Yanqi Lake is 60 kilometers from downtown Beijing, 45 kilometers from the capital airport,
adjacent to National Highway 111 and Shatong Railway. The road is flat and open. Xuanwumen, Dongsishitiao, Qianmen, North Exit of Heping Street, Princess Tomb and Aerospace Bridge are directly accessible by tourist line buses; Dongzhimen Long-distance Bus Station takes No.916 to Huairou No.3 Middle School and transfers to Chengbei No.2 Road or takes No.936 Branch Road directly. Driving route: 1. Go straight along Jingshun Road to Huairou open traffic circle, the third exit (to the direction of Fengning) turn right and go straight for 8 kilometers to Yanqi Lake. 2. 2. Drive along Beijing-Chengdu Expressway to Huairou Toll Station, drive to the third exit of Huairou Open Roundabout (in the direction of Fengning), turn right and drive straight for 8 kilometers to Yanqi Lake. 3. Along the Beijing-Chengdu Expressway to Yangsong - Fengning exit off the road, off the road straight to the intersection of the left, turn right at the traffic lights and go straight for 2.5 kilometers to Yanqi Lake.
Yanqi Lake is located in the Beijing suburbs of Huairou city 8 kilometers north of the foot of Yanshan Mountain, north of the majestic Great Wall, south of the endless North China Plain, is a scenic winding water park. Yanqi Lake has a wide water surface and clear water, and there are often flocks of geese roosting in the lake in spring and fall every year, hence its name. Since 1986, Huairou District Government has been increasing capital investment in Yanqi Lake, built a number of scenic spots, has now become the Beijing people's vacation leisure, a good place to travel, in 2000 by the National Tourism Administration as the national AAAA level scenic area.
Yanqi Lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, north of Jundu Mountain, 1200 meters above sea level; west of Hongluo Mountain, 811 meters above sea level; Yanqi Lake
East of the Golden Lantern Mountain, 186 meters above sea level, the mountain has maple trees, pines and cypresses, torches and their arborvitae, covering an area of 1.5 square kilometers. The lake water quality is pure, there are fish, shrimp, turtles and other aquatic animals dozens of species, and many times found in the gold-bordered ground turtles and baby fish and other treasured animals, the water quality requirements of geese, cranes, white swans, freshwater gulls and other rare migratory birds are often in the lakeshore habitat and reproduction. Yanqi Lake Amusement Park, with its beautiful environment and pleasant scenery, is a famous resort for sports and fitness, leisure and vacation in the suburbs of Beijing. Inside the amusement park, there are a variety of recreational facilities, the existing water, land projects more than 40 kinds of different ages of tourists to choose from. Among them, the water parachute, water sports car, water from the frame motorcycle, water flying down, water screen movie, rocket bungee jumping, flying trapeze, rapids, rock climbing, archery, play pool and other fitness and entertainment projects by the majority of tourists love.
Scenic spot features (18) visitors can take a boat tour of the lake, across a thousand meters of the lake, or Phi wave chopping waves, enjoy the fun of fighting the wind and waves. Visitors can also climb to look at the lake pavilion, enjoy the lake and mountains, enjoy the return to nature's coziness, evening to go can also be chopped, or play more than once. Night falls, the lake cool breeze, visitors in the beautiful lake and mountains to enjoy the novel and wonderful water screen movie and colorful sound-controlled fountains, or in the open-air plaza singing and dancing, people think about it, and forget to come back.
Here's a map to get there.