Tengchong, Yunnan | Ginkgo and Hot Springs, Avoiding Pitfalls.

📍Address: Tengchong, Baoshan, Yunnan 🚉Transportation: 1. Direct flight to Tengchong: There are direct flights to Tengchong from major cities. 2. Connecting flight: There are also many flights to Tengchong via Kunming or Chengdu. ⏳When is the best time to visit? Mid-November to December is the best time to visit, when the ginkgo leaves in Tengchong turn yellow. It's a great time to visit Tengchong and enjoy a hot spring weekend. ❤How to choose from so many hot springs in Tengchong? ✅Banyan Tree Hot Spring: • Location: Next to Heshun Ancient Town, part of the Banyan Tree Hotel. • Price: CNY 298 per adult. • Pros: Good location, good environment. • Cons: Few pools, few showers and rest areas. ✅Rehai Hot Spring (Rehai Bath Valley): • Location: Inside Rehai Scenic Area. • Price: CNY 280 per adult. • Pros: Sulfur spring, many facilities. • Cons: Old facilities, crowded. ✅Angsana Hot Spring: • Location: Inside Mayu Valley Hot Spring Town. • Price: CNY 238 per adult. • Pros: Good garden view, beautiful architecture, good environment, many pools, private indoor hot spring rooms. • Cons: Very popular, crowded, recommended to visit in the morning. ✅Lotus Hot Spring: • Location: Lotus Town, 50 minutes' drive from downtown. • Price: CNY 178 per adult. • Pros: Forest hot spring, no sun exposure, more than 20 pools with different functions, geothermal stone slabs to lie on. • Cons: Old facilities, far from downtown. ✅Other hot springs: Tengchong also has Dongshan Hot Spring, Huangguaqing Hot Spring, Beidong Hot Spring, Sakura Valley Hot Spring Group, and Datang Hot Spring. 🍲Local food recommendations: Fried rice cake, pea flour, earthen pot, thin slices, rice noodles, copper pot beef, bamboo chicken, horse meat, ginkgo chicken stew, sapie, paluda, chicken oil rice. 🧳Tengchong attractions: Ginkgo Village is a must-visit from November to December. Eating a pot of "ginkgo chicken stew" under the ginkgo trees in Ginkgo Village will make your mouth water.