Day 2 Fun at Tropical Forest
9am
Ready for an adventure in a tropical forest? Want to explore the culture of the Li and Miao ethnic minorities? Wear comfortable shoes, carry your backpack and let’s go!
You can take the No. 15 bus which travels through Sanya Bay, Dadonghai and Yalong bays. Located 25km southeast of Sanya City, the tropical forest features lots of pretty scenery, magnificent views of Yalong Bay — the “first bay” in China — and Haitang Bay, as well as romance.
Covering 1,506 hectares, the rainforest, with refreshing negative ions, has 1,500 species of tropical plants and 190 kinds of wild animals. Two-thirds of the scenes of the hit film “If You Are the One 2,” directed by famous Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, were shot here.
10am
If you get off at Yalong Bay station and walk along Liupan Road for 100 meters, you will arrive at the west gate of Yalong Bay Tropical Forest Paradise. Taking a small, open-sided tour bus on the steep mountain road, you will see a magnificent view of Yalong Bay on your left and, on your right, boulders and caves in different shapes, including the Fly Stone, Dragon Tongue Stone and Entwining Dragon Cave.
You may feel you are riding on a roller coaster because of the wriggly road and sharp turns. You may get surprised at the crest of an incline — the descending buses will wait until an ascending bus tops the crest and its passengers, at the driver’s behest, will yell at the other bus to make the trip more exciting.
11am
After the breathtaking trip, we arrive at Orchid Valley. Walking beside the huge waterfall with various species of orchids all around, you will perceive a light aroma and fresh mist and hear frogs and birds.
You will appreciate the intensely colorful Vanda orchid, which can exist only in sunny spots in the tropical rainforest. In Chinese literature, the orchid is the symbol of purity and elegance and is used to describe a gentleman with noble character in poems. The pavilion at the Fly Dragon Pool is the best place to appreciate Feilong Falls. There is a saying that the fifth son of mythical South Ocean King always practices kungfu here and turns into a dragon and flies toward the South Ocean.
The surface of the pool is as smooth as a mirror and dotted with lotus. Many turtles that have been alive for more than 100 years swim in it and are said to bless people with happiness and a long life.
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