What Fun Places Are There Around Changsha? Experience the Shiyan Lake Air Rafting!

How to spend the weekend? Lying in bed all day playing with your phone—such precious time shouldn't be wasted! Early summer is here, keep the weekend fun going.

Shiyan Lake's cool summer offers the scenery you long for and dreams within reach. Just be a passerby and turn Shiyan Lake's Ten-Mile Gallery into a place you've walked through.

Come to Shiyan Lake to meet the scenery, meet you, and meet in the most beautiful views.

The fully transparent cross-island glass bridge at Shiyan Lake spans from Furong Peak across the lake to connect the Nanhai Monkey Island in the middle of the lake.

The bridge is 200 meters long, 720° fully transparent, reflecting the blue water and sky beneath your feet. The lush green mountains in the distance are all in view, as if walking on clouds—beautifully thrilling, exciting enough to scream, while immersing in the landscape.

The air rafting at Shiyan Lake Scenic Area is 420 meters long. Speeding down the entire slide, white waves splash against you as the rubber boat carries you through—it's incredibly exhilarating!

The fully transparent slide offers panoramic views of the mountain scenery. The forest breeze mixes with birdsong and floral scents, overlooking rolling hills and lush greenery—picturesque and stunning. The entire course is shaded by forest trees, so you don't need to worry about getting sunburned.

Water Flyboard – Jet Ski Surfing

Jet skis cruise on the water, electric surfboards glide across the surface, and suddenly they perform beautiful backflips in the air, pushing the atmosphere to one climax after another.

With thrilling performances and exciting viewing experiences, you don't have to go to the seaside—you can enjoy extraordinary water surfing at Shiyan Lake! If you want to give it a try, don't hesitate any longer.

Scenic Area – Jungle Crossing

Experience jungle crossing and become a tree elf, shuttling through the trees. Feel the dual thrill of physical strength and endurance. 10 meters above the ground, choose from three levels of difficulty. Shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand, cross through the jungle together, overcome obstacles, and reach the finish line. Bring your big and little treasures to experience this challenge.

The mountains are lush green with windmills everywhere. Every spring, Shiyan Lake transforms into an “ocean of windmills.” With the blooming spring flowers, it adds a touch of dreaminess. Bring your children to feel a performance in the wind. This place is known as “one of the best spots around Changsha to take kids,” a parent-friendly and child-pleasing family destination.

The first community-based interactive experience drama “Guan Gong Battles Changsha” is performed at the Shiyan Lake Thousand-Person Theater. The legendary story from over a thousand years ago is wonderfully reenacted, allowing you to immerse yourself and dream back a thousand years. A line of opera has been sung for a thousand years. Guan Gong's mount, Red Hare, leaped over a dangerous stream at a critical moment, which is the famous Changsha location “Jumping-Horse Stream.” The ruins are located in the Shiyan Lake Tourist Area, and Guan Gong's image of loyalty has always been a favorite topic among Changsha people.

Weekend travel route: food and fun go hand in hand. Hurry up and bring your family, friends, colleagues, and buddies for a gathering.

[Meeting Point] 08:00 Gather at Apollo Plaza near the train station.

09:00 Arrive at the scenic area and complete check-in procedures.

09:00-12:00

“African Drum Performance”: An easy-to-learn performance that quickly captivates, and it's also a great way to release stress and emotions. (Duration: half an hour)

“Sky Glass Bridge”: 360-degree unobstructed view, with high mountains and jungle beauty in full sight, surrounded by mountains and water, like a fairyland! The bridge hangs above the sky, people walk on clouds, and the sparkling lake appears beneath your eyes. Under the fully transparent glass effect, it's like a mirror of the sky—beautifully thrilling and amazingly exciting!

“Nanhai Monkey Island”: Mountain climbing race—Jinturtle Island sightseeing: Pray at Guanyin Temple, climb the Wanshou Pagoda, touch the Wuzi Dengke Tree, make wishes at the Golden Turtle Pond, and step on the Tongtian Drum Stairs. The only transparent glass toilet in Hunan Province.

“Skywalk”: This is the province's first forest skywalk, with a different view at every step. After the first cross-lake and cross-island glass bridge and the first green-heart walkway, Shiyan Lake now proudly launches the forest skywalk.

“Magic 3D—Zhougong City” & “Upside-Down House”: Let you discover the mysterious Shiyan Lake.

“Food Heaven Street”: For Changsha, everyone has their own understanding, but when it comes to food, everyone agrees wholeheartedly. Shiyan Lake's Food Heaven Street can satisfy everyone's expectations for delicious food.

12:00-13:30 Enjoy a delicious Chinese lunch and relax in the bamboo forest.

13:30-17:30

“Guan Gong Battles Changsha”: The entire play runs through five main themes: culture, performance, technology, recreation, and experience, leading visitors to “travel” through a thousand years of time. Breaking the traditional performance-watching mode, visitors are no longer just spectators but become part of the play, participating in the plot and advancing it.

“Jungle Crossing”: Using gaps between forest trees, various themed obstacles are built, offering tree-climbing adventures with different difficulty levels and thrill intensities. Challengers cross and jump through bridges, net ropes, walkways, and other obstacles, experiencing an authentic “jungle adventure crossing.”

“Wild Animal Show”: Monkeys ride bicycles, goats walk on a tightrope, tiger performances, black bears jump rope, etc. (Duration: half an hour)