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2024 Huaning Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in September)
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Kunming surrounding area 2 days 1 night, specifically for the hot springs
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Yuxi Elephant Trunk Hill Resort Hot Spring Hotel
Traveling with a friend, departing from Kunming on Friday, it took 2 hours by car to get there. After arriving, we checked in around 3 pm, which was just right.
Stay:
We booked a forest standard room package for over 400, including breakfast + forest hot spring + swimming pool. Parking is convenient, the buffet breakfast has a variety of options, and there are also private hot spring rooms and courtyard room types to choose from. If money allows, I would like to experience the courtyard room.
Spring:
After checking in, we went to soak in the hot springs. There are only sixteen pools, each with its own small pavilion or hut, great for sun protection. The water temperature is constantly at 41 degrees, and there are also cold pools, warm pools, and steam rooms. The pools on the mountain have a higher temperature, while the ones below are larger. You can bring some snacks and eat while soaking.
There weren't many people when we went, so my friend and I had a pool to ourselves. We also learned some knowledge from the hotel staff:
1. Huaning Elephant Trunk Hot Spring is known as the "divine water," discovered during the Eastern Han Dynasty, nearly 2000 years ago.
2. It belongs to the warm water of low-temperature geothermal resources, containing 24 essential macro and trace elements for the human body.
3. It is a high-quality mineral spring suitable for both drinking and bathing! (Different from other hot springs)
The next day we tried the local delicacies:
1. Kiln Street Restaurant, recommended dishes are fried pea flour, silver shredded pork, Huaning sausage, and wild vegetable bitter thorn flower.
2. Fish Village Small Intestine, in Jiangchuan, we ordered sauce braised fish, clear soup small intestine, and noodle ears, all very tasty.
3. Huaning's sweet soup is delicious, with bean flour dumplings, lala powder, ice powder, and rice cold shrimp paired with brown sugar water, it's definitely a child's favorite!
4. Crispy and sour bread are Huaning's specialty snacks.
Huaning Xiangbi Mountain Resort
The hot spring water is clear and is said to be drinkable and suitable for bathing, indicating high quality. The hotel accommodation is acceptable, but the surrounding commercial areas are vacant, so dining is only available within the hotel. Both dinner and breakfast are served at the hotel restaurant, with average taste. There are 16 forest hot spring pools, which are quite comfortable when there are few people. I prefer to soak in the morning when the hot spring water is freshly filled, clean, and reassuring. You can stroll around the hotel area, with a small creek and a small bridge, making it a nice post-meal walk. ~ Xiangbi Mountain Resort
The perfect summer destination for fun water activities with kids around Kunming is here!
After about a 1.5-hour drive from Kunming to Huaning, I stumbled upon an amazing hidden gem - a hot spring resort where you can happily soak in the hot springs with your kids, swim to your heart's content; they even have private baths indoors, allowing the whole family to comfortably lie in the water and gaze at the stars! Moreover, the water quality here is superb, it's a pure natural self-flowing hot spring, so hurry up and check it out~
📍Location: Huaning Elephant Trunk Mountain Hot Spring
It's only a 15-minute drive from Huaning County 🚗, and the entire hot spring resort is surrounded by lush forests, with a view full of verdant greenery and air so fresh, the environment is like a secluded paradise.
💦Play:
✔️You can happily bring your kids to soak in the hot springs and swim. There are a total of 16 pools on the hillside. All pools are filled with natural mineral water, and locals say the water is drinkable and suitable for bathing, which is a source of pride for Yuxi residents. We even saw babies as young as seven or eight months old playing here~
✔️There are also more than ten bathhouses, each with its own private pool and small courtyard, spacious and comfortable. We stayed in a small villa with our children, and their joyful laughter while playing in the water was continuous without disturbing others. The best part is that the back of the house is a lush forest, where you can hear birds singing joyfully during the day 🎶, see lively squirrels jumping on the branches, and at night, gaze at the brilliant stars in the sky, which is incredibly romantic! ✨If you come with your family or friends, you can also play mahjong, enjoy a steam bath, and sip tea, which is truly comfortable.
