Longqing Gorge
Longqing Gorge
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8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
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8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
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AussieChad
Brisbane, Australia319 contributions
Jul 2020 • Friends
There’s no doubt that this place has seen better days, but the boat ride along the gorge and the hike up to the viewpoint definitely make it worth the trip from Beijing.
The day I went the dragon escalator was working. The cable car and toboggan was not going. It was raining, so that might of been a factor. There is also a place to bungee jump, it was only 260RMB if you are feeling brave. We had lunch just outside the main gate, it was delicious and cheap.
The day I went the dragon escalator was working. The cable car and toboggan was not going. It was raining, so that might of been a factor. There is also a place to bungee jump, it was only 260RMB if you are feeling brave. We had lunch just outside the main gate, it was delicious and cheap.
Written July 10, 2020
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Tash S
6 contributions
May 2017 • Friends
Me and my mum spent the day here last week. If you have a day to spare and fancy doing something different then I would highly recomend it, but it's quite a way to go if your time in Beijing is limited. It was very strange walking in as there was no one else around, the place had the feel of a run down, disused amusment park. It was almost comical. You can take the esculator up the infamous dragon to reach the gorge where you can take a boat and have stunning views of the gorge. The boat drops you off at an area where there is a temple you can have a wander through, but there didn't seem to be much else around. You can then take the boat back where you will be dropped at the hilarious plastic flower cave. We took a tabogan back down to the bottom, which for 30RMB I highly recomend. There wasn't many open restauaraunts when we visited but there were little shops selling drinks and snacks etc. We did see a few other tourists whilst we were there, but I've never known a tourist attraction in China to be so quiet!
We reached the gorge by public bus. We were a little apprehensive as we don't speak Chinese but it was very straight forward...
From Beijing metro get to metro station Jishuitan on line 2 and head for exit B2. Turn left and head past all the buses. When you get to the end you should see a bus station in front of a large Chinese style building with all the 919 buses. Get on bus 919 and pay 16rmb to the driver. You need to take the bus to the 'Nancuiyan' bus stop. This took us an hour and 10 minutes but I believe we were on the express service (there wasn't any way of telling). There was no English or pinyin on our bus so listen carefully to the announcements and also I would advise sitting on the right hand side of the bus and looking at the name of the stop which is displayed in Pinyin. From Nancuiyan stop we then took bus Y15 to Longxingxia. It costs 3rmb. This part should take just over 30 minutes and the bus will drop you on a fairly quiet road with the car park on the left and a large billboard with images of the gorge and scenic area on the right. Walk in through the car park, past the tourist information and after 15 minutes you'll reach the ticket office.
The return journey was just as easy. From the bus stop opposite to where we were dropped we caught bus 875 to the last stop 'Guishe Beiji Nan', which took 30 minutes. From the same stop we took bus 919 back to Beijing.
We reached the gorge by public bus. We were a little apprehensive as we don't speak Chinese but it was very straight forward...
From Beijing metro get to metro station Jishuitan on line 2 and head for exit B2. Turn left and head past all the buses. When you get to the end you should see a bus station in front of a large Chinese style building with all the 919 buses. Get on bus 919 and pay 16rmb to the driver. You need to take the bus to the 'Nancuiyan' bus stop. This took us an hour and 10 minutes but I believe we were on the express service (there wasn't any way of telling). There was no English or pinyin on our bus so listen carefully to the announcements and also I would advise sitting on the right hand side of the bus and looking at the name of the stop which is displayed in Pinyin. From Nancuiyan stop we then took bus Y15 to Longxingxia. It costs 3rmb. This part should take just over 30 minutes and the bus will drop you on a fairly quiet road with the car park on the left and a large billboard with images of the gorge and scenic area on the right. Walk in through the car park, past the tourist information and after 15 minutes you'll reach the ticket office.
The return journey was just as easy. From the bus stop opposite to where we were dropped we caught bus 875 to the last stop 'Guishe Beiji Nan', which took 30 minutes. From the same stop we took bus 919 back to Beijing.
Written May 19, 2017
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gregsf11
San Francisco, CA844 contributions
Aug 2012 • Solo
You won't find this in any of the guidebooks, but it was one of the most enjoyable things during my stay in Beijing. Great way to escape the smog, and since I went on a weekday, it was a great way to escape the crowds as well. It's also just a little bit cooler than the city, because of the elevation.
You could easily fill a day here, but at a minimum you're looking at more than half a day including travel.
