PreeChina · Sight Guide
8 sights within 140 km of Zhengzhou. Pick the ones you want and PreeChina can build a private, custom or tailor-made tour around them.
At a Glance
Price
Per person, in US dollars. The price covers the guide, the ground service, and the transport, meals and tickets in the itinerary, and it falls as the group grows. What a price includes and leaves out.
| Travelers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day trip | USD 305 | USD 220 | USD 185 | USD 175 | USD 160 | USD 155 | USD 145 | USD 135 |
Premium hotels and first-class rail raise the price: the selectors on Private Tours show by how much. The final price is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
Why These Sights
8 mountain sights lie within 140 km of central Zhengzhou, from Shizushan at 46 km to Honggushan Scenic Area at 139 km. They are: Shizushan, Mount Song, Dahongzhai Scenic Area, Shennong Mountain, Wangmangling Scenic Area, Gulingshan Scenic Area, Wuyanshan Scenic Area, Honggushan Scenic Area.
This page lists the sights and how far each one sits from the city centre. It does not set a length for the trip: your private itinerary decides which sights to combine, the order and the number of days.
The Zhengzhou city guide covers the city itself.
Map
The gold marker is central Zhengzhou. Numbers run from the closest sight to the farthest.
Sight by Sight
46 km from central Zhengzhou, straight line
Once called Mount Juci. Tradition says the Yellow Emperor was active here, and the mountain holds rock symbols of unknown age.
61 km from central Zhengzhou, straight line
The Central Sacred Mountain of the Five Great Mountains, in two parts, Taishi and Shaoshi. Strata from the Archean to the Cenozoic show in one continuous exposure, with five geological eras all present, which is rare in China and led to a World Geopark.
74 km from central Zhengzhou, straight line
A spur of the Funiu Mountains, with caves and red autumn leaves.
88 km from central Zhengzhou, straight line
Tradition says Shennong tasted the hundred herbs here. White pines grow from bare rock along the ridge, with roots clutching like claws.
102 km from central Zhengzhou, straight line
A cliff-edge plateau in the southern Taihang range that looks east over the Henan plain with a drop of more than a thousand metres. Cliffs ringed the village of Xiyagou below, with no road out.
113 km from central Zhengzhou, straight line
Gorges and mountain temples in a spur of the Taihang, said to be where Nüwa melted stones to mend the sky.
139 km from central Zhengzhou, straight line
Tradition says the Tang physician Sun Simiao spent his last years here gathering herbs and writing, and the mountain keeps the Medicine King Cave and cliff inscriptions.
139 km from central Zhengzhou, straight line
The Five Dynasties painter Jing Hao lived in seclusion at Hong Valley and named himself Hongguzi.
Distances
| # | Sight | Type | Straight line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shizushan | Mountain | 46 km |
| 2 | Mount Song | Mountain | 61 km |
| 3 | Dahongzhai Scenic Area | Mountain | 74 km |
| 4 | Shennong Mountain | Mountain | 88 km |
| 5 | Wangmangling Scenic Area | Mountain | 102 km |
| 6 | Gulingshan Scenic Area | Mountain | 113 km |
| 7 | Wuyanshan Scenic Area | Mountain | 139 km |
| 8 | Honggushan Scenic Area | Mountain | 139 km |
Straight-line distances from the centre of Zhengzhou. Road and rail distances are longer.
Independent Travel
Arranging these 8 stops yourself keeps the budget lower. It also means booking each one and the transfers between them. Compare a private tour with independent travel, or ask PreeChina to plan it.
Custom Tour
This route is a starting point: 1 day and 8 stops. PreeChina plans it as a private, tailor-made trip and changes the stops, the days and the pace to your group.
Questions
This page lists 8, all within 140 km of central Zhengzhou in a straight line.
Shizushan, at 46 km from the centre in a straight line.
139 km in a straight line. The road distance is longer.
It depends on which sights you combine. Your private itinerary sets the number of days, the order and the pace with you.
Anyone who wants a slow day. The route links 8 stops, so each visit is short. Tell PreeChina which stops matter most and the others can go.
Explore More
This route is in Henan. The province page lists its city guides, themes, museums and other routes.
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Tell us when you arrive in Zhengzhou, who is travelling and how much time you have. We build the route around your group.
