, there's no need to book a room. If you are not so persistent about sunrise, live in Tangkou Town, and take the first cableway to the mountain the next morning, you can also walk through the core scenic spots and save enough money to eat three good Anhui Cuisine dishes.
An easily overlooked pitfall: low-priced groups
You must have seen the advertisement on the Internet that "the two-day tour in Mount Huangshan only needs five or six hundred tickets for accommodation". I stepped through this pit for you. That kind of group picks you up at 4 o'clock in the morning to catch the cableway, and the next day, after not seeing many serious attractions, they first pull you to the "Maofeng Tasting Center" to sit for two and a half hours. If you don't buy anything, the tour guide's face will hang on the ground.
There are hard costs in Mount Huangshan. If the two-day tour cost less than 1000 yuan, it must be recovered from other places. Either live at the foot of the mountain and pay for the cable car yourself, or fill in the pit at the shopping store, or the food label is so low that you doubt life. Although you need to make your own strategy for independent travel, you have a clear idea where every penny will be spent. If you really don't want to worry, you can find a pure play group, but make sure the other party writes in the contract which hotel to stay in, whether the cable car is included or not, and whether there are shopping stores, not just the total price.
Provide a budget reference that can be directly copied
Economy version (staying at the foot of the mountain, 2 days and 1 night): 800-1200 yuan per person. Ticket 190+Cableway 170+Bus 38+Accommodation 150+Catering 150+Miscellaneous, that's enough.
Daily publication (bed on the mountaintop, 2 days and 1 night): per capita 1300-1800 yuan. The extra money is the price of that bed, in exchange for the ease of seeing the sea of clouds through the window and not having to rush in the dark.
Comfortable version (staying at the mountaintop standard room or boutique homestay at the foot of the mountain, 3 days and 2 nights with Hongcun): 2000-3000 yuan per person. Suitable for taking care of parents or friends who do not want to mistreat themselves.
Whether Mount Huangshan is worth going is never a question. The question is whether it's worth wasting money on. Choose the right season, calculate the accommodation and cable car expenses clearly, and avoid those pitfalls that lure you with low prices. This mountain will tell you with a sunrise over a sea of clouds that every penny is spent on the blade.
Take advantage of the best time in Spring and Autumn to set off on a certain day.
