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Red Maple Lake

Introducing Red Maple Lake
Located in the west outskirt of Guiyang, Guiyang Red Maple Lake covers an area of 200 square meters, a key national scenic spot in China integrating the sights of a plateau lake, karst formations, and ethnic cultures. The lake is a typical karst plateau lake dotted with over 170 islets of various sizes and surrounded by grand and beautiful mountains.

Red Maple Lake Fast Facts
• Chinese Name: Hongfenghu 红枫湖
• Best Time to Visit: September to November
• Recommended Visiting Hours: About 1 to 2 hours
• Things to Do: Photography, Nature, Boating
• Opening Hours: 07:00-19:00
• Entrance Fee: ¥40 from Mar to Oct; ¥30 from Nov to Feb
• Address: Hubin Road, Qinzhen, Guiyang, Guizhou Province

What to expect at Red Maple Lake

The Red Maple Lake is an ideal place for ecotourism. Sailing on the lake, you can enjoy the cliffs, the bends, the flying gulls and egrets, and the fishes jumping in the rapids. Traveling in the surrounding mountains, you can enjoy the twittering birds and lush trees. The natural karst caves together with the lake and the mountains form amazing sights featuring islets in a lake among mountains; caves hidden in the islets and the lake running through the caves. The karst caves at Jiangjun Bend are the most famous.

With the Miao, Bouyei, Yi and other ethnic groups living around for generations, ethnic culture tourism is an indispensable part of the Guiyang Red Maple Lake. In 1991, the Dong Village was open to the public, being the first village built for ethic culture tourism in scenic areas of China. Afterwards, the Miao Village and the Bouyei Village were completed successively. The ethnic culture tourism is the most dynamic tourism project in the Guiyang Red Maple Lake. The Guiyang Red Maple Ethnic Villages has become an important window displaying the customs and cultures of the ethnic groups in Guizhou Province.

Guiyang Red Maple Lake has put in place an effective protection system of scenic resources to manage the protection of the vegetation, the lake and the land formations, which lays a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the scenic resources in the area. Over 10 scenic areas have been completed and scores of scenic spots have been open to the public, such as the Dicheng Pass, the Sightseeing Hill, the Dong & Miao Village, the Enyuan Garden, the Jiangjun Bend, etc.

How to get to Red Maple Lake
• Take bus No. 801 to Qingzhen Zhengfu Guangchang Station. Then take Qingzhen 3 or 6 to the scenic area.
• Take bus No. 802 to Qingzhen Bus Station. Then take Qingzhen 3 to the scenic area.

Additional travel advice on Red Maple Lake
• Please take care while taking a boat cruise in the lake.

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