It’s a mostly uphill 1km stair climb to the summit of Lǎohēi Shān, one of the area’s 14 volcanoes. Do a circuit of the crater lip for panoramic views of the lakes and other volcanoes dotting the landscape. Taxis drop you at the ticket booth from where park shuttle buses take you to a large car park. To the left is the trail up the mountain; to the right is a boardwalk to the aptly named Shí Hǎi (石海, Stone Sea), a magnificent lava field.
Back in the car park smaller green shuttle buses take you to Huǒshāo Shān (火烧山) and the end of the road at another collection of weirdly shaped lava stones. This stretch is one of Wǔdàlián Chí’s most enchanting, with lava rock rivers, birch forests, grassy fields, ponds and more wide stretches of lava fields.
