Benxi Shuidong National Park

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Benxi Shuidong National Park.
Benxi Water Caves

Benxi Shuidong (Benxi Water Caves; Chinese: 本溪水洞国家公园) was made a national park on January 10, 1994. The Benxi Water Caves are located 30 km east of Benxi, Liaoning province, China. The Benxi Water Caves are a forest of stalactites and stalagmites within a cavern system lit by colored lighting. A river 3,000 meters long, 2 meters deep and wide enough for 20-30 boats, flows through a giant 5-million-year-old cavern system. Temperature inside the cave is constant throughout the year, is 12C. It is warm in summer and cool in winter, also it is open around the year.

The national park includes the water caves, a trek to a top of a mountain, woodstone kingdom, Taizi river rafting in a dinghy boat, and the geological museum which hosts many geological relics as well as rare specimens collected from the Benxi national park area.

References

    Coordinates: 41°18′N 123°46′E / 41.300°N 123.767°E / 41.300; 123.767

    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, March 25, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.