Zhalong Nature Reserve

You can take a bus from Qiqihar First Department Store, with one bus in the morning, one bus in the middle, and one bus in the evening every day. The journey takes one hour and the round-trip ticket is 10 yuan. In addition, during the peak tourist season, there are also dedicated trains from the train station directly to the scenic area. If renting a car, it costs 150 yuan per half day and takes less than an hour to drive

@Zhalong is located 27 kilometers south of Qiqihar City in Heilongjiang Province, 24 kilometers away from Qiqihar Railway Station, and 30 kilometers away from Qiqihar Airport. It only takes over half an hour to travel from Qiqihar by minibus or charter, and the road conditions are very good. Zhalong covers an area of 210000 hectares, with numerous lakes and rivers crisscrossing the area. The water quality is clean, and the reeds and grasses are fertile. The wetland ecology is well maintained

Every spring and summer, hundreds of wild rare birds gather here to reproduce, inhabit, play and forage. There are over 150 precious waterfowl here, including swans, swans, egrets, herons, mandarin ducks, and more. Among them, cranes have the most species, with 15 species worldwide and 9 species in China. Zhalong is known for its red crowned cranes, white cranes, gray cranes, and other 6 species, earning it the title of "Hometown of Cranes". Every March when spring is warm and flowers bloom, various cranes come in large groups from the distant south, building nests and settling down, laying eggs and hatching chicks. It is not until early November, when winter is approaching, that cranes gather again and move southward with their families#