Location: Guizhou Province, Tongren City 贵州省 铜仁市 How to get there: less than 2 hours by car/bus from Tongren City, or a little more than 2 hours from Tongren Fenghuang Airport 铜仁凤凰机场. Time of visit: mid-October 2019 Official website: in Chinese  and in English Where to stay: the best hotel is Fanjingshan Qixi Resort Hotel 梵净山栖溪度假酒店 (see … Continue reading Guizhou – Fanjingshan (Fanjing Mountain) 贵州 梵净山 →

For information and details about Mount Langshan, see the main post . How to get to Camel Peak: half an hour by car from Xinning Bus Station. Time needed in the scenic area: 2 hours. Time of visit: November 2019 Camel Peak scenic area also includes Pepper Peak (Lajiaofeng 辣椒峰), see separate post here. 5 … Continue reading Hunan – Langshan Mountain – Luotuofeng (Camel Peak) scenic area 湖南 崀山 骆驼峰景区 →

For information and details about Mount Langshan, see the main post . How to get to Pepper Peak: half an hour by car from Xinning Bus Station. Time needed in the scenic area: less than 2 hours. Time of visit: November 2019 Luotuofeng scenic area (Camel Peak) 骆驼峰 is within walking distance from Pepper Peak, … Continue reading Hunan – Langshan Mountain – Lajiaofeng (Pepper Peak) scenic area 湖南 崀山 辣椒峰景区 →

For more information and details about Mount Langshan, see the main post . Time of visit: November 2019 How to get there: 45 minutes by car from Xinning Bus Station. The bus from Guilin to Xinning County passes right outside the entrance to Bajiaozhai. The border between Hunan province and Guangxi Autonomous Region goes right … Continue reading Hunan – Mount Langshan (Lang Mountain) – Bajiaozhai scenic area 湖南 崀山 八角寨景区 →

For more information and details about Mount Langshan, see the main post . How to get there: 20 minutes by car from Xinning Bus Station. Time needed in the scenic area: 2 hours. Time of visit: November 2019 Map of the scenic area: Ticket information: View from the entrance:

Location: Hunan Province, Shaoyang City, Xinning County, on the border with Guangxi Autonomous Region 湖南省 邵阳市 新宁县 崀山旅游区 (邻接广西壮族自治区) Official website in Chinese: www.langshanhong.com/ The English version of the website http://g.langshanhong.com/ is down, but another official website in English has opened here: http://langshan.jimdofree.com/ How to get there: We arrived by bus from Guilin / Yangshuo 桂林 … Continue reading Hunan – Mount Langshan (Lang Mountain) 湖南 崀山 →

Location: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin Prefecture, Yangshuo County, Xingping Town, Lijiang River 广西壮族自治区 桂林市 阳朔县 兴坪镇 漓江 Time of visit: November 2019 It's a 3 hours hike from Xingping Town (more about Xingping in this post) to Quanjiazhou Village 全家州. First a 90 minutes beautiful walk along LiJiang River to the ferry at Lengshui … Continue reading Hiking along Li River (Lijiang) in Guilin / Yangshuo from Xingping to Quanjiazhou / Yangdi 桂林 阳朔 徒步漓江从兴坪到全家州/杨堤 →

Location: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin Prefecture, Yangshuo County, Xingping Town, the Western shore of Lijiang River, Xianggong Mountain 广西壮族自治区 桂林市 阳朔县 兴坪镇 漓江西岸 Time of visit: November 2019 Official website (in Chinese): 相公山官方网站 How to get there: 3 hours by foot from Xingping Town (more about Xingping in this post). First a 90 minutes beautiful … Continue reading Xianggongshan Mountain (Xianggong Hill) in Guilin / Yangshuo Xingping 阳朔 兴坪 相公山 →

Location: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin Prefecture, Yangshuo County, Xingping Town, Laozhai Mountain 广西壮族自治区 桂林市 阳朔县 兴坪古镇 How to get there: A short walk from Xingping Town to the Fishing Village (more about Xingping in this post). Time of visit: November 2019 Zoom photo of Laozhaishan mountain shot from far away: Photo taken from the … Continue reading Laozhaishan Mountain (Laozhai Hill) in Guilin / Yangshuo Xingping 阳朔 兴坪 老寨山 →

