Overview
Situated in the southwest of Yunnan, Ruili bores on Burma in the west. Historically, Ruili was called 'Mengmao', meaning 'the misty place'. The seasons here are divided into dry season and rainy season. It is cool and misty in dry season, while stuffy in rainy season. The subtropical climate here makes Ruili a kingdom of plants and animals.
As an interior border port, Ruili is the gateway connecting China with the South Asian and Southeast Asian nations.

The main tourist zones in Ruili include the Terrestrial Heat Volcano in Tengchong, which covers an area of 130 square km, the Folding Waterfall, the River Ruili-River Daying Tourist Zone, with Burma Temple, Karst physiognomy, and original zoology community.

Attractions

Nongan Golden Duck Temple 
  A short ride to the south-west of town , the Golden Duck Temple is an attractive stupa in a courtyard . It is said to have been established to mark the arrival of a pair of golden ducks that brought good fortune to what was previously an uninhabited marshy area . 

Jiegao Border Check point 
Continue straight ahead from the Golden Duck Temple , cross the Myanmar bridge over the Ruili River and you will come to Jiegao , a little thumb of land jutting into Myanmar that serves as the main checkpoint for a steady stream of cross-border traffic . There's not a lot to see . But you can still marvel at how laid back everything seems on both sides of the quite literally-bamboo curtain and other sordid dens of iniquity line the streets of both sides of the border , and in one case apparently right on the border .

Nongdao
Around 29km south-west of Ruili , the small town of Nongdao is worth an 0vernight trip . The locals (mainly Burmese and Dai ) don't get all that many foreign visitors and are a friendly lot , there's a solitary hotel in town . It would be possible to cycle here , stopping off at some of the temple sights along the way.

Jiele Golden Pagoda
A few kilometers to the east of Ruili on the road to Wanding is the Jiele Golden Pagoda , a fine structure that dates back 200 years .