Ticket 220RMB, green bus another 90RMB

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992

Habitat of giant pandas

Meals in JZG

Camouflaged satellite station

Wedding couple #1

The Primeval Forest

A wonderland of wild and untamed flora and fauna that has been left virtually untouched

End of Rize Valley

You might catch a fleeting glimpse of a panda in the wild if you are lucky

Wedding couple #2

500 m high blade-shaped Sword Rock

Covering 540 hectares

Fronted by spectacular views of the surrounding mountains and cliffs

Foliage of hundreds of different kinds of trees

Sword Rock

The green bus (which really is just a regular bus)

We skipped the Swam Lake stop and go straight to Arrow Bamboo Lake

A shallow lake with a depth of 6 m

It lies at an elevation of 2,618 m

Was a main feature site for the 2002 Chinese film Hero

Me

Forest take on attractive yellow, orange and red hues in the autumn

Duck

Lining up

Automatic toilet

Colorful Jen

Bathroom facilities @ JZG is generally ok

Absolutely gorgeous

Jen @ Arrow Bamboo Lake

Me @ Arrow Bamboo Lake

Slow shutter speed

Wedding couple #3

Arrow bamboo waterfall

150m in width and 7m in height

Berton, me & Jen

Jen @ Arrow bamboo waterfall

2,618m above sea level

One of my favorite photo from this trip

First time playing with shutter speed with waterfall

JZG is a paradise for photograph lovers

Slow shutter speed

Fast shutter speed

Jump

Jump

Trail to Panda Lake

Wow no one else on the trail!

It is cold!

Known for its many multi-level waterfalls, colorful lakes

Panda Lake

Wild life are hard to spot in the woods

Slow shutter speed

Fast shutter speed

Features curious color patterns of blue and green

Giant Pandas were said to have come to this lake to drink

Though there have been no sightings for many years

Fishes!

Such colorful picture!

This is PEAK season for visiting JZG

Panda Lake

Berton

Me & Jen

Me, Jen & Berton

Panda Waterfalls

Dropping 78 m in three steps

Love those orange trees

Crystal clear water

Five Flower Lake

This is unbelievable pretty!

A shallow multi-colored lake

Whose bottom is criss-crossed by ancient fallen tree trunks

Cloudy down, photo is a bit white

Breathtaking

Me @ Five Flower Lake

Me, Jen & Berton

Cannot stop shotting

The park management did a great job on the trail

Jen

Berton

Polarizer filter is recommended

Me & FF

Me & Berton

Me & Jen

Me, Berton & Jen

Funny one

Wedding couple #4

Started to rain

Cannot stop snapping

Me

Pearl Shoal

A wide, gently sloping area of active calcareous tufa deposition

Covered in a thin sheet of flowing water

A scene of the television adaptation of Journey to the West was filmed there

Me & Jen

Red and green contrast

The water empties into the famous Pearl Waterfalls

The shoal drops 28 m in a 310 m wide broad curtain of water

Me @ Peal Waterfalls

Slow shutter speed

Dinner!

We walked 25km+ with only packed lunch

Japanese not allowed at the restaurant

They gotta be the best looking masseuses I ever had

They seem so out of place here