This is a 7-day rafting tour in Jinsha River which is the upper reach of Yangtze River in Shangrila and Lijiang. It will take you to experience the wonderful scenery along the Jinsha River from Benzilan Town to Tiger Leaping Gorge. Most of the rafting is easy, but you have to challenge the 3-class water in the exciting trip. You also visit the wonderful attractions such as the Great Moon Bend of Jinsha River in Deqin County, the First Bend of Yangtze River in Shigu Ancient Town, as well as the deepest gorge in the world in Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Highlights:

Experience the exciting trip by rafting.
Enjoy the encharting landscape and breathtaking view on the way.

Brief Itinerary：

Day 1 Shangrila-Benzilan Town
Day 2 Benzilan Town-Kaizhongshui Village
Day 3 Kaizhongshui Village-Tuoding Town
Day 4 Tuoding Town-Tacheng Town
Day 5 Tacheng Town-Judian Town
Day 6 Judian Town-Jinjiang Town
Day 7 Shigu Ancient Town-Tiger Leaping Gorge Town-Lijiang

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Shangrila-Benzilan Town

Sightseeing and Activities: Dongzhulin Monastery, the Great Bend of Jinsha River
Accommodation: Benzilai Town
Meals: Lunch

Arrive in Shangrila, transfer to Benzilan Town in Deqin County. Visit Dongzhulin Monastery and the Great Bend of Jinsha River. Prepare for the Jinsha River rafting tour from Benzilan Town.

Day 2 Benzilan Town-Gelangshui Village-Jiangtong Village-Kaizhongshui Village

Sightseeing and Activities: rafting, upper Yangtze River
Accommodation: Camping at Kaizhongshui Village
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, start the rafting tour in the upper Yangtze River from Benzilan Town to Kaizhongshui Village.
Camping at Kaizhongshui Village.

Day 3 Kaizhongshui Village-Luotong Village-Cilatong Village-Tuoding Town

Sightseeing and Activities: rafting
Accommodation: Camping at Tuoding Town
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Raft in Jinsha River-the upper reach of Yangtze River from Kaizhongshui Village to Tuoding Lisu Autonomous Town. Camping at Tuoding Town.

Day 4 Tuoding Town-Wujing Town-The Ancient Iron Bridge-Tacheng Town

Sightseeing and Activities: rafting
Accommodation: Camping at Tacheng Town
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Raft in Jinsha River-the upper reach of Yangtze River from Tuoding Town to Tacheng Town. Camping at Tacheng Town.

Day 5 Tacheng Town-Jigong Rooster Stone-Shangjiang Town-Judian Town

Sightseeing and Activities: rafting
Accommodation: Camping at Judian Town.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Raft in Jinsha River-the upper reach of Yangtze River from Tacheng Town to Judian Town. Camping at Judian Town.

Day 6 Judian Town-Jinzhuang Town-Zhongxin Village-Jinjiang Town

Sightseeing and Activities: rafting
Accommodation: Camp at Jinjiang Town
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Raft in Jinsha River-the upper reach of Yangtze River from Judian Town to Jinjiang Town. Camp at Jinjiang Town.

Day 7 Shigu Ancient Town -Longpan Town-Tiger Leaping Gorge Town-Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities: rafting, First Bend of Yangtze River to Tiger Leaping Gorge Town
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast

Raft from the First Bend of Yangtze River to Tiger Leaping Gorge Town, finish the rafting tour and transfer to Lijiang City.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Benzilan Town	/	/	/	Songtsam Benzilan Hotel
Kaizhongshui Village	/	/	/	Camping
Tuoding Town	/	/	/	Camping
Tacheng Town	/	/	/	Camping
Judian Town	/	/	/	Camping
Jinjiang Town	/	/	/	Camping

Service Included:

1. Cooker, English-speaking tour guide, skilled driver, boatman.
2. Camping equipment ;
3. Rafting fee;
4. Accommodation(camping);
5.Meals as mentioned;
6.All land transfers & transportation with an air-conditioned coach;
7. A van which is used to carry the camping equipment;
8.All entrance fees as mentioned in the itinerary;
9.Service charge & government taxes.

Service Excluded:

1.Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
2.Chinese visa fees;
3.Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
4.Tips to guides and drivers;
5.Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
7.Personal travel accident insurance;
8.All optional programs.

Travel Tips:

1.Always wear a life jacket, or personal flotation device (PFD).
Although just because you wear a life jacket, it doesn’t mean it will save your life. It must be worn correctly. All buckles must be clipped and the jacket should be fitted snug to your body. The trick here is to have the jacket fitted so you can breathe yet the jacket should not be able to be pulled up over your head. Always have your professional guide fit your jacket. This will insure a perfect fit.

2. Make sure you have the right outerwear for the day.
In early Spring, the water may be a little chilly. Wearing a wet suit, splash jacket, and proper river shoes can make the trip much more comfortable, allowing you to enjoy the thrill without the chill. Some outfitters rent this gear. A reputable outfitter will have gear for you. Find out before you book if the outfitter has gear for you. Raft Masters includes this gear as part of the package at no additional cost. On the other side of the spectrum: be prepared for sunny clear days. This can be accomplished by wearing quick drying clothing like polypro and wearing sunscreen and a cheap pair of sunglasses with UV protection. Raft Masters sells sun screen, sunglasses, and straps for your sunglasses so you don’t lose them. Remember sunburns can happen fast at higher elevation and can be severe. Sunburns or hypothermia are no fun.

3.Hold the paddle properly.
Holding the paddle properly can be a huge safety concern. One hand should be at the base of the paddle on the shaft. The other hand should ALWAYS be on the end of the shaft over the “T” grip. The “T” grip is made of hard plastic and can blacken eyes and knock out teeth. Keeping your hand over the “T” grip will keep control of the paddle and cushion the blow if it should happen. Ask your professional commercial guide for the proper technique.

4.Stay in the boat!
This sounds like common sense, but it can happen. One minute you are in the boat and the next you are swimming next to it. When rafting, pay attention and watch for rocks coming from downstream. Your guide may use a command called “Bump” just before the boat hits a rock. If your guide calls out, “Bump!” lean in while placing your paddle “T” grip on the floor of the boat. Make sure you still keep your hand over the grip. If the “Bump” command is executed correctly your blade end of the paddle will be up in the air and your fist over the grip will be on the floor of the boat. This should keep you in the boat. After the boat collides with the rock, return to your seat and be ready to paddle. If you fall out of the boat, the most important thing to do is… DON’T PANIC! Find your boat. Most times when someone falls out of the boat they pop up right next to the boat. Grab it so you don’t float away. If you are a couple of feet away from the boat, swim to the boat. If you pop up and you are far from the boat, look for other rescue options, other boats or the riverbank. Remember, there are two riverbanks for your convenience, one on either side of the river. If you are panicking you won’t think about getting back to the boat and the rescue becomes more difficult. Your guide will go over this in great detail during the safety talk before the trip.

5.Know the proper swimming techniques
When swimming in the river, whether you fall out or you jump in for fun, there are two techniques. The first is the “Down River Swimmers Position”. This is on your back, nose and toes to the sky with your head up so you can see where you are going. Feet down stream with your knees slightly bent. This way if you come in contact with a rock you can use your feet and legs as shock absorbers and push off the rock. Arms should be out to your side to help keep yourself in control. A helpful hint here: keep your butt up. If you sit with your butt low in the water, you will find a rock and bring home some interesting bruises. Guys, keep your legs together. If you hit a rock we call this “romancing the stone. “ There is no romance for a couple of weeks afterwards. The second swimmers position is becoming more popular and more excepted in rescue situations. This position is on your stomach doing your best Michael Phelps impersonation. Point to where you want to go and go. Swim until you are out of the river. Again your guide will explain when it is best to use which swimming position.
If you choose to swim to the shore, swim all the way to the shore. NEVER stand up in moving current. Most guides never walk in water over their shins. This prevents a situation called “Foot Entrapment” which is where you put your size 9 foot in a size 8 hole or crack in the bottom of the river. This is not a good place to be but it is so easy not to get in this situation, just don’t walk in the river. It is just that easy.

6.Listen to your guide during the safety talk and on the water.
Your experienced Raft Masters’ guide is trained to know exactly how to handle any type of situation encountered while on the river.

Yunnan is the kingdom of plants and flowers. Wherever you go, you will see different plants and flowers, for a couple of hundreds years, flowers hunters from western countries come here over and over again just want to see the new plants. If you have the interests in flowers, these are the right places for you.

Haba Snow Mountain stands by the Jinsha River and face to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, 120km southeast of Shangri-La, with its main peak of 5,396m. The attraction of the Sanba Tourist Area is attributed to the towering peaks of the Haba Snow Mountain and its alpine moraine lake, endless tracks of azalea flowers and cluster of waterfalls cascading down snow-covered cliffs.

Highlights

Experience the local life and ethnic culture.
Appreaciate the booming flowers and charming landscape.
Visit the famous cities, Kunming, lijiang, Dali and Shangrila.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1 Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Qiaotou
Day 2 Tiger Leaping Gorge – Haba Village – Base Camp
Day 3 Base Camp-Top of Haba-Base Camp
Day 4 Base Camp-Yellow and Black Lake – Haba Village
Day 5 Haba Village – Lijiang

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Qiaotou

Sightseeing and Activities: The First Bend of Yangtze River, Shigu Town, Tiger Leaping Gorge
Accommodation: Qiaotou Town
Meals: Breakfast

From Lijiang, you’ll drive about 60KM to the First Bend on the Yangtze River with imposing gorge scenery, visit the Iron Chain Bridge, the Red Army’s Long March Memorial Monument in the Shigu Old Town. The town of Stone Drum got its name from a large, cylindrical, marble tablet shaped like a drum. The scenery is magnificent as the road running through the Lijiang valley which is filled with wheat fields and drying haystacks.

Visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge(Shangri-La section), the deepest gorge in the world. With 34 rapids of the Yangtze River, it is called the Jinsha in this area because you can find gold in the river.

Stay overnight at Qiaotou Town.

Day 2 Tiger Leaping Gorge – Haba Village – Base Camp

Sightseeing and Activities: Haba Village, Base Camp
Accommodation: Base Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Drive from Qiaotou Town to Haba Village. Today we will embark on a beautiful, but demanding hike from Haba Village (2600m) to the base camp (4100m) of Haba Snow Mountain. The trek is approx 15km and will take around 6-8 hours. We will pass by yak pastures and azalea forests and enjoy a picnic lunch on the way. We will reach the base camp in the afternoon.

–The Haba Mountain, with its main peak being 5,396 meters in height, stands 120 kilometers to the southeast of the seat of Shangri-La. And its domain of 21,908 hectares, covered with a vertical distribution of forests, is rich in wildlife and plant resources. The nature reserve extends 22 kilometers from south to north and 19 kilometers from east to west. About half of the 13,000 kinds of plants in Yunnan could be found in here. The primeval forest serves as the valuable scientific research base. In addition, there are more than 900 varieties of rare medicinal materials, more than 25 species of protect animals at the national grade and about 50 kinds of azalea.

Day 3 Base Camp-Top of Haba-Base Camp

Sightseeing and Activities: Top of Haba Snow Mountain
Accommodation: Base Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Set out in the early morning (4:00am) for the 4km (5 hour) hike to the top of Haba Snow Mountain(5396m), passing over two snowy slopes before reaching the top. It is not a technical trek but requires a lot of energy as the altitude is high and the slopes are long. From the top you will get spectacular views of the Tiger Leaping Gorge 3500 vertical meters below!!! Descend for 3 hours down to the Base Camp for overnight stay.

Day 4 Base Camp-Yellow and Black Lake – Haba Village

Sightseeing and Activities: Base Camp, Yellow and Black Lake, Haba Village
Accommodation: Haba Village
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy the sunrise over Haba Mountain. Spend the morning doing a circular route of approx. 3-4 hours treking to Black Sea Lake or Heihai(4170 m) in front of the Haba Mountain, through meadows, forests and rivers. In the late afternoon, arrive at Haba Village. Stay at Haba Snow Mountain Hostel.

Day 5 Haba Village – Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities: Back to Lijiang
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast

Today, drive back to Lijiang. Service ends.

Recommended Hotels

City	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostel
Qiaotou Town	/	/	/	Local Guesthouse
Haba Snow Mountain	/	/	/	Camping
Haba Snow Mountain	/	/	/	Camping
Haba Village	/	/	/	Camping

Service Included:

1.Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
2.Meals as listed in the itinerary;
3.Accommodation with breakfast as listed in the itinerary;
4.Private English-speaking tour guide and vehicle for transfers & sightseeing;
5.Service charge & government taxes;
6. Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
7. Two bottles of mineral water each day.

