Waterfalls just outside Guiyang City!

Tianhetan Park ⛰ This is situated about a 25-45 mins drive on the outskirts of Guiyang City. 🚗 It was obviously built to host a heap of tourists at one time and is now a nice quiet place to come explore and see some waterfalls as an easy day trip from the city. 🗺 The maps are a little hard to read (and very very few) so I would make sure to take a photo at the entrance and pre-plan your route as I ended up almost missing the river cruise and def went in a small extra circle! There are places to buy snacks along the whole way too. 🎫 If you are a foreigner, you can’t buy the ticket through the online mini program, so make sure to visit the Visitor Centre on the right as soon as you enter to buy your tickets (although no English staff). It’s 80rmb and it includes a shuttle bus + entrance + river cave cruise. You can. Pay less without the shuttle if you want to walk the extra 4.5kms into the park but I found there was enough walking through the park. I paid an extra 40rmb to do the zipline which goes over the falls which was nice but a little short. Follow signs for the “docking” which in on your right and up some stairs (and then down) when you first get off the shuttle river cruise. This is hilarious as the cave is full of neon and it’s narrow. 🛶 The cave tunnel is not natural and has been painted in hilarious glow in the dark paint with “glow worms”, “sea creatures” and even “dinosaurs fossils” carved into the walls and the cruise is around 15mins. You then get off the boat and it takes about 30 mins to go through the cave itself. Had your standard neon lights, lots of steps but is a nice cool relief in the midday sun. The shuttle drops you off at some outlet shops like Fila etc, or you can go through an area that is full of restaurants at the end. If you are hungry, I would suggest going to the lady who has set up a noodle stand outside the park entrance near the drop off/pick up point for taxis (just past the random burger joint that plays loud music). 🤩 Overall, there are some nice views, make sure to wear sunscreen and have a hat if it’s sunny as quite a lot of it is exposed.