Southwest China
The Huangguoshu fall drops 67 metres across 101 metres of travertine — wide rather than tall, and loud enough to hear from the car park. The scenic area holds eighteen falls in one river system, which is why a half day here undersells it.
The case for going
The trail runs behind the curtain of water — expect to get wet and to want to.
The widest fall in the park, best photographed from the downstream bridge in the morning.
A three-kilometre karst water garden of stepping stones and pools; the quietest corner of the park.
A 2,000-metre span over a 400-metre gorge, with a viewing platform engineered for people who like heights.
Stone-slab houses and indigo dyeing in the villages east of the scenic gate.
Practical
Subtropical, humid. Spray-cooled in summer, misty and green after rain.
Anshun Huangguoshu (AVA) has limited flights; most travellers drive 2 hours from Guiyang or take the HSR to Anshun West and transfer 40 minutes.
Airport. Anshun Huangguoshu Airport (AVA)
Rail. Anshun West is on the Shanghai–Kunming HSR, about 35 minutes from Guiyang North.
In pictures
Questions travellers ask
One full day covers the great waterfall, the water-curtain cave behind it and the surrounding gorge viewpoints. It is the anchor excursion of the Guiyang loop.
The park-side hotels for the first slot of the morning at the falls, or back in Anshun town. Most routes do it as a day trip from Guiyang, 90 minutes each way.
Drive or train from Guiyang to Anshun, under 90 minutes, then the park shuttle. The high-speed rail from Guiyang to Anshun takes 30 minutes.
Yes — it is the largest waterfall in Asia and the curtain-cave walk behind it is an experience no other major waterfall offers.
Routes through here
Southwest & Western China
6days
Guizhou is what Yunnan looked like twenty years ago: waterfalls without barriers, karst rivers that run green over stone, and Miao villages where the silver is still made by hand. Six days does the three highlights without a wasted transfer.
From US$1,600per person
Combine it with
Where to stay
Bolian · Ultra Luxury
Seventeen villas inside the waterfall scenic area, each with its own hot-spring plunge pool and a terrace facing the gorge. The only way to be at Huangguoshu before the tour buses and after they leave.
From US$370 per night
Valid to 2027-03-31
