SStacy SohAfter taking 5 hours Journey on a 40 seater public bus that cost me 100 yuan i arrived at a beautiful homestay run by family, the homestay is the 1st at the entrance of the village.
Room is comfortable with huge bed and heated bed and floor, eventhou the bed is just a thin mattress (its call a Kang Bed) but i still can sleep soundly every night. Only things need to change is the toilet because our toilet bowl is right at the center so i cant shower or use the basin (no space to stand)😀
They provide toothbrush and disposable face towel only so you have to bring your own towel and toiletries.
Restaurant, reception counter and living room are together, this is a place for the owner and all guests to have meal and gathering. You will see them all day at the living room. We also have some activities such as making tanghulu (fruits coated with syrup), making dumpling and just chit chat eating popcorn and frozen persimmon and pear.
Food is so yummy, no need to eat outside because you can order from this homestay. Breakfast is free. Its a simple and healthy- plain porridge, bun and pickles. The northern people are not so much into sugary or fancy drinks, even like tea or coffees. plain hot water is what they had most of the time.
Lunch and dinner you can choose from their menu.
Few activities you can do in town such as walk around town and enjoy the beautiful scenery like what i did, i also took the sleight horse (200 yuan) to go to the national forest and also stroll along the river for sightseeing. If u want to have ski, snow mobile, tubing there are 2 private own mini park that you can go just by walking distance 5-15 minutes. There is a bigger park Rime Ridge, also known as Wu Song Ling, is a place in Harbin, China where you can see rime and snow scenery, and participate in winter activities this will cost 400 yuan. At night there will be campfire and singing at the village. You can join for free. Go for a walk at night to see lots of villagers selling foods by the road side. I also enjoyed experimenting the ‘boiling water thrown into the sky’ ..beautiful effect from the ice steam.
Most important please bring extra cash incase the alipay not working you will still have money. There is no bank or atm machine in the village. Its all solely depending on online payment such as allipay/wechat. I have problem with my alipay payment and I didn’t bring much cash so i cant spend so much at the village. The homestay owner knew about my problem so she worry i dont have enough money to eat so she cook meals for me FREE.. such a nice person. God bless her 🙏🏼
I wish to come again with my family, and i will stay here
ゲゲストI am Malaysian (Malay), travelled with family of 7 adult + 2 kids. Here’s my review:
1) Location: The location is called “Kaili Used Car Market” in Didi app. If you used the description that given in the booking detail by Tripcom, it might be quite confusing to book Didi or to tell the taxi driver the exact location. Hence, “Kaili used car market” is what you can search for in your Didi app.
2) The room: We booked the 3-bed apartment (comfy for 6 pax). The unit is a 2-floor unit, with only 1 bathroom located at the second floor. The first floor has a kitchen with big kitchen cabinet, sofa, a fridge, a square dining table and a double bed at the main hall. The second floor, got one room with a double bed inside and the hall at the second floor also has one doublebed. Heating are okay. Hot shower available. Washing machine available.
3) what you need to know: The area is around 10-15km distance from Central Street (Zhongyang street). The area is a car sale area, but the neighboorhood is full of things that you need. The buiding is a 10-floor apartment building .My mom and sis shop for fresh seafood for cooking and also bought some winter attire just by walking distance. Considering the price and what it offers, I think it is good enough. If you are travelling by Didi as main transport, this place should be fine . The railway station is quite far and you cant stand the cold weather outside for a walk to station.
4) Host: Host were nice. He waited for us until 3am-4am, and greeted us nicely. It just the language barrier truly crucial before check-in as he did not communicated using chat in Tripcom. The tripcom chat only run by AI assistance, and did not have any further details on check-in. The AI assistance keep asked us to call the host number, but the thing is the host cannot communicate in English and to make a call also requires international charge. The phone number provided also cant be found in wechat. Last choice we had was to contact him via SMS (also international charge required). Haha 😅 My suggestion is I hope the host can maintain the communication via Tripcom chat services to ease the checkin process for all international traveller.
Thank you for the lovely and warm accomodation🤍 we love it 🤍 Rate my stay here 8.5/10 🤍🙏🏻
SSH_TanWe booked 2 rooms during our recent trip to snow valley. Both rooms are located just on first floor. All luggages are easy to move to room. Services, room cleanliness, food, activities to play snow are all very well planned in this inn. Fix timings to go 雾凇岭or 羊草山depending on your preference. We went to 雾凇岭excellent choice as it was more suitable for my younger kid of 5years old. When he grew up, wanted to come back to try the 羊草山穿越to 雪乡route. The food was so delicious. All home cooked and prepared from their in house kitchen. 小鸡炖蘑菇 is a must try. I cant find this dish made so delicious in city. Even my nephews and sis in law who are vegetarian for so many years, had given their endorsement on such a fresh meat and cooking skills foe this dish. We ordered once more after we checked out our rooms, as lunch, before we departed to another place. Room itself also comfy. Big bed. Separate toilet and shower area. It has stable hot water supply for showering. The boss and lady boss also very responsive to our msg via wechat once we booked the rooms, to ensure things are correctly ordered, explain the winter activities options to us clearly too. I also approached the lady boss for recommending and arrange a big car to ferry 7pax of us from Harbin city to their inn. Very comfy ride and easy to communicate driver too. Will definitely contact u via wechat days in advance to ensure things are fine and logistic arrangement to snow velley is well planned. Oh not to forget, i didnt arrange for 定制旅游行程。i planned all itinerary myself. So with clear communication from ladyboss, i was able to control the overall itinerary at ease. Traveling with 2 young kids and extended family with young teens, this inn is very suitable as it is so near to main stage at snow valley main street. There are alot of supermart selling cheap drinks and 蓝莓干too. Just next to the inn has a cheap supermart. Bought few 格瓦斯to chill at our room windowside too. Snow play/ activities are available behind the inn too. Just a stone throw away, and entrance tics were waived since our inn has a deal with the owner of the snow / ice park. Daily night activities all are included and it was fun to play. 泼水成冰,仙女棒,自制冰糖葫芦等等。
Thats all. This inn wont disappoint you.