✔️Behind the resort, you can barbecue and camp; you can also take your children to make handmade pottery. The master will help fire it and then send it home, giving the kids a piece of art they created themselves, an amazing experience~
✔️Near Elephant Trunk Mountain Hot Spring, there's also a pottery village called Bowyao Village, where you can take your kids to experience pottery making and learn about the Huaning pottery process, which is very interesting.
🥕Eat:
The rooms include a buffet, with a very rich variety of both Chinese and Western dishes, and the taste is quite good. It's recommended to try the local Huaning roasted bait block and thin bean flour, super delicious~ The restaurant is open all day for ordering, and if you don't want to go all the way to Huaning County to eat, you can try the local black medicine steamed meat, sausages, organic vegetables...
🏕Stay:
In addition to the bathhouses, there are more than 60 rooms, and all guests can enjoy the hot springs. However, I recommend the Shenshui Residence we stayed in this time, with 2 rooms, a large living room, and front and back yards. In addition to our family of four, I also brought my grandmother and younger uncle, and it was quite spacious and comfortable. Families with multiple children can add extra beds like we did~
🌿The water quality of Elephant Trunk Mountain Hot Spring is truly top-notch. We went for a soak at 10 am when they opened, and the sunlight sprinkled in the pools, which were free of any impurities, clean and transparent, truly deserving of the local name 'divine water'. For families who love to play in the water with their kids in the summer, I highly recommend it to you. It's at most a 2-hour drive from the main city of Kunming, and on the way back, you can also stop by Fuxian Lake for a while, simply perfect!
This enchanting place
⭐️ When looking for a place to stay, hot springs are definitely a super attractive option! Yunnan, this enchanting place, hides many heart-stirring hot spring resorts.
⭐️ Huaning Elephant Trunk Hot Spring, like a dazzling gem, shines on the land of Yunnan. The hot spring water here is crystal clear and rich in various minerals beneficial to the human body. Soaking in it, it feels like all the fatigue and stress slowly dissipate with the steam. The hot springs are surrounded by green trees and the fragrance of birds and flowers, perfectly integrated with nature, creating a super tranquil and peaceful atmosphere. Staying here, you can feel the gifts of nature every day, and fully enjoy the comfort and relaxation brought by the hot springs.
⭐️ There are also many activity venues such as badminton halls, tennis courts, basketball courts, swimming pools, KTV, camping sites, etc., to meet everyone's various needs.
⭐️ You can also get full board services, eating pure natural green vegetables grown on their own mountains, super healthy and delicious.
⭐️ Yunnan's hot spring residence is a beautiful encounter with nature, a deep healing of body and mind. Let us step into this world of hot springs together, start a different kind of residence life, and feel the infinite charm of the hot springs.
🏡 Homestay: Huaning Elephant Trunk Hot Spring Tourism and Culture Resort
📍 Address: Elephant Trunk Hot Spring Resort, Yuxi City, Yunnan
It's time for a hot spring soak, a hot spring soak
Yuxi Elephant Trunk Hill Hot Spring Resort | A great place for a hot spring soak in autumn and winter
A very large resort, it has forest hot springs and indoor pools, as well as snacks available and the scenery is quite nice
✨There are mountains, water, and hot springs
Take a dip, soak away the fatigue,,
📍Huaning Elephant Trunk Hot Spring Resort, Ningzhou Street, Huaning County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province
Kunming's "Little New Zealand"
The big windmill creaks and turns.
The scenery here is really beautiful.
📍Located on the ridge to the southeast of Fuxian Lake. Follow the navigation instructions to reach (Modou Mountain).
Standing under the huge windmill at the top of the mountain, you can see two lakes surrounded by mountains, and flocks of cattle and sheep on the hillside. This spot does not charge an entrance fee, and personally, I think the location of windmill No. 789 is the best viewing spot. Now many people come here to camp because there is also the most beautiful sunset.
