[2025 Zhanjiang ] Travel Guide for Zhanjiang Black-headed Gull Cruise (Updated Jan)

Enjoy a 6-day seaside trip to Zhanjiang and Hailing Island this New Year holiday, and embrace the warm winter sun and the sea! -------------------- 🏖️Itinerary: Day 1: Former French Consulate in Guangzhou Bay > Xiashan Catholic Church > Seaside Promenade Travel through history and modernity, and experience the perfect blend of French architecture and coastal scenery. Day 2: Chikan Republic of China Style Street > Zhanjiang Red-billed Gull Cruise > Nanjicun Village > Dengloujiao Experience the style of the Republic of China, take a cruise to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Zhanjiang, and visit Nanjicun Village and the mysterious Dengloujiao. Day 3: Huguangyan > Huguangyan Maar Lake Explore the natural wonders of Huguangyan and enjoy the tranquility and beauty of Maar Lake. Day 4: Hailing Island > Mawei Island > Mazu Temple Enjoy the sea breeze of Hailing Island, the beautiful scenery of Mawei Island, and the cultural atmosphere of Mazu Temple. Day 5: Free time on Hailing Island Explore Hailing Island freely and enjoy the leisure and freedom of the island. Day 6: Mangrove Forest Scenic Area Feel the green charm of nature and experience the magic and magnificence of the mangrove forest. -------------------- Must-visit attractions: ✨Huguangyan✨ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📍Address: Huguang Town, Mazhang District, Zhanjiang City ⏰Opening hours: 07:30–18:00 🕰️Recommended visit time: 4–8 hours The clear lake surrounded by volcanic rocks reflects the sky like a mirror. It's breathtakingly beautiful! ✨Zhanjiang Red-billed Gull Cruise✨ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📍Address: Next to the sales office of Poly Tianyue Bay, No. 8 Guangzhou Bay Avenue, Chikan District, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province ⏰Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10:00–15:00; Sat–Sun 10:00–18:30 🕰️Recommended visit time: 1–2 hours A great cruise! It offers sightseeing, food, and entertainment, making it a great choice for experiencing the coastal style of Zhanjiang! ✨Hailing Island✨ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📍Address: No. 38 Haibin Road, Zhapo Town, Jiangcheng District, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province ⏰Opening hours: All day 🕰️Recommended visit time: 1–2 days The fourth largest island in Guangdong, it not only has beautiful beaches and blue sea, but also delicious seafood waiting for you to taste! -------------------- Travel essentials: 🎒Going to Zhanjiang and Hailing Island? Don't forget to bring these! 👕 Clothing: Short sleeves, shorts, sandals, swimsuits, and swimming trunks. Don't forget sunscreen clothing and a sun hat. 🎩 Accessories: Sunglasses, a parasol, a waterproof phone bag, and beach toys for more fun. 💳 Documents: ID card, cash, bank card, and student ID for discounts. 🧴 Skincare and sunscreen: Sunscreen, moisturizing spray, and repair mask to protect your skin. 💊 Medicine: Band-aids, stomach medicine, mosquito repellent, and sunscreen medicine for emergencies. -------------------- Come to Zhanjiang and Hailing Island to enjoy the romance of the sun, beach, and sea. Pack your bags and start your island trip now!