Loved the dragon escalator. You go into the mouth of this giant dragon, draped over a cliffside, and inside there's an escalator through the dragon that takes you to the top. Since it was Tuesday, and I was the only one on it at that time, they turned it on just for me.
Once on the top by the dam, you can take a boat ride through the gorge. The ride is short, but the scenery is pretty spectacular, especially for such a supposedly minor attraction. High cliffs surrounding the river at every twist and turn.
Then I took a cable car to the top for some hiking and even more spectacular scenery. At the top there are a couple of little temples, pavilions, and snack stands along the way. And panoramic views.
I stayed on the boat for the whole ride, but there are other stops on the boat ride where I suppose there's even more hiking, but the one hike I did from the top of the cable car station was more than enough.
You can also take a toboggan ride, see a flower exhibit, and even go bungee jumping. There are restaurants and snack shops near the bottom.
Very few western tourists go here because it's not in any guidebooks and it's not on the packaged tour circuit. That makes it all the more worthwhile to me, but don't expect anyone to speak English.
And getting here is an adventure in and of itself. I told my guesthouse to write down "Longqinxia" in Chinese and went to the Deshengmen Gate bus depot to seek out bus #919. It was an absolute madhouse when I got there -people pushing and shoving their way in, yelling in Chinese. I flashed the little piece of paper at the bus attendant and she yelled something in Chinese that seemed to indicate that this is the right place, and ushered me in among the pushing crowds. I also made sure to ask the driver who confirmed it.
On the way, we passed by sections of the Great Wall. I intended to go to the end like I saw in the reviews, but after an hour I decided to try to confirm again with the person sitting next to me whether or not this is the right bus. To my surprise, she said "no"! But... she indicated that I should follow her when she got off the bus, and she would take me (presumably to the correct bus). Something told me to trust her, and it did work out. She directed me to an 875 bus, and that got me right to the entrance of the Longqing Gorge complex. From the parking area there, it's maybe another kilometer walk, though I also saw some shuttles. In my case someone offered me a ride for 10Y. In retrospect, I think the shuttle was half of that, but whatever.
Had I stayed on the 919 I would probably have been fine as well, though that's the part where I think I would have had to take a taxi ride for around 35Y, because the 919 doesn't go all the way to the entrance. In fact that's what I did on the way back. I intended to wait for the bus, but there are drivers by the 875 bus station who will negotiate to take you back to the 919 (which takes you back to Deshengmen station in Beijing).
You could easily fill a day here, but at a minimum you're looking at more than half a day including travel.
Loved the dragon escalator. You go into the mouth of this giant dragon, draped over a cliffside, and inside there's an escalator through the dragon that takes you to the top. Since it was Tuesday, and I was the only one on it at that time, they turned it on just for me.
Once on the top by the dam, you can take a boat ride through the gorge. The ride is short, but the scenery is pretty spectacular, especially for such a supposedly minor attraction. High cliffs surrounding the river at every twist and turn.
Then I took a cable car to the top for some hiking and even more spectacular scenery. At the top there are a couple of little temples, pavilions, and snack stands along the way. And panoramic views.
I stayed on the boat for the whole ride, but there are other stops on the boat ride where I suppose there's even more hiking, but the one hike I did from the top of the cable car station was more than enough.
You can also take a toboggan ride, see a flower exhibit, and even go bungee jumping. There are restaurants and snack shops near the bottom.
Very few western tourists go here because it's not in any guidebooks and it's not on the packaged tour circuit. That makes it all the more worthwhile to me, but don't expect anyone to speak English.
And getting here is an adventure in and of itself. I told my guesthouse to write down "Longqinxia" in Chinese and went to the Deshengmen Gate bus depot to seek out bus #919. It was an absolute madhouse when I got there -people pushing and shoving their way in, yelling in Chinese. I flashed the little piece of paper at the bus attendant and she yelled something in Chinese that seemed to indicate that this is the right place, and ushered me in among the pushing crowds. I also made sure to ask the driver who confirmed it.
On the way, we passed by sections of the Great Wall. I intended to go to the end like I saw in the reviews, but after an hour I decided to try to confirm again with the person sitting next to me whether or not this is the right bus. To my surprise, she said "no"! But... she indicated that I should follow her when she got off the bus, and she would take me (presumably to the correct bus). Something told me to trust her, and it did work out. She directed me to an 875 bus, and that got me right to the entrance of the Longqing Gorge complex. From the parking area there, it's maybe another kilometer walk, though I also saw some shuttles. In my case someone offered me a ride for 10Y. In retrospect, I think the shuttle was half of that, but whatever.
