14 Days in Baoshan

Settle into the 600-year flagstone lanes with the 1928 Heshun library still lending books; evening noodles by the ponds.

1. baoshan heshun old town

Crater rims among the 99 cones, the about 97°C Big Boiling Pot, and the 46 m Dieshui falls above town.

1. baoshan tengchong volcano park
2. baoshan rehai hot springs
3. baoshan dieshui falls

The 1945 cemetery recording the 1944 retaking of the town, then a slow second loop of Heshun's courtyards and bridges.

1. baoshan guoshang cemetery
2. baoshan heshun old town

Punt across the floating peat mats, then Gudong's ginkgo lanes — gold from late November, courtyard tea otherwise.

1. baoshan beihai wetland
2. baoshan ginkgo village

Laundry and tea — a second morning in Heshun's lanes, an afternoon at quiet springs, and an early night before the drive east.

1. baoshan heshun old town

The 2016 Longjiang suspension bridge with a main span near 1,200 m, then boardwalks around the Qinghua Sea. Overnight in Baoshan city.

1. baoshan longjiang bridge
2. baoshan qinghua sea wetland

Morning on the 1944 trench lines at Songshan in Longling, then the tea-horse flagstones of Banqiao's market street.

1. baoshan songshan battlefield
2. baoshan banqiao old street

Down into the hot Nu River valley — arabica grown since the 1950s, harvest from November; estate walks and cups along the terraces.

1. baoshan lujiangba coffee

Into the Gaoligong foothills, where village feeders pull in dozens of species through the day; guides and homestays sit at the trailheads.

1. baoshan gaoligong baihualing

Market breakfasts and a second wetland walk — a mid-trip pause before the border run.

1. baoshan city markets
2. baoshan qinghua sea wetland

Southwest into Dehong prefecture — Ruili's border markets and the "one village, two countries" garden where the boundary threads the paddies. Honest label, Dehong not Baoshan; return by evening.

1. dehong ruili border
2. dehong yizhai liangguo

A second Dehong morning at the prefecture seat's hilltop golden stupa above Mangshi, then the valley road back to Baoshan for the night.

1. dehong mangshi golden pagoda

An unhurried last full day — wetland boardwalks again in the soft light, Banqiao's stone lane at tea time, and packing by evening.

1. baoshan qinghua sea wetland
2. baoshan banqiao old street

A final market morning in town, one more bowl of rice noodles, then depart from Baoshan airport or the westbound link.

1. baoshan city markets