Recommended detailed guide for two-day tour of Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon

The Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon is one of the ten most beautiful canyons in China. Many friends must want to see what such a magnificent Grand Canyon is like. But for such a scenic spot, many people don't know how to visit it, which will be a waste of time. So today I recommend to you a two-day tour guide so that you can enjoy the Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon! Introduction to the scenic spot

The Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon is located in Huguan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, 40 kilometers away from Changzhi City and 250 kilometers away from Taiyuan City, the capital of Shanxi Province. The Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon Natural Scenery Tourist Area is famous for its "majestic, strange, dangerous, secluded and beautiful". It is a national 4A scenic spot, a national forest park, a Chinese rock climbing base, a national geological park, and one of the ten most beautiful canyons in China.

The entire Grand Canyon scenic area currently open includes Baquan Gorge, Hongdou Gorge, Black Dragon Pool, Zituan Mountain, Qinglong Gorge and other scenic areas, which are distributed east-west along S225. It can be entered from the east and west ends, with visitor centers at both ends. Huguan County is to the west of the scenic area, and the eastern end of the scenic area belongs to the boundary of Anyang, Henan.

In the Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon Scenic Area, from Heilongtan and Zituan Mountain in the west, to Douxia and Baquan Gorge in the middle, and to Qinglong Gorge in the east, they are scattered over a 22-kilometer-long large canyon. Within the canyon scenic area. The West Visitor Center is still more than 10 kilometers away from Black Dragon Pool. More suitable for self-driving. Travel guide

Departing from Changzhi in the morning, we arrived at the Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon West Visitor Center in about an hour, picked up the scenic spot coupons booked online, and then continued to drive to the scenic spot.

There are many types of scenic spot tickets, including single scenic spot tickets, two scenic spot tickets per day, and combined tickets.

We bought a scenic spot combo ticket, which includes 5 scenic spots and is valid within three days. When booking tickets online, please note that you must pick up your tickets at the visitor center. In addition, there seems to be a joint ticket for two scenic spots.

We entered from the west side of Changzhi Huguan and visited each scenic spot from west to east.

On the first day, Huguan-Visitor Center-Heilongtan-Zituan Mountain-Hongdou Gorge-Qinglong Gorge.

On the second day, Qinglong Gorge - Baquan Gorge - exit from the tourist center - Huguan

The first scenic spot is Black Dragon Pond and Zituan Mountain, the two scenic spots are adjacent . Use the same parking lot. It is about 12 kilometers from the West Visitor Center to the Heilongtan parking lot.

If you only visit Black Dragon Pool, two hours is enough. From entering the scenic area to the suspension bridge, it takes about half an hour to play and take photos. Usually after walking to the suspension bridge, you can go back after playing nearby.

If you go to both scenic spots, it will take at least five or six hours, so please be careful.

The Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon Zituan Mountain Scenic Area is mainly mountaineering and the tour time is about 4 hours.

The steps are very steep and there is no ropeway. Those with weak physical strength should be careful.

Purple Tuan Mountain is named after an ancient natural cave on the mountainside. It is said that clouds of purple gas often spew out from the entrance of the cave. We spent almost 5 hours in the two scenic spots, Black Dragon Pond and Zituan Mountain (which can also be counted as one). And our walking speed is also relatively fast.

It is recommended to spend about two hours visiting Black Dragon Pool.

Hongdou Gorge is also a boutique scenic spot in the Grand Canyon. It is named after the yew, a rare tree species from southern China, that grows naturally in the mountains.

The scenic area is a bit large, and the route up the mountain, the route taken by the tour bus and the hiking route are completely different, which means they pass through different scenic spots. You can choose to go up or down.

We spent more than 2 hours walking up and down the bus. The recommended tour time is 3-4 hours.

After leaving Hongdou Gorge, the next scenic spot should be Baquan Gorge, so it is more suitable to stay in Baquan Gorge.

There are Hongdou Hotel and Baquanxia Hotel nearby where you can stay, as well as several farmhouses and inns.

But I was very nervous about accommodation in Baquan Gorge at that time and I didn’t book it. I saw that there were many farmhouses and inns in Qinglong Gorge and they were cheap (there is a village there), so I booked it in Qinglong Gorge.

Qinglong Gorge is the easternmost scenic spot.

There is a large parking lot in the Qinglong Gorge Scenic Area, and there is a village next to it. Almost every family has an inn (farmhouse), and the price is not expensive. The Qinglong Gorge Scenic Area in the Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon is known as the "Natural Geology Museum". Its main landscapes include: Danbi Garden, Shouxing Waterfall, Lotus Terrace, Shuanglong Waterfall, One Line of Sky, Guxian Cave, Ma Qizhai, Qinglong Pool, Jinji Ridge, Shuo Shiyuan et al. The recommended tour time is 2-3 hours.

Baquan Gorge is the most spectacular and worth visiting scenic spot in the Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon. It takes more time to visit this scenic spot, at least half a day.

Baquan Gorge is also the only scenic spot with an elevator going up the mountain, but there is still a lot of walking to do after the elevator goes up the mountain.

There are also cableways and cruise ships here. All-round three-dimensional transportation.

You can also swim first and then go up the mountain:

Take a battery car-tunnel-pier-take a boat-walk-cable car station-cable car-cable car station-Jade Palace-walk-view Viewing platform-elevator-foot of the mountain.

Of course, there are fees for elevators, ropeways, boats and battery cars. The total transportation ticket is about 180 yuan (excluding tickets).

Since then, this scenic spot has become the most expensive scenic spot in the Grand Canyon.

The Jade Palace and Baquan Gorge Scenic Area are the highest peaks. The altitude is about 1400.

I played at the top of the mountain for nearly half an hour, and then went down the mountain the same way.

If you take a boat, don’t go down the same route and go in another direction. You can sit under the ropeway or walk. But after going down, you have to take a boat to get out.

It took us about an hour and a half to hike from the entrance gate to the top of the mountain. The entire hike takes about 3 hours.

At this point, it took me 2 days to hurriedly visit the 5 scenic spots in the Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon. If you have time, it would be better to spend three days. Of course, your physical strength will be better.

There are hotels near Heilongtan (Zituan Mountain), Hongdou Gorge, Baquan Gorge, and Qinglong Gorge, as well as a small number of farmhouses. There are many farmhouses near Qinglong Gorge.