Lotus flowers and water lilies have burst into an early bloom, attracting a lot of visitors and shutterbugs to Shili Lianjiang Agriculture Sightseeing & Experience Garden, Zen Cloud Resort, and Huafa Aquatic Villa Provincial Wetland Park in Doumen District.

Shili Lianjiang Agriculture Sightseeing & Experience Garden Lotus Pond

A wide variety of species ranging from purplish red and white single-petal to binary- and broken-colored double lotus flowers can be seen at Shili Lianjiang Agriculture Sightseeing & Experience Garden.

Lianjiang Village, Lianzhou Town

Buses 401 or 401B to Lianjiang (莲江); direct Zhuhai (Doumen) Tourist Express from Zhongzhu Building (中珠大厦) on South Yingbin Road in Gongbei to the scenic spot (hotline: 86-756-8111333)

Call 756-6316666 for ticket prices or information. 

Binary-colored double lotus flower at Shili Lianjiang

Zen Cloud Resort Lotus Base

Zen Cloud Resort has 30 mu (2 hectares, 5 acres) of yellow, purple, white, and red fragrant water lilies (nymphaea hybrids), all with florescence that will last until late October.

Guangming Village, Lianzhou Town

Tickets: 20 yuan ($3) (Photo-taking will cost another 20 yuan but with three nymphaea hybrids given in return)

Bee harvests nectar from purple nymphaea hybrid at Zen Cloud Resort [Photos by Lin Xiaosen & Zhang Lianzhou / WeChat account: meilidoumen]

Huafa Aquatic Villa Provincial Wetland Park

Photos can be taken of blooming lotus flowers at Huafa Aquatic Villa Provincial Wetland Park. Visitors will also encounter waterside flora and fauna at the 1,000-mu (165-acre) area.

Near Huafa Aquatic Villa (华发水郡) and Huangyang River in Jing'an Town

Buses 303, 307, 405, 502, 525, 530, or K6 to Jinxiu Rongcheng (锦绣荣城); 601B, 602, or 602A to North Riviera (里维埃拉北)

Free admission