Fujian Province is one of the hometown of oversea Chinese and a long tradition of sea trading. Within the province, there are 3 UNESCO World Heritage sites, 5 sites voted as the Most Beautiful Places in China and 4 Historical and Cultural Cities.
20 km from Haikou City
Chinese National Geography 2006 selection of China’s Most Beautiful Places (Top 8 Coast)
Mangrove Nature Reserve
The first and largest mangrove reserve in China.
Mangrove Nature Reserve
Visitors can take a 30mins boat ride along the river to see the mangrove growing along the river.
25km from Sanya City
Chinese National Geography 2006 selection of China’s Most Beautiful Places (Top 8 Coast)
Yalong Bay Beach
Long stretch of clean white sandy beach is the main attraction.
Dragon Well
This well near the beach is claimed as the southern most fresh water well in China.
2992 km from Beijing
Historical and Cultural City
Five Officials Memorial Temple
The temple was built to commemorate 5 Senior officials in the Tang and Song dynasty who were banished to the island.
Qionghai Academy
The academy was first built in 1705 to commemorate Hainan's Ming dynasty scholar.
Haikuo Shishan Crater Cluster National Geological Park
View inside one of the crater. The park has a cluster of 40 dormant volcanoes from the Holocene period and is listed in the Global Geopark Network.
Haikuo Shishan Crater Cluster National Geological Park
Lava landscape form by the ancient volcano eruptions.
Yingxiu Battery
The costal defense fort was built in 1891 during the Sino-French war. It is one of four well known modern forts in China. The other three are the Humen Fort in Guangzhou, Dagu Fort in Tianjin and Wusong Fort in Shanghai.
Haikou Meilan International Airport
309km from Province Capital Haikuo.
Historical and Cultural City
Nanshan Culture Tourism Zone
The site is the largest Buddhism complex built in China after founding of new China in 1949. It was completed in 1998, 2000 years after the introduction of Buddhism to China.
Nanshan Culture Tourism Zone
The 108m high statue of Goddess of Mercy faces the South China sea.
Dongtian Park
A Taoism culture site along the coast. The key historical attraction is this Minor Grotto Heaven site.