Haikou and Sanya Travel Guide and Practical Tour Information Index

Summary on Traveling Sanya and Haikou Information

Hainan Province, located in the most southern part of China, includes Hainan Island and Zhongsha, Xisha, and Nansha archipelagoes, and the surrounding sea areas as well. It is China's largest special economic zone, largest free trade pilot zone, and only free trade port with Chinese characteristics.

Haikou, the capital of Hainan Province, is located on the southern bank of the Qiongzhou Strait, facing the mainland's Leizhou Peninsula.

Sanya is a wonderful tourist destination featuring blue sea, graceful rivers, serene islands and beautiful bays, sugar-white beach and fresh air, lying in the southernmost tip of Hannan Island, a beachfront tropical city in China, granted it the title of "the Hawaii in China". It covers 1919.6 km2 with 209.1 km coastline and 19 ports and bays as well as over 40 islands. Sanya is becoming the yachting capital of the Asia-Pacific, with diving tourism or scuba travel center.

Hainan Island (Haikou, Sanya) is one of the best winter vacation paradise and winter holiday resorts, with visa-free entry and duty-free shopping port for foreign tourists

Links to Hainan Travel Guide and Service Information websites

Practical and Comprehensive Information Websites for Travel Haikou and Sanya

General information of Hainan by gov

General guide and information of Hainan by ehainan (gov agency)

General Sanya guide and information by gov

General Haikou guide and information by gov

General info of Sansha (Xisha island) city by ehainan

Sansha city info (6 videos, Chinese only) by gov

General Hainan travel guide and usefull information by explorehainan (gov agency)

Sanya tours information by visitsanya

Hainan travel guide and practical information by hnftp

A Guide for Expats Living in Hainan (download pdf, by hnftp)

Business in Hainan by tropicalhainan

See the differenc in Hainan by hicn

History in Sansha: Exploring Xisha Islands' history at new visual archive by cgtn

Sansha (Xisha island) travel guide by travelchinaguide (Sansha tours not available for foreigner at present)

Links to Haikou and Sanya Tourist Traffic Information Websites

Purchase tickets at 12306, trip.com and airlines' website and Apps

Wechat and Alipay for boarding downtown transportation such as bus, shared bike.

12306 China Train Ticketing website and App download or your mobile store

Hainan loop highspeed train information by sunnyhainan

High speed train timetable between Haikou and Sanya for reference only by chinaairlinetravel

Haikou Meilan Airport official

Sanya Fenghuang (phoenix) Airport official

general traffic information of Hainan by explorehainan

General brief introduction of Sanya Transportation by visitsanya.com

Car rental in China (car rental and chauffeur-drive) by eHi (eHai) car service, download App

Avis car rental, official website Chinese version, English version and App download page

Zuche car rental by Shenzhou Zuche official website (Chinese only)

Car rental in Hainan by explorehainan

Website and Information of Accommodation and Hotels in Hainan

You can make room reservation via Trip.com and eLong app(Chinese only), and other apps as well.

Some hotels list in Hainan by hotelscombined

Hotels in Hainan sorted by cities by trip.com

Some hotel list in Hainan by ehainan

Top 5 strar hotel in Haikou by five-star-hotel

Top 5 star hotels in Sanya by five-star-hotel

Hotel list in Hainan with its official website (sort by city) by explorehainanl

Hainan Food Cuisine and Bars Restaurants

In general, you can make a reservation via "Dianping" app, download in mobile store.

Some bars and restaurants list in Hainan by tropicalhainan

Hainan food and cuisine by chinadiscovery

Haikou restaurants list by sunnyhainan

Sanya's Top 10 Recommended Dishes by visitsanya

Hainan (Haikou and Sanya) Attractions and Scenic Spots

Most of scenic spots, you can buy tickets via Wechat mini app, just search the scenic spot name, as well as in Trip.com app or website.

Attractions list in Hainan sort by cities by explorehainan

Sanya 11 tourist attractions by gov

Attractions in Hainan by gov

Scenic sports in Haikou by gov

Sansha and Xisha islands attractions (not open to foreigner) by trip

Hainan Activities and Leisures

Where to go in Hainan by hicn

Things to do in Hainan by explorehainan

Sanya Hainan Monohull Sailboat Rental Package by sunnyhainan

Sanya Scuba Diving Package, Sanya PADI Open Water Diving Package, Sanya Diving Shop  and Sanya Scuba Diving Package for beginners by sunnyhainan

Top 5 diving spots in Sanya by gov

Sanya open sea private 4 hour fishing tour by  

Hainan fishermen: Living off the bounty of the sea by hicn

Fishing in Sanya by topchinatravel

Shopping in Hainan

Shopping place in Hainan by tripadvisor

Hainan Island Departure Duty-Free Policy Update (24Oct 2025) by hnftp

Sanya International Duty-Free Shopping Complex by gov

Hainan Tours and Tour Operators list

Hainan Joy Tours & Travel Service official

Hainan tour itineraries sort by short breaks, themed tours, featured tour by explorehainan

Other Issues for Traveling in Hainan

Complaint travel issues such as poor service, inadequate tour guide, trap etc , call 12345.

Hainan 59 Country Visa-Free Entry guide and registration service agencies (namelist with e-mail address) by hnftp

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