Service Excluded:

1.Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
2.Chinese visa fees;
3.Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
4.Single room supplement;
5.Tips to guides and drivers;
6.Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
7.Personal travel insurance;
8.All optional programs;
9.Domestic air tickets fares with airport tax and fuel extra fee based on economy class mentioned in the program.

Travel Tips:

-Visitors are advised to always carry changes of clothing due to the large variations in temperature between day and night.
-The climate is relatively dry, so drink more water every day.
-Protecting oneself from strong UV radiation at high altitude.
-Protecting oneself from altitude sickness. Lessen the effects of altitude sickness, avoid strenuous exercise and have plenty of rest.
-Respect local customs , habits, and religious beliefs.
-Situated on the northern edge of the tropical zone, Xishuangbanna area is hot, humid and rainy; don’t forget to take an umbrella or a raincoat when go out.
-When take photos, please pay attention to your safety, do not shoot in dangerous areas.

All Haba Snow Mountain Climbing and Hiking Tours

The Most Popular Hiking Tours of Tiger Leaping Gorge

Yunnan is the Kingdom of plants and flowers. Wherever you go, you will see different plants and flowers, for a couple of hundreds years, flowers hunters from western countries come here over and over again just want to see the new plants. If you have the interests in flowers, these are the right places for you.

Highlights

Experience the local life and ethnic culture.
Appreaciate the booming flowers and charming landscape.
Visit the famous cities, Kunming, lijiang, Dali and Shangrila.

Breif Itinerary

Day 1 Arrival in Kunming
Day 2 Kunming-Dali
Day 3 Dali
Day 4 Dali – Shaxi – Laojun Mountain National Park
Day 5 Laojun Mountain National Park – Tiger Leaping Gorge
Day 6 Tiger Leaping Gorge – Base Camp
Day 7 Base Camp-Top of Haba-Base Camp
Day 8 Base Camp- Haba Village
Day 9 Haba Village – Baishuitai – Shangrila
Day 10 Shangrila
Day 11 Shangrila-Lijiang
Day 12 Lijiang
Day 13 Departure from Lijiang

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrival in Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities: Green Lake Park
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Lunch

The Green Lake Park(Cuihu Park) in Kunming

Welcome to Kunming, the Spring City of China! Upon arrival at the Kunming airport/train station, the local tour guide and driver will meet you in the arrival hall and escort you to your hotel. You’ll begin your journey to the diverse and captivating province of Yunnan from the capital city, Kunming.

After a short rest, stroll in the most picturesque park in Kunming urban area – the Green Lake Park, a charming area of tea houses and small boutiques selling handicrafts and beautiful local paintings. Here you can share the happiness of local people’s doing tai chi, performing local opera, and other vibrant activities. If you visit the park in November or December, you will see the grandeur of huge flocks of red-beaked seagulls that migrate there from Siberia.

Day 2 Kunming-Dali

Sightseeing and Activities: Kunming Botanic Garden, Dali Ancient Town
Accommodation: Dali
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, visit Kunming Botanic Garden where you can see the plants and flowers of Yunnan. Four and half hours drive to Dali in the afternoon. Afterwards, visit Dali Ancient Town which is 13 kilometers away from Xiaguan in Dali City. It can be dated back to the year 1382 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and has been among the top listed historical cities of China since 1982. With Erhai Lake to the east, and Cangshan Mountain to the west, its grand city wall, traditional Bai ethnic minority folk houses and marvelous scenery have been attracting many visitors. The tour in Dali Ancient Town will include the Foreigners Street, the Gate Towers and the Ancient City Wall.

Day 3 Dali

Sightseeing and Activities: Cangshan Mountain
Accommodation: Dali
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

One-day trip in Dali to visit the Cangshan Mountain. We will drive up the hill with some stops to see the flowers of the area. The Cangshan Mountain, also known as Diancangshan, is named after its verdant forests. The Canshan Mountain is a chain of the Yunlin Mountain of the Hengduan Mountains. Starting at Eryuan in the north and ending at Xiaguan in the south, it measures 42 km in length and 25 km in width. Overlooking the Erhai Lake in the east, the Cangshan Mountain is of great splendors and the scenery is unique. The Cangshan Mountain comprises 19 peaks, the highest of which is Malong Peak at an elevation of 4122 meters above sea level. It is snow-capped all the year round with a moraine lake on the summit. There are 18 brooks running down the 19 peaks. The snow-melted water between every two peaks rushes down and converges into the Erhai Lake. Cangshan Mountain boasts of a rich vegetation of numerous rate flowers, trees, and other plants. It is called a national alpine botanical garden. You can find many alpine flowers, of which azaleas are the most famous in the Cangshan Mountain.

Day 4 Dali – Shaxi – Laojun Mountain National Park

Sightseeing and Activities: Shaxi Old Town, Mt. Laojunshan
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

This morning, drive to visit Shaxi Old Town. Shaxi is the last remaining ancient market town of its kind on the Tea & Horse Caravan Trail. This trail is a trading route that connected Tibet, Sichuan, and Yunnan to countries in southeast Asia, also called the Southern Silk Road. The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has listed Shaxi as one of the 100 most endangered sites in the world in 2001.

Drive to Mt. Laojunshan. It has virtually been untouched by any urban development. This place covers an area of 2,340 square km and is approximately 93 km west of Lijiang City. This mountain has become a well-known spot in Yunnan for many species of plants like peony, rhododendron and begonia.

Day 5 Laojun Mountain National Park – Tiger Leaping Gorge

Sightseeing and Activities: Shigu Town, Tiger Leaping Gorge
Accommodation: Tina’s House
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, spend more time in the mountain, and then drive to Shigu Town, visit the Iron Chain Bridge, the Red Army’s Long March Memorial Monument in the Shigu Old Town. The town of Stone Drum got its name from a large, cylindrical, marble tablet shaped like a drum. The scenery is magnificent as the road running through the Lijiang valley which is filled with wheat fields and drying haystacks.

Then go far to visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the deepest gorge in the world. With 34 rapids of the Yangtze River, it is called the Jinsha in this area because you can find gold in the river.

Tonight you will have overnight at Tina’s House.

Day 6 Tiger Leaping Gorge – Haba Village – Base Camp

Sightseeing and Activities: Haba Village, trekking
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today we will embark on a beautiful, but demanding hike from Haba Village (2600m) to base camp of Haba Snow Mountain(4100m). The trek is approx 15km and will take around 6-8 hours. We will pass by yak pastures and azalea forests and enjoy a picnic lunch on the way. We will reach the base camp in the afternoon.

–The Haba Mountain, with its main peak being 5,396 meters in height, stands 120 kilometers to the southeast of the seat of Shangri-La. And its domain of 21,908 hectares, covered with a vertical distribution of forests, is rich in wildlife and plant resources. The nature reserve extends 22 kilometers from south to north and 19 kilometers from east to west. About half of the 13,000 kinds of plants in Yunnan could be found in here. The primeval forest serves as the valuable scientific research base. In addition, there are more than 900 varieties of rare medicinal materials, more than 25 species of protect animals at the national grade and about 50 kinds of azalea.

Day 7 Base Camp-Top of Haba-Base Camp

Sightseeing and Activities: Trekking
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Set out in the early morning (4:00am) for the 4km (5 hour) hike to the top of Haba Snow Mountain (5396m), passing over two snowy slopes before reaching the top. It is not a technical trek but requires a lot of energy as the altitude is high and the slopes are long. From the top you will get spectacular views of the Tiger Leaping Gorge 3500 vertical meters below!!! Descend for 3 hours down to the Base Camp for overnight stay.

Note: If the weather does not permit us to climb Haba Mountain, we will give up the climbing. If you do not want to climb to the top of Haba Snow Mountain, we will cut this day Haba Mountain climbing tour, and trek down to Haba Village in this day.

Day 8 Base Camp-Yellow and Black Lake – Haba Village

Sightseeing and Activities: Black Sea Lake
Accommodation: Haba Snow Mountain Hostel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy the sunrise over Haba Mountain. Spend the morning doing a circular route of approx. 3-4 hours treking to Black Sea Lake or Heihai (4170 m) in front of the Haba Mountain, through meadows, forests and rivers. In the late afternoon, arrive at Haba Village. Stay at Haba Snow Mountain Hostel.

Day 9 Haba Village – Baishuitai – Shangrila

Sightseeing and Activities: Baishuitai Terraces
Accommodation: Shangrila
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Drive to the Baishuitai Terraces and carry on to Shangri-La via some mountain passes at 4000m. We will make some stops to see different kinds of Azaleas and many other flowers on the way. Check in hotel in Shangrila.

Day 10 Shangrila

Sightseeing and Activities: Songzanlin Monastery, the Bita Lake & Shudu Lake, Tibetan family visit
Accommodation: Shangrila
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, visit the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. Songzanlin Monastery has another alias – ‘the little Potala Palace ‘, so named because the whole monastery is in the traditional style with mysterious atmosphere.

And afterwards you’ll visit the tranquil Bita Lake & Shudu Lake in Pudacuo National Park. Pudacuo National Park is located in one of the most biologically-diverse regions of the world. While the region comprises only 0.7 percent of China’s land area, it contains more than 20 percent of the country’s plant species, about one-third of its mammal and bird species and almost 100 endangered species. Have a visit of the local Tibetan family.

Day 11 Shangrila-Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities: Lijiang Old Town, Black Gragon Pool, Shuhe Old Town
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Drive to Lijiang. You will be relaxed around Lijiang Old Town, a well-preserved old city of ethnic minorities with brilliant culture, is a central town of the Lijiang Autonomous County of the Naxi Ethnic Minority in Yunnan Province. Located on the plateau which is 2,400 meters above the sea level and embraced by the tree-covered Lion Mountain in the west, Elephant and Golden Row Mountains in the north, vast fertile fields in the southeast and crystal clear water running through, the old town looks like a big jade ink slab, therefore got the alias the Town of Big Ink Slab (Dayanzhen).

Then visit the Black Dragon Pool(also Heilongtan), or Jade Spring(Yuquan) Park is the main headwater of the Yushui River which goes through the Old Town. People believe that the gods of the Naxi people are living in the chestnut woods, beside the mouth of springs, behind the carved doors and below the bridges. The springs come from the god-protected mountains and gather in this place and finally form the dragon pool. Then water goes down a waterfall and becomes the Yuhe River, pouring life to the Old Town.

Afterwards, visit Shuhe Old Town. It is not only a very important town in the Tea-horse Road that leads to Tibet, but also a famous cobbler town. The cobblers here are as skillful as those in Italy. The leather products that they make are the best seller in Tea-horse Road. Because of trading activities along this road, the Naxi people gradually gave up the nomadic life and settled for farming and later started to do business.

Day 12 Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities: Yulong Snow Mountain, Yuhu Village and the Former Residence, Baisha Village and Murals
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy the sunrise of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Lijiang Ancient Town in the morning, drive about 30KM to Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M), you will take the sightseeing bus for a short visiting through the Baishuihe River, take the chairlift up to visit Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The cableway will be arranged according to the condition of the mountain. You will hike around 1 hour in the original forest in Spruce Meadow(3200M).

After lunch, you you’ll visit Yuhu Village and the Former Residence of Joseph Rock who was an Austria-American botanist and explorer, lived in Yuhu village and other places in that region from 1922 to 1949. He was also a naturalist and Photographer, and the first foreign scholar to introduce Lijiang ethnic culture to the western world.

Stroll through Baisha Old Town, which is an enchanting traditional Naxi style old town. Visit the Baisha Mural about 600 years old, which is one part of the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997.

Day 13 Departure from Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities: Departure from Lijiang
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast

Departure from Lijiang. Service ends.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Lijiang	Lijiang Hilton Garden Inn	Wangfu Hotel	Baisha Holiday Resort	Erma’s Inn
Kunming	Crown Plaza Kunming City Centre	Wenhui Hotel	Baiyun Hotel	T&T Story Hotel
Dali	Hilton Dali Resort And Spa	Landscape Hotel	Gnosis Hotel	Dali Fengxue Gucheng
Shangrila	Shangrila Hotel	Zhaxidele Hotel	Shenqu Hotel	Wu Fu South Yunnan Boutique Inn
Liming	/	/	/	Local Guesthouse
Haba Village	/	/	/	Local Guesthouse

Service Included:

Service Excluded:

Travel Tips:

-Visitors are advised to always carry changes of clothing due to the large variations in temperature between day and night.

