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Huangguoshu Waterfall

Huangguoshu Waterfall

Write: Saumya [2011-05-23]

Opening hours: all day
Admission Fee: CNY 180 (including Waterfall, Tianxingqiao Bridge and Doupotang Scenic Areas)

Contact
: Tel :0853-3592321, 3592700,3592131 Address: Anshun City, Guizhou Province, 45 km west, Zhenning, Guanling counties within the North Pan River tributaries Baishuihe on.

Best time
: rainy season of summer and autumn

Complaint Phone
: 0853-3281747
Transportation: City Transport: Anshun City Railway Station, Bus Station South Station and the bus each day to coach the West sent to Huangguoshu.
Huangguoshu Waterfall, a milky way in miniature, is the largest waterfall in Asia. Seventy-four meters (243 feet) high and eighty-one meters (266 feet) wide, it is a scenic marvel. Do not miss it if you are in Guizhou Province.
Known as the Huangguoshu Waterfall National Park, it is 45 kilometers (28 miles) southwest of Anshun city in Guizhou Province. Together with minor waterfalls, the charms of Huangguoshu Waterfall are a natural tourist drawing card. Hospitable ethic groups add the human touch.

Its highlight is one of the largest waterfalls of Asia: Huangguoshu Waterfall reaching a width of 81 meters and plunging 68 meters down into Xiniu Pool (Rhinoceros Pool) which is an 11-meter-deep (36 feet) Rhinoceros shaped pool, sending foams up by 100 meters. And roars can be heard kilometers away. Rainbow appears in sunny days, adding a touch of beauty to the majesty of the cataract. It together with other 18 waterfall forms a spectacular waterfall group which is appraised as the largest waterfall group in the world by Guinness World Records. Besides, there are four subterranean rivers and 100 caves and massive Karst complex covering some 450 square kilometers.

The sight of Huanghuoshu Waterfall changes according to different seasons for the volume of the water varies during rainy season (May to October) and dry season (November to April).It typically peaks in July and August with a flow of more than 700 cubic meters of water per second, and down to the smallest at December and January when the waterfall segmented as four pieces of white cloth hanging on the cliff.

Comparing with other famous waterfalls around the world, Huangguoshu Waterfall is one of few waterfalls that can be viewed from above, below, front, back, left and right in the world. There is a Water-Curtain Cave named "Shuiliandong" in Chinese located at the halfway up the cliff back of the waterfall. It is a 134 m (440 ft) long naturally formed cave which allows visitors to not only view, but also hear and touch the waterfall. Visitors can admire rainbow arches the waterfall from the cave during the period from 9am to 5pm in a sunny day.