Mengla Tropical Rain Forest
Because Xishuangbanna is influenced by the Indian Ocean monsoon in the south and protected by high mountains in the east and west against the cold current, its climate is hot, rainy and humid….
Because Xishuangbanna is influenced by the Indian Ocean monsoon in the south and protected by high mountains in the east and west against the cold current, its climate is hot, rainy and humid….

At 7:15 AM on a November morning, four elephants walked out from the forest below our viewing platform. The matriarch led them straight to the salt lick. For 35 minutes they fed, bathed…