Top 10 Camping Spots in China: Every One Worth Visiting

Camping, an outdoor activity, is gaining more and more attention and love, especially in summer. Camping in a good place is really cool and you can enjoy beautiful scenery. Today, I will introduce 10 top camping spots in China. Have you been to any of them? Let’s take a look together!

1、Wugong Mountain

Wugong Mountain naturally formed a mountain landscape with “peaks, caves, waterfalls, rocks, clouds, pines, and temples” which are all complete, and the 100,000 acres of alpine meadow in the area stretches across the top of the mountain at an altitude of more than 1600 meters, shining brightly with the majestic mountains, making it a good place for camping in China. At the turn of spring and summer, the 100,000 acres of alpine meadows at an altitude of over 1600 meters are green, especially in May when the rhododendrons bloom brightly, covering the mountains in red, which is very beautiful. Every year from the beginning of August to the beginning of October, Wugong Mountain will hold the “Wugong Mountain Tent Festival”. You can come to Wugong Mountain to camp and enjoy the moon, stroll along the stone paths, and see the moonlight scattered across the 100,000 acres of meadows, with the moonlight like water. On the second day, you can also see the rare sight of the sun and moon shining together, and the moon setting and the sun rising at 5 or 6 in the morning. In late autumn, Wugong Mountain is covered with golden meadows, soft reeds sway in the wind, and the wind blows across the ocean of reeds, rolling up golden waves. At the same time, autumn is also the best time to see the sea of clouds and admire the red leaves.

2、Qimeng Mountain · Guimeng Scenic Area

The Qimeng Mountain in Yimeng Mountain has towering peaks, verdant mountains, dense forests, and beautiful scenery. The Guimeng Scenic Area within the scenic area is one of the top ten camping areas in China. The two highlights of its related camping are the Qimeng International Tent Festival and the Qilu Starry Sky Camping Conference, attracting tens of thousands of outdoor enthusiasts to gather at the foot of Guimeng Mountain to talk about unique outdoor camping experiences. The Qimeng International Tent Festival is unique and includes a series of themed activities such as setting up tents, open-air movies, bonfires, DJ parties, and running competitions, which have attracted widespread participation from citizens. The Qilu Starry Sky Camping Conference is also very exciting. Colorful tents are set up on site, and there are continuous small outdoor sports interactive competitions such as hiking, climbing, competitions, tug-of-war, and parent-child activities. The Lubo.com editor reminds you to pay attention to official information about the time of the Qimeng International Tent Festival and the Qilu Starry Sky Camping Conference.

3、 Mulan Prairie

Mulan Prairie is one of the “Eight Sceneries of Mulan”, divided into a prairie tourism area and a leisure and vacation area. It is the only Mongolian-style scenic spot in Central China and one of the most beautiful camping spots in China. Every summer, Mulan Prairie holds bonfire parties, open-air movies, and tent camping activities, the “Wuhan International Tourism Festival and Wuhan Mulan Prairie Tent Camping Festival”, which is held from the end of September to the beginning of October every year, and enjoys a reputation among “campers” across the country; the “Gsang Flower Appreciation Camping Festival” (twice a year for Gsang flowers: April to June, October to November) is also very popular; and there is a Mulan Prairie car camping site. If you camp, you can also encounter the sunrise mist and beautiful dawn on the second morning.

4、Baishishan in Baoding

Baishishan is famous for its peculiar peaks, strange rocks, sea of clouds, and Buddha’s light. The scenery combines the five characteristics of the mountain scenery: strange, magnificent, dangerous, magical, and beautiful, with the core being “peculiar”. There is also a special RV camping base in Baishishan – Baishishan International RV Self-driving Camp, which is also a good place for camping in Hebei. The RV camp has a tent camp that can accommodate nearly 1,000 people and nearly 100 car camping spaces, as well as a bonfire square, a barbecue square, a lawn party square, an open-air cinema square, etc. During the day, you can admire the towering and steep but various magnificent peak forests, and watch the sea of clouds and beautiful sunrise that often appear in the mountains, and at night you can camp and watch the bright starry sky. Especially in the RV camping base, bonfire barbecues and watching movies have become a must-have travel package for hikers. Every summer from July to August, Baishishan will also hold the “Starry Sky Tent Festival”, where you can camp and watch the most beautiful starry sky, enjoy the sunrise and sunset, and encounter the sea of lilac flowers.

5、Shennongjia

The Shennongying Starry Sky Tent Camp is located in the Shennongding Scenic Area of Shennongjia. The Shennongding Scenic Area is the eastern extension of Dabashan. It has a primitive ecosystem, diverse biodiversity, and gathers the essence of Shennongjia; it has complex terrain, changeable weather, and displays the magic of Shennongjia, making it a world-renowned ecological tourism destination and a scientific research base; it is also an ideal place to capture the starry sky. It is precisely based on such an excellent geographical environment that, at the strong request of a large number of photography enthusiasts and tourists, the Shennongying Starry Sky Tent Camp has come into being, and it is equipped with a complete set of outdoor camp equipment and perfect basic living support facilities, as well as professional stargazing equipment and stargazing explainers. Tourists stationed here can not only photograph various celestial phenomena, but also stay overnight in the camp and enjoy the sunrise and sunset.

