Yunnan Tengchong 6 Days 5 Nights In-Depth Tour

【Yunnan Tengchong 6 Days 5 Nights · 1500 RMB per person】offers extreme cost performance, highlighting the tone of "deep experience + cultural immersion + coexistence of light luxury and budget travel," covering pain point solutions, pitfall avoidance guides, emotional resonance, and practical tips.

🌿 Experience a 10,000 RMB quality trip for just 1500 RMB per person! I stayed in hot springs, saw volcanoes, and soaked in the hot sea in Tengchong｜Complete record of a 6-day 5-night deep budget trip

Do you think Tengchong is a "vacation spot for the wealthy"?
Wrong! I spent 1498 RMB to stay 5 nights in a hot spring inn in this border town, hiked volcanic craters, soaked in natural hot springs, and wandered through Heshun’s lively alleys—
This is not a check-in style trip, but truly slowing down to listen to the wind, watch the clouds, soak in the springs, and daydream.

This is not just a trip, but more like a healing journey.

📍 Destination: Tengchong, Yunnan — China’s only city where volcanoes and geothermal coexist
📅 Duration: 6 days 5 nights (recommended in spring or autumn)
💰 Total cost: 1498 RMB/person (excluding round-trip major transportation)
🎯 Style: Deep cultural × natural wonders × extreme savings

🗓 Day 1: Arrive in Tengchong｜Check into a “warm” homestay
- 🚐 Tengchong Airport/Bus Station → City center, bus 3 RMB or carpool 20 RMB
- 🏡 Recommended stay: “Dieshui Riverside” hot spring homestay (with private hot spring pool), off-season special 68 RMB/night! 5 nights only 340 RMB
- 🍜 Dinner: street food stalls by the ancient city, “Da Jiu Jia” + spicy and sour rice noodles, 15 RMB fills you up
- 🌙 Soak in the hot spring at night, fall asleep listening to the insects—this is what travel should be like

💡 Tips: Book 7 days in advance, choose inns with free hot springs included, save hundreds on spa fees!

🗓 Day 2: Volcano Geological Park × Columnar Jointing × Black Fish River
- 🚌 Carpool day tour ≈ 80 RMB (includes pick-up and drop-off)
- 🎫 Tickets: Volcano Park 54 RMB + Columnar Jointing 30 RMB + Black Fish River 30 RMB = 114 RMB
- 🌋 Climb the volcanic crater, overlook the earth’s folds, as if standing at the breath of the earth
- 🌊 Columnar joints like giant swords piercing the ground, Black Fish River boardwalk cool and quiet, hiking all the way is super refreshing!

🎒 Bring your own lunch or get farmhouse meal for 20 RMB

🗓 Day 3: Rehai Scenic Area｜Soak in China’s wildest hot springs
- 🎫 Ticket 70 RMB (half price for students), includes public bathhouse on Bath Street
- 🛁 Real treasure: soak all day in natural high-temperature springs for 20 RMB! Ten times cheaper than a spa
- 🔥 Must check-in: “Big Boiling Pot” bubbling like hell, boil an egg next to it for 1 RMB each, unbelievably delicious!

💡 Blind spot reminder: Don’t spend 198 RMB at high-end hot spring hotels! Locals come here to soak and heal

🗓 Day 4: Heshun Ancient Town｜Forgotten millennium slow time
- 🚶‍♀️ Free entry! Stroll ancient alleys by day, shoot sunset double rainbow bridge at dusk
- 📚 Visit Heshun Library (Republic of China style), Ai Siqi’s former residence, feel the scholarly border town atmosphere
- ☕ Sit in a riverside café all afternoon, a cup of “Gaoligong hand drip” coffee 25 RMB, with rice fields and distant mountains as the backdrop
- 🍲 Dinner try “clay pot” hot pot, steaming hot and all in one pot, 40 RMB per person warms your heart

📌 Myth busted: Many people only stay half a day—wrong! The soul of Heshun is at night

🗓 Day 5: National Martyrs Cemetery × Confucian Temple × Xidong Courtyard
- 🎫 National Martyrs Cemetery free to enter, solemn and must-visit! Pay tribute to the Expeditionary Force heroes
- 🏯 Confucian Temple quiet and beautiful, perfect for photos; Xidong Courtyard shows the history of western Yunnan merchants
- 🛍️ Buy souvenirs on the way: rose jam (25 RMB/bottle), walnut candy (10 RMB/pack), rattan crafts (under 30 RMB)

💡 Emotional resonance: No influencer filters here, only the weight of history and warmth of the land

🗓 Day 6: Last gentle moments before departure
- Morning: soak in hot springs again or walk the Dieshui River waterfall (free)
- Noon: eat a bowl of “thin bean powder with fried dough sticks,” authentic breakfast only 8 RMB
- Afternoon: take the bus away, but your heart is already full of Tengchong’s clouds, springs, wind, and stories

💰 Expense breakdown (per person)
Item Cost
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Accommodation (5 nights hot spring homestay) 340 RMB
Meals (6 days, 50 RMB/day) 300 RMB
Total tickets 234 RMB (student ID discounts available)
City transport & carpool 150 RMB
Hot spring experience fee 50 RMB
Specialty shopping 100 RMB
Emergency reserve 100 RMB
Total ≈1498 RMB

🔥 Blogger’s secret tips (help you avoid 90% of pitfalls)
1. Don’t join expensive “pure play tours,” carpool yourself for more freedom and savings;
2. Bring your student ID! Almost all attractions offer half-price tickets;
3. Wear non-slip shoes, volcanic trails and columnar joints are slippery and difficult;
4. Sleep early at night, highland climate causes fatigue easily;
5. Go to Heshun Ancient Town at 7 AM for photos, no disturbance, perfect light and shadow!

📌 Conclusion:
Tengchong is never expensive, it’s just too quiet.
So quiet you must put down your phone to hear its breath;
So quiet that a bowl of rice noodles, a soak in the hot spring, a falling leaf can bring tears to your eyes.

If you are tired too,
Come to Tengchong.
Spend less than a hot pot meal for a complete rebirth.