Nine-dragon Cave, Tongren

Both Yuping and Tongren are located in the northeast of Guiyang city. After your tour in and around Guizhou, you may take soft seat train N9474 (08:19 to 13:44) at a cost of CNY 47.00 to Yuping. If you depart from Kaili, you can also take the soft seat train N9474 (11:00 to 13:40) at a cost of CNY22.00 net per person. Upon arrival in Yuping, you are advised to charter a taxi to Tongren City, and the cost is about CNY30.00 net. Before heading to Tongren, you may have a short visit to the Bell and Drum Tower in Yuping County. With a height of 21.4 meters, the three-story wooden Bell and Drum Tower was initially built in Song Dynasty, which has a history of approximately 600 years. The nearby old street and stores also attract visitors' attention. The drive from Yuping Country to Tongren City takes about 70 minutes. You can have the taxi driver drop you off at Fanyu Hotel (Address: No. 85 Daqing Road, Tongren City; Tel: 0856-5231998). Prepare enough food and warm clothes for the next day. Also, you are advised to take a flashlight with you, so as to fully enjoy the sightseeing at Nine-dragon Cave.

Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve

In the second day morning, you can take a taxi to West Gate Bridge of Tongren, where a ferry to the Nine-dragon Cave Scenic Area is available every half an hour. The ferry ticket is about CNY25.00 net per person. Banking on Six Dragon Mountain and facing the Jinjiang River, the Nine-dragon Cave is a large natural Karst Cave on the hill-side, so it takes about an hour to climb to the entrance of the cave from the ferry pier. The admission fee is CNY12.00 net per person. Inside the Nine-dragon Cave, there are crystal stalactites in a thousand pictures. You will also see tens of stalactites pillars that more than 20 meters in height, among which the highest rise to 39.98 meters with a diameter of 16.4 meter, and it is of a degree rarely seen in other parts of the world. After two or three hours visit, you may take the ferry back to Tongren and travel by taxi to the Coach Station (Taxi Fee: CNY3.00 net). Then you are advised to take coach (Ticket: CNY10.00 net per person) to Jiangkou County, where you need to change to a minibus (Fare: CNY5.00 net per person) to Mt. Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve. The drive takes 2 hours. After getting the entrance ticket (CNY51.00 net per person including insurance), you are suggested to take a minibus (Fare: CNY10.00 net) to the foot of the mountain so as to keep up your strength. Now you can start to climb the mountains for there are about 8000 steps. Having nine mountain ranges stretch thousands of miles, Mt. Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve is one of the holy Lands for Buddhism in China since the Ming Dynasty, so there are several temples built on the mountain. The real appeal of this mountain consists of its splendid scenery including the three outstanding peaks, namely the Old Golden Summit, the Phoenix Summit and the New Golden Summit. Stay overnight at the local inn on the mountain.

The third day early morning, you can get up to catch a glimpse of sunrise if it is a clear day. Continue enjoying the wonderful landscape for two or three hours. For your information, you can go down the mountain another way that heads in the direction of Yinjiang County so as to fully enjoy the mountain views. Return to Tongren from Yinjiang County (Coach Fare: CNY30.00 net per person) or Jiangkou County (Coach Fare: CNY10.00 net per person). From Tongren, you could either take the train back to Guiyang or take the coach to Fenghuang Old Town.