Travel Guide for a 3-day, 2-night Trip to Xishuangbanna with a 70-year-old Elder
The elder has some mobility issues, so we avoided distant attractions and focused on those in the city area, visiting only 1-2 spots per day, which was just the right amount of activity. The itinerary included elephants, peacocks, the Water-Splashing Festival, temples, tropical plants and flowers, traditional Dai dwellings, and night markets, essentially capturing the essence of Xishuangbanna.
day1️⃣
Morning at the Flower Garden - Noon rest - Afternoon Gaozhuang + Starlight Night Market
✔️Tropical Flower Garden
Ticket🎫40, free for those over 70, sightseeing car 40, door + electric 60
🚗Transport: Didi
This season, bougainvillea, frangipani, lotus and other flowers are blooming successively, and tropical fruits are also beginning to bear fruit. The palm garden, areca garden, and coconut grove are as beautiful as those at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
✔️Starlight Night Market
Ticket🎫0
A Southeast Asian-style night market that's quite large, with handicrafts, snacks, and ethnic clothing available. It's recommended to just browse without buying anything.
day2️⃣Morning at the Dai Ethnic Garden - Noon rest - Evening at the Riverside Night Market
✔️Dai Ethnic Garden
Ticket🎫45, free for those over 70, door + electric 70r
Ancient traditional Dai stilted buildings, a string of five villages, temples, intangible cultural heritage such as Dai brocade and Dai pottery are all on display. There's a Water-Splashing Festival every day and Dai performances, and you can take an electric car to avoid getting tired and also visit a small market.
✔️Riverside Night Market
A night market on the embankment, very long, with similar items to the Starlight Night Market but cheaper. You can buy Thai clothing here.
day3️⃣
Morning at Manting Park + Jinghong Farmers Market, afternoon return home
✔️Manting Park
Ticket🎫40, discounted for those over 60 with ID at the ticket window
The royal garden of the Dai king, with elephants, peacocks, some small animals, boat rides, and nice scenery. You can choose not to take the electric car, make sure to check the elephant show times, and go see the elephants. Visit the main temple at the end. If you're only visiting the main temple, no ticket is needed.
✔️Jinghong Farmers Market
Local prices for shopping here, with a wide variety of specialties, most of which can be mailed. Experience the local life.
Conclusion: Traveling off-peak is delightful, with cheaper hotels, uncrowded attractions, and easy Didi rides in the city. There's a bus line to the Dai Ethnic Garden, and if you can't wait, chartering a car is also not expensive.
The first time I came to Xishuangbanna, I just caught up with the water splashing festival. I took the baby to experience a very high. I like it very much. The atmosphere is very good! ! ! In addition to splashing water, I also visited the peacock garden and the village inside. There are many fruit trees in the village, especially the jackfruit!
Due to the distance to go, the Yi Garden did not go inside, but saw the water splashing activities of the Yi Garden, the whole activity, warm, happy, orderly, everyone had a good time, all kinds of water splashing, and dance, people feel happy.
Very convenient, Ctrip bought it online, no need to change tickets, directly brush it into the park, through a stockade, to the water splashing square, the water splashing program is very fun, young people are very hi, the temperature is a bit high, a bit awkward
The Yi Nationality Garden is indeed one of the must-see attractions, especially when you come here to experience the Songkran Festival activities. If you have the conditions, you can prepare the atmosphere on the clothes side to supercombust. In addition, remind those who can ride a battery car not to buy a scenic shuttle bus, the queue is very long and very unfree. After I went in, I rented an electric car directly inside for 60 yuan a afternoon. It was too convenient. Where to ride, where to stop. Basically, I rode 20 kilometers in the park in the afternoon and basically turned several times. It was not realistic to walk. I also deliberately passed through the most remote farmland in the scenic spot to the edge of the Weilan River, and I just saw the yacht passing by here. The scenic spot is full of local villagers' buildings, and all kinds of fruits are planted at the door. It is not recommended to go to the north of the scenic spot in the direction of the small train. It is purely boring to go to the farmhouse. Those who live in the city directly go to Banna Bus Station and take a car to the Yi Nationality Garden for more than 10 yuan. When they come back, they also take a taxi back to Gaozhuang Night Market for dinner. Basically, I have been in this mode for three days without having to take a taxi or drive by myself.
I took the elderly and took two scenic sightseeing cars because of the trouble of queuing. There are performances in the water splash square and the theater in the scenic area, everyone pay attention to the performance time. There are also Dai villages and markets in the scenic area, you can buy delicious food, and the price is not expensive. Worth a visit. Sightseeing car, if you don't bring the elderly and children, you can not buy it. Because the distance between the attractions is not far.
On the 12th, I drove by myself. Beijing friends with their parents must bring free tickets with their old age certificates. Just buy a battery car. I rushed to the water splashing show at 3:30 pm in the Yi Nationality Garden. It was fun to follow the Judi and it was very lively. Then slowly take the battery car to visit is not tired, the battery car will get off work at 6 o'clock in the evening, master the time.
Mengxu Big Buddha Temple can also splash water. If you want to splash water, you don’t have to go to the Yi Nationality Garden, but this Yi Nationality Garden is a border, actually... This is the closest border to the city in Xishuangbanna. Several villages are composed of each village. Each village has its own temple. This is good. The village sells fruit at a normal price. It is still possible to go shopping. There is a 10 yuan direct bus from Huaxi Garden, all day long, passing by Gaozhuang. When leaving, there are also cars at the door and the traffic is very convenient.
The Yi Nationality Garden is quite interesting, perfect to reflect the characteristics of the Yi Nationality. Some villages are composed of scenic spots. You can buy some fruits grown by the villagers, eat fruits that have never been eaten, and some fruits that have been eaten. It is also delicious in the local area. After all, it is ripe fruit on the tree. There are also water splashing activities in it, which is also very lively. There is also a snack market, as well as the border pier, the Golden Triangle yacht. Everyone can experience it. The border pier has seen a lot of film shooting scenes. It is more interesting and physically good. You don’t need to buy a battery ticket. You can also walk down. There is also a homestay inside, you can also experience the characteristics of the family, the overall feeling can be