Make a day of it

Special activities around Sanya

Freefall above the coast, descend a rainforest waterfall on a rope, or dine above Haitang Bay. These five experiences take you into the air, the water and the mountains, with the operator details to plan your outing.

Abseiling and skydiving checked 11 October 2026; other experiences checked 10 October 2026

Water cascading over a rocky slope beside a footbridge in Yanoda rainforest
A waterfall at Yanoda, photographed in 2017. Natashanina / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Converted to WebP.

01 / Haitang Bay · Grand Hyatt Sanya

Dinner in the Sky

空中餐厅 · 三亚海棠湾君悦酒店

A meal with a very different view

Take your table above the coast: Dinner in the Sky uses a suspended dining platform roughly 50 metres above the ground at Grand Hyatt Sanya Haitang Bay. The hotel has offered brunch, afternoon tea and evening meals in this setting.

How to arrange it

Contact the hotel on +86 898 8881 1234 and ask specifically for 空中餐厅 (Dinner in the Sky), or use its WeChat account 三亚海棠湾君悦酒店. The address is 68 Haitang North Road, 海棠北路68号.

Current sessions, prices, participant requirements and weather cancellation terms need confirmation with the hotel before you make the journey. A regular restaurant or room reservation does not confirm this experience.

02 / Haitang District · Skydive Tarhe

Tandem skydiving over Haitang Bay

塔赫跳伞 · 海棠湾

For freefall above the coast

Take a helicopter ride before a tandem parachute jump with an instructor. Skydive Tarhe is based in Haitang District, at No. 32, Group 5, Haifeng Village (海丰村第五小组32号).

How to arrange it

On Dianping, look for 塔赫跳伞唯一官方自营店 and confirm flights on your date before buying. Its terms require a reservation at least one day ahead and tell foreign visitors to bring their own passport. Staff send the required arrival time around 20:00 the evening before.

Ask for the total package price and participant requirements: the listing linked below sells a voucher, not a complete jump at the displayed voucher price. Weather and airspace restrictions can prevent a jump even after an arrival time has been assigned.

03 / Baoting · Yilang Outdoor

Abseil down a waterfall in Baoting

保亭瀑降 · 一浪户外运动俱乐部

For a rope descent through the rainforest

Lower yourself down a waterfall on a rope. Yilang Outdoor’s advertised Baoting route centres on a 40-metre descent, with stream tracing and a zipline in its published programme. This is a separate outing from Yanoda’s upstream waterfall climb.

How to arrange it

Open Yilang’s Xiaohongshu note below, or search for 一浪户外运动俱乐部(官方主理人), account ID 414723066. Ask for 保亭40米瀑降滑索. The organiser handles route enquiries through the account; arrange your date, price and Baoting meeting point directly.

This is an organised rope activity. Before booking, have the organiser confirm participant requirements, guide and equipment arrangements, permitted access and the rain-cancellation policy. The published notes do not provide a confirmed public trailhead.

04 / Sandao Town · Baoting

Climb through Yanoda’s waterfalls

呀诺达 · 踏瀑戏水

For a hands-on rainforest outing

Follow a coach upstream through a ten-obstacle course, with water crossings and a waterfall climb. Yanoda calls this activity 踏瀑戏水 (tà pù xì shuǐ).

How to arrange it

Choose a ticket that explicitly includes 踏瀑戏水. Yanoda’s visitor service is 400 046 3888 within China, and the official booking page is linked below. The destination is 呀诺达雨林文化旅游区 in Sandao Town, Baoting.

For children or mixed-ability groups, give visitor services each participant’s age and height and ask about the course limits, equipment and operation on your date. General park admission or a tour transfer alone does not establish waterfall-course inclusion.

05 / Nansheng Town · Wuzhishan

Raft through Red Canyon

五指山红峡谷文化旅游区 · 漂流

For a full day inland

Head inland to Wuzhishan for Red Canyon’s whitewater rafting experience, a river adventure in the mountains of southern Hainan.

How to arrange it

Use the official 红峡谷漂流 site or call +86 898 8666 6688. Ask for the rafting product, its departure window and the return arrangements. The operator places the entrance on the road from Nansheng towards Shuiman, about 6 km along that route.

The published rafting FAQ excludes under-18s and gives upper age limits of 60 for men and 55 for women, alongside height and health restrictions. The family raft ride is a different product. Confirm eligibility and the day’s launch time: the operator’s pages show different rafting schedules.

Put the outing on the map.

See where Haitang Bay, Baoting and Wuzhishan sit in relation to your base.

Open the area maps