Xishuangbanna 5 Days 4 Nights In-Depth Tour | Rainforest Adventure Starting from Hangzhou

| Rainforest Adventure Starting from Hangzhou. 📅 Date: 2020.10.19-10.23 | ✈ Direct flight from Hangzhou to Xishuangbanna | 🌞 25℃-30℃
🗓 Itinerary:
Day 1⃣: Hangzhou ✈ Xishuangbanna · First Encounter with Tropical Style
Take off from Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport at 6 a.m., arrive at Gasa International Airport after 3 hours! Instantly surrounded by warm tropical breeze upon landing～
✅ Check in at Starlight Night Market: Head straight to Asia’s largest night market at dusk, rent a Dai costume for 30 yuan, and shoot exotic photos! Recommended: Laotian iced coffee and lemongrass grilled fish, sour and spicy to whet your appetite～
🏨 Accommodation: Dai-style homestay inside the Gozhuang Scenic Area, pool + banana leaf view, super healing!

Day 2⃣: Wild Elephant Valley + Jino Village · Rainforest Exploration
✅ Wild Elephant Valley: Take the cable car through the primeval forest, lucky to see wild elephants bathing! Walk and take photos with elephants (💰 30 yuan feeding experience)
✅ Jino Village: The last ethnic minority settlement of the Jino people in China, enjoyed a village song and dance feast, the sour bamboo shoot chicken stew was amazing!
🍍 Late-night snack: Riverside night market barbecue, don’t miss the spicy pig heart!

Day 3⃣: Chinese Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden · Entering the Green Wonderland
✅ 5A-rated Botanical Garden (West Area): Check in at the giant water lily pond, giant banyan tree “a forest from one tree,” the guide said there are 13,000 plant species here! Night tour to see fireflies (October only✨)
🚗 Transportation: Car rental 200 yuan/day, along the way encountered Dai villages with markets, 5 yuan per bag of jackfruit until full!

Day 4⃣: Manting Park + Zongfo Temple · Dai Queen’s Garden
✅ Manting Park: The Dai queen’s royal garden, white pagoda and golden temple look like Thailand! Wearing bright-colored dresses makes photos even better～
✅ Zongfo Temple: Free! A magnificent Theravada Buddhist holy site, remember to take off your shoes when entering🙏
🌶 Dinner: Popular restaurant “Princess Nan” for Tom Yum and mango sticky rice, about 80 yuan per person!

Day 5⃣: Dai Water Splashing Festival at Dai Ethnic Garden ✈ Return
✅ Dai Ethnic Garden: Water splashing square is super lively at 1:30 p.m.! Rent a basin to join the fun (💦 remember to bring spare clothes), also visit the Buddhist temple and traditional stilt houses～
🛍 Souvenirs: Bought small coffee beans and Dai brown sugar at the airport, regret not stocking up more!

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📌 Travel Tips:
🔸 October is dry season with little rain, sunscreen + hat are must-haves!
🔸 Scenic spots are far apart, car rental or day tour groups are recommended.
🔸 Dai cuisine is sour and spicy, if you can’t eat spicy, remember to request “mild spice”!

💬 Rambling:
The slow life in Xishuangbanna is completely different from Hangzhou’s pace. Sleeping in naturally every day, eating fruit, taking beautiful photos, visiting villages… perfect for office workers to escape the city! ✨