Yun Tai Shan Geo Park (雲台山地質公園)
Posted On Sunday, September 13, 2009 at at 1:43 AM by Alvin
We decided to go off the China Central (中原) well-beaten tracks and headed for a lesser known (to us) destination - the Yun Tai Shan Geo Park (雲台山地質公園), about 100km north of Zhengzhou (鄭州) - the provincial capital of Henan (河南). Lesser known to us it might have been, Yun Tai Shan was an absolutely magnet to our Mainland compatriots ! We found the parking lot packed solid with countless 100 seaters coaches on the day we arrived (Saturday), yikes ! The park was swarming with visitors as we bumped into the weekend !Basically, the physical geographical characteristics of Yun Tai Shan had numerous similarities to those of Arizona and Utah and the very informative museum inside the park displayed the waterfalls, canyons, rock formations of Yun Tai Shan alongside those of Zion, Bryce and the Grand Canyons as comparisons. Truly fascinating ! The park was beautifully studded with red canyons, emerald river streams, waterfalls thundering down from heights of a few hundred metres as well as numerous cascading rock pools, such a beauty ! Luckily, there were over 200 rustic hostels (農家旅館) to cater for the sudden influx of weekend tourists and we sampled greedily the "rustic menu" after a hard day's hiking around this amazing Geo Park. What a gem !
