#Gayas Valley Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Villages
Address:
Lihu · Ganhe, Nandan County, Guangxi
Opening times:
Open today at 8:00-18:00Opening Soon
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 days
Phone:
0778-7977788
Trust me, you'll regret it if you don't come here
|||It's so amazing, this must be considered the pinnacle of domestic caves!
Location: Li Lake Yao Township, Nandan County, Hechi City, Guangxi.
Attraction: AAAA-rated attraction, comprising several scenic areas, including the Ge Ya Si Valley, Dong Tian Sheng Jing, and Bai Ku Yao Village.
Opening hours: 09:00-17:30.
Ticket: A through ticket for the three scenic spots is 110 yuan, including a shuttle bus.
Travel: Navigate to "Ge Ya Si Valley Tourist Center" or "Yao Wang Tian Xia Scenic Area" by self-driving.
There is a high-speed rail station in the Guangxi direction, Hechi West Station, but it's quite far. From the Guizhou direction, there is the Libo Station, which is closer and recommended to get here and then take a taxi.
There is an airport in Hechi, but there are very few flights, so check if there are flights from your location.
Accommodation: There are two hotels in the scenic area, with the Ge Ya Si Valley featuring characteristic mud houses, and the Bai Ku Yao Village side featuring buildings with a Yao village appearance. Alternatively, you can stay in Nandan County, which is a half-hour drive away.
Touring: It is recommended to start playing from the Ge Ya Si Valley side without taking the same route back. After entering the ticket check, on the left is the mud house area, and on the right is the entrance to Dong Tian Sheng Jing. After finishing Dong Tian Sheng Jing, transfer at the exit to Bai Ku Yao Village, and then return the same way to Ge Ya Si Valley to watch the bonfire party.
Ge Ya Si Valley → Dong Tian Sheng Jing → Bai Ku Yao Village → Dong Tian Sheng Jing → Ge Ya Si Valley.
Ge Ya Si Valley
Mainly features mud house accommodations and bonfire parties, with a pastoral charm.
Dong Tian Sheng Jing
An extremely impressive underground cave, with dark rivers, waterfalls, and canyons. The total length is 3.5 kilometers, and it takes about 1.5 hours to walk with stops. There is signal inside, and there are 2 toilets, so no need to worry about emergencies.
Bai Ku Yao Village
Some imitation folk buildings, mainly related to Bai Ku Yao, with performances on holidays, and mountain song performances during the March 3rd festival.
Photo spots: Pastoral homestays, underground caves, Bai Ku Yao.
Cuisine: Nandan County is close to Guizhou, and the sour soup beef offal and sour soup fish are very good. Xing Fu Cheng has a night market street with barbecue snacks and sweet soups, very lively.
Clothing: It's already hot in mid-April, short sleeves are enough. But importantly, it's a bit cold inside the caves, so long sleeves are needed. I saw some people wearing cotton clothes to go in.
TIPS:
The plank road is not wide, and it's easy to bump into others when it's crowded, so watch your phone, as it's impossible to retrieve anything from the dark underground river.
Dong Tian Sheng Jing can be considered a new attraction, and it's not crowded on non-holidays, so go in groups. Imagine what it feels like to walk alone in the long, empty, and dark underground.
If you're not driving yourself, you can ask the taxi driver to help buy tickets, locals only need to pay 80 yuan.
Experience:
It seems that it hasn't been featured on National Geographic yet, but I feel that this cave must be promoted in the future. Such an amazing attraction must be shared. Some say it's like 'The Grave Robbers' Chronicles,' but I think it's more like 'Journey to the Center of the Earth,' and it's definitely one of the must-visit places in life.
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Self-driving from Chongqing to Hainan
The first night, you might consider staying in Nandan.
At first, we didn't plan where to stay,
Duyun, Jinchengjiang were all under consideration,
After passing through Guizhou,
We were a bit tired,
There are limited accommodation options in Nandan County,
We found the 📍Goyas Valley Hotel next to Nandan.
✅Eight hours from Chongqing to the hotel
✅The hotel has a festive atmosphere at night, you can take a stroll if you arrive early.
✅When booking, they didn't mention breakfast, but they gave breakfast coupons when checking in. Breakfast ends at 9:30, with local rice noodles, buns, steamed buns, and porridge.
✅The house is made of mud walls, both inside and outside are very rustic, there are four rooms in the house, two upstairs and two downstairs, in the middle is a hall, with Yao-related displays.
✅There weren't many people the day I checked in, it was very quiet at night
✅You can wander around the next day, I really like this kind of house
✅Surrounded by delicate hills, it's like living in a bonsai
❌The navigation according to the software is wrong (but we also followed the road signs), we had to call for new navigation. Don't turn left where the navigation tells you to (there are also road signs), go straight for 500 meters and then turn left.