How to get to Wild Elephant Valley?

Wild Elephant Valley Traffic Guide: Take a bus to Guanping at Jinghong Bus Terminal and let the driver stop at Sanchahe Wild Elephant Valley. Ticket price 12 yuan.

2. You can take a bus from Simao to Jinghong and Mengla. Tell the driver to stop at the back door of Wild Elephant Valley, where you can walk less.

Located in the north of Mengyang Town, Jinghong City, a place called Sanchahe. Located in the south of Mengyang Nature Reserve, about 50 kilometers away from Jinghong City, the state capital, the traffic is very convenient. Wild Elephant Valley is named after the frequent presence of wild elephants. Since there are wild elephants, there is no need to elaborate on the natural forest resources here.

1990 began to invest in the construction of forest parks with wild elephants and tropical rainforests as the main contents. 1996 officially opened to receive domestic and foreign tourists. The region is criss-crossed with valleys, dense forests and a tropical rain forest, where exotic animals such as Asian wild elephants, bison, green peacocks and macaques grow. Because the scenic spot is located at the junction of the east and west areas of Mengyang Nature Reserve, with dense forests and numerous birds and animals, it is a passage for all kinds of animals to March. Wild elephants often come to this area, which is the only place where they can be seen in Xishuangbanna. In this forest park, there are animal viewing area, virgin forest exploration area and reception center, with a total area of about 3.7 million square meters, including a building area of more than 2,800 square meters and a water surface of 8,000 square meters. At present, the continuation project is being implemented, and the elevated corridor will be built for 2936 meters; Construction of aerial ropeway 1886 meters, new pedestrian walkway 3380 meters.

Visitors to Wild Elephant Valley can watch well-trained elephant performances during the day and see real wild elephants coming out of the forest to feed here at night. Sometimes wild elephants will swagger up and down the elevated promenade before dark, and when they see tourists stopping for a while, they will look at these uninvited guests. Sometimes there will be several groups of wild elephants in the valley at the same time, and the roar of elephants driving each other will come and go, which will make the newly arrived distant tourists tremble with fear. Some elephants don't panic, but also leisurely feed in front of tourists. In addition, you can watch all kinds of snakes in the snake garden and taste the dragon and phoenix soup boiled with snakes and black-bone chicken. At the same time, you can also go to the butterfly breeding garden to watch colorful butterflies and buy handicrafts made by butterflies, but you must not be confused by these artificial landscapes. The real natural scenery is hidden in the virgin forest. Walking into the forest, you can see the clear stream flowing slowly and the trees are dense by the stream. Here, you can enjoy the strangulation of plants, the flowers on the roots and old stems of plants, and many rare plants, so that you can enjoy the scenery of tropical rain forests.

The hiking trail of adventure tourism goes down the south bank of Qingxi in the forest, enters the central area of the park, and then returns to the reception center from the trail in the forest on the other side, or enters the snake garden and butterfly breeding garden and returns to the avenue in front of the park. This 4880-meter-long hiking route passes through valley rainforest, mountain monsoon rainforest and subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest. Along the way, you can see the phenomenon of killing grass by stepping on the roots in the rainforest, the landscape of old stem flowers and old vines in Gu Teng climbing trees and forming rattan nets, and you can also enjoy many rare plants in orchid gardens and tropical rainforests.

Wild elephants can be seen everywhere in the forest beside the path, and lucky tourists may also see wild elephants walking in the forest in the evening or at dawn. In the Wild Elephant Valley, visitors can watch the elephant show. 16 elephants were domesticated here. This is the first elephant training school in China. These well-trained giants will bow to the tourists to welcome them. They will do handstands, head on the ground, feet up, dance to the melody of music, cross the wooden bridge and perform "kicking" the ball with their trunks. Tourists can ride on the elephant's back.

Elephant Valley is full of mystery and strangeness. Its beautiful natural scenery and thrilling adventure activities will surely make you pleasing to the eye and unforgettable all your life, and make you forget your long-cherished wish to return to nature.