Beijing Guided Cave Tour
Caving is a great hobby for cave enthusiasts or outdoor lovers who are interested in exploring the hidden world below the Earth's surface. Go caving is also a unique and cool way to see, feel and smell the landscape you are going to visit. Beijing is blessed with quite a few karst caves with spectacular views. Some of the caves have been thoroughly explored and great safe measures have been taken to make sure people cave safely.
These caves are easy to access and you don't have to be an avid spelunker or speleologist to go spelunking in these caves. Tour Beijing organizes potholing day tours exploring the top 4 commercial caves in Beijing's suburbs.
Beijing Guided Cave Private Day Tours
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 Highlights: Stone Flower Cave, Silver Fox Cave and Yunshui Cave Tour Type: A Private Tour Duration: 8-9 Hours Starting Point: Your Hotel in Beijing around 8:00 am Tour Code: BCV-01 Price: Click Here |
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Highlights: Jingdong Cave, Bolitai Great Wall and Home Lunch Tour Type: A Private Tour Duration: 8-9 Hours Starting Point: Your Hotel in Beijing around 8:00 am Tour Code: BCV - 02 Price: Click Here |
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Highlights: Stone flower Cave, Yunju Temple, and Zhoukoudian Tour Type: Private Duration: 8-9 hours Pick-up point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 8:00 am Tour Code: FSHK-01 Price: Click Here |
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1. Shihua Cave (The Stone Flower Cave) 石花洞
The Stone Flower Cave is located in Fangshan District, about 50 km southwest of Beijing city center. It was first discovered in 1446, Ming Dynasty by a Buddhist monk, Yuanguang. The structure of the cave is 7-level and multi-branch. Now the 7 levels have been explored while the only the floors from the 1st to the 3rd are opened to the public with a total length of 2.5 km.
Beijing Stone Flower Cave is one of the 4 most famous caves in China with a superb collection of beautiful sights. At present, only two levels are open to the public. The first level is more than 300 metres long, and contains a corridor, a pool like a lotus flower, three big halls, and a cave with an inner cave.
2. Yinhu Cave ( Silver Fox Cave) 银狐洞
About 14 km to the west of Shihua Cave ( The Stone Flower Cave ) lies the Yinhu Cave ( Silver Fox Cave ), about 60 km to the southwest of Beijing city center. Silver Fox Cave is such named because there is a fox-shaped snow-white calcite crystal which is very rare and precious, therefore, the cave got the name Yinhu (Silver Fox).
This multi-layer karst cave is luxuriantly a wonderful spectacle. The winding cave is about 4500 meters long with a water river of 1500 meters long. In the cave, there are uncommon various stalactites, white stalagmites, grand stone pillars, asbestos, shining stone waterfalls.
3. Yunshui Cave in the Shangfangshan Mountain 上方山云水洞
Shangfangshan, as the branch of the Mt. Yan, is located in Fangshan Districe, in the southwest of Beijing's suburban area. With its main peak 860 meters, the Shangfangshan Park is characterized by vast area of woods, nine marvelous karst caves, twelve stupendous peaks, seventy-two ancient temples, and the largest stupa group in North China.
Yunshui Cave is the most famous spot in the Shangfangshan Park. It is locates about, 42km to the southwest of Shihua Cave and 73 km to the southwest of Beijing city center. It is the largest karst cave in the Northern China.
4. Jingdong Grand Karst Cave 京东大溶洞
Jingdong Karst Cave has existed ever since 1.5 billion years before, hence the name of "The Oldest Karst Cave in the world". This karst cave stretches over 25,00m including a 100m boat trip inside the karst cave. The temperature inside the karst cave is stable, warm in winter and cool in summer.
The karst cave is divided into 8 viewing areas named after the unique rock formations, the stalactites, stalagmites, and columns that can be found inside the cave. The formations were created over thousands of years by dripping water. Some of the eight viewing areas are given interesting names like "Fairyland in Penglai", "Spring Rain in Southern China", "Water Curtain Cave", "Heavenly Torch" and so on.
Tips for Beijing Cave Tour
1. These are commercial caves which are set up with lights aplenty.
2. Try to avoid weekend and find a slow day to go caving.
3. Though caves are already well lit, try to have a tripod for good photos.
4. Don't ever go caving alone and always have a guide with you.
5. Caves are cold and often wet. Make sure you wear warmly according to the season.
6. Wear comfortable breathable clothes but not loose enough to snag on sharp edges along the way. Long sleeves and pants will protect you from unnecessary cuts and scrapes, while sturdy hiking boots with good traction will protect you from slipping on uneven cave floors.
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