Yasmin admires the view as she walks along the glass walkway at Yanoda. (Photo: HIMC)

The first thing that strikes visitors about Yanoda Rainforest Cultural Tourism Zone in Sanya, Hainan, is just how sprawling and green it is: towering banyan trees, wild sugar palms, Hainan conifers, oil palms, and various large-leaf plants are everywhere to be found. Even rare species, including century-old vines, thousand-year-old ferns, medicinal plants such as Ganoderma lucidum, and the "cold-blooded killer," the highly toxic upas tree, grow in abundance.