Eastern Taihang Travel Guide for Handan

Reverse travel, starting from Beijing, self-driving to Handan, it takes five and a half hours to reach Eastern Taihang. For those who love climbing, Eastern Taihang is a must-visit for its spectacular and breathtaking views. The unique terrain features towering stone pillars, part of the Danxia landform. The plank roads built on the cliffs are over a kilometer high and are considered a man-made wonder. The facilities in the scenic area are also very well constructed. 🎟Ticket prices: 🎫Entrance ticket: 130 🚠Cable car round trip: 140 🎟Combo ticket: 290 Discount method: Purchase the Handan tourism annual card for 88 yuan, which includes Eastern Taihang and other famous attractions, plus 140 yuan for a round-trip cable car; Detailed route for those with good physical strength: 1. Overall: The last two images are maps, the fluorescent green is the route we took, totaling 13 kilometers, climbing 500 meters, taking 5 hours; 2. Cable car: Take the cable car right after entering. We climb mountains all year round, and we chose the cable car here because the top of the mountain is vast and time-consuming. We walked and climbed 13 kilometers on the mountain top, and the scenery is beautiful in a large area on the top. Unless you have absolutely enough time, you can try not to take the cable car. The cable car section has 2900 steps to walk up the mountain; 3. Get off the cable car at South Heaven Gate, and start walking towards 'Middle Heaven Gate' clockwise 4. Near Middle Heaven Gate, there is an elevator. If you have poor physical strength, you can take it. It's relatively easy to climb up more than 200 steps; you don't need to buy an elevator ticket if you have a cable car ticket 5. Continue clockwise from Middle Heaven Gate to the spaceship restaurant, Taihang Pillar 6. If you want to go to North Peak from the Pillar, do not take the elevator down, because taking the elevator will miss the fork in the road to North Peak (if you have poor physical strength, don't go to North Peak, you can continue the clockwise tour by taking this elevator down;) 7. Start descending from the left fork of the elevator, go down to the next level, and you will see the sign to the left towards North Peak 8. Keep going forward, there is also an elevator to leverage, you can take it or not depending on your physical strength 9. Walk past a waterfall and a section of the Great Wall 10. When you reach Dieyun Bridge, there are two paths, either is fine, both will take you around several mountain tops and then down; 11. Head back, all the way to the Pillar, continue down towards the elevator, keep walking, this part feels very long, finally walk to the cable car to go down the mountain; ✨Average physical strength: Just take the cable car up and walk the flatter roads, take the elevator when you see it, if you can walk then go directly to the Pillar for a round trip, which is also 9km. If you have average physical strength, just turn back as far as you can walk after getting off the cable car; ⚠️Note: 1. The wind is quite strong on the mountain, it's a bit chilly, keep warm 2. There are two or three small restaurants and snack bars selling food and drinks, but it's best to bring 2 bottles of water yourself 3. The mountain is steep, pay attention to safety;