🎀🎀🎀 The road is not easy, but so is life. Only through hardships can one stand at the peak and be qualified to see the beautiful scenery. Don't let the mundane drown out the romance and passion for life, go to the highest place where the wind is really strong and the scenery is truly beautiful! Look up and there is a different sky. Every cloud can heal you.
A hot spring you must never visit
Xiangbi Hot Spring Resort! I'm afraid you'll fall in love with this place.
1. Huaning Xiangbi Hot Spring is known as divine water. Discovered during the Eastern Han Dynasty, it has a history of more than two thousand years.
2. It is a warm water resource of low-temperature geothermal energy, containing 24 kinds of macro and trace elements essential to the human body.
3. The hot spring water, which can be both drunk and bathed in, is comparable to the French Perrier mineral water.
4. The forest hot spring has 16 pools, hidden in the woods and nestled in the mountains, surrounded by green hills. In the early morning and at dusk, it fulfills all fantasies! Perfect for photo ops!
The pinnacle of water quality!
Each pool is flowing with living water, pure natural hot spring water is introduced into the pools.
The pools are cleaned daily, and fresh water is added the next day, with no floating debris, crystal clear as you can see in the pictures.
There are many pools, enough to satisfy a family to enjoy a pool by themselves. In winter, it's not too crowded and quite peaceful!
It's about a 2-hour drive from Kunming.
Accommodation includes villa king-size beds and standard rooms.
For just soaking without staying, the forest hot spring is 108 per person, and children under 1.2 meters do not need a ticket. Villas are available at different prices according to needs. In short, it meets everyone's needs.
Hot spring tickets 100+ double room 300+
The double room includes breakfast for two + unlimited hot spring access.
The rooms are very new, clean, and simply decorated (p12-15 bedding is quite comfortable, the provided toiletries are also OK. Personally, I think it's more cost-effective to drive yourself and stay for one night.
Tips
The hot spring opens at 10 am. There are limited pools, so it's recommended to go at least ten minutes earlier to queue up.
The higher up you go, the fewer people there are, so you can head straight to the top. Rooms are available after 3 pm, so there's no need to go too early (bring a Bluetooth speaker to enjoy music while soaking, it's fantastic
Moudou Mountain, a lesser-known attraction by Fuxian Lake
Moudou Mountain is located in Huaning County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, with an altitude of 2663 meters. It is the boundary between Jiangchuan and Huaning counties, as well as the connection point between the two counties.
From here, one can overlook Fuxian Lake and Xingyun Lake, view the Windmill Hill, and see vast grasslands.
Hiking Plan
8:00 Gather at the C exit of Kunming Railway Station subway (Yinhai Domain) to take a car, with an estimated 2.5 hours to reach the destination.
11:00 Arrive at the hiking spot and start the hike, which is expected to take about 7 hours for a round trip, covering a distance of approximately 20 kilometers with an ascent of 600 meters.
12:00 Have a packed lunch at the mountain top.
It is estimated that the hike will end around 18:00 and return to Chengjiang County.
19:00 Have dinner together in Chengjiang County town.
Private hot springs around Kunming‖Suitable for family to stay overnight and soak slowly!
Essential private hot springs around Kunming for the New Year
Is there a activity every family will have during the New Year - soaking in hot springs anyway our family can't miss it every year we booked a villa private hot spring in advance
Suitable for a family to stay overnight and soak slowly
The public hot spring pool is super crowded, it feels like dumplings are being dropped, the private hot spring is particularly quiet and the air is very good
Huaning Elephant Nose Hot Spring Resort is 2 hours drive from Kunming, recommend villa private hot spring
There are so many people in the public hot spring pool that we didn't go to soak
When walking at night, I saw the forest hot spring on the mountain. It should be okay when there are fewer people on non-holidays
At the foot of the mountain in the countryside, there is a hidden Tai Chi hot spring pool
Reminder before you go: don't mind the long journey, don't mind the many bends. Here is the address: Tonghongdian Tai Chi Mandarin Duck Hot Spring
Luckily, I chose a weekend when I wasn't in a hurry. Luckily, I bought a kilogram of excellent beef cold slices when I passed by Qinglong Town in Huaning. Luckily, the smell of the small oranges all over the mountain was just right. Otherwise, I would really doubt whether this place exists.