-The climate is relatively dry, so drink more water every day.

-Protecting oneself from strong UV radiation at high altitude.

-Protecting oneself from altitude sickness. Lessen the effects of altitude sickness, avoid strenuous exercise and have plenty of rest.
-Respect local customs , habits, and religious beliefs.
-Situated on the northern edge of the tropical zone, Xishuangbanna area is hot, humid and rainy; don’t forget to take an umbrella or a raincoat when go out.
-When take photos, please pay attention to your safety, do not shoot in dangerous areas.

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In this 14 Days Cycling Tour from Shangri-La to Lijiang and then to Dali. You will enjoy the top attractions of Shangri-La, Lijiang and Dali. Moreover, you will pass by many wonderful sceneries such as Baishuitai Terraces and Tiger Leaping Gorge, etc. Besides natural sceneries, you will step into ethnic villages of Tibetan, Naxi and Bai to fully appreciate the ethnic cultures and daily lives of local people. Spend your leisurely time in ancient towns such as Dukezong, Lijiang and Dali Ancient Town. This is a wonderful cycling tour of Yunnan.

Highlights

Cycling along the Ancient Tea-Horse Trade Road with the fabulous natural views of Yunnan – national parks, snow mountains, grand canyons, rapid Yangtze River and blue lakes.
Meet colorful ethnic villages and tribal groups to appreciate the diverse ethnic cultures of Yunnan.
Visit ancient towns with profoud history and ethnic cultures – Dukezong Ancient Twon, Baisha Old Town, Lijiang Ancient Town, Shuanglang Old Town and Dali Old Town.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Shangri-La Arrival
Day 2: Shangri-La
Day 3: Shangri-La – Baishuitai
Day 4: Baishuitai – Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge
Day 5: Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge – Daju Town
Day 6: Daju Town – Yulong Snow Mountain – Baisha
Day 7: Baisha – Lijiang Ancient Town – Baisha
Day 8: Lijiang – Lashihai – Shigu
Day 9: Shigu – Jianchuan – Shaxi
Day 10: Shaxi – Liantie
Day 11: Liantie – Xiashankou
Day 12: Xiashankou – Dali – Shuanglang
Day 13: Shuanglang – Haidong – Dali
Day 14: Dali Departure

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Shangri-La Arrival

Sightseeing and Activities:Arrive in Shangri-La
Accommodation:Shangri-La
Meals:None

Arrive in Shangri-La. Picked up by the tour guide and transferred to your hotel.

Day 2 Shangri-La

Sightseeing and Activities:Songzanlin Monastery, Naphai Lake, Dukezong Ancient Town, Guishan Hill, Tibetan Family
Accommodation:Shangri-La
Meals:B,L

Cycling to Songzanlin Monastery in the morning, after lunch, ride around Naphai Lake and the grassland. Visit Dukezong Ancient Town and the largest Prayer Wheel on the top of Guishan Hill. Enjoy the Tibetan Family with Tibetan dance and music at night.

Day 3 Shangri-La-Baishuitai

Sightseeing and Activities:Pudacuo National Park, Baishuitai, Haba Snow Mountain
Accommodation:Baishuitai
Meals:B,L

We begin with a short transfer out of town, passing through arid plateau on towards Pudacuo National Park where to start the day’s cycling. We set off on the bikes with a downhill stretch on good road and continue during the day to cycle a series of valleys and mountains through a changing rural scenery gradually descending to the village of Baishuitai. Our final stretch of the route brings us through conifer forest. Located below the Haba Snow Mountain(the other side of Tiger Leaping Gorge), Baishuitai is famed for its natural mineral terraced White Water Tables created by calcium carbonate deposits from the melting mountain spring water.

Day 4 Baishuitai-Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge

Sightseeing and Activities:Haba village, Yangtze River Valley
Accommodation:Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge
Meals:B,L

We set off today with a few gentle hills before challenging a more serious climb. Once we reach the top of the pass we will have views of the magnificent Haba Mountain peaks. The highest point is at a dizzying 5,396m. With alpine moraine lake, endless clusters of azalea and waterfalls cascading down snow-covered cliffs, the glacier on the Haba Snow Mountain is the southmost glacier in China. We make a short descent into Haba Village, whose resident minorities include Naxi, Hui (Muslim) and Yi peoples, as well as a few Tibetans.

This afternoon we climb to our next pass then cycle down into the Yangtze River Valley. At the village of Yonke we turn into the legendary Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the world’s deepest ravines. Cutting its path between Haba Mountain and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain your surroundings will be as dramatic as the place names suggest.

Day 5 Tiger Leaping Gorge – Daju Town

Sightseeing and Activities:Tiger Leaping Gorge
Accommodation:Daju Town
Meals:B,L

Enjoy the nice view of Tiger Leaping Gorge today. A day off the bikes and time to enjoy your beautiful natural surroundings. The home of ancient Lijiang culture, there are a series of caves populated in ancient times where you can see rock paintings and artifacts that tell the story of times past. At the mouth of the gorge is the famed Tiger leaping boulder where the pounding waters swirl dramatically and legend has it that the mythical big cat crossed the river.
Ride to Daju Town for overnight.

Day 6 Daju Town-Jade Dragon Snow Mountain-Baisha

Sightseeing and Activities:Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Baisha Old Town
Accommodation:Baisha
Meals:B,L

From the west end of the gorge we cycle towards the Yangtze, and up over the pass with a long 1475m climb up the southern slope of the Dragon Snow Mountain for 36km to the top. Then is downhill all the way to Lijiang. Snow-capped and often shrouded in mist, Dragon Snow Mountain is a sanctuary for rare animals and wild plants with unique micro climates on the different slopes. It is also known as a natural glacier museum and is now a famous scenic spot for tourists and scientific research.
We ride down from the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and arrive at Baisha Old Town in the late afternoon.
Stay at Baisha Holiday Resort Lijiang which is a typical Naxi ethnic courtyard with a nice view of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain from a far.

Day 7 Baisha – Shuhe- Lijiang Old Town-Baisha

Sightseeing and Activities:Shuhe Old Town, Lijiang Old Town, Black Dragon Pool, Dongba Culture Museum
Accommodation:Baisha
Meals:B,L

Ride 3 KM from Baisha Old Town to Shuhe Old Town in the morning.
Surrounded by magnificent mountain scenery, Lijiang Old Town is a well-preserved city of diverse ethnic minorities, rich in traditional culture. With narrow streets and traditional buildings, the Old Town is built along the lie of mountains and the flow of rivers. We have a day off the bikes to wander the cobbled lanes, learn about Naxi culture and marvel at the detail and blend of architectural influences in the town. The stone bridges and intricately carved buildings lead away from a central square in four directions which ever way you wander you’ll follow lanes decoratively decked in traditional lanterns and an array of flowers.
Ride to visit Black Dragon Pool and Dongba Culture Museum after visiting Lijiang Old Town.
Ride 10KM back to Baisha Old Town in the afternoon.

Day 8 Lijiang-Lashihai-Shigu

Sightseeing and Activities:Lashi Lake, Shigu Town, First Bend of the Yangtze river
Accommodation:Shigu
Meals:B,L

Leaving Lijiang we cycle a gentle 8km to reach the beautiful Lashi Lake (New Basin), a nature reserve rich in biodiversity. The endangered black necked crane can be seen here. The Naxi and Yi minorities live in this area. We loop around the lake beginning on paved road which leads us through Naxi villages. The terrain becomes rougher as we loop back. Joining a bigger road, we continue on uphill towards a 2,900m pass through a scenery of fields and pine forest with the white towering peaks of Jade Dragon Snow mountain coming into view.

Over the pass, we cycle down toC encountering the famous First Bend of the Yangtze River where the waters take a dramatic 90 degree turn. The the Red Army crossed the Yangtze here en route to Tibet and a sculpture marks the spot. We take a boat to cross to our accommodation for the night.

Day 9 Shigu-Jianchuan-Shaxi

Sightseeing and Activities:Shaxi Old Town
Accommodation:Shaxi
Meals:B,L

We cycle mainly downhill today through more rural landscapes of mountain and valley following the old Tibet highway. There is little in the way of traffic and toward the end of today’s ride we journey through a forest of Eucalyptus and conifers to reach the traditional Shaxi Old Town. Known as the last Tea Horse town Shaxi village is home of the Bai people, a matriarchal community where children take their mother’s name.

With more sunshine, annually than California the area has rich natural biodiversity. Victorian botanists and flower hunters were drawn here to collect specimens for the ornamental gardens of Europe and America including orchids, roses, rhododendrons, azaleas, and magnolias, to name but a few. There is an interesting Caravan Museum in the town.

Day 10 Shaxi-Liantie

Sightseeing and Activities:Heihui River
Accommodation:Liantie
Meals:B,L

We have a gentle day, we leave Shaxi riding through valley along the Heihui River passing farms and rice terraces. We pass through several small villages. The road was used by the horse caravans transporting tea and salt between villages travelling as far as to Tibet and India. It was named the tea horse road because of the common trade of Tibetan ponies for Chinese tea.
We arrive in Liantie Town of Eryuan County in the late afternoon.

Day 11 Liantie-Xiashankou

Sightseeing and Activities:Xiashankou Hot Spring Village
Accommodation:Xiashankou
Meals:B,L

We begin cycling with a tough but scenic 22km climb up CangShan mountain taking us to the pass at 3,022m. There is an exhilarating 22km downhill on the other side, though we need to take care over the rough surfaced road. We ride another 10 km to reach XiaShanKou Hot Springs Village where we can soothe our sore muscles in the famous hot springs.

Day 12 Xiashankou-Dali-Shuanglang

Sightseeing and Activities:Erhai Lake, Shuanglang Town
Accommodation:Shuanglang
Meals:B,L

We set off for our last day on the bikes as we head to the historical town of Dali. We cycle along a flat paved road between the towering Cangshan Mountain range and Erhai Lake. One of China’s largest freshwaters Er Hai is an alpine fault lake. Its name means “Ear-shaped Sea”.

Ride along the Erhai Lake to Shuanglang Town.

Day 13 Shuanglang-Haidong-Dali

Sightseeing and Activities:Erhai Lake, Haidong Town, Dali Old Town
Accommodation:Dali
Meals:B,L

Today cycle around Erhai Lake from Shuanglang Town to Dali via Haidong Town.
Arrive in Dali Old Town in the late afternoon.

Day 14 Dali Departure

Sightseeing and Activities:Departure from Dali
Accommodation:None
Meals:B

Departure from Dali. Service ends.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Shangri-La	Shangri-La Hotel	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	Bodhi Boutique Hotel	Wu Fu South Yunnan Boutique Inn
Baisha	Solo Wandering Snow Mountain Manor	Prajina Homestay	Baisha Holiday Resort Lijiang	Zhuzhu Zaijia Inn
Lijiang	InterContinental Lijiang Ancient Town Resort	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	Liwang Hotel	Flowers Hall Inn
Shaxi	Shaxi Lanlinge Hotel	Shaxi Aoding Courtyard	Shaxi Xia La Zhe Yododo Inn	Another Encounter
Dali	Hilton Dali Resort and Spa	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	Gnosis Hotel	Fengxuegucheng

Service Included:

Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
Meals as listed in the itinerary;
Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
Private English-speaking tour guide;
Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
Service charge & government taxes;
Luggage transfers between airports and hotels.

Service Excluded:

Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
Chinese visa fees;
Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
Single room supplement;
Tips to guides and drivers;
Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
Personal travel accident insurance;
All optional programs.

Our Yunnan Festival Tour invites you to step backwards in time, to visit one or several of the more than 55 minorities that inhabit different corners of China, some of whose unique cultures and customs date back several thousand years.The key any China minority festival tour is all about timing. For travelers in general, it is wise to choose a classic itinerary during a specific time of festival. For a deeper insight, a tailor-made tour is the best way to go. And you may contact us and get more ideas.

