Hotel Accommodation
For tourists, staying in Gaozhuang is a good choice, with better accommodation and environment, and more cost-effective. There is a night market at night. If you stay in Gao Trang, you won't be too far away from the night market and the Great Golden Pagoda, no matter where you are. You can walk there. Jinghong city is separated by a river, but there is a bridge as a connection, so there is no inconvenience.
Wanda accommodation is a bit better, but it's really too far away to travel without public **** transportation.
Gaozhuang
We stayed at the Suixian Mountain Hotel in Gaozhuang, who is in a pretty good location. It was the first hotel we saw when we arrived at the Gaozhuang expo. It was a 5-minute walk, and the night downtown was about 300 meters away. But just because it's a few hundred meters away, it's quiet and not noisy at night. It's a seven or eight minute walk to the Jiangbei Ticket Office at the Jinghong Passenger Terminal. The hotel is very big, the facilities are very good, wet and dry completely separate. When we checked in, we were also given a free upgrade to a room on the top floor leading to the terrace, which felt a bit cool! Haha's laugh
Botanical Gardens - Wanglian Hotel
We also booked the Botanical Gardens Wanglian Hotel for one night. It was very convenient to call the hotel directly from the entrance of the Botanical Garden and send a battery car to pick us up.
The hotel is in the middle of Bai Guo Yuan and Yin Sheng Botanical Garden. We settled for lunch and dinner at the hotel. He provided a buffet for lunch and dinner, 60 yuan per person, basically eight hot dishes, four cold dishes, a soup, Sprite Coke, four kinds of fruits, the main food is only rice. The flavors were okay. It felt a bit like a cafeteria. Breakfast is included in the room rate, so it's free. Relatively speaking, there are more kinds of breakfast.
Dinner Buffet at Wanglian Hotel
Breakfast Buffet at Wanglian Hotel
The good thing about staying at the Botanical Gardens is that it is fun to take a walk in the Botanical Gardens in the evening after dinner. You can get up early in the morning to play. A large number of tourists are not here yet. We arrived at noon on our first day and hiked the entire western section in the afternoon. Then went out for a walk in the evening. The next morning I bought an electric bike from the kiosk across the street from the hotel. It was about a 20-minute drive of 5 kilometers to the East End's Greenstone Forest viewpoint. Not a single person, completely exclusive, feel a little cool, haha.
Wanglian Hotel Swimming Pool
Current LocationLet's talk about the distance from the airport. Jinghong is the closest to the airport, more than 10 minutes away.
Gaozhuang is a bit farther than the city, about 20 minutes away. However, most accommodations in Gaozhuang include a free shuttle, so just agree on a flight time with the store in advance.
Again, transportation to the various attractions.
Manjung Park
If you go here, it's recommended that you don't rent a car. Many teachers will tell you that you can rent a car for 100 dollars to go to Mangan, but actually, you can take a dropshipping express bus from Gaozhuang and get it done for 10 dollars. No need to charter a car~
Here is a clear advice. Regular cab drivers here don't love it. Even if they use DDT, they change the price. It's annoying as hell! After we got in the car, they even told us that it's not fun to listen. I'll take you somewhere else, you can think about it. See, we insisted on going to Manchester and asked if we had bought tickets. He can buy them instead, let's return the tickets we booked online. Special! Don't! Please. Tired! After all these tricks didn't work, we asked for another 20 bucks for the cab fare, saying it was 20 bucks to cross the river! I wanted to kill him with a stick! In order to avoid this kind of problem, it is recommended that you try to use DDT Express when you go to the city or the airport or something like that, so that the price can't be changed~
Huaxia Sky Watching Tree
The third day I actually wanted to go to the Sky Clearing Tower, because the chartered driver told me that it was too expensive for two people to charter a car, and it wasn't cost-effective, so I listened to his advice and changed it to the current situation. Overall, I felt sorry for not being able to go to the Clear Sky Pagoda, so when I
This year, Jinghong City opened a scenic drive for tourists, which is really good news for tourists who go together with two or three people. Because most tourists want to go to some more distant attractions before taking the car, but with this through train, a lot of problems are solved.
Keno Village
We went there by bus. We arranged for Kino Hut and Primitive Forest Park on the same day for 200 RMB a **** on the same day, which was actually ok. But the scenic drive-through is still accessible, depending on your own schedule.KinoCottage is about 40 minutes away from Gaozhuang.
