This trip route connects Kunming and Vietnam from north to south. It will satisfy you with your yearning for the south Asian tropical amorous experience. These places full of amorous feelings of ethnic and charming natural sceneries and you can also experience the unique arts and crafts along the way.

Yes, what I am talking about is Honghe Prefecture. 

Section 1: Kunming - Luxi 

A'lu Ancient Cave, Luxi County

The "First Cave of Yunnan", located in the Luxi County, is a spectacular underground water-eroded cave which is a natural art treasure. Every step will be surprising to you! 

Address: A'lu Mountain Foot, Luxi County 

Transportation: Coach starts at Kunming Eastern Bus Terminal to Luxi. Bus fare is 47 yuan, 170 km, 2.5 hour.

Ticket: 120 Yuan/person (discount is offered very often)

Chengzi Village 

Chengzi Village is unknown to public until the visit from CCTV for the recent years, but still few people have been there. It is 25 km from Luxi County, layered soil palm houses are the most prominent feature of the village. The roof of a neighbor's house is another neighbor’s courtyard. In this place the neighborhood live in harmony, even doors are unbolted at night. 

Address: Yongning Township, Luxi County 

Transportation: Rent a car at Luxi Bus Terminal to Chengzi Village, or take the bus to Yongning Township and walk to Chengzi Village, about 2 km away.

Ticket: Free

Accommodation: youth hotel, however the condition is a bit rough

Recommended cuisine: do not miss the baked potato at Hengyuan Yitong Square, for it is a Luxi specialty, with a lot of spices. Besides cold chicken rice noodle is also good. Yuang Sheng Yuan Dining Room and Luxi Eight Bowls and Ancestral Home Cooking are recommended. 

Section 2: Luxi to Mile

Keyi Village, Mile County 

Address: 22 km from Mile County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (Keyi Village, Xisan Town)

Bus route: at the gate of Mile Grand Hotel, or the gate of Jinlong Hotel, or Ranweng road cross on Mile Avenue, take Bus No. 12 to Keyi Town (interval time of 15 to 30 minutes, ticket fare: 6 yuan).

Accommodation: it is recommended to take a single-family villa. A small villa has 5 rooms, and 7 rooms for a larger one. And the price is between 500 ~ 1000 yuan.

Food recommendation: Mile stewed chicken, stewed chicken rice noodle, mutton soup pot

Section 3: Mengzi - Mile 

Mengzi 

Mengzi is a green land on the tropic of cancer. the total trip from Mile to Mengzi is 149.95 km with roughly 2 hours drive.  

Nanhu Lake 

Yunnan's Cross Bridge Rice Noodle origins from this place, and Nanhu Lake is located in Mengzi City, also called Grass Lake. It is named by the three mountains as Mt. Peng Lai, Mt. Abbot, Mt. Yingzhou. Willows all year round, green water ripples in Nanhu Lake, as if a scenery in fairyland.

Bise Village 

One of the "Eighteen Strange Things in Yunnan": "Train goes abroad rather than domestic and slower than car" is about this Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, passing through Bise Village, which is called as "Little Paris". 

Address: Caoba Town, Mengzi County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan

Ticket: 20 yuan for adult, and 10 yuan for child

Opening hours: 8:00-17:00

Accommodation: Bise Village is about 6 km from Caoba Town, 13 km from Mengzi County, which is the center of Honghe Prefecture. Only half hour's drive can get you there. Accommodation in Mengzi County is recommended, for the condition is better, there are also various level and price of hotels for you to choose. Standard room price for three-star hotels is commonly between 140-200 Yuan. Also you can choose small hotels or hostels at lower prices, generally less than 100 yuan per day.

Food recommendation: Mengzi Cross Bridge Rice Noodle, Beef Cross Bridge Rice Noodle boiled in copper pot, Tofu.

Gejiu (Tin City) 

As the past capital of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, and as the two-thousand-year-old Tin City, Gejiu cannot be said as a tourism city. This is one of the routes to Yuanyang Rice Terraces, which takes about 45 minutes for 34.6 km from Mengzi to Gejiu.

Jiaji Village in Gejiu 

Don’t miss out the pear flower during spring in Jiaji Village, Gejiu. In the evening you can enjoy the night scene of the so-called “Oriental Florence", Asian "Venice" and China's second “Little Hong Kong", or drive to Shadian to visit the Shadian Grand Mosque with a reputation of "Little Mecca". 

Address: South to Jijie Town, 5 km from Village Committee of BiYeHong Village, and 30 km from Jijie Town Government. 

Ticket: Free 

Recommended cuisine: rice noodle, baked tofu, Geji