Highlights

Meet colorful Yunnan ethnic festivals – Fire Sacrifice Festival,Taizhi Festival, Weishan Local Special Food Festivel and the Jiejingu Festival and so on.
Visit the fabulous natural views of Yunnan – national parks, snow mountains, grand canyons, rapid Yangtze River and blue lakes.
Meet colorful ethnic villages and tribal groups to appreciate the diverse ethnic cultures of Yunnan.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Kunming Arrival
Day 2: Kunming – Mile
Day 3: Mile – Hong Wa Village – Mile
Day 4: Mile – Kunmindg – Lijiang
Day 5: Lijiang
Day 6: Lijiang – Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge
Day 7: Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge – Shaxi
Day 8: Shaxi
Day 9: Shaxi – Dali
Day 10: Dali
Day 11: Dali – Weishan
Day 12: Weishan
Day 13: Weishan – Kunming

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrival in Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities:Arrival in Kunming
Accommodation:Kunming
Meals:

Arrival in Kunming, you will meet our guide and then you will transfer to hotel.

Day 2 Kunming-Mile

Sightseeing and Activities:Green Lake Park, Bamboo Temple
Accommodation:Mile
Meals:B,L

Breakfast and check out, two hours morning walk in the Green Lake Park. The park is busy in the morning with people exercising, mostly older people, practicing Taiji, dancing, singing and all kinds of things to keep healthy. Here you will see the real life of local people. One hour drive to Bamboo Temple, have a vegetarian lunch in the temple monks here. This temple is famous for the 500 life size Buddhist arhats made in 1883 by the master from Sichuan. You can find an arhat which has some similarity with you among them, which is a very popular temple among local but very few tourists. Three hours drive to Mile (175km) and overnight.

Day 3 Mile-Hongwa village-Mile

Sightseeing and Activities: Fire Sacrifice Festival
Accommodation:Mile
Meals:B,L

One hour and twenty minutes drive (35km) to Hongwa village(红万村) to attend the Fire Sacrifice Festival of Yi people. The festival is to remember the rotate the wood for fire of the ancestors. It starts in the morning at 9:30 with a welcome ceremony with dances and music in the village on the streets, followed by a street lunch. The lunch is along the streets in near the village square, no tables and no chairs, people put pine leaves on the ground and then place the food on the ground, people squat around and eat, we will join them for lunch. People may not like the food but just to experience. After lunch, people dance on the streets with pained naked bodies and have some fire celebrations, the festival goes on until 5:00 pm, drive back to Mile.

Day 4 Mile-Kunming-Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Giant Buddha, Stone Forest
Accommodation:Lijiang
Meals:B,L

Twenty minutes drive to Jingping Mountain to visit the Biggest Smiling Buddha image in the open air with 19.99m high. You need to climb for 1999 steps of stone stairs up to see it. This is the Buddha for the future, many people come to pray for their future here. An hour and half drive to Stone Forest(80km), two hours visit to Stone Forest, see the main tourists part and also walk to the outskirt of the main sight to see more of the Stone Forest. Drive to Kunming Airport ( 95km 1.5 hours) and evening flight to Lijiang.

Day 5 Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Puji village, Puji Monastery, Yuhu village, the Former Residence of Dr. Rock, old town of Lijiang
Accommodation:Lijiang
Meals:B,L

Day to visit Lijiang. 20 minutes drive to Puji village, visit this traditional village of Naxi, and then 40 minutes walk up hill in the pine forest to visit Puji Monastery. This is the only old Tibetan Buddhist monastery remains in the area, more than 300 years old monastery with copper roofed building, only a couple of monks take care of it here, nice and quite.

Drive to visit Yuhu village in front of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, visit the Former Residence of Dr. Rock, an Austrian American explorer and botanist lived here in 1930’s. He is the first person to introduce Lijiang to outside world. Some free time to walk around the old town of Lijiang.

Day 6 Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge

Sightseeing and Activities:Old Town, the First Bend of the Yangtze, Tiger Leaping Gorge
Accommodation:the Middle Gorge
Meals:B,L

Two hours morning walk to visit the old town, the houses are built in the traditional style with wooden structures and tiles roofs, with some small rivers running through the houses, cobbled streets with flowers planted, visit a local daily vegetable market.

Drive to visit the First Bend of the Yangtze where the Red Army crossed the Yangtze During the Long March in 1935, the Yangtze made a big U turn here and carry onto the Tiger Leaping Gorge. Drive along the Yangtze down to visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge and overnight in the Middle Gorge.

Day 7 Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shaxi

Sightseeing and Activities:Tiger Leaping Gorge, old town of Jianchuan
Accommodation:Shaxi
Meals:B,L

Spend some more time to see the Gorge. Tiger Leaping Gorge is 19km long with the drops of 3900m from hill top to the river, with three narrow parts, narrowest is only 30m that a tiger can jump over. Two hours drive to Jianchuan (105km), visit the old town of Jianchuan with traditional old Bai houses. One hour drive to Shaxi (35km) with a visit to brick & tiles factory along the way.

Day 8 Shaxi

Sightseeing and Activities:Taizhi Festival
Accommodation:Shaxi
Meals:B,L

Visit Shaxi and attend Taizhi Festival. Taizhi is the local name for the Buddha Sakyamuni, who was the prince of a kingdom in north India who would be the King upon his adulthood. After leaving home he saw the sufferings of people and wanted to help. He gave up everything and found out the ways to reach an idea life, later became the practice of Buddhism. The festival reproduces the event he left the royal palace and created the Buddhism. At the festival, locals clean up the Buddha image in the temple and carry it to travel through the village followed by people dancing and singing. The whole village is full of joy and happiness.

Day 9 Shaxi-Dali

Sightseeing and Activities:Shibaoshan Mountain, Baoxia Temple, Erhai Lake
Accommodation:Dali
Meals:B,L

Twenty minutes drive to Shadengqing ( 6km). Two hours hike up to Shibaishan Mountain on a paved path with some steep stairs in some places with visits to some grottoes along the way. Visit the 800-1000 years old grottoes from Nanzhao Kingdom. 20 minutes drive to Baoxia Temple, climb up on stairs to visit Baoxia Temple built on a cliff, nice to walk around the temple for an hour. Three hours drive to Dali with visit to Erhai Lake to see the cormorant fishing on the way.

Day 10 Dali

Sightseeing and Activities:Xizhou Market, Xizhou morning market, Three Pagodas, Chongsheng Temple, Dali Old Town
Accommodation:Dali
Meals:B,L

Half an hour drive to Xizhou, visit the morning market where people sale vegetables, food and daily necessities. Visit the village to see some traditional old houses of Bai people, Xizhou used to be a wealthy town and many beautiful houses were built here.

Drive back to Dali and two hours visit the thousand years old Three Pagodas, which the landmark of Dali, visit Chongsheng Temple behind the Pagodas with hundreds of Buddhist images. One and half hours visit the ancient city of Dali starting from the South Gate, climb up to the city wall for a walk where you can have a good view of the city and area, walk along the city wall to HonglongJing Street, walk through Honglongjing to Fuxin Road, and down to Renmin Road and back to hotel.

Day 11 Dali-Weishan

Sightseeing and Activities:
Accommodation:old street of Weishan,
Meals:

Two hours drive to Weishan (75km) and visit the old streets of Weishan. The Local special Food Festival takes place in Weishan from Mar. 16th to 20th, so we have the chance to try the different local specialties in these two days here. Half an hour drive to visit Weibaoshan (12km). There are some nice old Taoist temples and Ancestor Temple of Yi people built in the mountain in the forest. We spend 2/3 hours to walk the area on paved path with some step sections, usual the same way in and out. Drive back to Weishan.

Day 12 Weishan

Sightseeing and Activities:Jiejingu Festival of Bai People
Accommodation:Weishan
Meals:B,L

An hour drive to West Big Temples, a place with over 50 temples of different sizes and religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Ancestor-worship and Nature God, to attend the Jiejingu Festival. The Festival the shared ancestor-worship gods of Bai people in Dali and Wenshan, the shared gods live in two different places in the different times of the year. During this festival, people from Dali come here to invite the Gods back to Dali for a stay, people will cook good meals, pray, sing, dance… to amuse the Gods and themselves. It happens day and night…

Day 13 Drive to Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities:Drive to Kunming
Accommodation:
Meals:B,L

Five hours drive to Kunming (360km), visit the Birds and Flowers Market. Hotel and tour ends.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3Star	Hostels
Kunming	Sofitel Hotel	Jingjiang Hotel	Long Teng Hotel	Tu Tu Inn
Mile	Huquan Resort and Spa	Beautiful Scenery Hotel	Yasheng Xihe Hotel	Red River Valley Hot Spring Resort Mile
Lijiang	InterContinental Lijiang Ancient Town Resort	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	Liwang Hotel	Flowers Hall Inn
Shaxi	Shaxi Lanlinge Hotel	Shaxi Aoding Courtyard	Shaxi Xia La Zhe Yododo Inn	Another Encounter
Dali	Hilton Dali Resort and Spa	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	Gnosis Hotel	Fengxuegucheng
Weishan	/	Xiongzhao Grand Hotel	/	Fanchen Ruoyu Youth Hostel

Service Included:

Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
Meals as listed in the itinerary;
Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
Private English-speaking tour guide;
Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
Service charge & government taxes.

Service Excluded:

Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
Chinese visa fees;
Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
Single room supplement;
Tips to guides and drivers;
Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
Personal travel accident insurance;
All optional programs.

This 26 Days Yunnan ethnic minority tour includes: Kunming, Nanjian, Manwan, Lincang, Cangyuan, Nanggun River, Zhenkang, Mangshi, Reili, Yinjiang, Tenchong, Baoshan, Dali, Shangrila and Lijiang. Drive down Mekong River valley, meet colorful minorities in border area with Burma, Cross Nu River (the Salween ), enjoy the hot spring bath in Tengchong, surely you can take some unusual pictures.

Highlights

Appreciate the fabulous Yunnan natural sceneries, including the world natural heritage-the Stone Forest, acres of Yuanyang Rice Terraces, Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest, Pudacuo National Park, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Erhai Lake.
Meet colorful ethnic villages and tribal groups to appreciate the diverse ethnic cultures.
Visit anacient towns, historical heritage and ancient villages to discover the mysterious history of Yunnan.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Kunming Arrival
Day 2: Kunming – Shilin – Jianshui
Day 3: Jianshui – Yuanyang
Day 4: Yuangyang – Lvchun
Day 5: Lvchun – Jiangcheng
Day 6: Jiangcheng – Jinghong
Day 7: Jinghong
Day 8: Jinghong – Lancang
Day 9: Lancang-Menglian-Ximeng
Day 10: Ximeng – Cangyuan
Day 11: Cangyuan
Day 12: Cangyuan – Gengma – Zhengkang
Day 13: Zhengkang – Mangshi
Day 14: Mangshi – Ruili
Day 15: Ruili – Tengchong
Day 16: Tengchong
Day 17: Tengchong – Yunlong
Day 18: Yunlong – Tacheng
Day 19: Tacheng – Shangrila
Day 20: Shangrila
Day 21: Shangrila – Lijiang
Day 22: Tiger Leaping Gorge – Lijiang
Day 23: Lijiang – Shaxi – Dali
Day 24: Dali
Day 25: Dali – Kunming
Day 26: Kunming Departure

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities:Kunming arrival
Accommodation:Kunming
Meals:

Our guide and driver will pick you up from Kunming Changshui Airport. Then transfer to your hotel in Kunming downtown. Take a good rest after long flight.

Day 2 Kunming-Stone Forest-Jianshui

Sightseeing and Activities:the Stone Forest, Jianshui Old Town, Tuanshan Village
Accommodation:Jianshui
Meals:B,L

Start in the morning from Kunming, drive to the Stone Forest, which lies around 90 km in the southeast of Kunming, well-known both at home and abroad. It is a spectacular Karst landform that took shape about 270 million years ago in the Carboniferous Period.

After lunch drive in the southeast from the Stone Forest to Jianshui of Honghe Prefecture, a state-level historic and cultural city that has been standing there for over 1300 years.

Arrive in Jianshui County. Stroll around in the old part of Jianshui Town, see ancient wells that have been used by local residents for centuries and admire the grand Chaoyang Gateway Arch built in 1389, which is now serving as the landmark of this city. Have a study on local Tofu workshop, where it can be found out how this popular food is produced traditional way.

Move to Tuanshan, an age-old village enlisted amongst the 100 Protected Cultural Architectures of the World by WMF in 2005, for its well-maintained style and features of 19th Century. Return to town, see the Double-dragon Bridge aged over 200 years, it’s a combination of science and art, in elegant shape and ranking the first in Yunnan Province in terms of size and artistic value.

