Bajiaozhai National Park – ideal peaks for hiking with amazing surrounding scenery
What is the Bajiaozhai National Park?
With more than 100 peaks in the park, it offers the most beautiful Danxia landform throughout Guilin and Ziyuan and even China to admire – hiking around the peaks, walking on a plank road built or carved on the cliff and enjoying the stunning sunrise, clouds and fogs.
Bajiaozhai Fast Facts
- Chinese Name: 八角寨 (Bajiaozhai)
- Height: 818 meters – 2,683.7 feet tall (the highest peak)
- Things to do there: Hiking, Sunrise Photography, Photography
- Who visits: Photographers, Hikers, Adventure enthusiasts!
- Time required: 3 – 4 hours to a full day (within park)
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What to expect at Bajiaozhai
Elephant Trunk Hill features the Water and Moon Hole, the Sunrise Pavilion, the Cave of Elephant’s Eye, Puxian Pagoda, Yunfeng Temple, and a stupa to explore.
Originally built in the early Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644), Puxian Pagoda is 13.6 meters tall. It looks like a precious bottle or a handle of a sword sticking in the back of the Elephant Trunk Hill.
The Water and Moon Hole is located between the trunk of and the leg of the elephant. You will find tens of old stone inscriptions on the wall of the hole. With a width of between 5 and 10 meters, the Cave of the Elephant’s Eye is some 52.8 meters long, and 2 meters tall. The cave is situated next to the Water and Moon Hole.
As a former command post of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864), Yunfeng Temple was the former residence of the late pioneer of the Japanese Buddhism – Monk Jianzheng. He lived in the temple for some one year.
Nowadays, the temple is the exhibition of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. You could see battle flags, weapons and shells used during the period in the temple. If interested, you also could visit Guilin Sanhua Xiangshan Wine Cellar in one cave of the hill.
How to get to Bajiaozhai National Park
- Rent a vehicle departing from Guilin or Ziyuan to Bajiaozhia National Forest Park. This is the quickest and most direct option.
- Take a bus from Guilin North Bus Station (桂林汽车客运北站) or Ziyuan North Bus Station (资源客运北站) to Meixi Town (梅溪镇). From Meixi Town, hail a local minibus to take you to the park and wait for you whilst you explore the park.
Additional Bajiaozhai National Park Travel Advice
- Bajiaozhai National Forest Park is quite isolated (no direct bus to the park). So please arrange your transportation to/from the park beforehand as you won’t be able to rent a local minibus from this attraction.
- Please bring hiking sticks, warm clothes, enough bread or fruit, bottles of water, umbrellas, raincoat, cooling ointment and insect repellent.
- Entrance pricing is 60 CNY per person as at 18th January 2023. For the latest pricing information, please contact us via email (info@wendyweitours.com)