Sanya - Main Sights

Main Sights

• The Guanyin Statue of Hainan, a 108 metres (354 ft) Buddhist statue, completed in May 2005 and one of the tallest statues in the world and the adjoining Nanshan Temple.
• Yalong Bay, a 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) major tourist beach located east of Sanya City.
• Tianya Haijiao (The ends of the earth and the corners of the sea)
• Deer Turning Head Park (Luhuitou Park 鹿回头公园) - A park containing a large stone statue above Sanya harbour telling the story of a hunter pursuing a deer to an isolated headland near the sea. When the deer could not escape, it turned to look at the hunter and became a beautiful woman. The hunter could not kill the deer and instead fell in love with her. People leave a padlock on a chain at the top of the mountain in the hope that their love will last as long as the lock remains.
• Dadonghai, Sanya, Haitang, and Yazhou, Xiangshuiwan Bay are the five major bays in Sanya, Xiangshuiwan Bay remains the most beautiful and natural near the famous Nuilin Mountain.
• A butterfly museum and a shell aquarium.

Other attractions include:

• Phoenix Island, an artificial archipelago resort currently under construction in Sanya Bay.
• Wuzhizhou Island
• West Island (西岛).
• Daxiao Dongtian (大小洞天), also known as the Fairy Caves.
• The Tiger and Crocodile centre.
• Nanshan Temple.
• Luobi Cave, an ancient karst cave 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Sanya.
• Lingshui/Xiangshui Li'an Ocean Harbor Theme Park is projected for 2013. It will be the largest water park in Asia