Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon

Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon National Forest Park is located in the east of Huguan county area between the two provinces of Shanxi and Henan, north from Hugaun 30 kilometers from the county. And Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon has been rated as one of “China’s best ten grand canyons”.

In the scenic spot, thousands of peaks contend for beauty, strange, unique topography and geomorphology, rare animals and plants resources made of Taihang Grand Canyon of the most wonderful natural scenery. With three gorges of Five Fingers Gorge, Longquan Gorge, Wangmang Gorge as the main line, there has opened up Purple Cloud Cave, and Yungai Temple, water demon Hole and Zhenze Palace four major scenic spots.

There are diverse landscape, with total of gorge landscape, waterscape, mountain, stone, tree view, 44 places of historic interest, and more than 400 attractions. Taihang Grand Canyon is not only charming natural scenery, human landscape is also interesting. The culture is very deep here, Confucius story, two fairy story have a long history.

 

May to October is the best travel time to Taihang Grand Canyon.

May has beautiful scenery, mild climate; summer has cool wind blow gently, is the place for the summer. Here in the fall is cool, and the weather is generally very well when the best time for travel is. The climate of mountain is cold in winter; we can see snow and glaciers, and silver thaw.

 

Huguan Taihang canyon group located between Shanxi and Henan junction. The people of the east of the Shandong, Henan can go from Henan Anyang Linzhou or Xinxiang Huixian County Baligou scenic area.

► Bus
After arriving in Changzhi, by coach to Huguan, then charter bus to the scenic spot. Charter price shall generally be 200 Yuan/day (small van for 7 people).

► Self-drive
Changzhi –HuGuan--the scenic spot

► Shuttle bus in the scenic spot
Each scenic zone have environmental protective electromobile, the ticket for 10 Yuan/person

 

1. First of all, tourists should advance planning travel routes, fully understand the road traffic, landslides rock fall should be paid attention to in a mountainous area;
2. Pay attention to your own travel safety, don’t go to play in the area without authorization to open and the dangerous mountainous area of tourism; Try to avoid playing in the hill unwatched by people; Not to swimming in the deep ponds, stream water without rescue personnel,;
3. Attention should be paid to forest fire prevention, sightseeing along the way not to smoke. Take good care of the natural environment, does not destroy the landscape resources; Help to protect the environment of scenic area clean and tidy, do not discarded garbage;
4. Rushed into the scenic mountain is easy to get lost so before you go to forest make sure to tell your peers in advance or looking for local villagers as a guide.

 

► Open time: 07:00-19:00

► Recommended visiting time: whole day

► Sites: Southeast of Huguan County, Changchi, Shanxi province and northwest of Anyang Linzhou of northwest of Henan province.