Primitive Forest Park
It's actually quite close. It's only about a 10-minute drive from Gaozhuang. It can be reached by scenic through-train and bus. It's actually not expensive to take a taxi.
Menglun Botanical Garden
The scenic spot can also be reached by direct bus. Meanwhile, you can also choose buses. Gaozhuang Jinghong Passenger Station Jiangbei has a ticket office where you can buy tickets on the spot. You don't need to go to downtown Jinghong if you take the bus on the spot. You can ask Gao De, he knows the ticket office. And even if you can't find him, walk to the side of the road and you'll see a lot of minibuses and Chinese buses parked there.
Buy the train to Menglun, the ticket is $23 per person, which is a good deal. It takes about an hour to get there. When you get on the train, tell the master to get off at the Botanical Gardens. The master will call you when you arrive. Stop directly at the west gate of the Botanical Garden. There was only one stop in the middle, about three to five minutes. It didn't take much time.
On the way back you can get a bus at the west gate, which is about half an hour away. However, there are several public **** cars. Before you get on the bus, ask the master where we are going to Jinghong. On the way back, we caught a bus to Banna Passenger Terminal. It's actually not too far from Jinghong Passenger Terminal, but it's closer to the airport. We just happened to be going to the airport, so we went straight to the terminus. If you want to sit in Gaozhuang or something else, come quickly. Tell the host to stop for you. It's all negotiable.
Tips:
Transportation
The bus to Banna Passenger Terminal, you have to pay attention to the bus stops in the middle of about three or four stops, each stop stops about 5-10 minutes or so, so if you're like me is to catch a plane, it's best to come out a little earlier. However, this bus also has the advantage of being in much better condition than the one we took when we went there, which belonged to the minibus kind of car, and was rather worn out. The bus we took was a minibus, which was rather shabby. The bus we took back was a medium-sized bus, with a large seat spacing and spaciousness. The car is a very good choice for the kids who are looking for a place to put their luggage, either in the back or underneath, so it's not a problem at all.
For people living in Gaozhuang, in fact, eating is not difficult. At night, you can basically eat and drink at the night market. You can experience Dai barbecue (grilled pork, grilled fish, grilled chicken, grilled fish, etc.) , Dai Salad (steamed phoenix claw, steamed papaya, etc..) , and a variety of fruits and freshly squeezed juices.
Dai specialties
Dai barbecue, I think the vegetable wrapped fish is okay. It's 30 yuan a serving, and includes a grilled fish, a small bowl of rice noodles, lettuce and dipping sauce, and peanuts, wrapped in lettuce. I've never eaten like this before. Quite interesting. And the wrapped crispy pork bone tastes good too. You can try it. We didn't really like the Dai Cold Food. I don't know if it's authentic. Anyway, it feels like all kinds of spices in your mouth, don't like it too much.
Starlight Night Market Cai Bao Fish
Starlight Night Market Pop Roasted Pork Cuigu
Starlight Night Market Stalls
Starlight Night Market
And juice.
The days we stayed there we bought freshly squeezed juice at the same stall for 10-15 RMB a glass. If you go every day, the price is negotiable the next day. I tried the poppy pear juice. It was so flavorful and delicious! There was also pineapple pomegranate juice, which was sweet and sour and very special. Coconut water special selection of Thai coconut, the flavor is very sweet. After drinking it, you can also let the stall owner dig the coconut meat off and eat it. Don't be too happy hahaha.
We bought pineapple nectar, eggshells and such from two fruit stores (not far from the Jiangbei ticket office) just outside the Gaozhuang neighborhood on the roadside. The pineapple honey was impressive. There were only a few small bowls at the night market for $10. My uncle cut them at that little store. 10.5 bucks a pack, still big. Haha, we had a beautiful meal. The eggs are also delicious. You can buy them and try them. They taste like cake. It's amazing to buy them soft.
A variety of freshly squeezed juices at Starlight Night Market
Wooden Pineapple
General Storefront
We went to two restaurants, one was Manfredo's Grilled Chicken from Internet Celebrity. It was about eleven o'clock in the morning when I went. There was no one in the store, so I ordered grilled chicken, pineapple rice, and hand-peeled bamboo shoots. Let me mention here that there is no stir fry at this restaurant. All the veggies are raw, like cucumber strips and lettuce. The grilled chicken was flavorful. The best part was the chicken wings, which had a caramelized skin in oil. The pineapple rice was flavorful and the bamboo shoots peeled by hand were plain looking and needed no special treatment.