Had I stayed on the 919 I would probably have been fine as well, though that's the part where I think I would have had to take a taxi ride for around 35Y, because the 919 doesn't go all the way to the entrance. In fact that's what I did on the way back. I intended to wait for the bus, but there are drivers by the 875 bus station who will negotiate to take you back to the 919 (which takes you back to Deshengmen station in Beijing).
Written September 25, 2012
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redeyeblues
Edinburgh, UK1,312 contributions
May 2013 • Couples
We took the S2 train (the same one to Badaling Great Wall) bound for Yanqing (延庆). You can just use your subway card. It costs just 6 RMB each way. Get off the final stop, which is 1 stop/20 minutes past Badaling. It took an hr and 30 minutes in total from Beijing North Station's ground floor by Subway Line 2's XiZhiMen Station.
Outside Yanqing station, we took a taxi for anther 20 minutes right to the entrance of Longqingxia (龙庆峡). The ticket costs 40 RMB. Once you enter, you walk a bit until you reach the dam/dragon escalator, which is quite cool from the outside but just normal escalators inside.
Once you reach the top, you can take a tourist boat (100 RMB return) that leaves every 15 minutes. The boat takes you down the river surrounded by amazing cliffs and drops you off where you can either hike up to Illusion Pavilion to look down the beautiful valley (quite a long steep hike up stone steps) or walk the other way to rent small paddle boats (50 RMB per boat that can carry 3 people with no time limit). The small boat was quite frustrating to paddle but the view was nice. There are also places to do bungee jumping/zip-line over the river. The last tourist boat back is at 5 pm. You can take a luge back down for 20 RMB. It wasn't very fast but it was good fun. There's also a gondola up to another temple but they stop selling tickets more than 30 minutes before 5 pm.
There are restaurants near the entrance/exit and places to buy water/drinks inside. The train back to Beijing is at 5:17 pm or 7:18 pm so time it well. It takes roughly 2 hours to get there from Beijing North Station and you can easily spend 3-5+ hours there. It was not crowded at all on a Tuesday afternoon.
Outside Yanqing station, we took a taxi for anther 20 minutes right to the entrance of Longqingxia (龙庆峡). The ticket costs 40 RMB. Once you enter, you walk a bit until you reach the dam/dragon escalator, which is quite cool from the outside but just normal escalators inside.
Once you reach the top, you can take a tourist boat (100 RMB return) that leaves every 15 minutes. The boat takes you down the river surrounded by amazing cliffs and drops you off where you can either hike up to Illusion Pavilion to look down the beautiful valley (quite a long steep hike up stone steps) or walk the other way to rent small paddle boats (50 RMB per boat that can carry 3 people with no time limit). The small boat was quite frustrating to paddle but the view was nice. There are also places to do bungee jumping/zip-line over the river. The last tourist boat back is at 5 pm. You can take a luge back down for 20 RMB. It wasn't very fast but it was good fun. There's also a gondola up to another temple but they stop selling tickets more than 30 minutes before 5 pm.
There are restaurants near the entrance/exit and places to buy water/drinks inside. The train back to Beijing is at 5:17 pm or 7:18 pm so time it well. It takes roughly 2 hours to get there from Beijing North Station and you can easily spend 3-5+ hours there. It was not crowded at all on a Tuesday afternoon.
Written May 14, 2013
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AnnaChiChi
Dortmund, Germany42 contributions
Jul 2012 • Couples
Great place to spend several hours outside smoggy city. Unique combination of water, mountains, gardens and escalators.
First of all we planned a trip from the city to this place. We could go by train or by bus (919 –Last stop Yanqing), but decided that bus is more preferable for us. There is one more possibility – to take bus from governmental touristic agency - direct one from Beijing, only on Saturdays and official holidays 60Y each. So we took subway to Jishuitan station (Line 2). Paid 2Y for both. You should go out and go along the street to the Deshengmen gate. Don’t be fooled by the signs of bus 919 right few steps out of the subway – not the right one. You need to go 4-5 min. to Deshengmen. When you will see the crowded square - be sure it’s the right one bus station.