Old friends, enjoy a 3-day trip to Maoming and Zhanjiang, and experience the culture, art, and sea views! Yanjiangling, Chikan Old Street, and Xu Aizhou's Former Residence are waiting for you to explore! -- Must-see attractions: Zhanjiang Red-billed Gull Cruise ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Address: Next to the sales office of Poly Tianyue Bay, No. 8 Guangzhou Bay Avenue, Chikan District, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province - Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10:00–15:00; Saturday to Sunday 10:00–18:30 - Duration: 1–2 hours - Enjoy the sea breeze and sea views, and admire the scenery on both sides of Zhanjiang Port. This relaxing cruise is perfect for old friends to enjoy a leisurely trip. Maoming Dianbai District Tongziwan Tourist Scenic Area ⭐⭐ - Address: Wangcungang, Nanhai Street, Dianbai District, Maoming City, Guangdong Province - Opening hours: All day - Duration: 2–3 hours - The vast sea and picturesque scenery make it a great place to relax. Old friends can enjoy a relaxing seaside vacation. -- Travel checklist: 🧳 👕 Clothing: Prepare a light jacket or down jacket to cope with the temperature difference between morning and evening. Bring a few pairs of comfortable long pants for daytime activities. 👟 Shoes: Choose a pair of non-slip sneakers for a more stable and relaxing walk. 🎩 Hats and sunglasses: A wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses are a must-have for sun protection and style. 🌂 Rain gear: It may rain in December, so bring a portable umbrella to avoid unexpected showers. 📷 Photography equipment: Don't forget your camera or phone. The beautiful scenery is not to be missed, and you can record your travel moments at any time. 💳 Documents and money: ID card, cash, and bank card are essential for travel, and safety is the top priority. 🧴 Sunscreen and skincare: High SPF sunscreen to protect your skin from damage, so you can still look beautiful after your trip. -- From Maoming to Zhanjiang, there is endless scenery along the way. Don't miss any of the beautiful scenery. Pack your bags and start exploring!

Here, with a long history, the lake and mountains reflect each other, creating a picturesque scenery with deep cultural connotations. It is also one of the three existing volcanic lakes in our country, and one of the two major maar lakes in the world. It has coastal geomorphological relics from more than 200,000 years ago and is a good place for leisure and sightseeing. It is Huguangyan, a must-visit spot in Zhanjiang. Non-local tourists may be unfamiliar with this scenic area. In fact, Huguangyan Scenic Area is well-known locally. The full name of Huguangyan Scenic Area is Huguangyan World Geopark, a famous local volcanic crater scenic area with a long formation history and high scientific value. Especially the sediments at the bottom of the lake, which truly restore the development and changes of ancient climate and environment, are typical representatives of China's maar lakes, containing a lot of information about ancient environmental changes, and have high reference and research value. Huguangyan World Geopark is located in Huguang Town, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province. Not only does it have a deep historical background, but the scenery is also beautiful. Here, the mirror-like lake reflects the moon, the sky and the water blend together, ancient trees tower into the sky, roots are twisted and intertwined, vegetation is lush, and the air is excellent. Being here makes people feel relaxed and peaceful. In addition to this, there are cliffs and steep walls all around, with a majestic momentum, especially the stratification of volcanic rocks and the rhythm of eruption, which are still clear and complete. The folds, joints and faults formed by the stratification of volcanic rocks, in the long river of time, with the occurrence of tectonic movements, show the original horizontal stratification as either inclined, upright, or curved, which is pleasing to the eye. There is also a cliff stone carving with the words 'Huguangyan', which was inscribed by Li Gang, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty. It has been preserved to this day, and the font is still clear and distinguishable, with a sense of history and age. The must-see attractions mainly include Huguangyan Maar Lake and Leiqiong World Geopark Museum, etc. Here, let's first popularize the maar lake. The so-called maar lake can be intuitively understood as a rare volcanic lake, and it is extremely rare. As the name suggests, it is a lake formed by the sinking of land water after the cooling of a volcanic eruption. The lake water self-purifies and never dries up. Main attractions overview: Huguangyan Maar Lake is about 20 meters deep, mainly sourced from the infiltration of groundwater and the replenishment of natural rainwater, composed of the east and west lakes, with the west lake being the largest. Here, the mountains are clear and the water is beautiful, the lake is clear, and the trail is leisurely, very suitable for calming down and self-cultivation here. Leiqiong World Geopark Museum is one of the important attractions of Huguangyan Scenic Area. The exhibition hall covers a large area, with pictures and texts complementing each other, rich in content, exquisite and unparalleled, vividly and vividly introducing the evolution process of Huguangyan geology, which is eye-opening. Traffic strategy: The nearest public transportation stops nearby are the third and ninth routes. Tourists going there can get off at the west or east gate of Huguangyan and arrive. The farthest stop from the scenic area is route 507. Tourists going there need to get off at the intersection of Ocean University Road, and then walk about two kilometers to arrive. Non-self-driving tourists get on the bus from Zhanjiang West Station or Lianjiang Station, and need to follow the original route of Route 6 or Route 9 to arrive. Ticket policy: Adult tickets are 50 yuan per person, college students are 25 yuan per person, primary and secondary school students are 15 yuan per person, children under 1.2 meters (not included) and elderly people over 65 years old (included) are exempt from tickets. Friendly reminder: The lake tour bus is 20 yuan per person, and children are ten yuan per person. The lake driving distance is seven kilometers per lap. The scenic area is open all year round and closes at 18 o'clock every day. If you have plenty of time, you can also go to Techeng Island, which is about 15 kilometers away from the scenic area. It is a natural good port in the waterway of Zhanjiang Bay. The air there is beautiful, it is spring all year round, the sea water is clear and bottomless, and thousands of acres of mangroves are scattered, which is spectacular. You can also experience the Zhanjiang Red-billed Gull Cruise, which is 18 kilometers away from the scenic area, and take a boat to enjoy the scenery on both sides of Zhanjiang Port.

