Whenever we talk about Yunnan, many people will think of Dali, Lijiang, or Shangri-La, but I'm not keen on it as I prefer niche routes and don't want to be crowded. Only Yunnan Pu'er is so refreshing that I even spent a few days sorting out the route and itinerary, just for the sake of more friends who love traveling to be able to have one more choice, one more kind of ‘seven colors Yunnan’ outside the eighth kind of wonderful.
Destination 1: Pu'er Sun River National Park
Sun River National Park is an investment of nearly 1.5 billion yuan, with vegetation coverage of 94.5% of China's largest tropical monsoon botanical gardens, the reason why the emphasis on large investment is because the park's internal facilities are sound, and suitable for groups including young couples as well as convenient for families to travel. There is only one high-end villa-type Red Panda Manor Hotel in the scenic area, which is a real manor where you can get in touch with wild red pandas.
From Pu'er Simao Airport to the Sun River scenic area takes an hour's drive, along the way Tea Mountain's idyllic scenery is very beautiful, it is recommended to self-drive or rent a car and can stop anywhere to shoot. If you choose to Wukong driving tour can also be directly into the scenic area directly to the small Panda Manor, which is an independent villa hotel located in the primeval forest, each villa has a considerable distance between the villa, not only does not affect the aesthetic and to ensure that the sound insulation, the most important thing is that the door in front of the house, as well as the space inside the room, is impeccable, and at the same time there are also family rooms, 360 ° view rooms, and other choices.
Notes:
1: On the way to Sun River Park, there will be quite a few small animals appearing, most of which are horse deer, so friends travelling by car must be careful.
2: Staying in the Little Panda Manor can be free of admission while enjoying many discounts and conveniences.
3: Sun River Scenic Area Due to the primitive forest-like and more mosquitoes, each room in the manor is equipped with insect repellent, remember to carry or spray after going out.
Pu'er has been certified by the United Nations Environment Programme as the ‘Paradise of the World’ because Pu'er is not only the settlement of Yi, Wa, Dai, Hani, and Lahu people, but also the source of tea and tea townships in China, with a total of 3.18 million acres of tea plantations in the whole territory, and the ethnic characteristics and tea culture are very rich. Therefore, you can also see performances of ethnic minorities in the Sun River Scenic Area, as well as sip a cup of the most authentic Pu'er tea in the afternoon.
Ethnic minority diets tend to be naturally nutritious and portable, so Little Panda Manor's cost-effective 38 RMB dustpan meal is very popular. After the meal, you can continue to sip tea or take a lunch break, and then go to the highlights of the rhinoceros ping to watch the African white rhinoceros weighing 4 tonnes, can eat 60 kg of grass a day, while you can also feed the rhinoceros grass and other up-close and personal contact. Of course, rhinoceros is not the only thing to see at Rhinoceros Ping. Along the Cyathea trail, you can not only see ‘lazy’ bee monkeys, but also groups of rhesus monkeys and angry gibbons, and you can't miss the small pandas, which are voracious for food but don't bite.
The most commendable thing is that almost all the animals in the Sun River Scenic Area are in a free-range state, which is fundamentally different from the animals locked up in cages in zoos that people are used to seeing today. For example, the baby fish, which has survived for more than 50 years, can live well without moving for three years, which is the most suitable for children to increase their knowledge of the outdoors and cultivate their interest in nature.
Pu'er Outdoor
As a national forest park with an area of more than 216 square kilometres, the Sun River scenic area has a distribution of about nearly 1,000 species of plants, of which dozens of nationally protected plants alone. In order for visitors to experience the fun of outdoor hiking, Little Panda Manor also employs professional outdoor coaches to lead the team and answer detailed questions about plant characteristics medicinal values, etc. For people who grew up in a reinforced concrete world, this is not only a challenge, but also a course to increase the chances of outdoor survival. For example, Mr Wenfeng, who knows everything about forest species, will remind everyone that certain plants grow in cool and damp places, while others are found in direct sunlight, which plants are poisonous, and which ones can be used in soups to strengthen the body, and so on. If you are not interested in plants, you can also choose the ‘leaping jungle’, which is divided into two routes, one long and one short, without touching the ground.