We went to the bus stop and decided to check everything once more - showed the conductor paper with “ Longqing Gorge” written in Chinese, she began to shake her head telling us “no, no” and pointed on the bus with number 877 (Last stop - Great Wall). That made us feel confused as at was mentioned everywhere Bus No 919. Ok, we went to another bus stop. When we were already in the bus, we asked other woman the same thing about destination. This time she took my hand and led us back to 919. While we were waiting for the next 919 few people in the row where trying to make us change our mind and take Bus 877, one girl was using her vocabulary in iPhone trying to explain it’s not our bus. I’m sure they thought the only one place foreign people want visit is Great Wall.
At long last we paid 24Y for both of us (12Y each ticket) and took the seats in the end of the bus. It was 11.00.
It took about 1 hour only and the road to Longqing Gorge was amazing. You can see Great Wall as well, but there are no actual stops next to this place. If you go by train the view can be more open and interesting. In the end we arrived in Yanqing city – small, clean city. After bus station (big field full of busses – was on the left side) we debussed as we saw schedule of the bus No 920. We waited for 20 min. while taxi drivers were attacking us with business offers. After 30 min. we had to capitulate. In 10 min. we were at Longqing Gorge for 30Y. Could pay less, but still it’s not expensive at all for 15 min. driving. First of all we payed 5Y each for the short ride up in the mountains, not more than 5 min long. If you are not hungry and did’t give up after “lunch” offers you can go immediately to observe the beauty of the nature, just for 40Y and if you want a short (about 20 min.) boat ride you can pay even 140Y. (plus 100Y for boat). We did choose the second option. There are several things to go right next to the entrance – play with fishes or buy a food for them and feed them (3Y), watch the river, take a ride in park amusement, walk in cave, go to the toilet and eat. We missed all these and went to yellow dragon - the system of escalators which led us to the boats. There I did buy some fish snacks to feed them, but they were only at boat station and near the entrance, so had to keep this stinky thing with me.
Boat ride wasn’t really a long trip, so don’t be disappointed as this boat trip is only a part of the river and you have to pay for other boat cruises in caves etc. Boat stops at the place where you can do bungee jumping, visit few animals, ride your own boat, climb rocks, visit little temple, buy presents and so on. But we didn’t have time as we lost it on Illusion temple. It took an eternity to go up and on the edge there was something like little wooden pavilion without walls, great view yes, but in my opinion not worth it at all if you have problems with heart, overweight, pregnancy and travel with little children. In sunny day it’s disaster as they don’t sell water and hats as they do in other part of Longqing. Actually there were only few people trying to reach this place, most of them gave up after several stairs, wish we made the same.
After all the fun you can take boat back to boat station and have a ride in cable car for 50Y each. On the top you can walk around, eat tomatoes for 1Y and ring the ancient bell. We went to the top of the top , so had to go up again, wasn’t that high as to illusion temple, but made us tired. There we found nice view and a little restaurant. Was already 16.30, we had to hurry. At the entrance one woman proposed to give us a ride for 10Y and our tickets. I’m still curious what she is going to do with them.
Down there we went to tourist office and asked about busses, were surprised as manager told us there is no bus 920, but 875 which goes from Longqing (last one at 17.30). Anyway we took taxi again to the bus 919 stop to go back to Beijing.
So we spent about 550Y for the trip for us 2 without dinner or lunch, only drinks and snakes included.
Highly recommend this place to everyone, you will never forget it.
First of all we planned a trip from the city to this place. We could go by train or by bus (919 –Last stop Yanqing), but decided that bus is more preferable for us. There is one more possibility – to take bus from governmental touristic agency - direct one from Beijing, only on Saturdays and official holidays 60Y each. So we took subway to Jishuitan station (Line 2). Paid 2Y for both. You should go out and go along the street to the Deshengmen gate. Don’t be fooled by the signs of bus 919 right few steps out of the subway – not the right one. You need to go 4-5 min. to Deshengmen. When you will see the crowded square - be sure it’s the right one bus station.
We went to the bus stop and decided to check everything once more - showed the conductor paper with “ Longqing Gorge” written in Chinese, she began to shake her head telling us “no, no” and pointed on the bus with number 877 (Last stop - Great Wall). That made us feel confused as at was mentioned everywhere Bus No 919. Ok, we went to another bus stop. When we were already in the bus, we asked other woman the same thing about destination. This time she took my hand and led us back to 919. While we were waiting for the next 919 few people in the row where trying to make us change our mind and take Bus 877, one girl was using her vocabulary in iPhone trying to explain it’s not our bus. I’m sure they thought the only one place foreign people want visit is Great Wall.
