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A unique tourist site, the Hou'er Sinkhole Scenic Area is an enclosed Tiankeng which is a natural depression where an underground river traverses across the bottom of a gorge between two underground cave openings. China has the deepest and greatest number of Tiankeng caves in the world with some reaching a depth of 500 meters. | A unique tourist site, the Hou'er Sinkhole Scenic Area is an enclosed Tiankeng which is a natural depression where an underground river traverses across the bottom of a gorge between two underground cave openings. China has the deepest and greatest number of Tiankeng caves in the world with some reaching a depth of 500 meters. | ||
| − | Unlike most gorge scenic areas that appeal to tourists, the Hou'er Sinkhole area is geared towards younger guests who wear climbing gear that allows them to walk across open | + | Unlike most gorge scenic areas that appeal to tourists, the Hou'er Sinkhole area is geared towards younger guests who wear climbing gear that allows them to walk across open plank footbridges as well as dangling from a steel rail that hangs off the edge of the cliff. There is also a swing jump that drops you down into the canyon. |
The higher footbridge looks to have a span of approximately 85 meters while the lower footbridges are around 50 meters high. | The higher footbridge looks to have a span of approximately 85 meters while the lower footbridges are around 50 meters high. | ||
Revision as of 00:19, 27 June 2023
Hou'er Sinkhole Scenic Area Footbridge
开阳猴耳天坑风景区接桥
Kaiyang, Guizhou, China
(246) feet high / (75) meters high
(279) foot span / (85) meter span
2019
A unique tourist site, the Hou'er Sinkhole Scenic Area is an enclosed Tiankeng which is a natural depression where an underground river traverses across the bottom of a gorge between two underground cave openings. China has the deepest and greatest number of Tiankeng caves in the world with some reaching a depth of 500 meters.
Unlike most gorge scenic areas that appeal to tourists, the Hou'er Sinkhole area is geared towards younger guests who wear climbing gear that allows them to walk across open plank footbridges as well as dangling from a steel rail that hangs off the edge of the cliff. There is also a swing jump that drops you down into the canyon.
The higher footbridge looks to have a span of approximately 85 meters while the lower footbridges are around 50 meters high.
Hou'er Sinkhole Scenic Area Footbridge satellite image.
Hou'er Sinkhole Scenic Area Footbridge location map.
