Pinggu Old Elephant Peak

Pinggu Old Elephant Peak

Introduction: The Pinggu Old Elephant Peak Scenic Area in the suburbs of Beijing is a natural tourist attraction jointly funded and built by farmers from Xiaoyuzi Village, Dahuaishan Town, Pinggu County. Covering an area of 48 square kilometers, the Old Elephant Peak Scenic Area is located within a 5-kilometer-long grand canyon 5 kilometers north of Xiaoyu Village. Lush vegetation and thriving green trees line both sides of the canyon. In the golden autumn season, the valley’s thousand-acre orchards are laden with fruit, while wild chrysanthemums blanket the mountainsides, vying in beauty and offering visitors opportunities for picking and sightseeing. The name “Old Elephant Peak” comes from a mountain peak in the valley that strikingly resembles a giant elephant. The elephant’s head faces west and its tail east, with a body over 80 meters long and more than 50 meters high, resembling an old elephant bowing its head and lowering its trunk to drink water. The Old Elephant Peak Scenic Area also features over 30 natural attractions, including Chrysanthemum Fairy Valley, Pine Wave Forest, Ten-Thousand Grass Gully, Ancient Castle Floating Clouds, and Tiger Claw Peak. Notably, Old Elephant Peak looks like a mother and baby elephant connected together—the mother elephant with her head to the west and tail to the east, and the baby elephant with his head to the east and tail to the west—standing side by side in an indescribably wonderful tableau. The entire scenic area boasts a rustic charm, with completely natural and wild scenery untouched by artificial carving.

Address: Xiaoyuzi Village, Dahuaishan Town, Pinggu District, Beijing

Type: Mountain

Recommended visiting time: 3–4 hours

Opening hours:

8:00-18:00

Ticket information:

Gate price: 25.0 RMB

Students with student ID: 15 RMB per person

Seniors with senior ID: 15 RMB per person

Military personnel with military ID: 15 RMB per person

People with disabilities holding disability certificates are admitted free of charge; children under 1.2 meters are also admitted free.

Transportation

From within Beijing, transfer to bus 918 and get off at Xiaoyu Station

Dahuaishan Town: Located 80 kilometers northeast of downtown Beijing, Pinggu District’s Dahuaishan Town is known as the “No. 1 Peach Town in the Suburbs of Beijing.” The town governs 20 administrative villages, has a population of 21,000, covers a total area of 96 square kilometers, includes 60,000 mu of forest land, and 35,000 mu of peach orchards.

Dahuaishan Town boasts unique geographical conditions, surrounded by mountains on the east, north, and west, with alluvial plains in the south and central areas. Two seasonal rivers run through the entire region, and a reservoir in the north with a total capacity of 10.4 million cubic meters provides abundant water resources for industrial development. Moreover, the area has an independent groundwater system with high-quality, unpolluted water... More detailed information about Dahuaishan Town++