Bathed in the sunlight of the azure sea and golden beaches, with baskets brimming with fish, shrimp, crabs, and shells, Duodao Sea Garden is a National AAA-rated tourist attraction located in Andongwei Street, Lanshan District, Rizhao City, at the intersection of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces. It is adjacent to the National 3A scenic spot—Duodao Sea Scenic Area to the east, and bordered by the Duodao Sea Leisure Fishing Base, Lanshan District Cultural Service Center, and Lanshan General Airport to the north, with a wealth of surrounding tourist resources. The natural environment is superior, making it a paradise for waterfowl.
Transportation to Duodao Sea Garden is highly convenient, with approximately a 1-hour drive from Lianyungang City in Jiangsu Province, Linyi City, and Rizhao City. It is about a 30-minute drive from Dengshan Scenic Area and Lanshan West Station. The distance to Duodao Sea Yunhe Night Hotel is about 3 minutes by car, to Duodao Sea Bathing Beach about 4 minutes, to Sea Stele Park about 6 minutes, and to the urban area of Lanshan District about 6 minutes!
The intertidal zone in Duodao Sea Garden is vast, spanning 2 kilometers from east to west, with the sea receding up to about 3 kilometers at low tide, covering an area of more than 500 acres. The garden focuses on beachcombing experiences, featuring soft golden sand and a large area of high-quality coastline resources, which once created the spectacular scene of ‘ten thousand people digging clams’. The terrain of Duodao Sea Garden is flat, without rocks, and the soft sand is a paradise for soft-shelled mollusks.
Here, you can roll up your pants, step on the sand, and experience the charm of Duodao Sea Garden by collecting, picking, digging, fishing, and catching, feeling the local culture of beachcombing and the joy of harvest. You can find: clams, white clams, Xishi tongues, bamboo clams, sea anemones, conchs, sea snails, starfish, shrimp, swimming crabs, bread crabs, Huada crabs, cat’s eye snails… and nearly a hundred other marine species inhabiting and growing on this beach.
Opening hours are from 08:30 to 18:00 all year round.
Preferential policies: Children under 6 years old (including 6 years old) and under 1.4 meters (including) in height enter for free. Elderly people aged 60 and above (including) enter for free with valid identification. Military personnel, both active and retired, enter for free with valid identification. Disabled persons (including severely disabled and one accompanying person for the blind) enter for free with valid identification. Firefighters enter for free with valid identification. Students with valid identification receive a half-price discount. Minors over 1.4 meters (not including) in height receive a half-price discount. Members of photography associations with valid identification from the China Photography Association or county-level (including county-level) photography associations, and members of the Rizhao Film and Television Association receive free access for photography creation. Journalists with valid national press credentials and identification enter for free. Tour guides with national tourism bureau-issued ‘National Guide Qualification Certificates’ or ‘Guide Certificates’, and those with ‘Temporary Guide Certificates’ leading groups to the scenic area enter for free. Travel agency managers and domestic and international travel merchants with ‘Travel Agency Manager Qualification Certificates’, ‘On-the-job Certificates’, or ‘Work Certificates’ enter for free.
Advanced registration is required at the Hai Zhou Bay Cultural Tourism Marketing Center. Free admission for active military personnel and their families stationed in the city: Active military personnel stationed in the city holding an ‘Officer’s ID’ or ‘Soldier’s ID’, and their family members (parents, spouse, children), who must present a ‘Resident ID’ and a proof document issued by the political department of the military unit at or above the regiment level.
Supplementary note: The above information is for reference only, and the specific policy disclosed by the scenic spot on the day shall prevail. Children must be accompanied by adults to enter the scenic area for sightseeing and play, and please take good care of your own children and the elderly.
Tide schedule at Duo Dao Hai Gan Hai Garden.
Duodao Sea Garden: A Paradise for Beachcombing
Bathed in the sunlight of the azure sea and golden beaches, with baskets brimming with fish, shrimp, crabs, and shells, […]