At long last we paid 24Y for both of us (12Y each ticket) and took the seats in the end of the bus. It was 11.00.
It took about 1 hour only and the road to Longqing Gorge was amazing. You can see Great Wall as well, but there are no actual stops next to this place. If you go by train the view can be more open and interesting. In the end we arrived in Yanqing city – small, clean city. After bus station (big field full of busses – was on the left side) we debussed as we saw schedule of the bus No 920. We waited for 20 min. while taxi drivers were attacking us with business offers. After 30 min. we had to capitulate. In 10 min. we were at Longqing Gorge for 30Y. Could pay less, but still it’s not expensive at all for 15 min. driving. First of all we payed 5Y each for the short ride up in the mountains, not more than 5 min long. If you are not hungry and did’t give up after “lunch” offers you can go immediately to observe the beauty of the nature, just for 40Y and if you want a short (about 20 min.) boat ride you can pay even 140Y. (plus 100Y for boat). We did choose the second option. There are several things to go right next to the entrance – play with fishes or buy a food for them and feed them (3Y), watch the river, take a ride in park amusement, walk in cave, go to the toilet and eat. We missed all these and went to yellow dragon - the system of escalators which led us to the boats. There I did buy some fish snacks to feed them, but they were only at boat station and near the entrance, so had to keep this stinky thing with me.
Boat ride wasn’t really a long trip, so don’t be disappointed as this boat trip is only a part of the river and you have to pay for other boat cruises in caves etc. Boat stops at the place where you can do bungee jumping, visit few animals, ride your own boat, climb rocks, visit little temple, buy presents and so on. But we didn’t have time as we lost it on Illusion temple. It took an eternity to go up and on the edge there was something like little wooden pavilion without walls, great view yes, but in my opinion not worth it at all if you have problems with heart, overweight, pregnancy and travel with little children. In sunny day it’s disaster as they don’t sell water and hats as they do in other part of Longqing. Actually there were only few people trying to reach this place, most of them gave up after several stairs, wish we made the same.
After all the fun you can take boat back to boat station and have a ride in cable car for 50Y each. On the top you can walk around, eat tomatoes for 1Y and ring the ancient bell. We went to the top of the top , so had to go up again, wasn’t that high as to illusion temple, but made us tired. There we found nice view and a little restaurant. Was already 16.30, we had to hurry. At the entrance one woman proposed to give us a ride for 10Y and our tickets. I’m still curious what she is going to do with them.
Down there we went to tourist office and asked about busses, were surprised as manager told us there is no bus 920, but 875 which goes from Longqing (last one at 17.30). Anyway we took taxi again to the bus 919 stop to go back to Beijing.
So we spent about 550Y for the trip for us 2 without dinner or lunch, only drinks and snakes included.
Highly recommend this place to everyone, you will never forget it.
Written July 18, 2012
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David William P
Wigan, UK52 contributions
May 2012 • Friends
It's really expensive now at 40Y to go in and another 100Y for the shortish boat ride. This has outpriced the locals but it's a wonderful magic landscape. From downtown take train S2 hourly from North station for 6Y to Yanqing (90 minutes) and then about 25Y by taxi to the gorge. The train journey itself is a wonder of the world crossing a it does three sections of Great Wall whilst climbing at an almost impossible 1 in 33.
Written May 22, 2012
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Matthew L
23 contributions
Apr 2018 • Friends
The transport here from Beijing city was around 3 hours, due to traffic, we stayed at grand hyatt beijing and booked a private car to longqing gorge deceived by the nice photos. After reaching the carpark there is a 15-18 mins walk to the entrance.
The famous dragon escalator was a joke.. It looks old and run down, there were no ventilation in the dragon, there is a weird smell, and the paint are all dropping. you cant see anything after you enter the dragon to get to the top, there were no view, nothing, the windows are dusty and blurry.
Upon reaching the top you have to purchase a boat ticket, which cost around 100 CNY, there is a queue to board the boat, and the place is crowded with China tourist,
the locals in beijing city are polite and nice, however these china tourist are rude and started to push and squeeze during the queue for the boat ride, they stand really close to you i could literally feel their breath on my back, it was really annoying.
The boat ride was alright, the views are the only reasons im giving this place 2 stars, it looks beautiful, as tho it was in the olden chinese kongfu drama. Cant take much photo as there are always boats/people in the frame. There are also bungee jumping and canoe area, the bungee jump was empty no one was on it. The Canoe on other hand was crowded, not really sure if its worth it. After 15 mins boat ride you arrive at another port to take a short hike up to the other side to take the boat back, in between is a temple (Jing Gang Shi), didnt manage to go in as its crazily crowded. Walked to the other side of the port to take the boat back to near the entrance.
