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Guanting Reservoir National Wetland Park 官厅水库国家湿地公园Guāntīng Shuǐkù Guójiā Shīdì Gōngyuán
4A scenic area · Zhangjiakou, Hebei
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhangjiakou
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Guanting Reservoir National Wetland Park
A very large wetland park on the shores of Guanting Reservoir, a 1950s reservoir on the Yongding River that straddles the Hebei–Beijing border. The park covers about 13,500 hectares of river, floodplain, reservoir, fish-pond and rice-paddy wetland, with a boardwalk out into the wetland and a wetland museum. It is a quiet outdoor stop for open water views rather than a monument.
How to get to Guanting Reservoir National Wetland Park
In Huailai County, about 13 km south-east of Shacheng town on the reservoir's northern shore, and roughly 84 km south-east of Zhangjiakou city; a private car or taxi is the practical way.
Nearby
- Badaling Great Wall 八达岭长城 30 km
Ming ramparts climbing both ways from a fortified pass, a short fast train from Beijing - Cuandixia Village 爨底下村 40 km
Ming and Qing courtyard houses stacked in tiers up a hillside in the western mountains - Longqing Gorge 龙庆峡 40 km
Boat rides between sheer cliffs in summer, a festival of lit ice sculptures in winter - Ming Tombs 明十三陵 50 km
Stone guardians on the Sacred Way and an emperor's underground palace to walk through - Tanzhe Temple 潭柘寺 60 km
Terraced temple courtyards in the western hills, shaded by ancient ginkgos and cypresses
Also within 20 km: Shacheng Liquor Culture Expo Park 沙城酒文化博览园 (10 km), Guyaju Caves 古崖居 (20 km).
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