This 4.5km-long valley is forested with ancient ferns and dotted with gushing cataracts. Paths follow both sides of a river; gushing minifalls lead to four ¡®proper¡¯ waterfalls. The biggest and most impressive is the last, the 60m-high White Dragon Pond Waterfall (°×Áú̶ÆÙ²¼, B¨¢il¨®ngt¨¢n P¨´b¨´). You can get really close to the falls here. The circuit takes about three hours.
Sidonggou is the most touristy of Chishui¡¯s sights, but still not overly crowded, even in summer. To get there, first take a minibus from Chishui (?8, 30 minutes, hourly 7am to 5pm) to the ticket office. From here, you have to take a quick, free shuttle bus down to the actual entrance of the park. Once inside, you can either walk the 9km loop up and down the valley or jump on a shuttle bus (one way/return ?20/30) to save your legs.
Buses to Sidonggou from Chishui also pass by the town of Datong (´óͬ, D¨¤t¨®ng), which has an attractive and historic old town (²µ¨³³ú³ó¨¨²Ô) quarter.