Thought that was the end of the journey, but we notice a cable car ride up to the top and thought it would be an awesome view. Bought the cable car ticket for 50 CNY per pax. Board the cable car to the top, the view was alright not as impressive as we expected, hiked up 40mins to the peak of the mountain. Same thing nothing special only a sheltered area at the top. Not really worth the hike, the great wall of china had a better view.
Took the cable car down, and went home, jam another 3-4 hours back to beijing city and wasted the entire day on a "ok, not awesome" view.
Definitely will not recommend this to any of my friends. Not really worth the time.
The famous dragon escalator was a joke.. It looks old and run down, there were no ventilation in the dragon, there is a weird smell, and the paint are all dropping. you cant see anything after you enter the dragon to get to the top, there were no view, nothing, the windows are dusty and blurry.
Upon reaching the top you have to purchase a boat ticket, which cost around 100 CNY, there is a queue to board the boat, and the place is crowded with China tourist,
the locals in beijing city are polite and nice, however these china tourist are rude and started to push and squeeze during the queue for the boat ride, they stand really close to you i could literally feel their breath on my back, it was really annoying.
The boat ride was alright, the views are the only reasons im giving this place 2 stars, it looks beautiful, as tho it was in the olden chinese kongfu drama. Cant take much photo as there are always boats/people in the frame. There are also bungee jumping and canoe area, the bungee jump was empty no one was on it. The Canoe on other hand was crowded, not really sure if its worth it. After 15 mins boat ride you arrive at another port to take a short hike up to the other side to take the boat back, in between is a temple (Jing Gang Shi), didnt manage to go in as its crazily crowded. Walked to the other side of the port to take the boat back to near the entrance.
Thought that was the end of the journey, but we notice a cable car ride up to the top and thought it would be an awesome view. Bought the cable car ticket for 50 CNY per pax. Board the cable car to the top, the view was alright not as impressive as we expected, hiked up 40mins to the peak of the mountain. Same thing nothing special only a sheltered area at the top. Not really worth the hike, the great wall of china had a better view.
Took the cable car down, and went home, jam another 3-4 hours back to beijing city and wasted the entire day on a "ok, not awesome" view.
Definitely will not recommend this to any of my friends. Not really worth the time.
Written May 3, 2018
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blake8
SingaporeGirl26 contributions
Oct 2012 • Friends
We called this the "Lesser Lijiangl" of Beijing. Not many tourists know of this place and it is usually not in the itinerary of most conducted tours. My sister-in-law told us of this beautiful place which she says must visit. It is a little far from Beijing city. Taking public buses maybe a hussle and time consuming. As we have 4 of us we thought rental of a car would be more feasible. We checked a number of car rental services. James Mower car rental service provided us with the best quote and indicating very clearly that the price is inclusive of a driver, petrol, toll charges, parking charges and for 9 hours. Our experience with him is good and would recommend his services. His email address is james168bj@gmail.com. We started off at 7:30 am in the morning and it took us slightly more than 1 1/2 hours to reach there. The 258 meter Dragon elevator ride to the top of the dam is fascinating. From there we took the boat ride round the gorge. The gorge is beautiful and spectacular. Along the way we can alight for some photo taking, hiking and visiting historical sites. It takes more than two hours to visit all the scenic spots. It is a place worth visiting. The car ride back to Beijing city takes about 3 hours as traffic tends to build up in the afternoon.
Written November 2, 2012
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Chalkmeister1
Edinburgh, UK128 contributions
Oct 2016 • Friends
Reviews below are quite accurate but fail to mention a few very important issues. The gorge and mountains are well worth the boat trip. We bought an 'all inclusive' ticket at 150rmb but that excludes the cable car, and even the toboggan run. You pay extra for the transport from the car park to the entrance too.
The attractions facilities date from the 1980's and are really in need of investment. The park staff are fairly miserable and need lessons on customer service and on how to smile! The real disaster is the flower caves although hilarious. It consists of thousands of plastic flowers and displays of plastic animals, some of which are not even in an upright position.
It's a long 2 hour car ride from BJ. There is public transport, train and/or bus with a change but I'd recommend a private car hire.
