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Published: June 16th 2010
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Heaven Lake
North Korea to the left We travelled through lovely countryside full of rolling forests to arrive in Baihe from Tonhgua.Baihe would be our base for exploring the Changbaishan National Park famous for Heaven Lake which shares its border of Korea and is at 2100 m and 373m deep, and supposedly has a monster like our Loch Ness!. The town is about 20km from the nearest Park gate and is the closest town to the park,which is 240,000 Hectares. We were only going to stay 3 nights but had to settle for 5 nights 6 days as we couldn't get a sleeper ticket out until the 16th because its the Dragon Boat Festival in China this week and everyone takes 3 days off.Our digs for the stay was at the Woodlands Youth Hostel which has been very enjoyable.The familiy that runs the hostel couldn't have been kinder and we met many other travellers mostly students from china.Its very close to Korea here,so we have been eating some delicious local food at the hostel and in town.
The CNP charge for entry at the gate, then for a bus to the base of the mountain,then depending which gate you take another fee for a 4x4 to the summit!
all very expensive for the day,half our budget. There is no hiking or camping allowed, you can only walk on the boardwalks etc. A very very controlled NP,computers count in then out, there are 3 entrances in Jilin North,West and South gates, we didn't do the south. Nevertheless this Park has been one of our highlights of china so far,breathtaking views,fresh air and friendly locals with good food and exercise.Enjoy the photos.
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Lovely photo! Are you staying in the same hostel for the whole trip? So you are entering the park from north gate and west gate, you need to pay for 2 entrances fee? Can't you go in from North and out from West? How do you travel to the gate? How long to north and to west and how much?