Wild Elephant Valley

Xishuangbanna Wild Elephant Valley is located within 1# Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, 2# Mengyangzi Reserve, and 6# UNESCO Human and Biosphere Reserve. It is 22 kilometers away from Jinghong City, 7# Jinghong City, and is the first 9# National Park in China with animal and environmental protection as its theme@According to archaeological discoveries, the Asian elephant has been widely distributed in the Yangtze River Basin, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Guizhou regions, and even as far north as the Yellow River Basin. With the harsh climate and geographical environment, Asian elephants are forced to migrate southwardXishuangbannais the only habitat for Asian elephants in China

is a wild elephant valley located at the junction of the east and west areas of Mengyang Nature Reserve. It is a central channel for the exchange and gathering of wild Asian elephants living in the two areas

Wild ElephantsValley offers a variety of tourist attractions, including high-altitude viewing trails, rainforest sightseeing cable cars, the 31# AsiaElephant Museum, the Asian Elephant Breeding Base, and the Asian Elephant Performance School. These attractions allow visitors to safely observe Asian wild elephants and their living environment without disturbing their daily lives. It has become the only place in China where they can communicate closely with Asian wild elephants and is known as the "bridge between humans and Asian wild elephants"

Wild Elephant Valleyis rich in natural resources, gatheringtropical rainforest,South subtropicalevergreen broad-leaved forestand numerous rare animal and plant populations. It is a comprehensiveecological tourism scenic spotthat integrates ecological tourism, scientific research and teaching,leisure vacation. It has won manyhonorary titles, such as the gold medal of the first batch of "National Ecotourism Demonstration Zone" and "50 Most Worthy Places for Foreigners in China"

At the same time, Wild Elephant Valley also undertakes multiple ecological conservation research projects, such as "53# National Science Popularization Education Base", "Yunnan Asian Elephant Source Breeding Base in China" (a cooperation project between Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve ManagementBureau andWorld Wildlife FundWWF), and Xishuangbanna Wild Butterfly Breeding Research Base60#