The other one is Dai Lou Yuan. We wanted to try the rice by hand, so we went to see if he had a group buy. It was a big one, enough for two people. Outside was a circle of various meats, grilled fish, grilled chicken, grilled pancetta, grilled pork ribs, grilled pork rinds, cucumber strips, and lettuce. The roasted pork was especially good, charred. On the bottom was rice with vegetables and in the center was pineapple rice. The rice wasn't too hot, it felt like microwave, but the meat on the outside had a good flavor, and with the group buy it was only 88. it felt like a really good deal. Except for the rice, both of us were basically wiped out.
Dai Lou Yuan hand grabbed
Dining food
For many people, the least understood is the attractions of Xishuangbanna are well publicized, there are a lot of attractions, do not understand at all. First give you a picture, so you can see the general distribution of attractions: (This picture is saved from the bee friends Q&A, I think the picture is particularly clear, you can borrow it, hehehe)
Well, with this basic concept, let's talk about it in detail.
First of all, when choosing attractions, first look at what kind of places you like, then, avoid type repetition, and finally, consider the distance and cost. Then, when planning the route, refer to the above chart, the same direction together, there will not be a big problem. You can also refer to the route provided by the scenic drive-through bus, which is easy to ride. Personally, I think Manting Park is perfect for downtown.
Attractions Recommended
Manting Park
Manting Park Gate
Tickets 54 yuan/person, play time 2-3 hours, opening time 8-17 points
The ticket is 54 yuan, online group purchase is 49 yuan, do not need to buy any battery car, not big, unnecessary. It's quite beautiful inside, and there are some shows you can go to. This is the schedule of the show, you can refer to it and arrange your time wisely.
010-Parrot Show: 9:50, 12:00, 15:40, Parrot Showground
At 14:50 pm we watched the Royal Elephant show, which I personally think is totally unnecessary. Around two o'clock, many people started to take seats at the venue. Around two o'clock, a staff member came out with four or five elephants. After giving them a bath and dressing them up, they opened the door and started soliciting business to take pictures. Each person 80 yuan, a lot of people with children went to take pictures. Visual estimate half an hour, twenty or thirty people to take pictures. This money earns a little fast.
The show started at 2:50 on the dot, and there were some interactive programs. One of them was two staff members pushing shopping carts in two supermarkets, which were filled with cucumber bananas, and three for 10 dollars to feed the elephants, which also caused a frenzy, hmmm! Long story. Anyway, other than these crazy money-seeking programs, everything else was pretty good.
Elephant Show: 10:30, 14::50, 16:30, Elephant Showground
Manting Park is connected to the General Buddha Temple. Show your ticket when you return to Manting.
The Dai King has a date to catch the pendulum every day: 9:00, Catch the pendulum field
The story of Zanha "Spring Huan": 11:00, Zanha Pavilion
Route: Take a boat all the way from the Nam La River to the pier. After disembarking, take the PhilipTrail to the Sky Corridor. After disembarking from the boat, take a bus from the viewpoint to the parking lot.
I'm sorry I can only give you this information because I didn't do it and still feel sorry. I actually wanted to go to the Skytree on the third day because the driver of the chartered bus told me that it was too expensive for two people to go to the Skytree in a chartered bus and it was not cost-effective, so I took his advice and changed it to the current situation. Overall, I feel sorry that I didn't get to go, so people should try not to charter a bus and try to avoid being fooled.
The following picture is also borrowed from the bee's travelogue to give you a reference.
Manjung Park Elephant Show
Total Buddha Temple Lookout Tree
Keno Lodge is actually not big, but the whole management and planning are good. There is time to go and take a look. When you get to the entrance of the scenic spot, every 10 minutes, people who buy tickets within 10 minutes will form a small group, as many as they can count. Because we went there early in the morning, when we arrived about 9 o'clock, there were very few people. A *** four people formed a small group, a young resident of the village will act as a guide to take us around the village. This is a service included in the ticket, not a guide we found separately. At the gate, people dressed in various Keno costumes would welcome you and then make a toast. I'm glad I had a small glass of wine that went down my neck. It felt like it burned for a long time after drinking it. For a non-drinker like me, that's really not a bad degree. Girls shouldn't get as excited as I do when they reach for a glass of wine.
