Hangzhou’s Thousand Island Lake has crystal clear water and countless islands, each with unique shapes and sizes. It’s a popular tourist destination in Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and an ideal place to relax and escape. So how should you plan a self-driving tour of Thousand Island Lake? Let’s take a look!
Sports and Leisure Tour
Recommended route: Puli Hotel Leisure Green Space (formerly Country Club) → Thousand Island Lake Beer Town Sports Base → Jieshou Town Asian Games Village Complex → Jiangjia Mountain Adventure Comprehensive Sports and Leisure Area → Shilin Bay Sports Town
The route is 500 kilometers long and connects eight 3A-level scenic spots, including Thousand Island Lake Scenic Area, Wenyuan Lion City, and Shilin. It attracts a large number of 5-star hotels and boutique homestays, including InterContinental, Hilton, Sheraton, and Xipo. It has developed 83 sports and leisure projects, including water sports, mountain sports, and aviation sports. Tourists of all ages can find a suitable sports and leisure project to enjoy a feast of sports in Thousand Island Lake! The route can be divided into urban sports and leisure tours and rural sports and leisure tours.
Urban Sports and Leisure Tour
The urban sports and leisure tour route is centered on Puli Hotel and Pearl Peninsula, and based on the 1,200-acre leisure green space around Puli Hotel, it has built sports tourism projects focusing on aviation sports, such as powered paragliding and hot air balloon sightseeing. Tourists can soar into the sky and enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the beautiful islands and water.
The Thousand Island Lake Beer Town area is home to a number of sports and leisure companies, including Thousand Island Lake Trampoline Park, Thousand Island Lake Happy Water World, Burning Engine Go-karting, Chaser, Donkey Camp, and more. Tourists can experience a variety of fun and exciting sports and leisure activities, including trampoline, go-karting, kayaking, rowing, jet skiing, tree climbing, water flyboarding, yacht rides, and extreme obstacle courses.
Rural Sports and Leisure Tour
The rural sports and leisure tour route relies on the main lakeside roads, such as Chunyáng Line and Qianfén Line, to form three distinctive, stylish, and newly-developed rural sports and leisure clusters: Jieshou Asian Games Town, Jiangjia Mountain Adventure Town, and Shilin Bay Sports Town.
Jieshou Town focuses on bicycle sports and Asian Games sports and leisure vacation. It has developed sports tourism projects such as the mountain biking base, Thousand Island Fishing Harbor, Asian Games Sports Ecological Park, and boutique homestay villages. Once the Asian Games Village Luneng Shengdi project is completed, it will become a new landmark for sports tourism in Thousand Island Lake.
Jiangjia Town is home to a number of comprehensive sports parks, including Longchuanwan International Fishing Center, Thousand Island Lake Shanghai-Ma Adventure Park, Hi-Sound Park, Yi He Park, and more. These parks offer a variety of sports and leisure activities, such as fishing, motor sports, water parks, and high-altitude glass walks. The area also has a variety of accommodation options, including 5-star hotels and boutique homestays, such as Anlu Hotel and Xipo Homestay.
Some of the most worthwhile experiences include the Shanghai-Ma Adventure Park, which has a 108-meter-long high-altitude glass suspension bridge that set a new Guinness World Record. The Hi-Sound Park, which features tank-style rides, and the fishing center’s lure fishing are also unforgettable experiences.
Shilin Bay Sports Town is built around the 4A-level Shilin Scenic Area. It features a water sports training base, a water sports experience center, canyon rafting, high-altitude swings, via ferrata, glass walkways, and other trendy, new, thrilling, and internet-famous sports and leisure projects. Every winter and spring, you can see high-level water sports teams from China and abroad training here. On the cliffs and at 100 meters above ground, you can see tourists climbing, jumping, and walking, experiencing various exciting and thrilling sports projects. The screams of excitement echo through the valley.
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