Honghe County

Honghe County is inhabited by Hani, Yi, Dai and Yao, etc, ethnic minority groups. Ethnic minority people are 94% of the total population. Honghe County has the reputation of “The Hometown of Overseas Chinese, The Hometown of Singing and Dancing, The Hometown of Palm”. It owns its reputation with spectacular Rice Terraces, profound cultural landscape and original traditional ethnic villages. Honghe County attractions include Samaba Rice Terrace Fields(the largest Hani Rice Terrace), Guidong Rice Terraces, Jiayin Rice Terraces, Nimei Rice Terraces, world-renowned long street banquet, Dayangjie Village, Yisa Old Town, Mabang Old Town, Dongmen Tower and Yisa Folk House and so on. More attractions, check the following list. Welcome to travel with Yunnan Exploration.

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Honghe County tours are usually in relation to Jianshui and Yuanyang. There are various minorities, spectacular rice terrace and renowned long street banquet in Honghe County. Therefore, our Honghe County tour packages involve various kinds of tourism themes that you can choose, such as ethnic discovery tour, photography tour, long street banquet tour, Porsche driving experience Tour, etc. Yunnan Exploration will customize a tour package according to your needs.

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Honghe county is tropical monsoon climate, with obvious three dimensional climate. There is a saying "one mountain with four seasons, ten miles with different weather". It often appears less rain and droughty in winter and spring, more rain in summer and autumn. Torrential flood happens occasionally.

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Honghe County is located in the south of Yunnan, the middle reach of Honghe River. Its county seat is Yisa Town, 286 kilometers away from Kunming. In 2016, Honghe county had a total highway length of 1194.071 kilometers, including 76.18 kilometers of provincial road, 454.056 kilometers of county road, 588.771 kilometers of township road and 75.064 kilometers of village road.

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There are many ethnic minority groups inhabiting in Honghe County. Ethnic minorities, including Hani, Yi, Dai, Yao, Zhuang, Miao and so on, are 94% of its total population, Hani people account for 75%. They created diverse festivals and activities in Honghe County.

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Honghe county travel tips provide you some considerations when you are traveling in Honghe County. These tips will be helpful for you to prepare a tour.

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For going somewhere new, maps could be an important tool that can help you find your destination easier. To help you have a better understanding of Honghe county, some useful Honghe County maps are provided here, including Hani Rice Terraces map of Honghe County, transportation map of Honghe County, tourist attractions map of Honghe County, region map of Honghe County and location map of Honghe County.

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Honghe County is well-known for its largest rice terrace in the world, Samaba Rice Terrace Field(宝华撒玛坝万亩梯田). More and more tourists come to Honghe County, attracted by its fame. Although accommodation in Honghe County is inadequate, it is developing along with the growing of tourism. In Honghe county, some hotels with favorable price are available.

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There are some local specialties you must taste when you are traveling in Honghe County. In this part, we will introduce some local specialties and where you can get them in Honghe County.

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Honghe County has the reputation of "the Hometown of Overseas Chinese, the Hometown of Singing and Dancing, the Hometown of Palm". There are world-renowned Hani long street banquet; one of the most beautiful villages in China, Dayangjie Village; The first batch of intangible cultural heritage, Hani Multi-voice; The second batch national intangible cultural heritage, Yuezuo Dance; and unique Hani Yiche Culture(奕车文化).

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If you are interested in ethnic minority culture and photography, traveling in Honghe County must be an amazing experience. In order to attract more your attention and help you know Honghe County well, we will show you some Honghe County photos in this part. These photos covers attractions, ethnic people, ethnic festival and food, including the photos of Samaba Hani Rice Terraces, the photos of Yisa ancient town, the photos of Hani people and their YangAna festival and so on.

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Honghe County shopping includes what local specialty you can buy and Where to buy in Honghe County. If you travel around Honghe County, do not forget to bring some local food for your friends and your relatives.

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Until 2016, there are 257 various schools in the whole Honghe County, including 38 kindergartens(seven of them are private-owned kindergartens), 201 primary schools(97 complete primary schools), 1 high school, 1 nine-year education school, 13 middle schools and 3 secondary vocational schools(Vocational High School, continuation school, Honghe Hani Rice Terrace Cultural Heritage School).

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Honghe County has jurisdiction over 1 town and 12 townships. There is no ethnic town in Honghe County.

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