Tengchong volcano geothermal National Geopark

According to the research, Tengchong County is built on the karst rock which erupted, cooled and solidified 900000 years ago. There are 97 volcanic bodies and several lava platforms in Tengchong Volcanic Park, which is one of the four major volcanic groups in China. The volcanic cones, lava caves, lava rock fields, volcanic lakes, weir waterfalls and columnar joints in the park are large-scale, concentrated and well preserved. There are other scenic spots such as Dakong mountain, Xiaokong mountain, heikong mountain, columnar joint, cuttlefish River, etc.

Tengchong volcano geothermal National Geopark

Yunnan Tengchong Volcanic geothermal National Geopark is located in Tengchong County, western Yunnan Province. It spans the geographic coordinates of e98 ° 23 ′～ 98 ° 39 ′, n24 ° 53 ′～ 25 ° 27 ′. It is composed of several volcanic groups with a protection area of 12km2 and a distribution area of main geological relics of 8km2.

Tengchong volcano has the characteristics of young age, frequent activity, dense distribution, complete types and special geological conditions. The underground magma is still active, which provides a continuous source of heat for Tengchong hot spring. Tengchong volcano geothermal park is mainly composed of a large number of volcanoes and geothermal resources with complete types and unique landscapes. It integrates the characteristics of geological landforms, national culture and biodiversity. It can carry out large-scale activities such as scientific research and popular science, sightseeing, leisure and recuperation, ecological tourism and cultural tourism.

The main scenic spots are: big boiling pot, cucumbers, Guming spring, pearl spring, glasses spring, beauty pool, etc. Driving 24 kilometers southwest from the county seat, the big boiling pot climbed the hillside, only to see the heat curling and the faint smell of sulfur. In the shrubbery at Potou, there is a boiling spring in the sulfur pond. It is round, about 6 meters in diameter and 1.5 meters deep. It is surrounded by eight semicircular stone slabs. The heat wave is fierce all year round, and the water temperature is as high as 96.6 ℃. It is commonly known as "big rolling pot".

It was established with the approval of the Ministry of land and resources of the people's Republic of China on December 10, 2001, awarded the license on February 28, 2002 and officially opened on September 30, 2002. It was rated as Yunnan science popularization education base in 2007 and national science popularization education base in 2010.

Features of scenic spots

Liuliutang is located in the center of a depression platform 16 kilometers southwest of Tengchong County. The circular pool is about 3 meters in diameter and more than 1 meter deep. There is no place at the bottom of the pool where there is no air and water spray. The water temperature reaches 96 ℃. The whole pool was white, steaming and hot.

Cucuqingre gas ditch is located 2 km south of liuhuangtang. This is a north-south gully. There is a stream at the bottom of the gully. Although there is no hot spring, there is hot air everywhere on the ground. The temperature is as high as 95 ℃.

The Yutang river is located between the liuliutang and the guiguaqing hot gas ditch. Here, the lava from the volcano flows down the valley of the bathhouse River, winding and undulating, like a black python, commonly known as "volcano snake". Valley high temperature boiling water temperature of 95 degrees Celsius, there are toad mouth fountain, lion head hot spring in the air ditch, coupled with a large number of hot gas and hot springs gushing from the river bed, the spray rising from the valley, white fog confused, it is very good-looking, in winter and spring, the river flow is small, the river water temperature is generally about 40 degrees Celsius, you can take a bath everywhere, it is worthy of the name of the Yutang river.

Located at the foot of Gaoligong Mountain, Tengchong is a famous hometown of geothermal. The large area of hot sea and hot field has unique landscape and various types. Hot spring has curative effect on a variety of diseases. The volcanoes are large in scale, well preserved, various in shape, with many strange rocks and typical pumice, volcanic eggs and volcanic caves. They are known as "natural geological museum". There are many kinds of animals and plants. Some people praise Gaoligong Mountain as "the big garden of the plant kingdom" and "the garden of flowers in Hengduan Mountain" Anyway, Gaoligong Mountain is the distribution center of Rhododendron, camellia and Magnoliaceae in China. Rhododendron is the first of the four famous alpine flowers, and the "king of Rhododendron" here is a rare treasure. There is a Rhododendron king named "big tree Rhododendron". The tree is 2.6 meters in circumference, 25 meters in height and 280 years old. The cultural landscape includes the residence of overseas Chinese, the former residence of Li Gengen, the elder of the 1911 Revolution, and the former residence of Ai Siqi, the philosopher.

Main attractions

Tengchong volcano geothermal National Geopark is located in Tengchong and Lianghe counties in Southwest Yunnan Province. Geological relics are natural products formed, developed and left behind by various internal and external dynamic geological processes in the long geological history of the earth's formation and evolution. They are not only an important part of natural resources, but also precious and non renewable geological natural heritage.

There are 97 volcanoes in the park. Among them, 25 volcanoes are well preserved (including craters and cones), and there are various types of cones. There are several levels of lava platforms in the park, mainly including the lava platform around crater, the lava platform around volcanic cone and the lava platform overflowing from fissure, with large area and gentle slope. The lava structure landscape in Tengchong mainly includes lava cavity, lava collapse, lava flow and primary joint structure; the pyroclastic rocks can be seen as agglomerate, breccia and tuff.

Tourism information

Scenic spot traffic

Transportation: there is a special coach to Rehai. The ticket price is 5 yuan. You can also charter a bus to Rehai. The round trip is 60 yuan. In addition, you can visit Tengchong volcano group and geothermal landscape directly by special bus. You can take CMB to and from Tengchong County from morning to night every day.

reminder

1. It's best to go to Rehai scenic spot in the early morning and visit it when the weather is cool. The interior of the scenic spot is hot and the temperature is very high. I'm afraid I can't bear to go there at noon.

2. Around Rehai, there are many sanatoriums, bathrooms and entertainment facilities. There are an endless stream of tourists and patients. There are many places offering hot spring bath service in the scenic area, but you can't take a bath or swim in the big boiling pot.

Address: Tengchong County and Lianghe County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 98.4919757993

Latitude: 25.2114914876

Tel: 0875-5853399; 0875-58

Tour time: half a day - 1 day

Traffic information: 1. There is a direct bus in Tengchong County. The ticket price is 5 yuan per person

2. You can take bus No.6 to the triangle, and then take a minibus to the volcano park. The ticket price is 7 yuan

3. Taxi directly to the park gate, round-trip 60 yuan

Ticket information: 40 yuan per person, 10 yuan per person for one-way battery car, 15 yuan per round trip, 200 yuan per 10 minutes for hot air balloon

Opening hours: 8:00-18:00 (ticket sales will stop after 18:00)

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