The gorge is spectacular but everything is is such a disappointment. (Take your own toilet tissue).
The attractions facilities date from the 1980's and are really in need of investment. The park staff are fairly miserable and need lessons on customer service and on how to smile! The real disaster is the flower caves although hilarious. It consists of thousands of plastic flowers and displays of plastic animals, some of which are not even in an upright position.
It's a long 2 hour car ride from BJ. There is public transport, train and/or bus with a change but I'd recommend a private car hire.
The gorge is spectacular but everything is is such a disappointment. (Take your own toilet tissue).
Written October 16, 2016
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Ali M
Northampton, UK83 contributions
Apr 2018 • Family
Where do I start?!
Firstly, this place is only open 6 months of the year apart from some sort of winter thing (Christmas decorations still up in mid-April = sloppy)
Secondly, we went by bus & successfully caught the buses to get there from central Beijing line 2 subway station (919 & Y15).
Note - when catching the 919, expect a fairly well signposted 6 minute walk from the subway to the bus stop AND expect the conductors to tell you you're on the wrong bus!
You can get off at any of the last 4 bus stops on the 919 route and pick up the Y15 from the same stop. Most stops have the name in English, so sit on the right of the bus!
We got off at stop 14 on the 919 route and were pestered and lied to by scamster taxi drivers from the second we got off the bus, telling us the place was closed, telling us the bus wasn't coming for 75 minutes (it turned up 10 minutes after we got off the 919!) And trying to convince us that they were doing us a favour and "only" charge us 40cny for a 3cny bus fare (12km from the centre of the town)!
Thirdly, when we got off the bus, we walked straight through the large carpark to what is labelled as a ticket office. We bought tickets for 5cny each, which appeared to not be entry, but for some sort of shuttle which is a glorified golf buggy (one way, no student/child/senior discount at all) which takes you around the corner to the next ticket office. It took us about 10 minutes saunter to get back!
Fourthly, when we got to the main ticket office, there were clear notice boards in Chinese and English. (See photo)
Entry 40cny
Boat 100cny
Something else (cave? Exhibition?) 10cny
Total 150cny
Students half price
NOTE, THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THE ENTRY, NOTHING ELSE!!! The sign is NOT clear!
Apparently, you are supposed to know this, from their ambiguous and misleading sign!!
I asked for one adult, 2 students/children.
I was sold 1 adult entry + boat and 2 child entry tickets (140+20+20) and told to buy the student boat tickets by the boat.
Fifthly, we went through the turnstyle and saw lots of closed shops and Christmas decorations about the place. There's a pretty Japanese style garden with a rockery, pond and bridge. There's nothing else going for the place! 80cny is a lot to look at closed shops fronts that are nothing special by any stretch of the imagination!
Sixthly, we followed along the path next to the dry river (literally, DRY, just a pile of snow in one corner!) to get to the large dragon which was once clean and grand, but now rather pathetic, filthy and tired looking.
We went up the 6 standard escalators inside (again, nothing special, just a standard length escalator, inside a dirty yellow tube with gunky windows you can't even see out of)!
At the top, the only place to go is yet another ticket office or the boats.
We confidently went to the window, armed with Google translate and I asked for two children's boat tickets and a 100cny note in my hand. The woman behind the window said 200, I said no students half price, so 100. This went on, back and forth for several minutes until she enlisted the help of two clueless girls that worked there (badge number 025 was on one of them, the other had her badge covered). They kept giggling with each other and using their version of Google translate to communicate with us. They said the sign was wrong, no student discount for the boat.
I demanded a refund for my ticket.
They said no problem to the refund, but the downstairs office would do it. And we walked back down.
When we got back to the ticket office, the rude woman kept pointing at the sign and saying no refunds, no student discount, I photographed the sign and showed her where it said students half price, she said it only related to the entrance fee.
Do yourselves a favour and give this place a miss.
It's shoddy, over priced, in need of general maintenance and underwhelming.
I can see why it's not mentioned in any guide books or websites!!
Firstly, this place is only open 6 months of the year apart from some sort of winter thing (Christmas decorations still up in mid-April = sloppy)
Secondly, we went by bus & successfully caught the buses to get there from central Beijing line 2 subway station (919 & Y15).
Note - when catching the 919, expect a fairly well signposted 6 minute walk from the subway to the bus stop AND expect the conductors to tell you you're on the wrong bus!
You can get off at any of the last 4 bus stops on the 919 route and pick up the Y15 from the same stop. Most stops have the name in English, so sit on the right of the bus!