Day 3 Jianshui-Yuanyang

Sightseeing and Activities:Confucius Temple, Garden of Zhu Family
Accommodation:Yuanyang
Meals:B,L

Visit Confucius Temple, which is the biggest in Yunnan and the second biggest of country. Take a relaxing walk in the Garden of Zhu Family, a grand complex constructed 100 years ago by a local family surnamed Zhu, with well-arranged yards, well-furnished rooms and halls, labyrinthian lanes and passages, various ornamental plants and flowers, it enjoys the fame ”the Grand View Garden at a Border Town”.

Drive to Yuanyang, a place inhabited by Hani, Yi, Yao, Zhuang and other ethnic groups. Stay in Yuanyang.

Day 4 Yuanyang-Lvchun

Sightseeing and Activities:Duoyishu, Bada, Laohuzui
Accommodation:Lvchun
Meals:B,L

See the morning market in Yuanyang, where the most lively side of local ethnic life is displayed. Drive to Duoyishu near Shengchun Village, see the spectacular rice terraces cultivated by Hani people through generations, this is one of the most inspiring scenes in southern Yunnan, reputed as the Sculpture on Mother Earth.

Move to Bada and Laohuzui, another two places famous for different types of terrace view. Drive to Luchun County, a small town situated on mountain and surrounded by rice terraces. Drop in ethnic villages en route, explore their authentic lives. Stay in Luchun.

Day 5 Luchun-Jiangcheng

Sightseeing and Activities:Yi and Hani ethnic villages
Accommodation:Jiangcheng
Meals:B,L

Full day car ride from Luchun to Puer City via Jiangcheng, random stops on the way for stretches or short visit to villages. Visit Yi and Hani ethnic villages in Jiangcheng County.

Day 6 Jiangcheng-Zhengdong-Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities:Menglun tropical botanical garden, village of Jinuo people, Ganlanba
Accommodation:Jinghong
Meals:B,L

Drive to Jinghong City in XishuangBanna. Xishuangbanna is the southernmost prefecture of Yunnan, bordered with Laos and Myanmar, rich in fauna and floral resources, famous for exotic culture of different ethnic groups. Arrive at Menglun, a small town lying quietly beside Luosuo River, where the biggest tropical botanical garden of China is situated. Stay in the Botanical Garden.

Sightseeing in the garden, learn about various indigenous and introduced plants, take a relaxing walk in the rainforest zone of garden to gain a rough idea about this most biologically-diversified ecosystem in our world. Visit village of Jinuo people, who’s the last ethnic nationality classified by Chinese government in 1979, now only live in Xishuangbanna region.

See villages and Theravada Buddhism temples of Dai nationalities around Ganlanba area. Dai is the majority in this prefecture, they mainly stay in the basins near river and are good at rice growing. Theravada Buddhism is the prevailing religion in locality, and people are still carrying on the traditions of sending boys to temple.

Arrival in Jinghong City, which is the capital of Xishuangbanna, a quiet and tropical town near Myarmar border. Stay in Jinghong.

Day 7 Jinghong-Menghai-Menglun-Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities:Octagonal Pavilion, ethnic villages
Accommodation:Jinghong
Meals:B,L

Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion in Menghai County, Xishuangbanna

Excursion in the west to Menghai area, a place famous for production of tea. See a farmer market where people sell all kinds of native produces and purchase daily commodities, market is always the most lively part of every place, and always candidly mirrors the most authentic sides of local people’s life. Visit the Octagonal Pavilion beside Jingzhen Village, a building in peculiar shape; it’s one of the three most famous Theravada Buddhism buildings in Yunnan, used to serve as a meeting room for local senior monks’ monthly conference.

Move to Menghun, drop in a village where Dai villagers produce paper with tree bark in their very original way, then to village of Bulang, an ethic group who stay on mountains and are good at tea planting, see the nice tea plantations around village and try gaining information about their traditions, customs and way of living through chatting with villagers. Return to Jinghong, stop on the way for visit to Aini, the second biggest ethnic nationality in Xishuangbanna, descendant of ancient Qiang tribe, who used to live nomadic life and kept migrating. Fly back to Kunming in the evening.

Day 8 Jinghong-Lancang

Sightseeing and Activities:Laiyanghe River Nature Preserve
Accommodation:Lancang
Meals:B,L

In the morning drive to Lancang via Puer City, visit Laiyanghe River Nature Preserve. Cross the Lancang River. Stay in Lancang.

Day 9 Lancang-Menglian-Ximeng

Sightseeing and Activities:Lancang Lahu minority villages
Accommodation:Ximeng
Meals:B,L

Visit Lancang Lahu minority villages and then drive to Ximeng. Visit villages on the way. Stay at Ximeng.

Day 10 Ximeng-Cangyuan

Sightseeing and Activities:Wa villages
Accommodation:Wa Village
Meals:B,L

Yuesong is a town on the border of Myanmar. Visit Wa villages, stay in the town or camp in the village.

Day 11 Cangyuan

Sightseeing and Activities:Cangyuan Cliff Painting
Accommodation:Cangyuan
Meals:B,L

Drive to Cangyuan, which is a border town with Burma, viewing the 3000 years old Cangyuan Cliff Painting. Cangyuan is a Wa minority autonomous county.

Day 12 Cangyuan-Gengma-Zhengkang

Sightseeing and Activities:Nangun River Nature Reserve, ethnic villages
Accommodation:Zhengkang
Meals:B,L

Drive 2 hours to visit the Nangun River Nature Reserve which is for the protection of wild elephants. (The Nangun river is the border between China and Burma), then continue the drive along the border road to Zhengkang county. On the way, visit several ethnic villages.

Day 13 Zhengkang-Mengyang-Mangshi

Sightseeing and Activities:Nu River
Accommodation:Mangshi
Meals:B,L

Drive 6 hours from Zhengkang to Mangshi (Luxi). On the way, you will cross the Nu River.

Day 14 Mangshi-Ruili

Sightseeing and Activities:Wangdin, One Single Tree Forest, night market
Accommodation:Ruili
Meals:B,L

Drive from Mangshi to Ruili, on the way, visit Wangdin, a border town with Burma, and the One Single Tree Forest. Upon arriving Ruili, check in the Hotel. After dinner, visit the well-known night market.

Day 15 Ruili–Longchuan-Yinjiang-Lianghe-Tengchong

Sightseeing and Activities:minority villages and local markets, Jingpo Ethnic Village, Jingpo Square, Dayinjiang River, Tongbiguan Pass, Nandian Xuanwu Chieftain Office
Accommodation:Tengchong
Meals:B,L

Visit minority villages and local markets around Ruili. Arrive in Longchuan County, visit Jingpo Ethnic Village and Jingpo Square. Then drive to Yinjiang County. Visit Dayinjiang River and Tongbiguan Pass, a famous local scenic spot.

Drive to Lianghe County and visit the Nandian Xuanwu Chieftain Office, the ancient houses of the Chieftains in the past. Drive to Tengchong in the late afternoon.

Day 16 Tengchong

Sightseeing and Activities:Heshun Ancient Town, Beihai Lake Park
Accommodation:Tengchong
Meals:B,L

Visit Heshun Ancient Town including the Museum of Yunnan-Burmese Anti-Japanese War, Heshun Library, the Archway, Dragon Pool, the Wanlouzi Museum of Native Residence, Wenchang Daoist Palace, Clothes-washing Pavilions, Yuanlong Daoist Pavilion, the Philosopher Ai Siqi’s Former Residence, Guanyin Ancient Spruce Trees an so on.

Visit the Beihai Lake Park and cruise to the lake.

Day 17 Tengchong-Baoshan-Yunlong

Sightseeing and Activities:Mekong River, Boan Ancient Caravan, Stilwell Road
Accommodation:Yunlong
Meals:B,L

Drive to Baoshan City and Yongping County. Take a look at the upper Mekong River. Visit Boan Ancient Caravan and the Stilwell Road on the way to Yongping. Arrive in Yunlong County in the late afternoon. Stay in the hostel in Nuodeng Old Town.

Day 18 Yunlong-Lanping-Tacheng

Sightseeing and Activities:Nuodeng Old Town, Ancient Tea Horse Road, Tianchi Lake, Shigu Old Town, First Bend of Yangtze River
Accommodation:Tacheng
Meals:B,L

Visit Nuodeng Old Town and the Ancient Tea Horse Road in the morning. Drive to visit Tianchi Lake, take a panoramic view of the natural Bagua Diagram from the mountain. Transfer to Shigu Old Town, visit the First Bend of Yangtze River. Drive along the Yangtze River and arrive in Tacheng Town.

Day 19 Tacheng-Nixi-Shangrila

Sightseeing and Activities:Tacheng Snub-nosed Monkey Park, ethnic villages, Nixi Pottery Village
Accommodation:Shangrila
Meals:B,L

Visit Tacheng Snub-nosed Monkey Park, enjoy the feeding of the snub-nosed monkey in the morning. Transfer to Nixi Village, visit Lisu ethnic village on the way. Visit Nixi Pottery Village and learn the making pottery by Tibetan people. Arrive in Shangrila in the late afternoon.

Day 20 Shangrila

Sightseeing and Activities:Songzanlin Monastery, Pudacuo National Park, Dukezong Ancient Town
Accommodation:Shangrila
Meals:B,L

In the morning, you’ll visit the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. The Songzanlin Monastery is often called the little Potala Palace because of its traditional Tibetan architectural style. In 1679 the fifth Dalai Lama chose the monastery’s location by divination and it quickly became the most important Tibetan Buddhist temple in Yunnan.

And lunch you’ll go and visit the tranquil Bita Lake & Shudu Lake located in Pudacuo National Park, 30KM away from the downtown. Pudacuo qualifies as a natural wonderland according to any standard. It contains endemic species of fish found no where else in the world, rare and beautiful orchids, black-necked cranes, and taxus yunnanensis, a yew whose extracts are indispensable to the creation of many cancer-treating drugs. Nestled in the mountains of Southwest China, the park is an integral part of the Three Parallel Rivers Scenic Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Chinas most popular tourist destinations.

Walk around Dukezong Ancient Town in the late afternoon; Taste the butter oil and Tibetan snack with Tibetan dance and song in a Tibetan family.

Day 21 Shangrila-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Tiger Leaping Gorge, the First Bend of Yangtze River, Iron Chain Bridge, Lijiang Ancient Town
Accommodation:Lijiang
Meals:B,L

From Shangri-La, you’ll drive about 100KM to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the deepest gorge in the world. With 34 rapids of the Yangtze River, it is called the Jinsha in this area because you can find gold in the river. Afternoon, you’ll head for Shangri La, the former Zhongdian. Upon arrival in Shangri La, you will have entered the Tibetan cultural area and a landscape of barley fields and yaks scattered in the valleys.

After lunch continue the driving 50KM more to visit the First Bend on the Yangtze River with imposing gorge scenery, and the Iron Chain Bridge in the Stone Drum town. The town of Stone Drum got its name from a large, cylindrical, marble tablet shaped like a drum. The scenery is magnificent as the road running through the Lijiang valley which is filled with wheat fields and drying haystacks. Drive 60KM more to Lijiang. Explore Lijiang Ancient Town at night. After dinner, you will have an option to attend the Naxi Orchestral and Show in Lijiang Ancient Town.

Day 22 Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Yulong Snow Mountain, Baishui River, Spruce Meadow, Baisha Old Town and Murals
Accommodation:Lijiang
Meals:B,L

Enjoy the sunrise of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Lijiang Ancient Town in the morning. Drive about 30KM to Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M), you will take the sightseeing bus for a short visiting through the Baishuihe River, take the chairlift up to visit Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The cableway will be arranged according to the condition of the mountain. You will hike around 1 hour in the original forest in Spruce Meadow(3200M).

After lunch, you will enjoy the Impression Lijang Ethnic Show directed in Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M). A cultural show demonstrating the traditions and lifestyles of the Naxi, Yi and Bai peoples of the area. The show takes place inside Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Park at 3500m in an outdoor theater specifically designed to showcase the mountain which is used as a backdrop. The production itself was designed by Zhang Yimou, Fan Yue and Wang Chaoge, a cast of over 500 people, and a number of horses.

In the afternoon, you’ll stroll through Baisha Old Town, which is an enchanting traditional Yunnan town. Visit the Baisha Mural about 600 years old, which is one part of the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997.

–Jade Dragon Snow Mountain stretches a length of 35 kilometers (22 miles) and a width of 20 kilometers (13 miles). Looking from Lijiang Old Town in the south which is 15 kilometers (nine miles) away, the snow-covered and fog-enlaced mountain resembles a jade dragon lying in the clouds, hence, the name Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The highest peak named Fan Peak (Shanzidou in Chinese) which is about 5596 meters above sea level. There are three cablecars in the mountain, the fist to the Glacier Park(4500M),the second to Spruce Meadow(3200M),the third to Yak Meadow(3700M).

