Guangxi-Guangdong Self-driving Tour (21) World Geological Park - Huguangyan

Guangxi-Guangdong Self-driving Tour (21) World Geological Park - Huguangyan Guangxi Beihai - Guangdong Zhanjiang 2023.12.19 Weather: Overcast, 11-16 degrees. Today's temperature has risen slightly. According to locals, the temperature in the past two days is the lowest in the south in winter. The rapid drop in temperature makes it feel cold, and the stubborn southerners reluctantly put on down jackets. First, a photo of "Beibu Gulf No.1" (Figure 1). This is a commercial real estate near where I stayed last night. It is a white-style art building with a long building with a coastline of nearly 700 meters. The shape is novel, like waves and Guilin landscape, and it has become a popular check-in spot. All the rooms facing north in the building are sea-view rooms. Originally planned to go to Zhanjiang from Beihai, I wanted to detour to the southernmost Xuwen County of Leizhou Peninsula - the "South Pole Village" of mainland China for check-in. Because it needs to walk more than 300 kilometers, it takes more than four hours, and there are no scenic spots along the way. After referring to the advice of friends, I decided to give up. In the morning, I went straight from Beihai to Zhanjiang, arrived before noon, and went to the nearby Huguangyan. Huguangyan Scenic Area (4A), World Geological Park, a scenic spot with beautiful mountains and clear waters on the Leizhou Peninsula (Figure 2). The scenic area is composed of a volcanic crater lake (Figure 3) and volcanic lava (Figure 4). It is one of the three existing volcanic lakes in our country and one of the only two maar lakes in the world (the other is in Germany). The lake originates from groundwater and has a natural self-purification function. It has never dried up even in the year of severe drought (Figure 5). What's peculiar is that there are no common aquatic animals such as frogs and snakes in this ecologically good and pure lake, and the fallen leaves are nowhere to be seen, adding a mysterious atmosphere to this volcanic lake. The scenic area does not have too many man-made landscapes, it is relatively primitive (Figure 6), and the management is also good, neat and orderly (Figure 7). The lake is about seven kilometers around, and you can walk or drive around. The vegetation around the lake is dense (Figure 8), and the air is fresh; a large king coconut forest is tall and beautiful (Figure 9). Stay in Zhanjiang City tonight and go to Maoming tomorrow.