Enjoy the lotus flowers at Kunming Daguan Tower! Great for photos and strolling! Super beautiful!

🪷【Kunming Daguan Tower Summer Exclusive】The twin wonders of lotus and water lilies are in full bloom! Save this latest 2025 check-in guide!

📍 Location: Daguan Park (by Dianchi Lake · one of China’s Four Great Towers)
⏰ Best viewing period: mid-June to the end of August (July is peak bloom!)
🎫 Free admission
2025 Daguan Tower Lotus and Water Lily Highlights
✅ 255 acres of lotus: over 300 varieties including Dasajin, Zuyun, Chunbulao, with endless lotus leaves reaching the sky
✅ 150 acres of water lilies: two-tone Vanessa, yellow-white-pink-blue interwoven, like Monet’s palette
✅ Special sights: ancient tower reflecting on lotus, Ferris wheel overlooking, Wupeng boats cruising through the sea of flowers

-📸 Must-shoot spots & outfit guide
1️⃣ Daguan Tower third floor aerial shot
✔️ Frame the flying eaves + thousand-acre lotus pond, ink painting vibe (recommended before sunrise/sunset or after rain)
2️⃣ Nine-bend plank road close-up
✔️ Best for portraits! Lift your skirt stepping on green stones, half-hidden with an oil-paper umbrella, full ancient style
3️⃣ Water lily close-up
✔️ Best shot between 7:00-11:00, capture reflections from a low angle

👗 Outfit recommendations:
- Water lily area: light blue/moon white long dress, serene feel
- Lotus pond area: pastoral or ancient style both work
🚶‍♀️ Efficient tour routes
Half-day highlights:
Enter from East Gate → climb Daguan Tower for panoramic shots → portraits on Nine-bend plank road → enjoy fried lotus petals at Hexiangzhai → 17:00 Ferris wheel sunset chase → 19:30 night lotus light show

In-depth tour:
Add South Garden and Yu Garden (Sino-Western architecture) + pack wild ginger chicken feet picnic from Zhuanxin Market
⚠️ Practical tips
🔸 Must bring mosquito repellent! Mosquitoes are fierce in the lotus pond, recommend spraying DEET + using mosquito repellent patches
🔸 Respectful flower viewing: 500 RMB fine for picking lotus flowers, but you can collect fallen petals as props
🔸 Transportation: Bus routes 4/22/52/100 direct access, self-driving park at South Gate (5 RMB/hour)
This time staying at All Seasons Hotel, just a 10-minute taxi ride away
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"Five hundred miles of Dianchi rush into view, with open collar and headscarf, joyfully vast and boundless!"
This summer,
at the birthplace of the long couplet,
encounter a visual feast of red banners and green canopies!

📍 Navigation: Daguan Park (No. 284 Daguan Road, Xishan District)
📅 Live update on June 26, 2025: water lilies in full bloom, lotus just starting to open, July will be explosive bloom!

> 🌟 Special reminder:
> Lotus pond shops rent Hanfu (50 RMB/set), Wupeng boat rides require advance booking~