Welcome Ceremony at the entrance of the Keno Lodge
Package ticket 198 yuan/person (including scenic spot ticket + one-way Nam La River sightseeing cruise + canopy corridor/rainforest corridor bridge), opening time 8:30-19:00, play time 2-3 hours
Keno Lodge
Guide all the way to give us an explanation of the origins of the Keno people and culture, I find it quite interesting! . After watching a lot of small performances, we got some basic understanding of the Keno people. Finally, he took us to a place to watch the show. The little guide brought us some food, including slices of pork roasted with local winter squash and pig, corn and sweet potatoes. It felt like a bit of a clean meal for the four of us.
There was fruit to eat at the entrance, a tub of watermelon, a tub of pineapple and a tub of bananas. Watermelon and pineapple can be eaten at will, one person can only take a banana. The people who came behind us all had a taste and left. Only the four of us ate half a day there, begging for the shadow area of the little guide's heart, hahaha. Everyone must try the pineapple. It's a local specialty, eyeless pineapple. It's sour, sweet and delicious. The whole tour takes about two hours.
Tickets are 160RMB/person, open from 9:00-18:00, tour time is 2 hours
Open from 7:30-18:00, tickets are 65RMB, battery car is 70RMB/person, tour time is 2-3 hours.
Overall, I find this attraction a bit awkward and don't really recommend it. In the whole scenic area, the most crowded would be Aisian Zhai, and the bridge at the gate is more appealing. There is nothing inside, except that someone will lead people in folk dancing and you can also experience the bamboo pole dance. Be careful not to pinch your feet~ haha, we also caught the ethnic instrumental performance. The timing was just right and we watched it. It wasn't really much, but the host and audience interaction was pretty fun. Made us all have fun. That's basically the whole scenic area. I just felt like my $115 was for the peacock and the rest was nothing special. Let's play it all and watch a 2-3 hour show. It would be faster to use the electric cart.
Peacock flying show place
Liked the bridge in front of the lodge.
Note
Scenic area electric car: 50 yuan / person / time, round trip 100 yuan / person / time. Play time, half a day in the west, half a day in the east.
Xishuangbanna is the most most loving place. Botanical gardens are divided into east and west. Due to time constraints, most tourists only go to the west area. The west area belongs to the carefully planned area, which is clearly planned and divided into many different areas. You can buy your own tour ticket or choose to go purely on foot like we did. The tour bus stops at one stop. Those with elderly and small children can opt for the tour bus. You can refer to the map below and plan your route in advance.
The Eastern District is a completely different style, more natural and closer to the original state. There are only two stops in the East District, but I feel that a tour bus is more necessary than in the West District, because it's about five kilometers from the West District to the first stop at the Green Stone Forest, and then about two or three kilometers further on, it's the tropical rainforest area. So although there are fewer stops, the distance is far enough to take a tour bus.
It is recommended that the elderly and people with bad legs should not go to the green stone forest, because it is basically a climb. And the scenery is not that beautiful. If young people have enough time, they should exercise. It's not really that high. The tropical rainforest area is interesting and primitive, and the big roots of the greenstone forest area can be seen here. It's like a rainforest in a movie. Quite interesting. Suggest you visit when you have time. It's okay to be a little older. Relatively speaking, it's much milder than the Greenstone Forest area. A little up and down the road shouldn't be a problem.
Early in the morning to go to the side of the Kinuo cottage will be slightly cool, we remember to bring a thin jacket
In fact, Xishuangbanna if you really want to buy some specialties, I think the fruit is the best. If conditions allow, you can buy a few boxes of pineapple and mango to bring back. The flavor is still very good.
Also, we stumbled upon a sour horn cake called Maodoli, which tasted very good. I felt it would be a good choice to bring it back to share with everyone. It just so happens that day out of the Manting Park is still early, so we went to the nearby Carrefour, 29.9 yuan a bag, feel okay. If Xishuangbanna will stay in Kunming in the future, you can also buy in the supermarket in Kunming, but do not go to the airport to buy. I think the airport sells 65, 80, too expensive.