Chongqing Trip Overview
Wulong Karst National Park and Former 816 underground nuclear facility are in prximity, we mix’em in one day tour and make this an extension tour of Wulong Karst Park.
Former 816 underground nuclear facility was a top military secret in 1960’s, it’s been highly classified for years during cold war. For some reason this facility was sealed in 1984 while the construction was only 85% accomplished. This enormous confidential complex has never been actually used. Thus it’s safe and legal to visit.
This cold war facility located in a highly isolated huge mountain nearby Wulong, local civilians never been aware such an existence, even including those soldiers who did constructions for it. One thing for sure is, this is absolutely the largest artificial tunnle in this world.
We focus on private tour service, make our clients travel like a local. A driver-guide who knows both Chinese culture and how to do a safe, joyful and professional guiding job will be your choice.
Additional Info
Duration: 10 to 12 hours
Starts: Chongqing, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Wulong Karst National Park and Former 816 underground nuclear facility are in prximity, we mix’em in one day tour and make this an extension tour of Wulong Karst Park.
Former 816 underground nuclear facility was a top military secret in 1960’s, it’s been highly classified for years during cold war. For some reason this facility was sealed in 1984 while the construction was only 85% accomplished. This enormous confidential complex has never been actually used. Thus it’s safe and legal to visit.
This cold war facility located in a highly isolated huge mountain nearby Wulong, local civilians never been aware such an existence, even including those soldiers who did constructions for it. One thing for sure is, this is absolutely the largest artificial tunnle in this world.
We focus on private tour service, make our clients travel like a local. A driver-guide who knows both Chinese culture and how to do a safe, joyful and professional guiding job will be your choice.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Wulong Karst geological park, Furong River Bank, Jiangkou Town, Wulong County 408506 China
Get started from downtown Chongqing at 0730, that would helps to avoid rush hour and buy us more excursion time. After 3 hours driving we’ll pull over in highway rest area and take a brunch, then drive to the tourist reception.
Upon arrival we need to take interior shuttle bus, which is mandatory for enviromental preservation. The ticket for both the national park and shuttle bus should be purchased here.
After a 20 min bus ride we get to our first stop-a glass balcony on cliff top of the natural born triple bridge, where you may enjoy a whole view of this giant sink hole geographic miracul.
Afterwords we walk to our primary site-natural born triple bridge.
The admission fare for both Wulong Geological National Park and the interior shuttle bus is 125 yuan per adult, the glass balcony is 25 yuan per adult.
Chongqing-Wulong 192 km 3 hour’s driving.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Wulong Tiankeng Three Bridges, Junction of Baiguo Town and Hetao Town, Wulong County 408500 China
Then move to Tiankeng(A giant sinkhole,also named the natural triple bridge), the primary sector of Wulong Karst Geological National Park. It’s actualy a giant valley through 3 mountains
with naturaly formed sink holes, look just like 3 huge bridges.
We firstly will take an 80 meters high cliff side viewing elevator all the way down to the bottom Then we take a hiking tour through the giant sinkhole links all scenic spots including movie scenes of Transformer IV. The highlight is unique and magnificent natural landscape.
The hiking takes approximately 2 hours, moderate intensity.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: 816 Nuclear Military Plant, 182 Xian Dao, Fuling Qu, Chongqing China
Then we take a 1.5 hour driving get to the former 816 underground nuclear facility. This facility was built in 60’s and lasted over 17 years till it’s been sealed and preserved in 1984. In 2010 it was formally decrypted by Chinese goverment and started to open to publics.
This facility has never been used becouse it’s only 85% finished. Thus it’s safe and legal to go. It was designed for plutonium manufacturing but atomic bomb, an entier mountain had been excavated, the total length of all tunnles is over 20 km. it’s the largest known artificial tunnle in the world.
We will take a interior gulf car ride to explore arround, the entier procedure takes 1.5 hour. This facility is now not 100% opened yet therefor do please stick with our guide for always, do not even try to reach any preserved area, getting lost in there is an extreme dangerous thing.
Admission fare will be on clients
01/04-31/10 60 yuan per adult
01/11-31/03 45 yuan per adult
Gulf car ticket
10 yuan per adult
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Chongqing, Chongqing
Then we drive all the way back to downtown Chongqing, we’ll deliver our travellers to their hotels or any specified location in downtown.
Duration: 2 hours