Note:
1: Outdoor hiking should not be separated from the team, mobile phone signals in the primitive forest from time to time, at the same time, the temperature is slightly lower, and you can wear long-sleeved trousers.
2: Nature can preserve the original style because there is no human damage, so please do not destroy the plant growth in the forest.
3: The challenge of flying through the jungle requires not only physical strength, but also physical coordination, and most importantly, the skill of ‘borrowing power to exert oneself’.
The first time to tried wood carving, it seemed simple but actually difficult, my fellow partners chose their favorite animal carving, actually is also decent, The wood carving teacher is very good, and this is very suitable for parent-child summer camp.
Night tour to explore Pu'er Sun River Forest Park, we all brought headlamps, lowered the decibel of speech, footsteps on the leaves rustling, and found a lot of insects we had not seen, especially the best camouflage bamboo worms, if not for professional outdoor teacher to take us to look for, really can not find them.
Pu'er Wild Camping chapter
Providing visitors with the most caring and cost-effective services is perhaps the most praiseworthy aspect of the Little Panda Manor. After feeling tired from the outdoor trekking, you can also join a particularly thoughtful and high value camping lunch cum afternoon tea. In a slightly higher ground to open up a clearing, set up a row of rain and wind with a ‘small hall’ of oversized tents, set out a large table enough to be published in food magazines of pure natural beef dry rice and pastries, accompanied by the blue sky and white clouds and then a beautiful sip of ice-cold juice, such enjoyment can only be described by those who have been in the scene. ‘Wine and dine’ after each back to the tent inside the lunch break, wake up can also participate in the short course of hand-ground coffee beans, petty mood full.
At the same time, the scenic area also provides night stay stargazing services, in order to ensure the safety of the same time there are staff accompanied by 24 hours, after the night to light up the campfire to a little barbecue, this feeling must be very beautiful.
In addition to the activities described above, Little Panda Manor can also experience the whole process of making Pu'er tea, starting from freshly picked tea leaves, after frying and killing, steam pressing, packaging and other steps, visitors can bring back the hand-made Pu'er tea to treasure. At the same time, you can also follow the teacher Afu in the forest oxygen bar to learn the simplest but most effective yoga. It is worth mentioning that Afu was originally a Beijinger with 15 years of teaching experience in the Peking University High School, and after selling the old Beijing courtyard house, his family came on holiday and never left Pu'er again, and for Afu, the days of his ‘hermitage’ in Sun River Forest Park were the days when he was a ‘recluse’. For Mr Afu, the ‘hermitage’ in Sun River Forest Park is the life he wants most.
As for food, the Little Panda Manor offers a wide variety of dishes, from formal hot pots to customized meals, to hand-cooked rice representing ethnic minority specialties, it seems that there is no gourmet desire that the chef of the Manor cannot satisfy. The most recommended is the Pu'er Three Treasures Banquet, a combination of tea, coffee and dendrobium, which will make you crave for more until you suck your fingers.
What is traveling? Traveling is a carnival combining work and leisure, the most suitable place for traveling must have a variety of entertainment and leisure experiences, compared to the major scenic spots where tourists come one after another, Pu'er Sun River National Forest Park is undoubtedly the most suitable place. Pack up the holiday to the Little Panda Manor, all consumption daily average will not exceed one thousand yuan, niche routes to avoid the crowd to enjoy the aristocratic style of travel, after reading this massive real-life ultra-long strategy, what are you waiting for?
Tea Horse Road - Yunnan tea culture is the most intense place!
According to historical records: the North and South Dynasties period of ancient China through the tea barter way to Turkey export tea, the Sui and Tang tea horse trading way to Southeast Asia and the Arabian countries, the Silk Road more so the Chinese tea culture spread to the European countries through Siberia. Therefore, in the Western countries records will also be called the Tea Horse Road ‘Southeast Asia's land terminal’, which to Yunnan Pu'er departure directly to India and then resold to Europe's longest line.