Seven Star Crags (Qixing Yan), Guangdong, China

5bluegrassybob 5:00 PM Jan 3, 2007

Walt Disney World Eat Your Heart Out
The Seven Crags is an astonishing natural site, inexpensive and refreshing to enjoy. It is actually a huge outdoor landscape with paths that lead strollers around the majestic crags and caves, past pools of koi-koi, and alongside the beautiful waters. In plastic playgrounds like Disneyland and Disneyworld, where landscape artists work with unlimited creativity and funds, they can't begin to recreate something like Seven Crags. It is the real deal -- nature scultped and nurtured to provide inspiration and invigoration. It was one of the unexpected highlights of my month-long trip, that included many more well known and popular attractions in China. You do not have to travel to see the Crags by a tourbus. Rent a car in Guangzhou and drive over. Along the way, visit Dinghu Mountain and its temple and waterfall. An absolutely excellent day trip from anywhere in South China. By the way, there is an International Youth Hostel at Dinghu, and if my dream comes true someday, look for me at an American B&B at Seven Crags.

5Anonymous A 5:00 PM Jul 9, 2017

Interesting and interactive
We toured the Seven star Crags via cruise. Cost 45 yuan per person. Please note it is cash payment. They do not accept international credit card. Some of the island visited were quite interesting- there was one which had pink flamingoes, another with rare red top cranes which ( for a small fee) you can feed. It was a nice walk through several islands and nice bridges to cross. Good for children to see