Double Moon Bay is located in Gangkou Town, Huizhou, which is now the Gangkou Coastal Tourism Resort. It boasts stunning coastal scenery, pleasant views, peaceful surroundings, fresh air, and is a prime destination for leisure, sightseeing, and vacation. It’s a place well worth exploring.
1. Travel Experience
1. Stroll Along the Beach: A 20km coastline, flat and gentle
Double Moon Bay’s coastline stretches approximately 20 kilometers, majestic and spectacular, with minimal signs of human development. The beach is about 200 meters wide, the water is crystal clear, and the seabed is flat and gentle. Even 200 meters from shore, people can still stand in the water, a remarkable feature. Motorcycles and cars can drive on the beach, making for an exciting ride, as if on the sea.
You can find many beautiful shells on the beach. The expansive beach rivals Hainan’s beauty, making it a great spot for camping and relaxation. The white sands, the verdant woods, the azure sea, the diverse reefs, the charming islands, the passing fishing boats all create a dynamic and harmonious South China Sea fishing port landscape.
2. Time Travel in Pinghai Ancient City: A 600-year time machine, Ming Dynasty on one side, you on the other
Pinghai Ancient City is a treasure trove of Lingnan culture, built during the Ming Dynasty, boasting a history of over 600 years. It retains four complete gate towers, city walls, a complete cross-shaped ancient street, most of the ancient residences, a number of ancient temples, cultural relics, and numerous historical artifacts. Walking through it, you’ll feel like you’ve stepped back into the Ming Dynasty, every step tells a story, every glance feels like time is flowing backward.
3. Visit the Sea Turtle Base: Learn about the journey of little sea turtles from hatching to adulthood
The Sea Turtle National Nature Reserve is located at the junction of Daya Bay and Honghai Bay, covering an area of 1400 hectares, making it the only sea turtle natural reserve on the Asian mainland. This place is beautiful, peaceful, and every year from May to August, a large number of sea turtles come here to lay eggs. The base has a sea turtle exhibition hall where you can learn about the various stages of sea turtle growth from hatching to over 300 pounds.
The beach at the Sea Turtle Reserve is also top-notch (rated 5 stars), with a gentle slope, fine sand, and exceptional thickness. It’s a beach chosen by sea turtles, not by human evaluation! This is also the only beach in Huizhou that currently charges an entrance fee. For thousands of years, generation after generation of sea turtles have been born and raised here, making it their lifelong spiritual home.
4. Overlook from Daxing Mountain: Witness the world’s only double bay, double sea spectacle
Daxing Mountain is the best natural viewpoint for Double Moon Bay. Standing on Daxing Mountain and looking out, you’ll be amazed by the world’s only double bay, double sea spectacle: In the morning, the sun rises in the east, shimmering on Double Moon Bay, fishermen are busy catching the sea; at dusk, the sunset casts a golden glow over Double Moon Bay, fishermen return with full nets, leaving behind laughter; at night, the fishing lights twinkle on Double Moon Bay, the waves roar accompanied by fishermen’s evening songs, a truly picturesque scene.
2. Accommodation Guide
The accommodation area of Double Moon Bay is mainly concentrated in Gangkou Town, roughly divided into two categories. One is luxury hotels with a bit of fame, meeting the high standards of a seaside vacation; the other is more cost-effective Double Moon Bay homestays, with basic facilities but clean and tidy for a place to rest your head.
Actually, no matter which category you choose, during peak tourist season, finding a room here is a real challenge. Therefore, you need to learn to book your room in advance when traveling to Double Moon Bay. Otherwise, you might spend a lot of money and still not be able to stay in a good room, or even have money but no place to stay, haha!
3. Transportation Guide
Double Moon Bay bus:
First, take transportation to Huizhou East Bus Terminal, then transfer to the Huizhou East-Gangkou line at Huizhou East Bus Terminal and get off at Gangkou Bus Station.
Double Moon Bay self-driving:
Huizhou → Huizhou East → Nianshan Town, go straight ahead (don’t take the Yapo Bay direction) about 6Km, Daputun (you can see the Xunliao Bay sign on the right), turn right onto the provincial road, 200 meters there is a fork in the road (go straight ahead for about 10km to the coastal road, you can reach Xunliao), turn left towards Pinghai and Gangkou, → Tieyong → Pinghai → Gangkou, the whole journey is about 90 kilometers.
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