Chengjiang Wetland and Karst Skylight Viewpoints 澄江湿地与开放天窗观景点

About Chengjiang Wetland and Karst Skylight Viewpoints

Du'an lies in west-central Guangxi, in the south of Hechi municipality, and covers 4,095 square kilometres of which limestone hills make up 89 per cent — the county repeats the local saying that it is 'nine parts stone to one part soil'. The county government records more than 300 underground-river skylights within its boundaries and describes the Guangxi Du'an Chengjiang National Wetland Park as, at present, the only wetland park in China that combines river wetland, urban wetland and farmland wetland in a single site; it also ranks the county's underground river system first in China and second in Asia, a claim made by the county itself.

The Du'an Underground River National Geopark, which covers 200 square kilometres on the slope where the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau gives way to the Guangxi basin, is built around a group of these skylights. Its geoheritage is classified in six major categories and thirty-three basic types, and its layout is summarised as 'one river, a hundred skylights, a thousand valleys'; the peach-blossom jellyfish is listed among the rare wildlife within it. The Disu underground river at its centre runs 241 kilometres and is made up of one main stream and twelve tributaries, with several hundred skylights of varying size and shape opening along it. Hechi Daily reports that the skylight sites visitors go to include Tunbang Tianchuang and Jiuling Tianchuang in Dongmiao township, which have car parks and stalls around them.

What to look for

• Tunbang Tianchuang and Jiuling Tianchuang in Dongmiao township, the two skylight sites Hechi Daily names as receiving visitors
• The Guangxi Du'an Chengjiang National Wetland Park, which the county describes as combining river, urban and farmland wetland in one site
• The skylight group along the Disu underground river, a 241-kilometre system of one main stream and twelve tributaries
• The karst hill country that makes up 89 per cent of the county's area
• The peach-blossom jellyfish, listed by the geopark's description among the rare wildlife of the park

Location & getting there

Getting to Chengjiang Wetland and Karst Skylight Viewpoints

Confirm the visitor entrance and which boat or walking routes operate on your date. Rainfall, water levels and weather can change access.

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