Enlong Mountain Villa

　　Located in Ningguo City in the southeastern part of Anhui Province, 8 kilometers from the city center, it covers an area of 150 hectares. It is a comprehensive three-star international tourism hotel and resort jointly developed by Ningguo Enlong Eco-Development Co., Ltd. on the basis of vigorously promoting science and technology eco-industries. Integrating sightseeing, business meetings, and leisure vacations, it attracts many domestic and international tourists with its beautiful natural scenery and quaint, elegant wooden villa accommodations.

　　The resort was first established in 1997, developed from an ecological science and technology demonstration park, and officially opened to the public in November 2001. The resort features main attractions such as a gateway landscape, a thousand-mu ginkgo garden, a specialty orchard and forest farm, a water park, a cluster of wooden villas, and the Enlong Folk Culture Garden, along with a three-star tourist hotel. With a total investment of 120 million yuan, it has a daily reception capacity of 5,000 people. By the end of 2005, it was ranked as a “National AAAA-level Tourist Attraction.”

　　The “Folk Culture Garden” within the resort brings together over ten ethnic minorities from across China, showcasing the unique customs, traditions, and architectural styles of different ethnic groups. It includes ethnic villages such as Mongolian, Miao, Wa, Dai, and Mosuo homes, as well as a foreign culture performance area. Visitors can enjoy distinctive ethnic performances such as Mongolian wrestling, Miao embroidered ball dances, Lusheng dances, Dai water-splashing, Wa bull-fighting, and Mosuo folk songs. Interactive programs for visitors include Miao marriage-snatching ceremonies, Miao bamboo pole dances, Mongolian archery, and high-altitude zip-lining. Among the most unique offerings in the garden are the renowned Southeast Asian-style Thai ladyboy performances, motorbike wall-of-death stunts, Guangxi Rongshui bullfighting, Miao fire-walking and blade-climbing acts, bullfighting shows, and Sichuan face-changing and fire-spitting techniques. The Thai ladyboy performances, which are not found in other tourist attractions, offer visitors not only stunning natural mountain scenery but also rich ethnic culture and international flair.

　　Enlong Mountain Villa offers a range of entertainment and leisure facilities including a conference center, business center, sauna and beauty center, fishing center, recreation center, and water park. The air is fresh and the environment is elegant. There is also a leisure fishing center, water park, artificial gardens, pavilions, waterside zigzag bridges, and 44 rustic, elegant, uniquely styled wooden villas.

　　Enlong Resort Villa also encompasses the last piece of primeval subtropical forest in the region — the Banqiao Nature Reserve. It is home to the largest karst cave in China, as well as numerous scenic spots such as Ghost Gate Pass, Jade Island, and Gaofeng Valley. Rare wild animals including deer, clouded leopards, giant salamanders, and macaques also inhabit the area. Covering approximately 60 square kilometers, the entire nature reserve is the largest ecological tourism destination in East China.

　　The thousand-mu ginkgo garden, nestled against mountains and water, holds great potential for tourism development. After thorough investigation and evaluation, it was decided to build upon the ginkgo garden by integrating wooden villa culture and specialty orchard features, stepping into the promising industry of eco-tourism — hailed as a sunrise industry of the 21st century. Five years of dedicated effort transformed the once barren hills into a picturesque national AAAA-level tourist attraction, a four-star hotel, a national agricultural tourism demonstration site, an outstanding urban landmark of Ningguo City, and a shining jewel in the southeastern Anhui tourism treasury.