Baisha (Hainan)

Baisha (白沙, Báishā), also known as the Baisha Li Autonomous County (白沙黎族自治县), is a county in the central region of Hainan Island.

Understand
Baisha is one of the least visited jurisdictions on the island. Its tourist industry is largely undeveloped and the economy is mostly dependent on agriculture. The county's most famous product is Baisha Green Tea and the tea plantations are the main tourist drawcard.

Tourist resources are mainly concentrated in and around the town of Yacha (牙叉, Yáchā), the county seat of Baisha.

Get in
Buses to Baisha are available from Haikou, Sanya, Danzhou and other major towns and cities on the island. Danzhou is the nearest major city, being only an hour's drive from Baisha.

There are no railway lines in Baisha. The nearest railway station is the Baimajing Railway Station in Danzhou.



Get around
A bus network operates in Yacha and the surrounding region, mostly using minibuses. Taxis are also available but can be hard to find. The best place to catch a taxi is outside the Baisha Bus Station.

See


As of 2020, a second, much larger museum is under construction on Yacha's Cuiyuan Road (翠园路). The new museum will be known as the Hainan Li Brocade Art Museum (海南省黎锦艺术博物馆) and is intended to showcase the traditional brocades made by the Li people.

Another place that may be worth visiting in the future is the Yinggeling Nature Reserve (鹦哥岭自然保护区), which is named after Yinggeling (鹦哥岭), Hainan's second highest mountain. As of 2020, the nature reserve is devoid of any tourist infrastructure and therefore difficult to visit. Hopefully it won't always be that way.

Buy
As one would expect, the most popular product to buy in Baisha is the locally grown tea. Though the green tea is more famous, red tea is also available.

Tea shops can be easily found both at the Baisha Natural Tea Garden Town and in Yacha's downtown area.



Sleep
There are not many hotels in Baisha and only a few of them accept foreign guests. An alternative to staying here would be to come here on a day trip from Danzhou.



Go next

 * Danzhou