[2025 Deqin Stay] Travel Guide for Shan Yu Guesthouse (Updated Apr)

💫"Heaven on the left, Rainbeng on the right" The exhaustion of a three-day trek vanishes the moment you step into the Mountain Whispers Guesthouse. 🌟Cloud-Top Views, Private Snow Mountain Enjoyment The guesthouse is located at the highest point at the end of Upper Rainbeng Village. Panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows frame the Meili Snow Mountain peaks like a giant movie screen. In the morning, the sunrise illuminates the golden mountain from your bedside. At night, the Milky Way seems close enough to touch. (If you're lucky, you can even see the "starry sky + snow mountain" double feature.) 🌟Wild Luxury Experience, Tibetan Aesthetics 108 rooms are designed in a new Tibetan style. Underfloor heating + fireplace combination combats the highland cold. The panoramic suite's viewing platform is a "private snow mountain cinema." During afternoon tea on the terrace, little squirrels will come begging for food, and the mountain breeze carries the fragrance of grass and trees. 🌟Local Life, Deep Immersion Don't miss the Tibetan clothing experience in the afternoon. Put on traditional clothes and take some ethnic photos under the prayer flags. The bonfire party in the evening is lively and exciting. Sing and dance around the bonfire with travelers from all over the world. (The guesthouse also provides butter tea and tsampa.) 🌟Trekking-Friendly, Butler-Style Service The entrance to the Ice Lake trek is right next to the guesthouse. Trekking poles + ice cleats are available for rent at the front desk. The laundry room is open 24 hours (off-peak use is recommended during peak season). The restaurant offers energy-boosting meals. After trekking, you can also book a Tibetan foot bath to relax. ⚠️Tips： ❶ Before mid-June, access is only possible by trekking through the Ninong Grand Canyon. ❷ Bring your own common medicines to cope with altitude sickness. ❸ Waterproof gear is recommended during the rainy season. ❹ Respect local customs. Take your trash with you. 📍Location: Upper Rainbeng Village, Deqin, Yunnan 🌿Best Season: May–October (alpine azaleas + starry sky feast) Here, time slows down. Snow mountains, forests, prayer flags, and Tibetan incense weave together a mountain dream you won't want to wake up from.

Rainy New Year’s is perfect for you! Rainy New Year’s is beautiful and not crowded, With primeval forests, ice lakes, sacred waterfalls, Tibetan villages, quiet and cold, Because the off-road vehicles and pickup trucks in and out of the village are suspended, The flow of people to Yubeng Village is reduced, Now those who enter Yubeng Village are all like-minded hiking enthusiasts, You can better feel this isolated village! And the important thing is: Stay 3 nights in Yubeng Village Yubeng Shanyu B&B (Yubeng Village View B&B) The probability of seeing the golden mountain of Meili Snow Mountain is very high! More importantly, Now the Spring Festival group period: 1.26, 1.27, 1.29, 1.31 group period is still available, You only need 2k+ to travel, super cost-effective! Participate in the Spring Festival group period to give New Year’s Eve dinner, provide fireworks, You can have a Spring Festival with a strong New Year’s flavor, Feel the joy of childhood! Yubeng Hiking 6-day itinerary: D1: Lijiang - Xiaozhongdian - Moon Bay - Feilai Temple D2: Feilai Temple Observation Deck (Sunshine Golden Mountain) - Snow Mountain Grand Canyon - Lancang River Bridge - Ninong Grand Canyon - Yubeng Village D3: Yubeng Village - Seabuckthorn Forest - Yako - Xiaonong Base Camp - Ice Lake - Return D4: Yubeng Village - Primeval Forest - Rest Camp - Sacred Waterfall - Return D5: Yubeng Village - Ninong Gorge - Shangri-La D6: Half-day free activities in Shangri-La - Lijiang

Living in Yubeng Village is actually not bad 1⃣There is a saying that heaven is on the left and rain is on the right. No one can help but be attracted by the beautiful scenery of this paradise. Yubeng Village is located under the Meili Snow Mountain. 2⃣Here you can feel the charm of the snow-capped mountains up close. It is divided into Shangyubeng Village and Yuebeng Village. It is recommended to stay in both Shangcun and Xiacun when visiting. You will feel the different beauty. 3⃣Many people have seen the wild language of Yubeng Village, but the scenery of Shangyubeng is also super beautiful! This time I stayed at the Shanyu Hotel in Shangyubeng Village. You can directly face the snow-capped mountains in the room, which is really great. 4⃣The open-air breakfast area also has snow-capped mountains as the background. If it weren’t for the clouds this morning, it would definitely be super photogenic. 5⃣There is also a water mirror upstairs. If the weather is good, you can also take pictures of the reflection of the snow-capped mountains. There is a huge difference between now and 7 years ago. Before, I hiked into the mountains and stayed in inns owned by locals. 6⃣This time I found that many unique B&Bs have been built, and the staying experience is really much better. 7⃣Coming to Yubeng to play is much more convenient than before!

🔼Upper Yubeng Shanyu Guesthouse (Photos 2~10) A very new guesthouse, located at a higher position. The interior is spacious and bright, very clean, with large glass windows offering great views. Pulling back the curtains reveals an unobstructed view of the snow-capped mountains. On a winter morning, watching the sunlit golden mountains from the room is truly comfortable. The bathroom is divided into three separate areas, and the toiletries are also quite good. My favorite feature is the guesthouse's own heating system, which starts every evening at 6 o'clock. Although it doesn't get overly warm, it's enough to not feel cold. The lobby on the first floor is very spacious, with ethnic costumes available for borrowing, a supermarket, and also a restaurant where you can have a full meal. Breakfast includes rice noodles and some self-service snacks, which taste very average. You can go to the opposite Chuanwei Food Tribe, which opens very early. 🙅If I had to point out a downside, it would be the steep slope in front of the door. After climbing the mountain all day, the last stretch of road is really the last straw, too hard . However, the guesthouse offers foot soaking, which is quite comfortable. 🚪: 98 guest rooms 💰: 510+ There are also cheaper bunk beds 🔽Lower Yubeng Muchen Mountain House (Photos 11~17) Located further inside the lower village of Yubeng, it has a very artistic log style. The owners seem to be a couple, very enthusiastic, and you can borrow trekking poles for free. There's a small courtyard with many cats running around. The guesthouse faces the snow mountains, but unfortunately, the view is somewhat obstructed by other guesthouses in front 🤷‍♀️. The rooms are very spacious and the bathrooms are clean. You can have breakfast, and the presentation looks quite nice, but due to an early start for hiking, I didn't have the chance to eat. 🙅I wouldn't recommend staying here in winter, although it might be a comfortable guesthouse in other seasons. There is underfloor heating, but it requires inserting a power card to operate, and it heats up very slowly. After returning from trekking, turning on the underfloor heating, it doesn't warm up all night, too cold to dare to take a shower. There's a gap under the door, and the room is even colder the next morning than it was at night... The value for money is too low. 🚪: 20 guest rooms 💰: 610+ The last photo was taken from the rooftop terrace of the Yubeng Holiday Hotel, with a nice view.