Day 23 Lijiang-Shaxi-Dali

Sightseeing and Activities:Shibaoshan Mountain, Xizhou, Zhoucheng, ancient city of Dali
Accommodation:Dali
Meals:B,L

In the morning, transfer to visit the Shibaoshan Mountain as well as the ancient Shizhongsi Grottoes in the mountain.

After lunch drive south on the old road to the ancient city of Dali. Dali, a historically and culturally famous city of China, is renowned for her historical interest. Before Dali Ancient Town, you will visit Xizhou Ancient Town to fully appreciate Bai-style architecture, taste their fragrant three-course tea and explore their distinctive culture. Drive 10 KM more to visit Zhoucheng Town, where you will experience how Bai people make the Tie-Dyed Cloth in the work shop. You will be free in Dali Ancient Town and explore the local ethnic life in the late afternoon as well as enjoy the panoramic view of Erhai Lake from the City Wall of Dali Ancient Town.

–Dali Ancient Town History of Dali Ancient Town can be dates back to 1382 during the Ming Dynasty and it has been listed among the top historic cities of China.The town’s layout was uniform, with five main streets from south to north and eight main streets from east to west, while marketplaces were neatly arranged within the town, which has remained unchanged to this date. Besides the Bai houses, the houses with gray-green roof tiles, peculiar workshops, temples, schools and churches with antique flavor are scattered.

Day 24 Dali

Sightseeing and Activities:Dali
Accommodation:Dali
Meals:B,L

In the morning, visit the Three Pagodas in Chongshen Monastery which has a history of over 1,800 years located at the foot of Cangshan Mountain facing to the Erhai Lake. Three Pagodas are made of three ancient independent pagodas forming a symmetrical triangle.

After lunch, you’ll cruise in Erhai Lake by the small boat to the Jinsuo Islet in the east Erhai Lake. There are 200 Bai ethnic families around 1000 people in Jinsuo Island. In Erhai Lake cruise, you will enjoy the green Cangshan Mountain and the Three Pagodas from a far as well as lots of birds and seagulls flying over the lake.

Day 25 Dali-Yunnanyi-Chuxiong-Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities:Yunnanyi Old Town, Stilwell Road, Museum and Exhibition of the Flying Tigers and the history of Stilwell Road, Chuxiong Museum and the Ten Month Lunar Calendar Park
Accommodation:Kunming
Meals:B,L

Drive to Xiangyun County and visit Yunnanyi Old Town and the famous Stilwell Road. Visit the Museum and Exhibition of the Flying Tigers and the history of Stilwell Road. Transfer to Kunming, stop to visit Chuxiong Museum and the Ten Month Lunar Calendar Park of Yi ethnic minority. Arrive in Kunming in the late afternoon.

Day 26 Departure from Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities:Departure from Kunming
Accommodation:
Meals:B

Departure from Kunming. Service ends.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Kunming	Sofitel Hotel	Jingjiang Hotel	Long Teng Hotel	Tu Tu Inn
Jianshui	/	/	/	/
Yuanyang	Yuanyang Twelve Manor	Yunti Hotel	Shuiyunjian Hotel	Guanjing Heaven Hotel
Lvchun	/	/	Yunti Hotel	/
Jiangcheng	/	/	Tianhao Hotel	/
Jinghong	Hermit Hotel	Xile Hot Spring Hotel	Tai’ anmeng Holiday Hotel	Rainforest Paradise Inn
Lancang	/	Hualong Hotel	Lancang Hailan Hotel	Lalong Yuqi Xiaozhu Inn
Ximeng	/	Mijing Wazhai Rice Field Manor	Qiansheng Hotel	/
Cangyuan	Mengluo Hotel	Jialinsai Hotel	Jingwa Hotel	Eighteen Tribe Hotel
Mangshi	Huafeng Peacock Lake Hotel & Resort	Mangshi Dabo Hotel	Mangshi Hotel	Xiaochenggushi Inn
Ruili	Jing Cheng Earthsea SPA Holiday Center	Ruili Sidawo Hotel	Hesheng Hotel	Lingfeng Inn
Yunlong	/	/	Yulongwan Hotel	Nuo Deng Fu Jia Liu Fang Inn
Tacheng	Guanfang Hotel Tengchong	Pumi Wenlv Zhang’s Courtyard (Hepan)	Yongle Holiday Resort and Spa	Yonder Way Hostel
Shangrila	Shangri-La Hotel	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	Bodhi Boutique Hotel	Wu Fu South Yunnan Boutique Inn
Lijiang	InterContinental Lijiang Ancient Town Resort	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	Liwang Hotel	Flowers Hall Inn
Dali	Hilton Dali Resort and Spa	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	Gnosis Hotel	Fengxuegucheng

Service Included:

Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
Meals as listed in the itinerary;
Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
Private English-speaking tour guide;
Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
Service charge & government taxes;
Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;.

Service Excluded:

Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
Chinese visa fees;
Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
Single room supplement;
Tips to guides and drivers;
Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
Personal travel accident insurance;
All optional programs.

Yunnan province is famed for its multitude of ethnic groups, whose diverse customs can still be seen today. Of China’s fifty-five officially recognized ethnic minorities, twenty-five can be found in Yunnan: about one-third of the population is not ethnic Han-Chinese. Three Parallel Rivers area is reputed to be the “Biological Gene Bank of the World.” Because it was not covered by the Quaternary glaciers and most mountains lie from north to south, the area has become a main passage and sanctuary for biological species of the Eurasian Continent. This Yunnan Panorama tour will take you explore most of Yunnan beauties.

Highlights

Visit spectacular sceneries including blues lakes, white snow mountians, rapid rivers, grand cayons, charming valleys, acres of rice terraces, tropical rainforest and other attractive wonders.
Meet diverse ethnic cultures, colorful tribal groups and profoud tea cultures of Yunnan.
Hike the holy Meili Snow Mountain, the grand Tiger Leaping Gorge and Three Parallel Rivers area.
Spend leisure time in ancient towns and villages to explore the profound history of local people.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Kunming Arrival
Day 2: Kunming – Chuxiong – Dali
Day 3: Dali
Day 4: Dali – Weishan – Dali
Day 5: Dali – Shaxi – Lijiang
Day 6: Lijiang
Day 7: Lijiang – Lugu Lake
Day 8: Lugu Lake – Baoshan Stone Village
Day 9: Baoshan Stone Village – Bendiwan
Day 10: Bendiwan – Shangrila
Day 11: Shangrila
Day 12: Shangrila – Feilaisi
Day 13: Feilaisi – Xidang
Day 14: Xidang – Yubeng
Day 15: Yubeng – Ice Lake – Yubeng
Day 16: Yubeng – Holy Waterfall – Yubeng
Day 17: Yubeng – Ninong Vally – Cizhong
Day 18: Cizhong – Gongshan – Bingzhongluo
Day 19: Bingzhongluo
Day 20: Bingzhongluo – Gongshan – Dulongjiang
Day 21: Dulongjiang River Valluy Hiking
Day 22: Dulongjiang River Valluy Hiking
Day 23: Dulongjiang – Gongshan – Liuku
Day 24: Liuku – Tengchong
Day 25: Tengchong
Day 26: Tengchong – Yingjiang – Ruili
Day 27: Ruili – Mangshi
Day 28: Mangshi – Yonghe
Day 29: Yongde – Zhenkang – Cangyuan
Day 30: Cangyuan
Day 31: Cangyuan – Shuangjiang – Ximeng
Day 32: Ximeng – Lancang – Jingmai
Day 33: Jingmai – Menghai – Jinghong
Day 34: Jinghong
Day 35: Jinghong – Menglun – Mengla
Day 36: Mengla – Jiangcheng – Lvchun
Day 37: Lvchun – Yuanyang
Day 38: Yuanyang
Day 39: Yuanyang – Jianshui
Day 40: Jianshui – Yanshan – Babao
Day 41: Babao – Guangnan – Bamei
Day 42: Bamei – Guangnan – Puzhehei
Day 43: Puzhehei
Day 44: Puzhehei – Luoping
Day 45: Luoping – Shilin – Kunming
Day 46: Departure from Kunming

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities:Arrive in Kunming
Accommodation:Kunming
Meals:

Pick you up at Kunming airport. Meet your local guide and driver. Transfer to hotel.

Day 2 Kunming-Chuxiong-Dali

Sightseeing and Activities:Kunming-Chuxiong-Dali
Accommodation:Dali
Meals:B,L

In the morning, drive to Chuxiong and visit Yiren Ancient Town, Chuxiong Museum and enjoy the Yi ethnic life with local people. Then drive to Dali. Visit Dali Old Town. Walk around the Foreigner Street and enjoy the relax time with local people. After climbing up to the City Wall of Dali, you will have panoramic view of the Erhai Lake.

Day 3 Dali

Sightseeing and Activities:Three Pagodas in Chongshen Monastery, Erhai Lake, Xizhou Town, Zhoucheng Village.
Accommodation:Dali
Meals:B,L

Take the morning flight to Dali which is a historically and culturally famous city of China, is renowned for her historical interest and Bai ethnic culture. You visit the Three Pagodas in Chongshen Monastery which has a history of over 1,800 years located at the foot of Cangshan Mountain facing to the Erhai Lake. Three Pagodas are made of three ancient independent pagodas forming a symmetrical triangle.

After that, you will head for Xizhou Town to fully appreciate Bai-style traditional architectural courtyards, taste their fragrant Three-Course Tea and explore their distinctive culture. Visit Zhoucheng Village and the Bai people’s Tie-dying cloth workshop where you can take some special souvenir with the Bai ethnic style.

Day 4 Dali-Weishan-Dali

Sightseeing and Activities:Weishan Old Town, Donglianhua Village
Accommodation:Dali
Meals:B,L

After breakfast, you’ll be driven to visit Weishan Old Town. Weishan old town was the cradle of Nanzhao kingdom(a kindom established by Yi Minority), the history can be traced back to 7th centuary. Its a very nice old town and not touristic. It was a important town on the ancient tea and horse road. You will also enjoy the traditional Bai people’s building design.

Then visit Donglianhua Village in Weishan County.These villages were founded by Muslim soldiers from Central Asia sent to Yunnan by the first emperor of China’s Mongol dynasty of the Yuan(1271-1368). During the Ming and Qing dynasties, they became involved in trade as caravan leaders on the Tea and Horse Road (茶马古道). The courtyards and mansions of village of Donglianhua (东莲花) shows how successful these Chinese Muslims traders were.

Drive back to Dali for overnight.

Day 5 Dali-Shaxi-Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Shaxi Old Town, Lijiang Old Town
Accommodation:Lijiang
Meals:B,L

Drive from Dali to Shaxi Old Town. Walk around this town. Explore the ancient culture and architectures. The remains of an ancient market town and once an active trade stop on the Southern Silk Road that connected Tibet and China with Southeast Asia and on to Europe. This road is actually older than the more famous Silk Road (in the North), predating it by at least 300 years. Shaxi has been listed by the World Monuments Fund as one of the world’s 100 most endangered sites.

In the afternoon, explore Lijiang Old Town. Lijiang Old Town has a history more than 800 years; it was listed as the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997. Here you will see the wonderful wooden architecture of Naxi ethnic people.

Day 6 Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Ganhaizi Meadow, Baishuihe River, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, ‘Impression Lijiang Ethnic Show’, Baisha Old Town, Baisha Murals
Accommodation:Lijiang
Meals:B,L

Enjoy the sunrise of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Lijiang Ancient Town in the morning, drive about 30KM to Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M), you will take the sightseeing bus for a short visiting through the Baishuihe River, take the chairlift up to visit Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The cableway will be arranged according to the condition of the mountain. You will hike around 1 hours in the original forest in Spruce Meadow (3200M).

After lunch, you will enjoy the Impression Lijiang Ethnic Show directed in Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M). A cultural show demonstrating the traditions and lifestyles of the Naxi, Yi and Bai peoples of the area. The show takes place inside Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Park at 3500m in an outdoor theater specifically designed to showcase the mountain which is used as a backdrop. The production itself was designed by Zhang Yimou, Fan Yue and Wang Chaoge, a cast of over 500 people, and a number of horses.

In the afternoon, you’ll stroll through Baisha Old Town, which is an enchanting traditional Yunnan town. Visit the Baisha Murals about 600 years old, which is one part of the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997.

