Sanya, A Beautiful Coastal City

Hainan Island is located at south end of China and has the same latitude as Hawaii's, with spectacular scenery including tropical beaches, lush coconut groves, peaceful islands and dense forest, Hainan Island is known locally as "Oriental Hawaii". The highlight of Hainan is Sanya, its beaches rival Hawaii or Thailand in terms of facilities, clean sand and seas.

Sanya is an ideal place for people to relax; come and kick off your shoes, sit back and soak up the sun and the relaxing atmosphere of this truly tropical island!

Yalong Bay: A gorgeous 7 km (4.5 miles) strip of pale, powdery sand, Yalong Bay is known as the No.1 Bay of the world" for its blue sea and sky, and its long snow-white beaches.

Tianya Haijiao: Means 'Border of Heaven and End of the Sea' in Chinese because this was the place where Song dynasty officials were exiled. The Chinese characters for 'Tianya Haijiao' and 'Nantian Yizhu' (Pillar Pointing to the Sky in the South) are engraved on the three biggest rocks along the coast. Due to a romantic legend, nowadays, many Chinese couples come here for their declarations of love.

Sanya is also absolutely a paradise for dive lovers. There are several places suitable for diving: Wuzhizhou Island (the best), West Island, Yalong bay and Dadonghai Beach. The diving program in our package will last from one hour to two and a half hours, the longer it is, the deeper you can go under the sea, and of course the cost is higher too.

It is a wonderful world after you dive under the sea: in front of you are various types of colorful deerhorn corals in green, red and gray widely distributing on the reefs and rocks, a large number of tropic fishes such as blue dress, butterfly, angle and little zebra live among corals, black sea urchins growing under corals, and dense seaweeds dancing with the water flow.

Tongshi (also called Tongsa): 88 kms away from Sanya, known as "the fertile river valley" with 328 meters above the sea level. With some impressive architecture and lovely countryside nearby, it is a pleasant place where Li and Miao minority peoples are living.

Minority Nationalities Museum: A museum displaying Li and Miao artefacts.

Tips for Sanya Tours:
1. The best season to visit Sanya is: November to March, please avoid June to September which is rain and typhoon season.
2. Sun lotion, sun glasses, sun hats are necessary.