Located at the upriver of Dongjiang River, Dongjiang Lake is close to Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and 107 National Highway, 38 kilometers from the downtown of Zixing City. It is a man-made lake covering about 160 square kilometers and is called "Dongting Lake of southern Hunan". There are spots like Dongjiang Lake, Doushuai Spirit Caves, Dragon Scenery Park, Hougushan Waterfall, Dongjiang Dam, etc. In addition, the First Drift of China's Eco-tourism Drift, bailout above water, seaplane, aquatic slide way, the hot spring bathes and so on, much integrating participation and sightseeing, can be found and fully experienced here. The Dongjiang Lake Scenic Area is also the natural oxygen bar with fresh air all year round. And it is surrounded by islands of sizes and luxuriant primeval forests with precious birds and animals living among. Dongjiang Lake, for its picturesque scenes and an expanse of water, is also well known as the "Eastern Swiss" Lake.

Highlights:Dongjiang White Water Rafting
The Dongjiang rafting is located in the Huangcao Town, in the utmost south of the Dongjiang Lake, 28 km long in total, 75 meters of fall and there are 108 dangerous shoals along the way, the longest one of which is over 100 meters long. It has the only man-made whitewater rafting slide way in the world. Boating downstream, you can appreciate the lush trees, virgin forests, odd stones and rocks, clear water, and colorful fishes and forget the outside world for a while. Moreover, you can enjoy the water parachute jump, water motorsports, water slide way, fishing at the bank of the lake, soaking in the hot springs and so on.

National Rating: AAAA

Address: Dongjiang Lake scenic area of Zixing County of Chenzhou City, Hunan

How to get there:

1. Take a bus from Chenzhou to Dongjiang Lake scenic area, then take a speed boat at Dongjiang Dam to Huangcao Town. You'd better get there before 8:00 a.m., and then you can take the special vehicle in the scenic area to the starting point of Dongjiang rafting, that is, the Dragon King Temple, and begin with your journey.

2. Take the coach from Chenzhou to Zixing (Liyu River, New Zone) and get to the Liyu River Coach Station, then change Bus 3 and arrive here.
3. Hire a taxi at Chenzhou and get here, and it will cost about 100 yuan.

Tel: (86)735-3357809

Opening hours: 06:00-17:30

Specialties: Dongjiang fish
Dongjiang fish is abundant in clean water of Dongjiang Lake with mountains surrounding by. It is used as the main raw material and processed by advanced non-smoke technology. It does not contain any food pigment or antiseptic. The fish is delicate, the flavor sweet and tasty.