A place I will definitely visit again is Xishuangbanna
Travel tips:
🧡Xishuangbanna Transportation
🔸How to get there: If direct flights to Banna are expensive, consider transferring in Kunming
🔸Local transportation: Rent a car or drive yourself, the usual price for a chartered car is about 400 per day
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🧡Best Time to Visit
Banna is not big, 3-5 days is enough.
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🧡Xishuangbanna Attractions
🔹In the city: Manting Park + Zongfo Temple, Big Buddha Temple, Primitive Forest Park, Prajna Temple, Starlight Night Market
🔹Surrounding areas: Chinese Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden, Wangtianshu, Wild Elephant Valley, Jinuo Mountain Village, etc.
🔹Manting Park, rainforest trekking, and Starlight Night Market are must-visit attractions, small but characteristic.
🔹For less crowded places, Wangtianshu is also a good choice, other attractions depend on your own schedule
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1⃣ Manting Park
A taxi from Gaozhuang costs about 10-15 yuan, or you can ride a scooter for 20 minutes, the ticket is 40 yuan per person, and Dai costumes here are very suitable for taking photos.
✅Recommended route: Main entrance—Dai Palace—Parrot Paradise—Royal Elephant Garden——Octagonal Pavilion Bridge—White Pagoda (🚌)—Zongfo Temple—White Pagoda (🚌)—Bonfire Party—Entrance
Zongfo Temple is next to it, no ticket is needed, if you go from the White Pagoda, return the same way after taking photos.
The bonfire party is inside Manting Park, you need to buy another ticket, 280 including meal and water lanterns, etc., it is the largest existing performance in Banna.
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2⃣ Chinese Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden
The Chinese Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden is the only 5A attraction in Banna, managed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
✅Recommended route: West Gate-Baihua Garden-Banyan Tree Garden-Aquatic Plant Garden-Palm Garden--Shade Plant Garden-Banyan Tree Garden-Baiguo Garden Station-Vine Garden-West Gate
⚠Attention:
❗June to September is the season for Victoria amazonica, the hot air balloon experience lasts about 15 minutes
❗The park is really big, if you want to visit both east and west areas, it is recommended to buy an electric car ticket, if you only visit the west area, walking is fine, about 4 hours
❗It is recommended to book a guide at the ticket office in advance, without a guide, many plants are incomprehensible
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3⃣Wangtianshu
The tallest trees in the world, very spectacular, and located on the border, so even in the peak season, there are relatively fewer people than other attractions, the skywalk and boat ride are must-experience projects at Wangtianshu! Don't miss out.
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4⃣Rainforest Trekking
There are many rainforest trekking routes in Xishuangbanna, pay attention to several points before signing up: whether to purchase insurance, group or private tour, whether to carpool in a private tour, whether the guide is qualified, whether the rainforest activities have been approved and filed by the tourism bureau, what is the queue time for each rainforest activity? Departure and return times, etc.
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🧡Xishuangbanna Cuisine
The food in Banna is both good-looking and delicious, but don't eat too much, not all foreign stomachs can handle it.
🥘Chunwuli: The most popular on the food list, the signature dish is lemon sugar chicken wings
🥘Cat Lemon: "Highly photogenic", a must-visit restaurant for many internet celebrities, the signature dish is bread curry crab
🥘Thai Banna Designer: GET the same check-in spot as Zhao Lusi, a three-story western-style building, the signature dish is pineapple rice
🥘Xia Wang: The main theme is forest style, with a semi-outdoor environment under an open-air canopy, the signature dish is fragrant fried fruit platter
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The Big Buddha Temple in Xishuangbanna mainly promotes Southern Buddhism culture, and it was originally the royal temple of the Dai king, belonging to a national 4A tourist attraction. The pagoda is splendid and you can pray with lotus lanterns🪷.
🚶In the scenic area, you can choose a one-way tour car to go directly to the top, then walk down to enjoy the scenery; or if you are physically fit, choose to walk up and down the mountain
🎫Ticket price: 120/person
Half-price ticket: Children above 1.2 meters and seniors above 60, price 80
Free admission policy: Children below 1.2 meters and seniors above 70, free entry
🦚Peacock flying shows five times a day
9:30|11:00|13:00|15:00|17:00
Hundreds of peacocks will fly from the big Buddha statue to the lawn, and after the release, you can feed the peacocks there.