But when I got there, I really felt it was a fantastical existence. A farmhouse completely hidden in the countryside. Friends who come to stay need to book in advance. If you don't stay and only soak, it seems to be 35 yuan. Most of them are local people. Local people seem to only need 2 yuan to enjoy this gift from heaven. How happy!
The water is really, really, really clear, and the temperature is also high. You can also climb up the mountain to see the natural water outlet. The hotel's facilities are a bit old, but the food is not bad. If you go from Monday to Thursday, there are very few people.
I met a group of young ladies. They brought all kinds of snacks they bought from Panxi Township. Sharing food and hot soup, I just want to say that the countryside here is really fragrant!
Travel guide to Modou Mountain Wind Farm
✅The top of Modou Mountain is flat and wide, with alpine meadows. From the top of the mountain, you can enjoy the wonderful view of 'one mountain overlooking three lakes, three counties and one district' (Fuxian Lake, Xingyun Lake, Qilu Lake, Huaning County, Tonghai County, Chengjiang County, Jiangchuan District), and appreciate the wonderful fun of the ancient saying 'Huaning has no river, three accompany the river, Huaning has no sea, three accompany the sea'. At the same time, 24 'big windmills' stand tall and spin in the wind.
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1️⃣Attraction: Modou Mountain Wind Farm (no admission fee)
2️⃣Location: Huaning County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, the boundary point between Jiangchuan and Huaning counties, and the connection point between the two counties, gathering the characteristics of the two counties.
3️⃣Highlight: Big windmills
4️⃣Altitude: 2663 meters
5️⃣Transportation: It is recommended to drive by yourself, 🔍search for 📍Modou Mountain Wind Farm on the navigation.
6️⃣Distance: 134 kilometers, about 2 hours from Kunming.
7️⃣Road condition: Kunming/Shan-Kun Expressway/Chengyuan Expressway/Fuxian Lake Ring Road/215 Township Road (18 bends in the mountain road, narrow road, drive carefully).
8️⃣Food: It is recommended to bring your own dry food or eat at the foot of the mountain. There are only some snack stalls on the mountain, especially those who take children for a walk should pay attention to food hygiene and safety.
9️⃣Notes:
1, The wind is strong on the mountain, wear more clothes, be careful of catching a cold.
2, The scenery along the way up the mountain is very beautiful, every turn is a scenery, stop to take pictures must ensure the safety of people and cars, if you have a drone, you can bring it, it's very spectacular.
3, You can watch the big windmills up close, the children are very excited, play and make noise must be well supervised, some places on the top of the mountain are very steep, safety first.
4, Everyone has a responsibility to protect the environment, love the environment and take away the garbage.
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A trip to Yunnan, encountering the most beautiful hot springs
Huaning Elephant Trunk Hot Spring Resort
Yunnan not only has beautiful landscapes, but also hot springs that make people linger!
A hot spring trip immersed in nature, simply refreshed my definition of comfortable enjoyment!
In the mottled forest, I found a hot spring hut hidden between the mountains, as if I was in a fairy tale world.
Soaking in the warm hot spring, my body and mind are relaxed at the same time, it's so wonderful!
After the hot spring, I also walked around the open-air rest area of the hot spring area. The sound of birds echoing in the valley and the sound of mountain wind brushing past were around me. Breathing fresh air, I felt as if I had become a part of nature.
In addition to hot springs, I was fortunate to try Yunnan's special hot spring tea drink, which is very refreshing! A cup of fragrant tea, next to the misty hot spring, I feel like I am in a fairyland, I don't want to leave this quiet world at all.
Come and explore the hot spring paradise of Yunnan with me! Tell me in the comments, which hot spring in Yunnan are you most looking forward to
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