Self-driving is a great option for travel nowadays. There are many tourist attractions suitable for self-driving day trips around Shanghai. We recommend that you go to Wusongkou Paotai Wetland Forest Park, Dongtan Wetland, etc., for more details, see below.
1、Wusongkou Paotai Wetland Forest Park
Explore history, find wildness
Shanghai Wusongkou Paotai Wetland Forest Park was officially opened to the public on July 1 last year. It is built on the riverside beach between the Yangtze River and the Huangpu River. This area was gradually reclaimed from the 1960s with steel slag, so it is also known as the “garden on steel slag”, and it is currently the largest wetland park in Shanghai. The Qing government built a naval fort here, hence the name “Paotai”. There is a nearly 2-hectare lawn activity area in the park, which is very suitable for various outdoor activities such as flying kites and picnics. In addition, there are slides, swings, sandpits and climbing nets suitable for children, as well as a 6-meter-high spider web large climbing rope tower suitable for teenagers.
●Self-driving route
Yixian Road Elevated (Songbin Road Exit)-Songbin Road-Turn left at the third traffic light to Mudanjiang Road-Turn right at the third traffic light to Songbao Road-Drive to the end and turn left to Tanghou Road-No. 206 Tanghou Road (Park).
●Transportation guide
Route 952, get off at Haijiang Road, walk southeast for about 15-20 minutes to reach the park. Route 90, get off at Songqing Road, walk north along the road, turn right at Shuangcheng Road, turn right at Tanghou Road, and you can reach the park. Metro Line 3, get off at Songbin Road Station, take a taxi to the park.
●Recommended reason
The nearly 2-kilometer-long riverfront, as well as the forest and wetland formed by thousands of trees, retain their original ecological environment, which is worth visiting for city dwellers who live in concrete jungles every day. Moreover, not many people know about it, so it’s not too crowded. You can also admire the reeds, coix, arrowhead and other aquatic plant communities after the tide recedes, find fiddler crabs and other beach animals, which also has a unique wildness. Sometimes you can also see flocks of seagulls, egrets and other water birds.
2、Dongtan Wetland
Heart-opening reeds
Dongtan is the largest wetland in the Yangtze River estuary area. Dongtan faces the river and the sea, has a flat terrain and vast land, and is a resource area with island-type ecological tourism development value. Dongtan Bird Nature Reserve is an important habitat and wintering ground for migratory birds worldwide. The total number of birds accounts for 70% of the bird species in Shanghai, many of which are rare and endangered species under national and international protection. Every spring and autumn, 2-3 million migratory birds come here to roost and winter, forming a bird paradise, especially a large number of rare birds
●Self-driving route
Urban area-Yixian Elevated Road-Tongji Road (A30 Highway)-Baoyang Road-Baoyang Road Wharf-Car and Passenger Ferry-Baozhen Wharf-Baozhen South Road-Baozhen North Road-Chenhai Highway-Beichen Highway-Dongwang Road
●Transportation guide
Take a boat from Wusong Wharf or Baoyang Wharf to Baozhen, then take the Baoqian Line to Dongtan.
●Tips
The queue for vehicle ferry on weekends is very long, so be sure to get there early. Also, if one day is not enough, it is recommended to stay at the Dongtan International Conference Center, which has a very quiet environment and good hardware.
●Recommended reason
The wooden boardwalk extending into the depths of the wetland, the endless reeds, the quaint wooden houses, are all heart-opening and can help you temporarily escape from the hustle and bustle. If you are lucky, you can also see migratory birds coming here to roost. I heard that the sunrise at Dongtan is particularly beautiful, so if time permits, you must go and see it.
3、Dongping National Forest Park
If you don’t want to go to Dongtan, you can also go to Chongming Dongping National Forest Park. There are entertainment projects such as a sledding field, a paintball field, a climbing wall, a boat dock, and a barbecue area in the park.
●Recommended reason
The air in the park is fresh, known as a natural oxygen bar. To be able to breathe such fresh air is truly a reason enough for city dwellers.
●Transportation guide
Take the Shenchong Line from the North District Bus Station, the Nandong Line from the Chongming South Gate Bus Station, or the Nanjiang Line to Dongping Forest Park.
4、Nanhui Flower Port
A combination of Chinese and Western styles, admiring the flower fields
Shanghai Flower Port is located in Donghai Farm, Nanhui District, Shanghai. It is adjacent to Shanghai Pudong International Airport to the north and Shanghai Yangshan Deepwater Port to the south. The park has planted a total of 3.2 million flowers, including 2.2 million tulips, 500,000 daffodils, 300,000 hyacinths, etc. The butterfly orchid-shaped gate in the park, traditional Chinese wooden bridge, small West Lake landscape mountain, white artificial waterfall, ecological garden, tulip goddess, Dutch windmills, etc. create a strong rural atmosphere.
●Self-driving route
(1) A20 from Outer Ring Road to A1, take A30 Highway (towards Donghai Bridge), Dongda Highway Exit (towards Lingang New City) to Lianggang Avenue, turn left to Sansan Highway to Shanghai Flower Port;
(2) Outer Ring Road to A1, turn to A2 Highway (towards Donghai Bridge), Lianggang Avenue Exit, drive all the way to Sansan Highway and turn right to Shanghai Flower Port.
●Transportation guide
Century Park Metro Station-Shidong Special Line-Donghai Farm
Tourism Line 2 (Wan Ti Guan)-Nanhui Huinan Town-Nan San Line-Donghai Farm
●Recommended reason
Why not take this long holiday to visit the park, there are still things worth seeing, such as: Flower Science Museum, Ecological Garden, Glass Greenhouse Production Area, etc. If you like flowers, you can also buy some plants from the flower supermarket to plant at home, such as anthurium, pineapple.
5、Donghai Bridge
●Self-driving route
Urban area-Lupu Bridge-Pudong-Jiyang Road-A20-A2 Hunan Highway-Donghai Bridge Toll Station
●Recommended reason
The Donghai Bridge is the first offshore cross-sea bridge in China, which is very spectacular. If you don’t have time to go on weekdays, you might as well take some time during this long holiday to experience its grandeur. However, looking out to sea from the ramp section, you can only see the winding shape of the bridge, but you can’t see the whole thing, which is a bit of a pity. You can also drive to Yangshan Port and go to the viewing platform to experience the atmosphere of a modern port.
6、Wild Animal Park
●Recommended reason
China’s largest national-level wild animal park covers an area of 153 hectares and is 35 kilometers away from the urban area. The park gathers more than 200 species of rare animals from all over the world, totaling more than 10,000, including giraffes, zebras, antelopes, rhinoceroses from abroad, as well as China’s first-level protected animals: giant pandas, golden monkeys, South China tigers, Asian elephants, etc.
Visitors can choose to enter the park by car or on foot. The entire park is divided into areas for grazing animals, carnivorous animals, flamingos, free-range animals, waterfowl lakes, and rare animal enclosures, bird gardens, butterfly gardens, and children’s pet gardens, and there are animal performances, etc.
●Self-driving route
1. Urban area-Nanpu Bridge-Longyang Road-Hunnan Highway-Nanliu Highway
2. Urban area-Nanpu Bridge Longyang Road-Luoshan Road-Outer Ring Road (A20 Highway)-Yingbin Avenue (A1 Highway)-Nanliu Highway
●Reference itinerary: You can spend a whole day at the Wild Animal Park, but you can finish visiting Flower Port in half a day. After the visit, you can go to the Binhai Forest Park or the Donghai Bridge.
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