YANCHENG & DAFENG "Hunting world's rarest animals"

Yancheng is seated in central coastal area of Jiangsu Province, facing eastward to the Yellow Sea.

Because on this trip is actually my business trip to visit a factory in Huai'an, so I start the journey to Yancheng by car for about 2 hours drive, and I returned to Huai'an Airport from Yancheng by bus for about 4 hours (Bus to Huai'an South Bu Station (3.5 hours) + 30 minutes taxi to airport)

The Easy way to go to YANCHENG : 

The transportation to Yancheng is only either by bus from city near by around the province or by air which is the nearest is Yancheng airport.

From Huaian : by Bus (2.5 - 3 hour) from Huian South Bus terminal

By air, there are many direct flights from some big cities in China, such as Xi'an, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Harbin, and even there is a direct International flight from Seoul too.

Place to stay :

Last time I was staying at Holiday Inn Express Yancheng City Center.
Address: No 28 South Yingbin Road Yancheng, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, 224000
Phone: +86 515 6860 6666

It considers a budget hotel (maybe 3 stars), but it has everything you need.....easy to take a taxi, near to shopping center (the hotel is attached to a shopping center), walking distance to night street.

THINGS TO DO IN YANCHENG CITY : 

"Hunting world's rarest animals"

1. Yancheng Protected Areas for Red-crowned Cranes

The reserve is located in the east part of Yancheng and in the coastal area of SheYang, DaFeng, XiangShui, BinHai and DongTai counties. The coast is 582 kilometers long and the area covers 453,000 hectares. The reserve faces the south of Yellow Sea and backs by the north flatland of JiangSu Province.

I took a taxi from the hotel for about 1.5hour by car and asked him to wait for me there, and I paid RMB300 (with meters) after arrived back to the hotel.

Visiting time : 2-3 hours

2. Dafeng Milu (Pere David Deer's) Nature Reserve

The nature reserve is located in Dafeng City, being the world's largest wild breeding base for milu / Pere David Deer's.

That day, I started early from the hotel and tried to take public transportation to go to Dafeng Milu Nature Reserve park at Dafeng, I started from Yancheng Bus Station, go to Dafeng (around 2 hours) by express bus.

Dafeng Bus Station

After arrived at Dafeng Bus station, then continue, buy another bus ticket (RMB 4/person) at the locket for the local bus directly to Milu Nature Park (1.5 hour).

Yancheng Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve is specifically designed to conserve and naturalize an endangered deer species, Pere David's Deer or Milu in Chinese.

In the late 1980s, a number of deer were returned to China and re-introduced to the wild in China's Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve. They have successfully reproduced.

After we bought entrance ticket, not far from the entrance gate, we will see the "golf" car look, and we need to buy another ticket for taking that car to enter the Milu park, which we can see closely all the animals, especially Milu in the park (but we must stay in the car while inside at the park area).

If not taking the golf car, people still can see some Milu at the Deer viewing Platform which can see them from distance.

Fengshen Tower (water tower), the water tower was constructed to memorize 39 milu coming back in 1986, which has the main function to storage water in order to resolve the water shortage problem in the Reserve. Tourist can also step onto the top of the tower to overview the Reserve.

The Tomb for 39 returning Milu, in order to memorize those 39 milu, the tomb was constructed for telling the history for tourists and informing the complexity of the range of deer become larger.