Fanjingshan

CHINA

Located within the Wuling mountain range in Guizhou Province (southwest China), Fanjingshan ranges between 500-2,600m above sea level, favouring highly diverse types of vegetation and relief. It is an island of metamorphic rock in a sea of karst, home to many plant and animal species which originated in the Tertiary period, between 65 million and two million years ago. Fanjingshan has the largest primeval beech forest in the subtropical region.