After finishing our journey in Shaoguan, Guangzhou and Zhongshan, we took a three-hour intercity train straight to Zhanjiang. This was my first meeting with Zhanjiang. Our first tour started from Jinsha Bay, where we took a red-billed gull cruise to tour the ten-mile military port. Zhanjiang is the location of the headquarters of our country's South Sea Fleet, and Zhanjiang Port is exactly the anchorage of the South Sea Fleet's ships. Among our high school classmates, several were admitted to military academies, and later two of them joined the South Sea Fleet and still work in Guangzhou and Zhanjiang after retirement. This trip to Southern Guangdong is also a journey to revisit the friendship of classmates. Due to the military importance of the military port, we dare not post close-up photos of the ships. I remember in the early 1980s, when we were in high school, the military singer Su Xiaoming sang a song 'Night of the Military Port', which was popular all over the country, and we were familiar with it. I just don't know whether our old classmates who joined the navy were influenced by this song? Green years are crazier than songs, have you ever guarded the sea in your dreams? After experiencing the vast clouds and waters, you still return as a young man.

Golden Sand Bay. Tianyue Bay, Golden Sand Bay, with its Sheraton hotel architecture, golden beaches, azure sea, beautiful harbor and 'red-billed gull' cruise ship, has attracted countless tourists to travel, sightseeing, boating, photography, and has truly become a web celebrity check-in place in Zhanjiang, a harbor city! The two bays are connected into one, whether it is self-driving or taking public transportation to the scenic spot is very convenient, especially cycling has a unique advantage. In the scenic spot, walking from north to south, from Golden Sand Bay to Tianyue Bay, or walking from south to north in reverse, you can see the scenery of the two bays. The two bays are open all day, and when night falls, the night view together with the surrounding city light show is even more charming. Zhanjiang's special snacks and traditional operas also appear one after another, blending into this modern night, traditional and modern reflect each other, adding unparalleled charm to the port city. Zhanjiang·Guangdong

Zhanjiang has a bird called the red-billed gull. These seabirds are known as the fairy of Penglai Island. They fly on the surface of Zhanjiang River, bringing auspiciousness and good luck to Zhanjiang. Zhanjiang people like this seabird and even name the cruise ship as a red-billed gull. Red-billed Gull cruises the whole journey about 80 minutes, starting from Fisherman's Wharf, passing through Chikan Jinshawan Guanhai Promenade, Bay Bridge, Shilijun Port, Techeng Island, Zhanjiang Port Area, etc., the whole line is called For the "Harbour Range Rover." Sitting on a cruise ship, you can see a huge cargo ship or fishing boat that has been seen on the sea. They are dotted with the sea surface and become a beautiful scenery on the sea, so that the sea will always prosper. The junction port spans 8 terminals and has a total length of about 7 kilometers. Therefore, the Zhanjiang South Sea Fleet is also known as the Shili Jungang. On a fixed day of each year, visitors can also be invited to enter the warships. I don't know who will be lucky enough to be able to touch these warships on such a day. Onboard limited time, tickets are about 50 yuan