5-Day Yunan Private Tour of Xishuangbanna

Attractions: No
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Overnight in Jinghong

Welcome to Xishuangbanna, upon arrival, your local driver will be ready to greet you and transfer you to your hotel in Jinghong downtown. The rest of the day is free on your own.

Attractions:Wild Elephant Valley, Manzhang
Meal: Not included
Hotel: Overnight in Jinghong

You many think of elephants when dreaming about Xishuangbanna. If you want to see the elephants, then Wild Elephant Valley is the best place in China. Xishuangbanna has the only habitat of Asian elephants in China, while Wild Elephant Valley is the only place in China where people can get close to elephants in the wild.

Wild Elephant Valley is known as “the bridge between human beings and wild Asian elephants”. Come to the valley and stroll with the elephants in the rainforest as friends. In addition, the smart elephants have prepared an amazing performance for you (no cruel circus training at all).

After a close encounter with the elephants, we will go an ancient Dai village – Manzhang, to discover the lifestyle of Dai people. Manzhang Dai Village is in tune with nature and very traditional.

Attractions: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, General Buddists Temple, Manting Park
Meal: Not included
Hotel: Overnight in Jinghong

The first stop will be Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to have an eye-opening encounter with the rainforest. It is the largest botanical garden in China with the largest area and the richest collection of plants species.

There you will discover meat-eating flowers, flying seeds, and dancing grass. You may have the chance to sit on the huge floating leaf of a super-large lotus. How magical that would be!

After your plant discovery, we will go to General Buddists Temple, the center of Buddhist worship in Xishuangbanna. The splendid architecture, combined with Thai and Dai building styles, will make you feel like you’re in Thailand.

Just a door apart from Zongfo Temple is Manting Park, the oldest park in Xishuangbanna with more than 1,300 years of history. It’s a natural village park and was the Royal Garden of Dai kings. In the daytime, you can view the beautiful scenery of the park, enjoy the legacy of the Dai royal family, and find out about the ‘Water Splashing’ Festival’s culture.

Attractions: Mengle Great Buddhist Monastery, Nannuo Ancient Tea Mountain
Meal: Not included
Hotel: Overnight in Jinghong

Today, we are going to visit visit Mengle Great Buddhist Monastery, Mengle Great Buddhist Monastery is the restoration and reconstruction of the former site of The Royal temple Jingle Beng temple of ancient Dai Dynasty. Mengle Great Buddhist Monastery was built by A Dai king named Beng in the history of Dai nationality in memory of Princess Nansha Weibian who died of illness. Then we are ahead to Nannuo Ancient Tea Mountain, Nannuo Mountain is located beside the road from Jinghong to Menghai, 24 kilometers away from Menghai county. Xishuangbanna is a famous tea producing area.

Attractions: No
Meal: Not included
Hotel: No

You will have a free morning in Xishuangbanna. Arranging a transfer to Xishuangbanna Airport, arriving around 2pm, for a flight departing after 4pm is suggested.