Manting or Chuanhuan Park, literally means in Dai “Garden of Souls”. Meaning, visitors to the park are able to relax their souls and forget about any of their worldly troubles.
The garden includes tropical flowers,fruit trees and an economic forest in this well manicured garden. It was established in 1953 but only opened it's doors to the public in 1998.
This man made lake is best visited in the early morning or the evening, the locals do their exercises in the morning and they gather in the evening to dance.
Xishuangbanna Wild Elephant Valley. (North of Jinghong)
Situated some 47km north of Jinghong, the Mengyang nature reserve is home to Xishuangbanna’s native wild Asian elephants, it's the last remaining refuge of wild elephants in the whole of China.