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Best Things to Do
Top 50 Best Things to Do near Jinping [2025]
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Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
4.7
/5
14420 reviews
8.8
From £8.27
Based on 89 reviews
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.Chinese Academy of Scienc | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0691-8715914
Address: 西双版纳傣族自治州勐腊县中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园-西门
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
Highlights:
Electric vehicles connect the east and west areas
Firefly tours & night views
Saved by 385 users11224 positive reviews
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It is worth a visit. It is divided into two gardens, the East and the West. If you want to visit both, you need to prepare a daytime. On average, it takes about 4 hours to see each garden carefully. Even if you just take a quick look, it takes 2-3 hours. The area is very large, so it is recommended to take a tour bus.
Banna's absolute trump card scenic spot is very suitable for self-driving. It is rich in content and is definitely not a check-in scenic spot like a celebrity. There are many plants worth seeing. It is recommended to take a sightseeing bus to the Green Stone Forest and the Primeval Forest. It is worth a look. Not to mention the main scenic spot, the Botanical Garden
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Stone Forest Scenic Area
4.7
/5
14608 reviews
8.8
Based on 54 reviews
>100 km from downtown
Phone 0871-67711439
Address: Extension of Shilin Middle Road, Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Kunming
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-4 hours
Highlights:
See the bizarre karst peaks
Ashima rock: unique & captivating
Saved by 1270 users7148 positive reviews
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The scenery is very beautiful, but without a guide it is easy to go back and get lost. There are too few shuttle buses at several small stops in the scenic area, and there are no on-site personnel to contact and deploy vehicles according to passenger flow. The experience is very poor when there are too many tourists.
Kunming Stone Forest
Karst landforms formed over 270 million years
Nature's uncanny craftsmanship
Just one look to amaze you.
Come once, and go to the suburban attractions at any time. It is recommended to drive or charter a car. The ticket price is full for adults, half price for children and those aged 60-69, and free for those aged 70. The shuttle bus to the scenic area has indeed increased revenue significantly, especially for those who drive there by themselves.
I found a tour guide named Ashima for 160 yuan, and the trip was more interesting, with blessings one after another.
After reading it, the funny opening sentence controls the brain: the stone looks big from a distance, and the big stone looks big from a close distance. Sure enough, the stone is big, and the stone is really...
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Manting Park
4.5
/5
13062 reviews
8.8
From £4.96
Based on 72 reviews
Manting Park/Ethnic Cultural Park | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0691-2161061
Address: No. 35, Manting Road, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
Highlights:
Enjoy ethnic song and dance performances in the evening
See beautiful peacocks up close
Saved by 295 users9621 positive reviews
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It is most convenient to take a taxi to Manting Royal Garden. The entrance of the scenic area is not big but very prosperous. There are various restaurants, supermarkets, Dai makeup... There is even a small Buddhist temple next to it for sitting and watching; the most convenient thing is the washbasin everywhere, which is really humanized, which is also the common feature of almost the whole Yunnan. After entering the door, you can visit in a counterclockwise or clockwise direction. The scenic area is not too big, and you can wander around the river at will. If you come in the golden light of the morning and evening, then congratulations, because you will dress up like many locals, pose in various ways, take pictures and be conceited... If you are lucky, you can also encounter performances on the river, that is, boatmen in ancient costumes rowing and singing, slowly passing by. Don't forget to go inside, there is a Royal Elephant Park, where there are elephant performances at fixed points, which children should like very much. Take a photo with the huge parrot on the roadside (of course, it is charged), buy one or two beautiful frangipani flowers (3 yuan each), and stop to learn about the origin of the "Palm Leaf Sutra" when you see it. You can stop by the Xishuangbanna Main Buddhist Temple to see the local architecture and you may even run into monks from all over the country who are here to pay their respects... In short, this trip is definitely worthwhile.
The boss is very enthusiastic and considerate. Considering that the two children are older, he helped to upgrade the room for free. It is very convenient to park directly at the door of the hotel. The main point is that it is very close to the Xingguang Night Market. The hotel is very clean. Overall, the price-performance ratio is very high. The room price is worth it.
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Wild Elephant Valley
4.3
/5
8694 reviews
8.5
From £5.99
Based on 73 reviews
>100 km from downtown
Phone 0691-2431024
Address: Sancha River, Mengyang Town, Jinghong City, 36 km from Jinghong City
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-5 hours
Highlights:
Observe traces of wild elephants on the 4,000m trail
920m elevated walkway overlooks rainforest
Saved by 240 users5735 positive reviews
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Nice place to visit but spent whole day and keep water in the bag . Cable car is long and good
In the reserve, wild elephants travel back and forth along the "elephant trail" created by their ancestors every year. The route they have chosen cannot be blocked even by guardrails: the mother elephants explore the road first, and only protect the cubs in the middle after confirming that there are no cars, and trot across the road all the way. Once, the baby elephant fell into the drainage ditch, and several elephants used their trunks to push it up. After several attempts, they succeeded, and all passing drivers stopped to let it pass.
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Dianchi Lake
4.7
/5
8281 reviews
8.5
Based on 296 reviews
>100 km from downtown
Address: 1318 Dianchi Road, Xishan District, Kunming City
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-4 hours
Highlights:
Surrounded by mountains & Daguan Tower
Majestic plateau freshwater lake
Saved by 913 users3925 positive reviews
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The Xishan Scenic Area is worth visiting. The scenery is great. The cable car slides over the battery and the scenery is unobstructed. The Xishan Longmen Grottoes are strange, dangerous and magnificent. It is worth the trip. Fortunately, on the way to the ethnic village, I listened to the advice of the driver and came to this scenic spot. It is much better than the ethnic village I was going to.