⛲️Buddha Bathing and Water Splashing Square
There are 2 water-splashing festival activities every day at 14:00|16:00, this is the designated place for the Buddha bathing and blessing ceremony, where you can also feel the sprinkling and blessing of holy water, it will be canceled on rainy days.
⏰Opening hours: 08:00-18:00
Wangtianshu Scenic Area is very worth visiting. The whole time is about 2 hours. Transportation: You can take the high-speed rail to Mengla Station. Wangtianshu Scenic Area 🈶 fixed shuttle 🚌 Free round-trip transfer, which is great. We also took a taxi 🚗 to the scenic spot before we knew that there was this free shuttle service. Scenic scenery: The scenic scenery is very original with tropical rainforest scenery
Very good experience. I went to the botanical garden two days ago to see a lot of plants, and today I heard the tour guide talk differently. The tour guide speaks very well and is very interesting. The corridor in the tree is very challenging.
It’s worth going. I really experienced what is called a tropical rain forest. The natural oxygen bar is cool and comfortable. The sky tree is very spectacular. It’s pleasing to the eye to drive across the Nanla River and enter the scenic spot. Standing in the tree canopy corridor, I feel close to the sky. I have to sigh the magic of natural species. The place I have always wanted to go is really worthwhile.
Transportation: Mengla Bus Terminal ~ Wangtianshu Scenic Area is about 21 kilometers away. You can take the Shuban shuttle bus (ticket 9 yuan) at the station and get off at the visitor center to buy scenic spot tickets. After changing to the gate of the scenic spot (free), the distance is about 4.3 kilometers. Return to Mengla at the intersection in front of the scenic exit and wait for the Yanban or Jinghong shuttle bus. Scenic Area Ticket: 55 yuan, Tree Canopy Corridor: 120 yuan
Recommended to love outdoor stimulation of the air corridor! No need to bring a drone! ! If you want to take the tree canopy corridor, don't hesitate to buy a joint ticket, otherwise the original price of 120 people on the scene is very heartache! ! The air is very safe, the soles of the feet are iron fences, and there are not many people. Wangtianshu Scenic Area thinks it is better than the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is the most fun place in Banna. The oasis at 21 degrees north latitude, the river valley rainforest tropical rainforest, the vegetation is dense, and the only oasis at 21 degrees north latitude of the earth are on the towering giant dry of them up to 70 to 100 meters. A 36-meter-high canopy corridor is hundreds of meters long. It is recommended to play for 3 hours. The route is navigated to the first parking lot 🅿️ to buy a ticket ticket in the sky of the tree canopy corridor. After entering the parking lot No. 1, now the pier is directly taken by boat to the parking lot No. 2 4 kilometers away. It is also the entrance of the scenic spot to start climbing. Just walk down the tropical flower avenue and go to the tree canopy corridor. Starting to feel the Wangtian tree more than 100 meters high in the sky, China may be the only large Wangtian tree here, ⚠️ there is a photo + photo frame 40 yuan, drone video 90 yuan, although I also want a drone, but the tree canopy scenic spot is not allowed to use, spend money to buy video photos, commemorate it, After buying the video, you can go directly to the forest pool, and you can start the trip to the mountain to absorb negative oxygen ions. First Cai Xitao Trail and then Phillip Trail. You don't go back. You don't get tired. You can see the phenomenon of hanging, big root, Wangtian tree, etc. Finally, you can go to the exit of the scenic spot and wait for half an hour for the shuttle bus to go back to the parking lot of the No. 1 parking lot to pick up the car and leave by yourself.
The local newspaper a small group (anti-composite meter, cost-effective), and her husband, there is nothing annoying along the way (directly sleep to the destination), in the car on the village, the journey is a bit far, it is already noon, eat local rice, stroll around the forest, take the high-altitude plank road (that is a stimulus), The peacock steps at the entrance of the scenic spot are very beautiful, you must take a photo, back at 5 o'clock, it's still happy
I am very satisfied with the trip to Wangtianshu Scenic Area. Shan Dao has performed well, her explanation is meticulous and patient, full of enthusiasm, not only let us understand the rich natural knowledge, but also feel her love for this land. In addition, her thoughtful service and reasonable itinerary ensured that we could fully enjoy the fun of the trip. Thanks to Shanshan for her professionalism and enthusiasm, this trip was an unforgettable experience.