Culai Mountain

Culai Mountain is a geological park, a national forest park, a national 3A level scenic spot and a natural reserve of Shandong province. Together with Mount Tai, they are referred to as the sister-mountain. They form a set of natural and cultural landscape as a whole mountain tourism scenic area, but also as a whole set of leisure, tourism, and restoration resort.

Culai Mountain National Forest Park covers an area of 90 square kilometers with the forest coverage rate of 80.2 percent, vegetation coverage rate of 92.4 percent, 99 mountain peaks, and the main peak Taiping top elevation of 1028 meters. It has both northern rough vigorous spectacular, and Jiangnan elegant and charming scenery, known as the "Jiangbei Mount Lu".

There are round ranges of hills and stern cliffs, both deep and melodious Canyons connected to the pond waterfall streams, dotted with reservoir, growing lush green forests, and the sky line buttes, Zixia door caves and shapes, lifelike stone; as many as 797 species of plants, and nearly 800 species of insects animal.

Culai Mountain is also a good place for flowers. Every March, along the ring road winding drive line, forsythia flower first reveal their faces, to announce the arrival of spring.

Special snacks: seasonal wild herbs, fried lotus leaf, mint homemade wild herbs such as tofu special snack.

Features: households in the mountains, buying firewood, eggs, chestnut, walnut and other native products.

Tickets: 50 yuan.

Tel: 0538-8090017.

Transporation:

1) Along the Longtan Road through the Tai'an high tech Zone, to take fast track Culai mountain tourism, direct access to the scenic spot.

2) Along the Tailai high-speed, take the direction of Shengzhuang Town, and go along the Tailou Road to the road south, turn left and go straight, turn left at the south-west of the village (signs) to the scene.

(3) Starting from the Tai'an area along the Thai building highway (Tai'an to Loude) south for 19 kilometers, southwest Wang Cun turn left (signs), to the scene.

Tips: It will take about one day for the whole tour of Culai Mountain National Forest Park, please wear safety shoes and clothes. Pay particular attention to fire and safety tips. There are many wild herbs and springs, visitors can not arbitrarily pick herbs and drink from the springs. The scenic area is large, suitable for driving tour; walk up the mountain, to the top spot after the original road return, do not visit the photochemical Guanghua Temple scenic area.