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White Stupa

White Stupa is located on the top of a small hill behind Manfeilong village, Damenlong, which is about 70 kilometers far from Jinghong. Stupa was build in 1204, the major one in the middle is 16.29 meters and eight minor ones around are 9.1 meters in height. This stupa group is very famous in Southeast Asia, there is a huge footprint in its niche, it is said was left by Buddha and very sacred to Buddhists.

Wild Elephant Valley

Wild Elephant Valley is to the North of Jinghong City, about 50 kilometers far. It actually is a nature reserve for tropical rainforest and wild lives. Here in jungle live about 70 wild Asian elephants. Wild elephants usually come out at night, so people built a small hotel on tops of trees in forest for tourists who want to observe wild elephants closely. A 2-kilometer long cable way in the park enables people to enjoy rainforest view from the air.

Manting Park

Manting Park is called Chunhuang as well in local Dai language, means Garden of Spirits. This park is the oldest park in Xishuangbanna, used to be a royal garden of Dai. Many trees and ornamental plants growing in it providing people with a good rest place. Wabajie Temple, the Buddhist temple with the highest status in Xishuangbanna is situated here.

Ganlanba

Ganlanba is located in the lower reaches of Lancang River, 40kms from Jung Hong city and it is the fourth biggest dam of the 23 dams in Xishuangbanna. The area has a typical tropical zone landscapes with low terrain and moist climate. Ganlanba covers an area of 50 square kilometers and is 530 meters above sea level, which is the lowest place in Xishuangbanna.

Weather in the region is hot, humid, which brings in various tropical fruits like coconut, areca, banana, mango, litchi, carambola, pineapple honey, etc, as well as great amount of candied fruit.

Tropical Botanical Garden

Tropical botanical garden in Menglun is the biggest tropical botanical garden in China. It is a research base belonging to Chinese Academy of Science, about 80 kilometers far from Jinghong. Garden was built in 1959 under leadership of famous botanist Cai Xitao, specializing in cultivation and introduction of all kinds of tropical plants. Garden covers an area of around 900 hectares, more than 3000 kinds of plants growing here, formed a picturesque garden and attracted countless visitors.

Daluo River

Daluo River is ocated in the development area of the provincial port-Da Luo Town, 4 km from the town government, about 1km from the 219-218 boundary marker between China and Myanmar, 3kms from the Fourth special region of Myanmar, Mong La.

Da Luo is a Dai language with the meaning of a port for all people. As a small town in the southern border area of Xi Shuang Ban Na, Da Luo is 133 km from Jung Hong city, 70 km from Meng Hai County. The Da Luo River is a gently flowing branch of Mei Gong River with the breadth of 30 meters. There are five villages on the south bank of Da Luo River. They are Da Luo, Man Bang, Man Chan, Man Zhang and Long Li.

People visiting Da Luo will be bound to appreciate the grand scenery of One-Tree-Forest that are very common in such tropical areas like Xi Shuang Ban Na. the scenery is formed like this: besides the trunk, the big banyan trees also have many branches which would get into the soil to be the trunk of another new tree. There comes a forest.

One Tree Foest

A big-leaf banyan tree growing in tropics and subtropical zone is located 3.5 km south Da Luo town near the boundary of China-Myanmar, with the height of 28 meters, the history of 900 years, the covering area of 120 square meters which acts as both a fence and a green protective screen.

Some aerial roots will grow from the trunk of the big banyan tree to whose base they would twine. Through the branches of the banyan tree breaks 32 aerial roots that are hanging down into the earth to be an aerial roots jungle. These straight aerial roots stand in lines like the soldiers who protect their motherland at the frontier, which makes people respectful. Therefore, the One-Tree-Forest scenery in Da Luo town is indispensable for the tourists to Xishuangbanna.


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