We got off at stop 14 on the 919 route and were pestered and lied to by scamster taxi drivers from the second we got off the bus, telling us the place was closed, telling us the bus wasn't coming for 75 minutes (it turned up 10 minutes after we got off the 919!) And trying to convince us that they were doing us a favour and "only" charge us 40cny for a 3cny bus fare (12km from the centre of the town)!
Thirdly, when we got off the bus, we walked straight through the large carpark to what is labelled as a ticket office. We bought tickets for 5cny each, which appeared to not be entry, but for some sort of shuttle which is a glorified golf buggy (one way, no student/child/senior discount at all) which takes you around the corner to the next ticket office. It took us about 10 minutes saunter to get back!
Fourthly, when we got to the main ticket office, there were clear notice boards in Chinese and English. (See photo)
Entry 40cny
Boat 100cny
Something else (cave? Exhibition?) 10cny
Total 150cny
Students half price
NOTE, THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THE ENTRY, NOTHING ELSE!!! The sign is NOT clear!
Apparently, you are supposed to know this, from their ambiguous and misleading sign!!
I asked for one adult, 2 students/children.
I was sold 1 adult entry + boat and 2 child entry tickets (140+20+20) and told to buy the student boat tickets by the boat.
Fifthly, we went through the turnstyle and saw lots of closed shops and Christmas decorations about the place. There's a pretty Japanese style garden with a rockery, pond and bridge. There's nothing else going for the place! 80cny is a lot to look at closed shops fronts that are nothing special by any stretch of the imagination!
Sixthly, we followed along the path next to the dry river (literally, DRY, just a pile of snow in one corner!) to get to the large dragon which was once clean and grand, but now rather pathetic, filthy and tired looking.
We went up the 6 standard escalators inside (again, nothing special, just a standard length escalator, inside a dirty yellow tube with gunky windows you can't even see out of)!
At the top, the only place to go is yet another ticket office or the boats.
We confidently went to the window, armed with Google translate and I asked for two children's boat tickets and a 100cny note in my hand. The woman behind the window said 200, I said no students half price, so 100. This went on, back and forth for several minutes until she enlisted the help of two clueless girls that worked there (badge number 025 was on one of them, the other had her badge covered). They kept giggling with each other and using their version of Google translate to communicate with us. They said the sign was wrong, no student discount for the boat.
I demanded a refund for my ticket.
They said no problem to the refund, but the downstairs office would do it. And we walked back down.
When we got back to the ticket office, the rude woman kept pointing at the sign and saying no refunds, no student discount, I photographed the sign and showed her where it said students half price, she said it only related to the entrance fee.
Do yourselves a favour and give this place a miss.
It's shoddy, over priced, in need of general maintenance and underwhelming.
I can see why it's not mentioned in any guide books or websites!!
Written April 11, 2018
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Is this attraction open in the mid of October? Would it be too cold for a comfortable trip? Can we still book the trip from this site?
Written September 8, 2019
Hey,
I would like to know whether it is possible to have a bungee jump in mid of december? I would like to offer it to my boyfriend when we are in Beijing.
Thanks in advance for your answer!
Best
Katrin
Written November 6, 2017
Dear Katrin, I have to say I don't know for sure. But when we visited it was closed because there had been an accident. So I would say DONT do it, because it is not truly safe.
I hoop you can find another place to do a bungeejump.
Franca
Written November 7, 2017
איך ניתן להגיע לאתר בתחבורה ציבורית מבייג'ינג ?
Written November 1, 2017
אפשר לקחת נהג. זה לא מאד יקר. יש כמה חברות שמציעות הסעה לשם. אנחנו נעזרנו ב Demi Tour, מדריכת תיירים נפלאה, שבמקרה זה שלחה איתנונאת הנהג הנחמד שלה (שלא יודע מילה באנגלית).
יש גם תחבורה ציבורית לשם, אבל זה קצת מסובך, אם אני זוכר נכון.
הכל מפורט באתר travelchinaguide
Written November 1, 2017
What hours do the boats run this time of year? How late is it open?
Written October 16, 2017
Do you remember which tour company you used? thanks
Written May 6, 2016
Wich airport is nearest from Longqing Gorge?
Written December 29, 2015
Wich airport is nearest from Longqing Gorge?
Written December 28, 2015
Are there places to go camping in the area? Either inside the park or nearby
Thanks!
Written May 20, 2015
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