CHINA HEILONGJIANG - NORTHERN TOURIST AREA (PART 2)

NORTHERN TOURIST AREA (PART 2)

HEIHE PORT

As a national first class port, Heihe is separated by a river with Blagovescensk Port in Russia‘s Amur Prefecture. The port has both passenger and cargo wharfs and forms a transitional transport network integrating railway, highroad and aviation. Each year the port handles 1.2 million tons of goods and one million of passengers.

WONIU LAKE SCENIC RESORT

The scenic resort lies 15 kilometres away from the Heihe-Hohehot Highway to the west of urban Heihe and has water surfaces totaling 480 hectares.It adjoins the Heilongjiang River in the north and is separated by a river with Russia’s Blagvescensk in the east.

The Heihe Longhu Far east International Ski Ground in the Scenic resort is the biggest is the biggest of its kind all over the border area of Heilongjiang Province and the Far East region of Russia. The scenic resort has now integrated sightseeing, summer recreation, holiday entertainment, skiing facilities and catering.

FIVE INTERLINKED LAKES SCENIC RESORT

Located 250 kilometres away from Heihe in northern Heilongjiang, it is known as a national nature reserve and one of the World Geoparks.There are scattered 14 volcanoes, the oldest of which broke out hundreds of thousands of years ago and the youngest only some 200 years ago. Magmas from erupting volcanoes blocked the Bailong River and formed 5 lava dammed lakes that are connected to one another, hence their name Five Interlinked Lakes. 

Here, tourists can enjoy such breathtaking lava formations s the Sea of Stone and a lava cave that is frozen all year around. There is a mineral spring reputed as one of the World’s Three Most Famous Cold Springs and its water contains more than 400 kinds of microelements necessary to humans and has magical remedial effects. In addition, mineral mud here is found helpful to human health. The Five Interlinked Lake Scenic Resort is an ideal place for health recuperation and holiday recreation.