Tickets and booking
Admission is a flat 50 RMB per adult, quoted by the pack as valid every day of the year with no seasonal or peak pricing tiers. The internal sightseeing shuttle is a separate ticket: 15 RMB round trip, 10 RMB one way. No online-booking channel, reservation requirement or concession rates (children, students, seniors) appear in the data, so the practical default is buying at the gate on the day. Hours are 08:00-20:00 daily, but the operator’s own tip notes that specific opening times follow the scenic area’s announcement — confirm via 0875-5133333 or 0875-5868888 before a long detour.
Entrance and routes
Getting to the gate: the Tengchong County Tourism Passenger Station runs a direct Rehai special-line bus, about 3 RMB with departures every 10-15 minutes. A second option is the minivans staging beside the Yihua Garden Hotel at the Rehai Road / Jinrong Road intersection — about 5 RMB, leaving when full. A taxi from Tengchong costs about 30 RMB. For navigation, the address is Liujiazhai, Qingshui Township, Tengchong (Baoshan, Yunnan), on MB5 County Road. Inside the gate the choice is on foot or the shuttle (10 RMB one way / 15 RMB round trip); the pack lists no internal distances or route map, so the shuttle is the only way to cap your walking without guessing.
Photo spots
The pack names no viewpoints, platforms or signature formations, so nothing specific can be verified here — treat named ‘must-shoot’ spots from other sources as unconfirmed. What the data does support: this is a geothermal site (the name translates as ‘Thermal Sea’), a visit runs 3 hours or more, and the gate opens at 08:00, so the shoot is essentially the thermal scenery itself across a long, self-paced visit. The one-way shuttle fare (10 RMB) is the relevant lever if you are carrying gear and want to ride one leg. The fixed 08:00-20:00 window is the only light-related scheduling fact available.
Timing and crowds
Fixed facts: open 08:00-20:00, every day of the year, with the operator noting actual hours are subject to the scenic area’s own announcement. Suggested time on site is 3 hours or more — against a 20:00 close, that means entering by about 17:00 at the latest to fit the full duration. The pack contains no visitor-volume, seasonality or queue data whatsoever, so no ‘quiet month’ or ‘avoid weekends’ claim can be made here. If crowd levels matter to your plan, the listed phone numbers (0875-5133333 / 0875-5868888) are the only verification channel the data offers.
Walking and effort
The pack grades no trails — no lengths, elevation figures or difficulty ratings. Two hard signals do exist. First, suggested duration is 3 hours or more, which frames this as a slow, stop-heavy visit rather than a checkpoint. Second, an internal sightseeing shuttle is sold per leg (10 RMB one way, 15 RMB round trip), so walking can be shortened at will; the pack does not state how much of the route the shuttle covers. If effort tolerance is a deciding factor, that gap is best closed by phone before you go.
Getting there
From Tengchong town, three documented options:
- Rehai special-line bus from the Tengchong County Tourism Passenger Station: about 3 RMB, one departure every 10-15 minutes.
- Minivans beside the Yihua Garden Hotel at the Rehai Road / Jinrong Road intersection: about 5 RMB, departing when full.
- Taxi from Tengchong: about 30 RMB.
The same bus station also runs a Volcano special line (about 4 RMB, roughly every half hour, departing around 10 minutes past the hour and half hour) — that line serves the volcano site, not Rehai. Inside the scenic area, the sightseeing shuttle (10 RMB one way / 15 RMB round trip) is the only internal transport the pack mentions.
Cost breakdown
Per person, from the pack’s figures:
- Admission: 50 RMB (adult).
- Internal shuttle (optional): 10 RMB one way, 15 RMB round trip.
- Transit from Tengchong: special-line bus about 3 RMB each way, minivan about 5 RMB, taxi about 30 RMB each way.
Worked totals: the lean day is about 56 RMB (bus both ways, no shuttle); with the round-trip shuttle, about 71 RMB; taxi both ways plus shuttle, about 125 RMB. The bus, minivan and taxi figures are ‘about’ quotes, so treat the totals as approximate. The pack lists no food, guide, combo-ticket or parking prices.