Day 7 Lijiang-Lugu Lake

Sightseeing and Activities:Holy Lugu Lake, Liwubi Island, Mosuo Culture Museum, Mosuo Bonfire Party.
Accommodation:Lugu Lake
Meals:B,L

In the morning, drive 4-5 hrs on the spectacle mountain road to visit the mysterious Lugu Lake. On the way, enjoy the beautiful view among the huge mountains and rivers. We plan to start your walking from Jin’anqiao Bridge to Shudi along the road at the bank of Yangtze River. You will see the beautiful canon and Yi ethnic people’s villages in the steep mountains. After 1 hour walking in the canon, we will continue the driving and we can stop in many Yi villages.

In the late afternoon, you will take the canoes to visit Liwubi Island and Heiwawu Island in Lugu Lake. Pay a visit toMosuo Culture Museum and learn the Mosuo ethnic custom in the museum. Enjoy the sunset wonder of Luguhu Lake in Luoshui Village. In the evening, take part in Mosuo Bonfire Party with ethnic dance and singing performance.You will dance and sing with Mosuo boys and girls around a big bonfire in the outdoors theatre.

Day 8 Lugu Lake-Baoshan Stone Village

Sightseeing and Activities:Labo Township, Baoshan Stone Town
Accommodation:Baoshan Stone Town
Meals:B,L

Drive 3.5 hours to Labo Township(拉伯乡). Then have an 1 hour boat trip to Baoshan Stone Town. On the way, enjoy the valley landscape around Jinsha River. This tour will be impressive and amazing. After arriving at Baoshan Stone Village, walk aroung this village and then have your leisure time with local people. Tonight, enjoy home stay with ethnic people.

Day 9 Baoshan Stone Village-Daju-Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge-Bendiwan

Sightseeing and Activities:Tina’ Guest House, Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge-Bendiwan
Accommodation:Halfway Guesthouse
Meals:B,L

Drive from Baoshan Stone Village to Daju Township. Take a ferryboat across a river. Then drive to Tina’s Guesthoue in Tiger Leaping Gorge area. You will start your hiking from here. Hike about 1.5 hours to Halfway Guesthouse for overnight. Relax yourself and enoy the beautiful secenery of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

Day 10 Bendiwan Village-Nuoyu Village-Qiaotou-Shangrila

Sightseeing and Activities:28 Zigzag Bends, Zhong Nuoyu Village, Naxi Family Gusthouse, Dukezong Ancient Town.
Accommodation:Shangrila
Meals:B,L

Hike from Halfway Guesthouse to Nuoyu Village. On the way, you will pass through a waterfall. You will start the most difficult part trekking to the 28 Zigzag Bends trail and reach the top peak at the elevation of 2670m. Arrive at Nuoyu Village and have lunch at Naxi Family Guesthouse. Hike to Qiaotou Primary School to finish your trekking today.

Drive to Shangri-la in the late afternoon. Upon arrival in Shangri La, you will have entered the Tibetan cultural area and a landscape of barley fields and yaks scattered in the valleys. Walk around Dukezong Ancient Town, an important town of the Ancient Tea-horse Trade Caravan from Yunnan to Tibet and India.

Day 11 Shangrila

Sightseeing and Activities:Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, Pudacuo Nsational Park.
Accommodation:Lijiang
Meals:B,L

In the morning, visit the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. Songzanlin Monastery has another alias – ‘the little Potala Palace ‘, so named because the whole monastery is in the traditional style with mysterious atmosphere. And afterwards you’ll visit the tranquil Bita Lake & Shudu Lake in Pudacuo National Park. Pudacuo National Park is located in one of the most biologically-diverse regions of the world. While the region comprises only 0.7 percent of China’s land area, but more than 20 percent of the country’s plant species, about one-third of its mammal and bird species and almost 100 endangered species.
Walk down to visit Xiaojiezi Tibetan Village located at the foot of Songzanlin Monastery.

Day 12 Shangrila-Benzilan-Feilaisi

Sightseeing and Activities:Baima Snow Mountain, Dongzhulin Monastery, First Bend of Jinsha River
Accommodation:Feilaisi
Meals:B,L

In the morning, drive 4 to 5 hours to Deqin County (3400m altitude) which is 187km away from Zhongdian via Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, where you will be able to view Baima Snow Mountain if the weather is clear, pass the top part of today at 4292m altitude at 156km.

After traversing mountain ranges, you will make a short stop and have lunch at Benzilan town, take some shots on the Moon Bend of Jinsha(Yangtze) River, Dongzhulin monastery and Baima Snow Mountain. The view along the way is fantastic with different kinds of trees, streams down the valley, prayer flags and stupas, and Tibetan villages.

Stay at Feilaisi.

Day 13 Feilaisi-Mingyong Glacier-Xidang

Sightseeing and Activities:sunrise of Meili Snow Mountain, Mingyong Glaciers, Taizi Monastery.
Accommodation: Xiding
Meals:B,L

Get up early in the morning, enjoy the magic sunrise of Meili Snow Mountain. Then drive another 1.5 hours to Mingyong village, where you will walk on the trails for about 4km to Mingyong Glaciers of Meili Snow Mountain, walk another one or so, you will get to Tibetan Taizi Monastery-another good spot to view the magnificent Mingyong Glaciers. (optional: You can choose to hire a horse to go up to the glacier on your own expense in order to save your energy).

Drive to Xidang for overnight.

Day 14 Xidang-Yubeng

Sightseeing and Activities:Xidang Village, Hike to Yunbeng Village
Accommodation:Upper Yubeng Village
Meals:B,L

Early in the morning , you could enjoy the golden mountain ,on top of which the sunrise touches its snow capped peak. weather permitting. After breakfast, drive along Mekong River to reach trail head. You will get off the car at Xidang Village, then hike up to and over a mountain pass to Yubeng, with picnic lunch (5-7 hours, with several steep sections). Arrive in Upper Yubeng village; dinner in a traditional Tibetan living room, overnight in Yubeng. Today you will need a horse to carry your luggage. Stay overnight in local guest house.

Day 15 Yubeng-Ice Lake-Yubeng

Sightseeing and Activities:Hile to visit Binghu Ice Lake, Mt. Kawagebo Glacier
Accommodation:Upper Yubeng Village
Meals:B,L

Enjoy the sunrise of the Mt. Kawagebo glacier from the guesthouse, then walk up to Binghu Ice Lake of the Meili Snow Mountain. Walk through the original forest from Yubeng Village, you will see some horses and yaks, as well as some wild animals if you are lucky enough. A beautiful river originate from the Glacier Park, walk along the river with some wooden bridges and spruce trees, you will have a wonderful view of Mt. Kawagebo Glacier. At last, arrive at the Ice Lake which is located at the foot of the glacier. Trek back to Upper Yubeng . Stay overnight in local guest house.

Day 16 Yubeng-Holy Waterfall-Yubeng

Sightseeing and Activities:Yubeng-Holy Waterfall-Yubeng
Accommodation:Upper Yubeng
Meals:B,L

If the weather is good, we will wake up to a clear view of the Mt.Kawagebo glacier. After breakfast we will hike to the Holy Waterfall (7km, 2-3 hours), from which Yubeng’s name originated. Buddhists coming to this area on pilgrimages circumamnbulate the waterfall 13 times with the belief. Then walk back to Upper Yubeng. Stay overnight in local guest house.

Day 17 Yubeng-Ninong Valley-Cizhong

Sightseeing and Activities:Yubeng Hiking, Ninong Village
Accommodation:Cizhong
Meals:B,L

This morning, you need a horse to carry your luggage. Walk along the least traveled path of Yubeng, from Yubeng Village to Ninong Village. After lunch, drive to Cizhong for overnight. On the way to Cizhong, you will see grand canyon and idyllic secenry.Stop to view at a distance.

Stay overnight in Cizhong.

Day 18 Cizhong-Gongshan-Bingzhongluo

Sightseeing and Activities:Cizhong-Gongshan-Bingzhongluo
Accommodation:Bingzhongluo
Meals:B,L

Drive along the newly built road from Cizhong to Gongshan County,the road is bumpy but the scenery is so fantestic because the view of Mekong River and Nujiang River grand cayons as well as the Biluo Snow Mountain. Arrive in Gongshan County and continue the driving along Nujiang Valley to Bingzhongluo. Stop to visit the First Bend of Nujiang River on the way to Bingzhongluo.

Biluo Snow Mountain is located at Lanping churchyard which I continuous 145KM. There are 15 snow mountains, which stand 4000 meter above sea level. The Laowo Mountain is the most beautiful a highest mountain than the others, which is 4500 meters above sea level. It is 3200 meters higher compared with the Lantsang. The original ecosystem has been preserved. The climate changes unconventionally in the mountain. The flowing waterfall is densely6 covered, edelweiss and lakes are gathered, and it is called the mountain with thousand waterfalls and thousand lakes.

Day 19 Bingzhongluo

Sightseeing and Activities:Bingzhongluo Hiking
Accommodation:Bingzhongluo
Meals:B,L

You will have a beautiful hiking tour in Bingzhongluo including the attractions of Qiunatong Village,Wuli Village,Dimaluo Village,Chongding Catholic Church and Nujiang River Grand Canyon.

There are easy and beautiful walks to nearby villages along the Nujiang. A few kilometers outside of town, the river widens and cuts through very deep and dramatic gorges. The road hugs the Nujiang and landslides occur from time to time along the way. It is said that the scenery is especially spectacular after rain, however this also increases potential delays and exacerbates the danger from landslides.

The most beautiful part of Nujiang Gorge starts from Binzhongluo, the northernmost town of the Gorge, where the essential attractions of the Nujiang Gorge are located. Hiking is the best way to enjoy the landscape and an average of 2.5 hours is needed for most tourists to reach the famous “Tea Horse Caravan Route.” Renting a mini bus at Bingzhongluo town is an alternative for the less adventurous sightseers.

On the way to the “Tea-Horse Caravan Route”, one can see the 100-year-old Zhongding Catholic Church built and founded by a French missionary. Shimen Pass is another fantastic section of the gorge along with Wengli (also called Wuli), another stunning landscape lying on a beautiful slope along the river bank. Very near to the Wengli, a carved path is seen on the other bank cliff, the so-called “Tea-Horse Caravan Route”, a path used by traders ferrying their goods between Yunnan and Tibet. At the end of the trekking road, an old hanging bridge and a new one-year-old bridge swing side-by-side.

To those wanderlusts, some trekking routes are worthy of spending days or even weeks longer between Gongshan and Bingzhongluo. Getting 90km further west to the Drung River from Gongshan reveal beautiful virgin forests as well as the kind-hearted Drung ethnic people living their old way of life.

Day 20 Bingzhongluo-Gongshan-Dulongjiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Bingzhongluo-Gongshan-Dulongjiang
Accommodation:Dulongjiang
Meals:B,L

It is 3 hours driving today with the rough road in the virgin forest. Nu ethnic minority lives mainly in Yunnan Province’s Bijiang, Fugong, Gongshan and Lanping counties, which comprise the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture. Others are found in Weixi County in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The Nu people are mainly engaged in agriculture, but also hunt and gather wild plants. Their main crops include corn, buckwheat, barley, potatoes and beans. Some Nu people support themselves through cottage industries such as weaving, wine brewing, iron forging, etc.

Visit Bukawa Village and enjoy the fantastic scenery of Dulongjiang Valley in the afternoon.

Day 21 Dulongjiang River Valley Hiking

Sightseeing and Activities:Dulongjiang River Valley Hiking
Accommodation:Dulongjiang
Meals:B,L

Drive about 30 kilometers southward to Maku Village. Get into Maku Village and start a fantastic trekking trip to Dulongjiang River Region. You will see the Haba Waterfall from Maku Pass and then trek along the virgin forest down to Qinlangdang Village. Arrive in Qinlangdang Village in the afternoon and trek about 1 kilometer to arrive at Haba Waterfall, here is the only way to Myanmar from Dulongjiang River.

Drive back to Kongdang.

Note: There are lots of leeches in the virgin forest in summer, so you should take some medicine to keep them away.

Day 22 Dulongjiang River Valley Hiking

Sightseeing and Activities:Dulongjiang River Valley Hiking
Accommodation:Dulongjiang
Meals:B,L

Drive about 30 km to Longyuan Village, visit the original villages as well as the old tattoo women, if you want to take photos for them, you have to give the tips. Come back to Kongdang.

