海口

HaikouTravel Budget Guide

Tier 2·IATA: HAK

When to visit

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super-peak (national holiday)PeakShoulderOff-season
Holiday surges
  • extremeSpring Festival· Lunar Jan 1–7 (late Jan / mid-Feb)
  • highQingming (Tomb-Sweeping)· Apr 4–6
  • extremeLabor Day· May 1–5
  • highDragon Boat Festival· Lunar May 5 (~Jun)
  • highMid-Autumn Festival· Lunar Aug 15 (~Sep/Oct)
  • extremeNational Day Golden Week· Oct 1–7
Taxi flag-drop:¥10starting fare

Attractions

Leiqiong Haikou Volcanoes Geopark雷琼海口火山群世界地质公园4A$5.91 (CN¥40)
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park海南热带野生动植物园4A$20.69 (CN¥140)
Hainan Provincial Museum海南省博物馆4AHeritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Changying Globe 100 Fantasy Park长影环球100奇幻乐园4A$5.76 (CN¥39)
Holiday Beach (Haikou)假日海滩4A$0.00 (CN¥0)
Mission Hills Feng Xiaogang Movie Town观澜湖华谊冯小刚电影公社(百年记忆公社)—$18.62 (CN¥126)
Qilou Old Street (Haikou)骑楼老街—Heritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Swan Lake Animal Base天鹅湖动物基地—$11.82 (CN¥80)
Temple of Five Lords五公祠—Heritage Site$7.09 (CN¥48)
Mission Hills Volcanic Hot Spring Valley海口观澜湖火山温泉谷—$21.58 (CN¥146)
Haizhiyu Ocean World海之语海洋世界—$13.15 (CN¥89)
The Cloudscape of Haikou海口云洞图书馆—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Teddy Bear Museum泰迪熊博物馆—$11.08 (CN¥75)
Dongzhaigang Mangrove Forest东寨港红树林—$6.36 (CN¥43)
Haikou Clock Tower海口钟楼—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Wanlv Park万绿园—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Jade Belt Beach玉带滩—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Xixiu Beach Park西秀海滩公园—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Ocean View Platform观海台—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Haikou Bay Night Cruise夜游海口湾—Free

Hotels

Budget

$15.81 (CN¥107)
/night

Standard

$23.80 (CN¥161)
/night

Comfort

$44.64 (CN¥302)
/night

Tiers are grouped by hotel star rating — Budget ≈ 2★, Standard ≈ 3★, Comfort ≈ 4★ and up. Figures are citywide average nightly rates, so an individual hotel may sit above or below its tier.

Food

Budget meal

$3.40 (CN¥23)
/meal

Mid-range

$10.94 (CN¥74)
/meal

High-end

$35.47 (CN¥240)
/meal
Must try:
  • Hainan rice noodles
    海南粉 · Hǎinán fěn
  • Baoluo rice noodles
    抱罗粉 · Bàoluó fěn
  • Lingshui sour noodles
    陵水酸粉 · Língshuǐ suānfěn
  • Wenchang chicken
    文昌鸡 · Wénchāng jī
  • Coconut chicken hotpot
    椰子鸡煲 · Yēzi jī bāo
  • Coconut rice
    椰子饭 · Yēzi fàn
  • Salted lime drink
    老盐柠檬水 · Lǎoyán níngméng shuǐ
  • Hainan dry-mixed rice noodles
    海南腌粉 · Hǎinán yānfěn
Styles:Fast food · Street snacks

Culture & Heritage

Time-Honored Brands (2)

MOFCOM-certified · cultural background, not a business endorsement
Yanjiang Hainan Chicken RestaurantBatch 2
Est. 1936
A Hainan-chicken house founded in 1936, Hainan's first restaurant to win the China Time-Honoured Brand title, famed for Wenchang chicken for nearly ninety years.
Hainan YedaoBatch 3
Est. 1953
Successor to the state-run Haikou Beverage Factory founded in 1953, famed for its Yedao deer-and-turtle tonic wine and Hainan's second China Time-Honoured Brand.

Famous Snacks (5)

Wenchang ChickenFamous Snacks
The first of Hainan's four great dishes, with thin crisp skin and tender fragrant flesh; no Hainan feast is complete without it.
Baoluo Rice NoodlesFamous Snacks
A soup noodle from Baoluo town in Wenchang, with translucent, soft yet chewy strands, a noted local food since the Ming dynasty.
Hainan Rice NoodlesFamous Snacks
Hainan's most representative dry-mixed rice noodle, richly sauced and savoury-sweet, taken with a bowl of clam broth.
Hainan QingbuliangFamous Snacks
A chilled coconut-milk sweet soup laden with ingredients, the staple Hainan cooler for summer heat, said to have won the praise of Su Dongpo.
Old-Salt LemonadeFamous Snacks
A lemonade seasoned with Hainan's aged sea salt, sweet and salty at once, a thirst-quenching local drink of Haikou's streets.

Intangible Cultural Heritage (3)

Coconut Carving (Hainan Coconut Carving)National ICH · Batch 第二批国家级非遗
A traditional carving art using coconut shell, wood and fibre, long honoured as a tribute craft of the southern coast; a national-level ICH item.
Qiong OperaNational ICH · Batch 第一批国家级非遗
The only major regional opera of Hainan, sung in the Hainan dialect and declared by Haikou; a national-level ICH item.
Wenchang Chicken Rearing and Cooking TechniqueProvincial ICH
The centuries-old method of rearing and white-cut cooking Wenchang chicken, the craft behind Hainan's first great dish; a provincial-level ICH item.
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