5 Days Guizhou Huangguoshu Fanjingshan Tour: Best Nature Journey

Welcome to cool Guiyang, Guizhou’s capital. Your guide and driver greet you at the airport or train station and transfer you to your city‑centre hotel. Enjoy Guizhou’s fresh, cool air.

After breakfast, drive 2.5 hours to Anshun to visit Huangguoshu Waterfall — Asia’s largest waterfall. Its powerful roar carries over 1 kilometre. Follow the route recorded by ancient geographer Xu Xiake in his famous travel notes.

• Doupotang Scenic Area: 105‑metre‑wide waterfall, famous filming site for Journey to the West. Listen to its thunderous flow in wet season.

• Tianxingqiao Scenic Area: Diverse karst scenery with caves, stone forests and waterfalls. Don’t miss Silver‑Chain Dropping‑Pool Waterfall with its unique spreading cascades.

• Huangguoshu Main Waterfall: 77.8 m high, 101 m wide, part of 18‑waterfall cluster. View it from multiple angles. Walk through the 134‑metre Water Curtain Cave behind the falls; escalator for return.

After breakfast, explore Guizhou’s unique Tunpu garrison‑culture en‑route to Guiyang.

Drive 40 minutes to Tianlong Tunpu, a well‑preserved stone village hailed as a “living fossil of Ming‑Dynasty life”. Centuries ago, Han military settlers from Jiangnan built this stone garrison town. Whole‑village stone construction served both military defence and daily living; stone makes up houses, walls, roads and carved architectural details.

Watch the fascinating intangible‑heritage Dixi Opera: masked performers act out ancient war legends. See local women in authentic Ming‑style Fengyang Han costumes, taste traditional big‑bowl tea and meet the simple‑natured villagers.

After sightseeing, head to Guiyang and take the 1.6‑hour high‑speed train to Tongren. Transfer onwards to Jiangkou at the base of Fanjingshan and check into your hotel.

Climbing Time: 4‑5h | Sightseeing bus & cable car included Route: Sightseeing Bus → Cable Car → Mushroom Stone → Red Clouds Golden Summit → Chengen Temple → Cable Car & Bus downhill → Hotel

After breakfast, transfer to Fanjingshan Scenic Area for a full‑day mountain adventure. Fanjingshan is a 2018 UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, China’s 5th Buddhist mountain and sacred Maitreya pilgrimage site. It shelters ancient relic plant species such as the dove tree, on a mountain massif formed 800‑1000 million years ago.

Take 30‑min sightseeing bus + 20‑min cable‑car uphill. Hike forest trails for 40 minutes to the famous Mushroom Stone, a billion‑year‑old tilted rock formation and must‑take photo landmark. (Optional: short visit to Old Summit Peak).

Continue hiking around 1.5 hours to Red Clouds Golden Summit, split by a huge crevice. At 2336 m altitude, twin temples stand on both peaks connected by a stone bridge. You will climb steep 85‑degree narrow steps holding iron chains. Worship Sakyamuni for present‑life blessings and Maitreya for future wishes, with breathtaking cloud‑sea mountain views.

After breakfast, drive 1 hour back to Tongren. Your guide will escort you to Airport/Train Station.

Extend Your Nature Travel to Culture: Tongren is 35km from Fenghuang Ancient Town (1 hour by high-speed train) in Hunan. Or continue your Guizhou travel, you can take 1-hour high-speed train to Kaili, an ethnic village in Guizhou.