Last time, we introduced you the Stone Kingdom, the Tunbao village in China's Southwest Guizhou province. As a follow-up, we will give you a glimpse of another sub-hot tourist destination: Huaping Nature Preservation Zone in Guilin of the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with its lush forest and spectacular waterfalls.

Huaping Nature Preservation Zone stretches across over Longsheng and Lingui counties, covering an area of over 133 million square meters, of which more than 40 million square meters are under absolute protection. The preservation zone is a nature ecosystem with a treasure of more than 2,000 plant species and over 600 species of rare animals and birds.

  The Forest

The forest an area covered by a dense primitive forest, is a major attraction that provides travelers a narrow but beautiful vision. Bamboo forests abound here, with plenty of weathered trees and vines overgrown with moss lining along the road. Moeru frogs as big as a fist can be seen lying by the roadside every now and then.

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  The Waterfall

On the outskirts of Huaping Nature Preservation Zone lies a very beautiful place: the natural but mysterious Nine-beach Waterfall (Jiu Tan Waterfall). The locals refer to a drop of elevation as Tan (beach), so Nine-beach Waterfall means the waterfall has nine drops from the upper reach to the lower reach, with a beach as part of the waterfall. Although it is said to be the waterfall with the largest drop in elevation around Guilin , it remains unexploited.

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   Travel tips

With the primitive forest, the spectacular waterfall and the simple and pure local people, Huaping Nature Protection Zone will undoubtedly make your trip a worthwhile one.

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