Xingtai Taihang Grand Canyon Scenic Area (Taihang Strange Gorges Group) Travel Guide

travelling guideline:

1. Three major scenery: strange gorges, steep peaks, and waterfalls.

2. Liushui Gorge and Huangchao Gorge are the most unmissable attractions.

3. The whole journey takes about 4 hours. Tourists with poor physical strength can take the cable car halfway, or avoid the hiking trail from Yanwei Gorge to the exit of Zhuhui Gorge.

4.7 and August are the rainy seasons, and the mountain roads are difficult and dangerous. It is recommended to avoid this period or rainy days.

Tour route:

One-day tour reference route: Changzui Gorge → Reservoir Heritage → Jinji Military Clothing Factory Site → Artificial Lake → Tent Camp → Shenying Rock → Ruyiyuan Restaurant → Persimmon Forest Park → Longtan Waterfall → 365-level Longevity Ladder → Panding Village, a paradise Huangchao Guanzhen Pavilion → Paoma Plank Road → Huangchao Pavilion → Huangchao Hall → Huangchao Gorge (One Line of Sky) → Optimus Prime → Cross Beam → Primitive Secondary Forest → Wuzhishan → Zhuhui Gorge → Lover’s Peak → Longshou Cliff → Turtle Back Stone → Xinglong Temple → Ape Man’s Head → Small Stone Forest → 155-step Stone Staircase → Changzui Gorge

Best time to visit:

April-October

Shopping recommendations:

Julu wolfberry, Xingtai date kernel, Weixian watermelon, Xingtai chestnut, etc.