Scenic spot introduction:

The Yanoda Rainforest Cultural Tourism Area in Sanya is located at 18 degrees north latitude. The scenic area combines strange mountains, lush forests, beautiful waters and deep valleys. It has a variety of tourist resources such as tropical rainforests, canyon wonders, flowing springs and waterfalls, Lidong customs, tropical fruits, southern medicines and hot springs. It is a concentration of the five major tropical rainforests on Hainan Island and also the most valuable tropical rainforest resource expo.

Attractions distribution:

The Yanoda Rainforest Cultural Tourism Area is located in the southwest of Sanya City. The scenic area focuses on displaying natural scenery and tropical rainforest landscapes. It integrates zodiac culture, rainforest totems, and folk customs, and integrates eco-tourism and vacation and leisure. It creates a cultural style of loving nature, feeling nature, and returning to nature. It is an internationally-standard comprehensive, complex ecological cultural leisure and vacation theme scenic area. It is also the first comprehensive theme scenic area in Hainan Province that fully displays and expresses the "green ecological culture" of Hainan tropical rainforest. It is known as the "Shangri-La" of Hainan Island and the "Utopia" of paradise on earth.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 5A scenic spot

Scenic spot features:

Tropical rainforest, sports and leisure, forest

Scenic spot map:

Scenic spot map
Attraction Address
Travel Guide

Travel Notes of Travellers:

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Best time to visit:

All seasons

Scenic spot map:

Scenic spot map
Tourist Transportation

Scenic spot location:

China > Hainan Province > Sanya

How to get there:

Take the Sanya to Baoting bus at Sanya Main Station (ticket is about 10 yuan), get off at Sandao Farm Road (usually Yanoda) and you will arrive at the scenic spot;

Take the free shuttle bus from Haikou to Yanoda for two-day tour in front of Haikou Hotel. There is one bus per week, departing at 10:00 on Saturday and returning at 15:00 on Sunday;

Book the Yanoda Rainforest Cultural Tourism Area Freeman Package in advance and you can take the Sanya-Yanoda round-trip tourist bus to the scenic area from Sanya Pearl Plaza, Dadonghai Yintai Hotel, Sanya Bay area, and Yalong Bay area. The Yalong Bay area offers free shuttle buses, and other tickets are 20 yuan per person.

Scenic area map:

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Attraction Tickets

Yanoda Ticket Price:

170 yuan/person (including ticket 130 yuan/person, tour bus ticket 40 yuan/person)

Children under 1.2 meters can enter the park for free; children between 1.2 meters and 1.5 meters can purchase discounted tickets at 98 yuan/person (including entrance fee of 58 yuan/person and sightseeing bus ticket of 40 yuan/person); tourists over 1.5 meters can purchase tickets normally.

Elderly persons over 70 years old (with their ID cards), journalists (with their press cards issued by the State Press Administration), disabled persons (with their disability certificates issued by the China Disabled Persons' Federation) and active military personnel with valid certificates (officer certificates, soldier certificates) can enjoy free admission and only need to purchase sightseeing bus tickets at RMB 40 per person.

Seniors aged 60 to 69 (with their ID cards) and students (with domestic full-time student ID cards) can enjoy discounted tickets at 98 yuan per person (including entrance tickets at 58 yuan per person and sightseeing bus tickets at 40 yuan per person).

Scenic area opening hours:

Weekdays: 08:00-18:00

Holidays: 07:30-18:00

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