Guiyang

Huangguoshu Waterfall

Huangguoshu Waterfall, a milky way in miniature, is the largest waterfall in Asia. Seventy-four meters (243 feet) high and eighty-one meters (266 feet) wide, it is a scenic marvel.

Known as the Huangguoshu Waterfall National Park, it is in Anshun city in Guizhou Province. Together with minor waterfalls, the charms of Huangguoshu Waterfall are a natural tourist drawing card. Hospitable ethic groups add the human touch, especially the Long-horn Miao people.

You will also visit the Waterfalls Cluster, Water-Curtain Cave and Rhinoceros Pool (Xi Niu Tan) in the Huangguoshu National Park .

Zhijin Cave

Zhijin Cave Scenic Spot situates in Zhijin County in Guizhou Province, 156 km away from Guiyang and 145 km from Anshun. This scenic area consists of four parts, namely Zhijin Old Town, Zhijin Cave, Jiehe Gorge and Hongjia Ferry.

Zhijin Cave, covering an area of 307 sqkm ranks as the largest Cave in China and one of the biggest in the world. Zhijin cave is famous for its grand scale, marvelous spectacle and complete varieties of stalactite. It is an imposing cave even if you're not a cave fanatic. Its 300,000-square-metre floor sets the stage for numerous dazzling scenes and sights. In between clusters of poodles and by a swaying underground lake is a jungle of stalactos, clints and stalagmites akin to pagodas, pillars and hills. Small passageways open up into giant room after room, where calcium deposits have created an otherworldly landscape of spectacular shapes and spirals, often reaching from floor to ceiling. No wonder the reputation "the Museum of Karst Formation".

Sanjiang

Sanjiang is located in the north of Guangxi and borders Hunan and Guizhou Provinces. Travelers can take a train or coach from some cities in Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou and Guangdong. There are coaches between Liuzhou, Guilin and Longsheng. Visitors can also take a regular bus to the towns or villages within the county.

Sanjiang, a county of Liuzhou City, is the only Dong autonomous county in Guangxi. Seven nationalities - Han, Dong, Hui, Miao, Zhuang, Yao and Mulam -- reside here, with Dong accounting for over 50% of the whole population. Visitors are often attracted by the primitive and fantastic Dong ethnic culture represented in the beautiful county.

Sanjiang has preserved the unique architecture of the Dong people, including over one hundred Wind and Rain Bridges and Drum Towers. The exquisitely constructed Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge  and Mapang Drum Tower  are the best of these. Dong villages are also known as 'Villages of Hundreds of Festivals.'   No matter when they travel, visitors are likely to come across a festival. They will be delighted by the various traditional performances, such as antiphonal singing, collective dancing, Dong Opera, firecracker contests, and Reed-Pipe Wind Instrument competition. The tart Dong cuisine adds further excitement to any visit.

Sanjiang is also reputed as 'Sea of Firs and Lakes of Oil' in Guangxi. The whole county is densely covered by various forests, such as tea-oil trees, firs, pines and bamboos. The wine brewed with chrysanthemum, glutinous rice and honey is also well-known.

Kaili

As the capital of the Qian Dongnan Autonomous Prefecture of the Miao and Dong nationalities in eastern Guizhou, Kaili is the gateway to some of the most fascinating minority villages you're likely to encounter in China. About 65% of the prefecture's population is Miao, clustered to the east and northeast of Kaili. The Dong is to the southeast. This entire region hosts more than 100 festivals each year, with the greatest concentration around February/March and October/November, making these excellent months to visit. Be warned that travel around the Miao areas can be difficult due to its narrow, winding roads, but this is often light-years ahead of traveling through some of the Dong region's backwaters, where a farmer's truck or your own feet might be the only means of navigating pothole-ridden mud paths. In truth, half the fun of traveling in this part of the country is getting there in the first place, so bring your sense of adventure and don't forget the seat cushion.

Dragon Palace Cave

The Dragon Palace Cave is at the foot of the Wulong Mountain, 30km to the southwest of Pengze County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province.

There are three stalactites like the Longman very much in front of the Dragon Palace Cave. Its forehead is protruding; two sides of the hair are grey, welcoming people with smile, so it is called "the Sea Longman".

Behind the hall and in the lotus pond stone lotuses are blooming, very beautiful and lively. Walking forward to the East Palace, there are all kinds of stalactites inside the cave. In the West Palace, the most attractive is the stalagmite called "Sea God Needle" in "Western Travel". The God needle is connected with the top of the cave; under the needle there is a stone tortoise.

The Drum Music Hall is a playing music place in the Dragon Palace Cave. In the hall there are hundreds of stalactites like waterfalls. Walking more forward, there are natural god bell pagodas. The patterns are full of the pagoda body and the icicles concentrate at the bottom of the pagodas. The throne of Dragon Emperor places in the center with stone drums, stone furnace and towering stone pillars around, very magnificent and solemn like a luxuriant Dragon Palace.