Dragon Palace Cave Scenic Area, located in the western suburbs of Anshun City, 116 km from Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, is famous for magnificent underground cave system with lakes, waterfalls and stalactites. Because the main cave looks like the crystal palace where the dragon king lives, it is known as Dragon Palace Cave.

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What to see?
Covering an area almost 60 square kilometers, Dragon Palace Cave Scenic Area has four main spots, such as the Rape Lake, the Whirlpool, the Leech Pass and the Dragon Palace itself.
Dragon Palace, as the most famous and wonderful scenic spot, includes various Karst (Limestone) landscapes, solemn steep cliffs and jagged stone forest. The longest underground river in China, some 5,000 meters in length flows beneath more than 30 hills connecting over 90 limestone caves within this scenic spot.

Dragon Palace Cave is divided into five groups of limestone caves connected by the underground river. The depth of the river can reach to 28 meters and the width can expand to over 30 meters. Therefore, it is a fascinating adventure for visitors to float past the magnificent and ever changing views. With its grotesque structure, the Dragon Palace Cave Scenic Area presents colorful scenery of underground wind tunnel which can be toured by boat.

Besides the gate of the Dragon Palace, a waterfall pours straight down along the palace from Tianchi Lake. The waterfall is 34 meters high and 25 meters wide and described as a white dragon leaving its cave by the locals, namely, the Dragon Gate Fall. This spectacular waterfall is considered one of the three natural wonders there by both geologists and tourists alike.
In the outer chamber, there is a platform about 1000 sq meters spacious. Getting off the boat and going up some stone ladders, you soon come to the Tiger's Den, from which some 5400-meter-long stone ladders will take you back to the gate again through the Stone Forest Park. There are many kinds of natural plants in this park, natural stone formations and lush, green trees standing crowded side by side, complementing each other in the sunshine.
As a region inhabited by the Bouyei ethnic group in compact communities, the trip to the Dragon Palace Cave is also a good chance for visitors to experience the charming and colorful life of this Chinese ethnic minority. At the same time, it is a comfortable place for people to relax because the radiation frequency in this region is the lowest in China.

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Travel Tips
Add: 32 km from Xixiu District of  Anshui City, Guizhou Province.
Opening Hours: 08:00-18:00
Entrance Fee: CNY 90
Tel: 0851-33661049,0851-33661026
 http://www.china-longgong.com/