The scenery is very good, and the cable car is very convenient to go back and forth. I came here in mid-July and there were basically no seagulls. There are just too many places that charge fees. The blessing bell costs 10 yuan to hit it three times, and it costs 20 yuan per photo to take pictures and check in. After getting off the cable car, if you go to other attractions, you will be charged again.
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Dongfengyun Scenic Area
4.5
/5
7739 reviews
8.5
From £8.26
>100 km from downtown
Phone 08736292698
Address: Hudong Highway, Maile City, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-4 hours
Highlights:
Scenic platform & trail
Enjoy a choir of thousands and terracotta art
Saved by 355 users6707 positive reviews
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I think it's OK to take photos here, especially for women, flowers, lakes, and kaleidoscope buildings made of red bricks. The rest is commercial, and the 80 yuan ticket is a bit expensive. There is nothing special about the artistic sense of this man-made attraction.
The scenic area is not large but the fee is high. Overall, only the kaleidoscope is worth visiting and the photos are very good. The security guard at the back door of the scenic area is very considerate. He not only helped me locate the taxi system, but also gave me two bottles of mineral water, which left a good impression on me.
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Yunnan Nationalities Village
4.4
/5
13476 reviews
8.4
From £8.26
Based on 513 reviews
Dianchi Lake Scenic Area/ Sunac World | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0871-64311255
Address: 1310 Dianchi Road, Xishan District, Kunming City
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-5 hours
Highlights:
12 villages & 26 cultures
Experience lively folk shows & festivals
Saved by 723 users5973 positive reviews
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Yunnan Nationalities Village, this time I brought my children to play. I came here more than 20 years ago. I remember that a heavy rain caused diarrhea with my classmates. The happiness is still there, but the memory is far away. But it is still a place I highly recommend. This time I brought my children here as the first stop in Kunming.
The ethnic village is still a place worth visiting. The ticket is not cheap, but the half-price student ticket is OK. It is very good for children to understand the characteristics of various ethnic groups. The consumption inside is also very good, not very high. The experience is good. It is worth coming.
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Xishuangbanna Virgin Forest Park
4.3
/5
5576 reviews
8.3
From £4.44
Based on 26 reviews
>100 km from downtown
Phone 0691-2759999
Address: Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture is 8 km from the suburb of Jinghong City
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-5 hours
Highlights:
Cultural dance & Water-Splashing Festival
Peacock flight & Dai culture
Saved by 209 users3572 positive reviews
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The highlight was the B section of the Jungle Leap, which lasted 1.5 hours. The children had a lot of fun. The overall tropical rainforest scenery was beautiful. There was no sunshine in the walking area, but the air was very humid and hot. The peacock release show was okay. There was nothing special, but the two minutes of the peacock release was still very spectacular.
In the forest of Xishuangbanna, the sun is blocked by thick shade, and the sunlight can only leak through like broken gold. The branches overlap, weaving a dense green curtain, and the light and shadow flow quietly on this curtain, weaving bright and dark patterns.
The fine and crisp bird calls sounded in my ears, like pearls and jades scattered, sometimes clearly audible in the depths, and sometimes far away and hard to find.
I stood in the depths of the tree shadows for a long time, closed my eyes, and let the bird calls and greenness soak into my lungs. I felt that my soul was cleansed and I was in nature.
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Xishuangbanna Dai Garden
4.4
/5
4126 reviews
8.2
From £6.38
Based on 81 reviews
Daizu Park Scenic Area | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0691-2504601
Address: Xihan Garden, Jinghan City, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna (near Mangan Town)
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
Highlights:
Experience Dai's warm welcome ceremony
Explore villages & pagoda stilt houses
Saved by 167 users2691 positive reviews
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It is a Dai village with very strong ethnic characteristics, with many plant species, primitive buildings, and many activities and performances every day. The most important thing is that the people in the village are simple and honest, and the prices are touching.
The water splashing activity in the afternoon is the highlight. If you don't want to be splashed, stand far away. It's very lively. There are also many food in the food street next to the water splashing square! There are Dai homes in the park, which are very unique and worth a visit!
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Jinuo Mountain Rainforest Hiking
4.7
/5
561 reviews
8.1
>100 km from downtown
Phone 18787494330
Address: 西双版纳傣族自治州景洪市基诺族乡司土村委会司土老寨4号
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
Highlights:
Rubber trees & bamboo vipers
See plants, streams, & waterfalls
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The Rainforest Walking on Mount Keno is a journey of depth and pristineness. Along the winding path into the forest, you can feel the breath of trees with a strong earthy and plant aroma. The canopy is dense, the light is mottled, and the pace is slow on the soft, wet leaves. Along the way, you will pass by suspension bridges, streams and waterfalls, each like a natural punch point. Occasionally, you can hear the chorus of birds and insects, and the foot sounds intertwined with natural rhythms, so that people can immerse themselves in it. Guides guides the hard-to-find wild plants and fungi, which are a fun to explore on foot. What impressed me most was an open viewing platform, where the valleys, rainforests and distant mountains were clear and the view was wide and quiet. The wetness of the rainforest and the refreshingness of the mountain breeze make the whole experience both relaxing and exhilarating. This hike is not a simple walk, but a rhythmic exercise in dialogue with nature, and the body and mind are re-adjusted by the forest.
The most fun itinerary in Xishuangbanna is the rainforest hike. Walking up the river is very immersive. I signed up for a 6-person group online (actually there were more than 20 people divided into small groups). The Jino leader was very patient to play with the children, which was really good.
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