Last updated: 7 August 2026 Keketuohai National Mine Park (可可托海国家矿山公园) sits in the same small town as the much better-known Keketuohai National Geopark. It’s a completely different attraction: an old rare-metal mine you tour through on foot, tunnels and all, rather than a hiking gorge. We travelled here on 7 August 2026, a few days after Heavenly…
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