Huoshankou National Geopark

Introducing Huoshankou National Geo-park, Huoshankou National Geo-park Guide
Article from Haikou Municipal Commission of Tourism

With an area of 108 km2, Huoshankou National Geo-park is spread in Shishan Town and Yongxing Town, 15 km southwest from the center of Hailkou City.

Possessing more than 40 Quaternary volcanoes, Huoshankou National Geo-park boasts the variety of volcanoes, the grotesqueness of lava tunnels, all are volcanic wonders, rarely seen anywhere. Volcanoes, formed ten thousand years ago and volcanic stone culture, started a thousand years ago, fused together with tropical vegetation flora, all have created a particular geo-park in tropical city, which characterized by volcanic landscape, tropical ecology and volcanic stone culture.

Having concentrated sightseeing through the mystical volcano, ecological and cultural experiencing, science popularizing and scientific investigation, recreation and vacation in an integrity, Huoshankou National Geo-park became a new type of tour destination, also a specific braid in Hainan international tourist island.
It belongs to China and the world as well as to Hainan Province.
Introduction to Maanling Crater Scenic Area

Mt. Maanling(Saddle) Crater Scenic Area, as a mark scenic area for the Shishan Vclcanic Cluster Geopark, consists of two major volcanoes-Mt, Fengluling(Furnace) and Mt. Baoziling. It looks like a saddle, hence the name. There are two parasitic volcanoes beside called Mt. Yanjingling. Four volcanoes made up a volcanic family.

There are numerous scenic spots in the area such as Basalt Garden, Corridor of amusing rocks, lava flow, grotesque Pahoehoe flow, mystical craters and volcanc stone implements, which fused with banyan trees, wild pineappls and tropic orchards, remarkably presenting the beauty and grotesqueness of volcano in tropical environment.

Quick Facts on Huoshankou National Geopark

Name: Huoshankou National Geopark
Location: 15Km from Downtown Haikou
Best Time to Visit: October to Next May
Recommended Time for a Visit: 1 Hour
Opening Hours: 08:00 - 18:00
Admission Fee: CNY 25