Yalong Bay in Hainan offers the best beach around Sanya city, where you will find everything you want: crystal clear water, white sand beach and the best beach resorts in China. Located about 25 km east of Sanya City and 35 km from Sanya Airport, Yalong Bay is crescent-shaped and offers a beach length of about 7,000 meters. The sea water here is so transparent that visibility under water can reach almost 8 meters. This makes Yalong Bay a very good place for diving and snorkeling.
If you just want to lay on the beach, enjoy a swim in the crystal clear waters, and relax in a luxurious resort hotel, then Yalong Bay is the best place to do it all. Yalong Bay is a good choice for those who want to escape the noisy city life.
Yalongwan Beach in Hainan is mostly strewn with resorts that attract tourists from all over the world. While relaxing on this beach, you will not feel like you are in China, as Yalongwan has an atmosphere typical of world-class resort areas. If you want to visit a restaurant or go shopping, Crowne Plaza Yalong Bay is the best place to go as all the main shops and restaurants are located nearby.
How to get to Yalong Bay from Sanya
A taxi from Sanya City to any resort in Yalong Bay will cost CNY 120-150. True, taxi drivers very rarely speak English, although some still understand Russian a little. In any case, you can just call your hotel and find out the cost of the trip.
Yalunvan Bay on the map
Yalun Beach
Yalongwan Beach is the area's main attraction. This is a very long and beautiful beach, which in its appearance is similar to the beaches of the islands in the Caribbean. It is worth noting that, unlike Dadonghai Beach, there are not many locals on Yalongwan Beach. That is, there are Chinese here, of course, but these are mostly tourists who came to rest in one of the hotels in Yalunvan. Yalong Beach is popular among tourists who want to enjoy a relaxing holiday in a good hotel located in a beautiful and very green area.Yalong Bay
Yalong Bay attracts diving and snorkeling enthusiasts. Many local travel agencies offer special tours to this bay, which are even called "Underwater World of Yalun Bay". The water in Yalun Bay is blue, clean and very transparent. Underwater visibility in this bay is excellent throughout most of the year, as the water is almost always calm.
Since the water in Yalong Bay is quite calm, this bay is a great place to practice many water sports, with the exception of surfing.
Brightly colored coral reefs with many tropical fish attract many diving and snorkeling enthusiasts to Yalong Bay. However, fishermen should forget about fishing in this bay as it is considered a marine reserve and fishing is prohibited here.
Attractions of Yalun Bay
There are not many attractions in the Yalongwan resort area, but you will find many very interesting places not so far from it. The central square of Yalongvan is located in the heart of the resort area, where you can also find the Butterfly Valley and the Maritime Museum. Another attraction of this area is the tropical forest.
The islands in Yalun Bay are also of interest to tourists. There are a total of five islands in the bay, and the main one is Wild Boar Island.
Other interesting sights can be found near Yalong Bay. Local travel agencies offer excursions to almost all of these places, but you can get to some of them on your own.
Where to Eat in Yalong Bay
In general, there are no problems with food in Yalun Bay, as it offers a huge variety of restaurants and cafes. The only thing is that almost all of these restaurants and cafes belong to hotels, which means that the cost of food in them will be quite high. So you are unlikely to be able to constantly eat cheaply if you decide to choose a hotel in Yalong Bay. It is enough just to look at the interactive map of the Yalunvan area, as it becomes clear that this is an exclusively resort area and an area of elite housing, so there is nothing surprising in the fact that there are almost no inexpensive cafes and restaurants here. However, you can always head to the Central Square area, where there are several reasonably priced restaurants and cafes.
Hotels in Yalong Bay
Since Yalong Beach is considered the best beach in Hainan and one of the best beaches in the world, it should not surprise anyone that there are hotels of famous international chains here, including Gloria Resort (the first five-star resort in China), Sheraton Sanya Resort, Marriott Hotel, The The Ritz-Carlton Resort and Holiday Inn Resorts. There are also several hotels run by Chinese companies, including the Horizon Resort, Mangrove Tree Hotel and Cactus Resort.Each hotel in Yalong Bay has its own beach where hotel guests can relax. In general, if you are a beach lover, then hotels in Yalong Bay are perfect for you.
Map of hotels in Yalong Bay
As we said above, some of the best hotels on Hainan Island are located in Yalong Bay. If you believe the reviews of tourists, then indeed the hotels in this bay are of very high quality. You can see on the photo what hotels are in this bay. We presented a simple map of hotels in Yalunvan Beach.