Location: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin Prefecture, Yangshuo County, Xingping Town 广西壮族自治区 桂林市 阳朔县 兴坪古镇 How to get there: 20 minutes by taxi from Yangshuo Railway Station. Many hotels pick you up at the station for free. Time of visit: November 2019 Main Attractions: Laozhaishan Mountain 老寨山 (see this post for more details) Trekking along … Continue reading Xingping & Fishing Village (Yucun) in Guilin / Yangshuo 阳朔 兴坪 渔村 →

Location: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin Prefecture, Yangshuo County 广西壮族自治区 桂林市 阳朔县 How to get there: The Ten-mile Gallery sightseeing buses stop outside the entrance. The sightseeing buses start 1 km (a 10-15 minutes walk) from Yangshuo Bus Station and takes 15-20 minutes. Time needed in the scenic area: we stayed here for 2 hours. … Continue reading Moon Hill in Guilin / Yangshuo Ten-mile Gallery 阳朔 十里画廊 月亮山 →

Location: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin Prefecture, Yangshuo County 广西壮族自治区 桂林市 阳朔县 Starting point: Gongnong Bridge (Gongnongqiao 工农桥) End point: Yulong Bridge (Yulongqiao 遇龙桥) Distance: 15 km Time of visit: November 2019 How to get there: From Yangshuo Railway Station: One hour by taxi to both Gongnong Bridge and Yulong Bridge. From Yangshuo Bus Station: … Continue reading Trekking along Yulong River in Guilin / Yangshuo Ten-mile Gallery 阳朔 十里画廊 遇龙河 →

Location: Henan Province, Jiaozuo City, Xiuwu County 河南省 焦作市 修武县 Official website: in Chinese and in English . For more details and maps of Taihang Mountain, see the post Taihangshan Mountain Grand Canyon. How to get there: 2 hours (70 km) by bus from the province capital Zhengzhou 郑州市 or from Xinxiang City 新乡市. Wanxianshan 万仙山 … Continue reading Yuntaishan (Yuntai Mountain) in Taihangshan 云台山 (太行山) →

Location: Henan Province, Xinxiang Prefecture, Huixian City 河南省 新乡市 辉县市 Official website in Chinese (and also here), and in English. How to get there: One hour by bus from Huixian East Bus Station (see time table below). Time needed in the scenic area: one day. For more details and maps of Taihang Mountain, see the … Continue reading Wanxianshan (Guoliang & Nanping) in Taihang Mountain 太行山 万仙山 (郭亮, 南坪) →

Location: Shanxi Province, Changzhi Prefecture, Pingshun County 河南省 长治市平顺县 For more details and maps, see Taihangshan Mountain Grand Canyon main post. Time of visit: November 2016 Entrance ticket: The entrance:

Location: Henan Province, Anyang Prefecture, Linzhou City, Shibanyan Village 河南省 安阳市 林州市 石板岩乡 The official website has been down for quite some time. For more details and maps, see Taihangshan Mountain Grand Canyon main post. Time of visit: November 2016 Entrance ticket: Not a very clear translation... Chinese text: "Liberated area"

Location: Henan Province, Anyang Prefecture, Linzhou City 河南省 安阳市 林州市 For more details and maps, see Taihangshan Mountain Grand Canyon main post Time of visit: November 2016

Location: Henan Province, Anyang Prefecture, Linzhou City 河南省 安阳市 林州市 Taohuagu official website: in Chinese and in English Taihang Tianlu official website: in Chinese and in English For more details and maps, see Taihangshan Mountain Grand Canyon main post Taihang Heaven Road 太行天路 is a scenic asphalt road running between the main scenic areas Peach … Continue reading Taohuagu (Peach Blossom Valley) & Taihang Tianlu (Taihang Heaven Road) 桃花谷, 太行天路 in Taihang Grand Canyon 太行大峡谷 →

Location: Henan Province, Anyang Prefecture, Linzhou City 河南省 安阳市 林州市 Wangxiangyan official website: in Chinese and in English For more details and maps, see Taihangshan Mountain Grand Canyon main post Time of visit: November 2016

Location: Shanxi Province, Changzhi City, Huguan County 山西省 长治市 壶关县 太行山大峡谷 For more details and maps, see Taihangshan Mountain Grand Canyon main post First a short shuttle bus ride from the entrance to a boat, then a 15 minutes long boat ride followed by a beautiful walk for half an hour, after that cable car … Continue reading Baquanxia (Eight Springs Canyon) 八泉峡 in Taihang Grand Canyon 太行大峡谷 →