6、Laojun Mountain in Luoyang

Laojun Mountain is the main peak of the 800-li Funiu Mountain Range, with an altitude of 2217 meters. It is the first of the eight scenic spots in Luanchuan and is known as the “Junshan Wonderland”. The peak forest scenery of Laojun Mountain is like a knife and an ax, staggered, covered in green and red, magnificent and colorful. The peak forests are picturesque, with different scenery at every step, so it is called the “Ten-Mile Painted Screen”. Every year from July to August, Laojun Mountain holds the annual “Laojun Mountain Sea of Clouds Summer Festival”, with music camping festivals, the “Ten Thousand People Peach Feast” and other activities that allow tourists to experience the stars and the sea above the Cloud Top Palace. The second day of camping, you can also enjoy the beautiful sea of clouds and sunrise in the morning, stroll along the Ten-Mile Painted Screen, and look out at the beautiful and colorful sea of clouds, as if you are entering a fairyland. The best place to watch the sunrise is the Mazaoling, which is recommended by the editor of the Buygou.com website.

7、Xiannv Mountain

Xiannv Mountain has 330,000 acres of forests and 100,000 acres of natural grasslands. It is famous for its unique alpine grasslands in Jiangnan and its beautiful jungle and wilderness scenery, known as the “First Pasture in the South” and the “Swiss of the East”. Its beautiful and charming forest and grassland scenery is unique in Chongqing. There is a Dream Valley Camp on the mountain, which is a flat area surrounded by mountains in the midst of the mountains, covered with ordinary flowers and plants and ordinary pine and cypress trees, with a small stream that can be directly drunk running through it. From May to October every year is the best time to camp on Xiannv Mountain, you can go sledding in spring, escape the heat in summer, and see the leaves in autumn. During August every year, the annual grand music festival – the Xiannv Mountain Camping Music Festival will be held. Tourists can not only enjoy the picturesque alpine grassland and forest scenery, but also have entertainment projects such as horse riding, archery, and sledding.

8、Xingledu · Camping Town

Xingledu Camping Town integrates interesting amusement, outdoor sports, and outdoor education, with a beautiful environment. It is a dedicated camping park in Zhuhai, with the theme of “Qindao Cruise”, which pioneered a new type of vacation experience of “self-driving + camping + theme park”, and is also a Zhuhai RV camping site and a national standard executive camping site for Guangdong Province’s leisure camping sites. The park has pirate ship-themed bars, sand pit relics, children’s playgrounds, and other amusement facilities for all ages, integrating high-end RVs, container villas, characteristic wooden houses, luxury tents, self-driving RV camp spaces, and other novel accommodation experiences. There are various models of RVs in the scenic area, where you can sleep under the starry sky, and there are also “starry sky RVs” where you can count stars while lying in bed; the cloud map tent has an indoor area of 21 square meters, and there is also a spacious wooden platform for you to move around.

9、Four Girls Mountain

The Four Girls Mountain is famous for its majestic and towering appearance, with steep mountains reaching into the blue sky, covered in ice and snow, shining with silver light. The Changpinggou and Haizigou inside the scenic area are suitable for camping. The main camping sites in Changpinggou are mainly Xia Ganhaizi, Shang Ganhaizi, Muluozi, Wuguishi, Yangmantai Heba, Chazigou Heba, etc., with Muluozi being the most recommended. It has an open meadow surrounded by snow-capped mountains, with a leisurely stream nearby. There are service points such as the protection station and the cattle shed. Haizigou Guozhuangping, Zaijieping, and Chaoshanping are the best camping sites for taking pictures of the starry sky and the sunrise and sunset of the Golden Mountain; Dahaizi and Huahaizi are 4-5 hours away from the mouth of the gorge, nestled by the mountains and water, with a beautiful environment, and there are cattle sheds nearby, which can provide food, hot water, and heating for herdsmen. Lubo.com editors recommend camping here in summer and autumn. In summer, you can lie in the embrace of the “Queen of Shu Mountain” and watch the snowy mountains quietly, and from the end of October to the middle and late November, the mountains are covered in red, with forests dyed in various colors, and blue skies and white clouds, the extreme autumn scenery is like an oil painting.

10、Xinjiang Camping Spots

Ice peaks and fire plains coexist, vast seas and oases are neighbors, the natural scenery is rugged, the mountains and peaks overlap, and the ancient city ruins are numerous… In addition, Xinjiang is a multi-ethnic settlement area in China, with rich and profound ethnic and folk culture, which adds a touch of brilliance to Xinjiang’s tourism resources. Xinjiang is known as the “paradise of outdoor sports” and has many places suitable for camping. For example, there are camping sites in scenic spots such as Jimunai Prairie, Kalajun Prairie, Sayram Lake, Kanas, Lop Nur Village, and Urumqi Tianshan Grand Canyon. Tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery of these scenic spots while experiencing the fun of camping.