Day 23 Dulongjiang-Gongshan-Liuku

Sightseeing and Activities:Dulongjiang-Gongshan-Liuku
Accommodation:Liuku
Meals:B,L

Leave for Gongshan and drive 110 km through the fascinating mountain areas to Fugong. Sightseeing includes a visit to a suspension bridge and a glide cable. Special Lishu food will be served during dinner. In the evening you will take part in a party with the local people.

Return to Liuku. Enjoy your last day at Nujiang Grand Canyon and visit Laomudeng Village and the bathhouse of Lishu minority. It is a tradition to welcome new year that all people take a bath together in the open hot springs by the banks of the river.

Overnight in Liuku.

Day 24 Liuku-Tengchong

Sightseeing and Activities:Liuku-Tengchong
Accommodation:Tengchong
Meals:B,L

Enjoy your last day at Nujiang Grand canyon and visit Laomudeng Village and the bathhouse of Lishu Nationality. It is a tradition to welcome new year that all people take a bath together in the open hot springs by the banks of the river.

Drive to Tengchong County, visit Nujiang River Bridge in Lujiang Basin, drive along the Gaoli Gongshan Mountain and arrive in Tengchong at noon. After lunch, you will visit Heshun Ancient Town including the Museum of Yunnan-Burmese Anti-Japanese War,Heshun Library, the Archway, Dragon Pool,the Wanlouzi Museum of Native Residence, Wenchang Daoist Palace, Clothes-washing Pavilions,Yuanlong Daoist Pavilion,the Philosopher Ai Siqi’s Former Residence, Guanyin Ancient Spruce Trees an so on.You will enjoy the Lisu Ethnic Show and Lisu Family visiting in Jade Spring Garden at night. You can dance and sing with Lisu ethnic people as well have some snacks.

–“Heshun” means peace and harmony. You could walk leisurely around the historical old town, built in earlier days by overseas Chinese as a location for their retirement. The remaining old town is a very beautiful place with many ornamental structures such as pavilions, memorial halls, archways, and balustrades, and also with lotus ponds and outlands with many birds. The library in this town is worth mentioning-set up in 1924, it possesses over 60,000 volumes of books, many of which are rare editions of ancient works.

Day 25 Tengchong

Sightseeing and Activities:Tengchong
Accommodation:Tengchong
Meals:B,L

Visit Laifeng Mountain National Forest Park in the early morning, climb up to the half mountain, pay a visit to Laifeng Temple bult in Tang dynasty; Climb to the top of the mountain, visit Wenbi Pagoda and the panoramic view of Dianyue Town of Tengchong County.

Visit the Graveyard of the National Heroes, and Dieshuihe Waterfall Park in the town, then drive to Beihai Wetland Park, you will take a small boat to the lake for a nice view. After lunch, drive back to Tengchong, and visit Rehai hot spring Park.. You will have an option to enjoy the hot spring in the park.

–Tengchong is one of China’s three major geothermal areas, known as “Land Abounding in Geothermal Resources”. There are plenty of springs of hot water and hot vapour, called “Hot Sea”. There are quite a number of hot fields as well. Tengchong is a resort where people can travel, take a bath and have medical treatment. The Hot Sea, with an area of 9 square kilometers, lies 20 kilometers away southwest of the county seat and in the center of the geothermal area.

Day 26 Tengchong-Yingjiang-Ruili

Sightseeing and Activities:Tengchong-Yingjiang-Ruili
Accommodation:Ruili
Meals:B,L

In the morning drive 1 Km to visit the Dieshuihe Waterfall, 1 Km to visit the Graveyard of the National Heroes. Sightseeing at the Pagoda wrapped inside tree, then drive to Ruili, on the way, visit Wanding, the smallest city in China, which is also a border with Burma. Also stop at the One Single Tree Forest, which is a very big banyan looks like a forest.

Day 27 Ruili-Mangshi

Sightseeing and Activities:Ruili-Mangshi
Accommodation:Manghsi
Meals:B,L

Visit a waterfall in the forest which is not far away from Burma, then visit a Dai village and a Jingpo village. After dinner, visit the prosperous Night Market which is really an attraction of Ruili, you will meet many businessmen from Burma, Laos, Thailand, India, Pakistan and Nepal. Many travelers come to this market to buy jade products.

Day 28 Mangshi-Yongde

Sightseeing and Activities:Mangshi-Yongde
Accommodation:Yongde
Meals:B,L

Enjoy your free morning in Mangshi. After lunch, drive to Yongde for overnight. On the way to Yongde, visit some ethnic villages.

Day 29 Yongde-Zhenkang-Cangyuan

Sightseeing and Activities:Yongde-Zhenkang-Cangyuan
Accommodation:Cangyuan
Meals:B,L

Drive 2 hours to visit the Nangun River Nature Reserve which is for the protection of wild elephants. (The Nangun river is the border between China and Burma), then continue drive along the border road to Zhengkang county. On the way, visit several ethnic villages.

Day 30 Cangyuan

Sightseeing and Activities:Cangyuan
Accommodation:Wengding Wa Ethnic Village
Meals:B,L

Drive to visit Menglai Grand Canyon. Menglai Grand Canyon is also called Thousand-Meter Gallery , situated at the middle part of the scenic spot. The rock paintings in the area is about 3KM. The cliff is about 80-180 meters high and the highest one is about 280 meters. Some of the cliff surface is ragged like a honeycomb, and some are flat and smooth as if cut by the axe, while some are just like the terraced fields. Due to the erosion of some special materials and the decoration of the climbing plants, the surface the cliff becomes colorful just like a giant rock paintings reflecting the vicissitudes of the nature.

Visit Cangyuan Cliff Painting. The cliff paintings of Cangyuan is said to take on different colors as the time, weather and humidity change. According to the proverb of the local Wa and Thai people that the cliff painting changes three times a day: in the morning the color is red, at noon lighter and in the evening purple. Nowadays the paintings have already been designated as the key historical relic protection unit at the provincial level.

Drive to visit Mengka Dai Ethnic Village.

Stay overnight at Wengding Wa Ethnic Village.

Day 31 Cangyuan-Shuangjiang-Ximeng

Sightseeing and Activities:Cangyuan-Shuangjiang-Ximeng
Accommodation:Ximeng
Meals:B,L

Walk to visit Wending Wa Ethnic Village this morining. Then drive to Ximeng. If you are lucky enough, you could see the sea of clouds. Visit Dragon Pool, a picturesque lake with around 38 sq. meters, combined with wetland, lotus pond, queer rocks, charming mountains, pretty temples, charming pavilions

Day 32 Ximeng-Lancang-Jingmai

Sightseeing and Activities:Ximeng-Lancang-Jingmai
Accommodation:Jingmai
Meals:B,L

Tour to the Jingmai-Mangjing Ten-thousand-mu Millenary Ancient Tea Plantation, the most famous and biggest Puer Tea Plantation in the world.Visit the Wengji Village of Bulang Minority, Nuo Gan Water Village.

Day 33 Jingmai-Menghai-Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities:Jingmai-Menghai-Jinghong
Accommodation:Jinghong
Meals:B,L

Drive to Menghai. Pay visit to Menghai Tea Factory. The factory is well known for its old raw pu-erh cakes and is highly reputed in the tea industry of China. Further transfer into the old Aini village near Nannuoshan, visit Aini people’s market selling pu’er tea, local vegetables, fruits and hand-made crafts.Then 20 minutes driving to the Aini vellage where we start to walk or start walk up from the foot of the mountain. 2 hours walking on a jungle path to see the old Pu er tea tree plantation in forest and a huge bush tea plantation. All the tea trees are between 300 and 800 years old. At noon, drink local tea and have packed lunch at a place with nice view.

Drive to visit a Dai ethnic village where the local people make paper for wrappering Pu’er Tea with a priminal method.

Transfer to Jinghong City for overnight.

Day 34 Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities:Jinghong
Accommodation:Jinghong
Meals:B,L

Today , drive to Ganlanba, visit Galanba (Olive Dam) with an elevation of 530 meters above the sea level, a small town where you will see typical Dai bamboo cabins, Dai ethnic villages, Mangting Park, tropical plants and colorful fruits.

Then drive to visit Xishuangbanna Primeval Forest Park. Xishuangbanna Primeval Forest Park, also called Xishuangbanna Virgin Forest Park, is 8 kilometers east of the Jinghong City and north of the Lancang River. Situated in a river valley of 720 to 1,355 meters above sea level, the forest park has an area of 1,700 hectares of which 98％ is covered by trees, and is thus the largest comprehensive ecological place of interest in the prefecture.

Afterwards, visit Dry Dai ethnic village.

Day 35 Jinghong-Menglun-Mengla

Sightseeing and Activities:Jinghong-Menglun-Mengla
Accommodation:Mengla
Meals:B,L

In the morning, drive to visit Jinuo Mountain.Visit Jinuo People, who uniquely belongs to this region, is the last ethnic nationality classified by Chinese Government in 1979. See the ancient tea plantations around Jinuo village, which used to be one of Six Great Tea Mountains reputed as the cradles of famous Pu’er Tea, try Wrap-charcoaled Tea and Salad Tea Jinuo people prepare in their traditional way.

Drive to Mengla County. Visit Menglun Botanical- Menglun tropical botanical garden is the largest tropical botanical garden in China. It was established in 1959 by Chinese famous botanists including Prof. Cai Xitao, who devoted all his life to related scientific research with remarkable achievements. The garden boasts more than 4000 species of tropical plants covering an area of 900 hectares, quite a few of which are rare elsewhere, forming a colorful botanical landscape.

Day 36 Mengla-Jiangcheng-Lvchun

Sightseeing and Activities:Mengla-Jiangcheng-Luchun
Accommodation:Lvchun
Meals:B,L

Drive from Mengla to Lvchun. On the way, you have some stops to visit ethnic villages and enjoy tropical scenery.

Day 37 Lvchun-Yuanyang

Sightseeing and Activities:Luchun-Yuanyang
Accommodation:Yuanyang
Meals:B,L

This morning, visit rice terraces in Lvchun. Then drive to YuanyanYou have time to tour around Xinjiezhen to trek along Longshuba Rice Terrace and see kinds of Mushroom-shaped Houses. Stay overnight in Yuanyang.

Longshuba Rice Terrace: Located 5 km from Xinjiezhen(Yuanyang Old Town), Longshuba Rice Terrace is only accessible by foot in around 40 minutes, which is the solo scenic spot comparing with other terraces. After you arrive there, you will be surprised by the unique red duckweed and colorful rice terraces.

Mushroom-shaped Houses: Where there are Hani people, there is Mushroom-shaped House. Inspire by the Mushroom, the Hani people built their houses. Nowadays, numbers of mushroom houses spread in Hani Villages, making a wonderful landscape with peaks, sea of clouds and diverse rice terraces.

Day 38 Yuanyang

Sightseeing and Activities:Yuanyang
Accommodation:Yuanyang
Meals:B,L

You have whole day to view the Yuanyang Rice Terraces, including Duoyishu Rice Terrace, Bada Rice Terrace and Laohuzui (Tiger Mouth) Rice Terrace which are the best scenes to sightseeing and photograph-shooting. Visit local ethnic market. Stay overnight in Yuanyang.

Day 39 Yuanyang-Jianshui

Sightseeing and Activities:Yuanyang-Jianshui
Accommodation:Jianshui
Meals:B,L

Drive to Jianshui (4-5hrs ). Visit Shuanglong Birdge and Tuanshan Village as well as the Garden of Family Zhang in Tuanshan Village. Tuanshan Village is a rare surviving example of an intact-albeit neglected-traditional walled Yunnan village compound in southwestern China, and has been added to the 2005 list of internationally significant sites by the World Memorial Fund for Architecture (WMF), an international fund for the protection of world heritage sites. Later , you’ll visit the Jianshui Old City and the Chaoyang Gateway Tower, which was built in Ming Dynasty (1389). It is also known as ‘Miniature Tian’an men’ because the out shape of it is similar to Tian’anmen Square in Beijing. Visit the Confucius Temple, which has a history of 700 years. It is the second largest Confucius Temple in China. Then visit Zhu Family Garden.

Day 40 Jianshui-Yanshan-Babao

Sightseeing and Activities:Jianshui-Yanshan-Babao
Accommodation:Babao
Meals:B,L

Drive from Jianshui to Babao. On the way, have a stop at Yanshan County to have your lunch. When you enter Babao, visit Sanla Waterfall. Stay overnight at Babao.

Day 41 Babao-Guangnan-Bamei

Sightseeing and Activities:Babao-Guangnan-Bamei
Accommodation:Bamei
Meals:B,L

This morning, drive to Guangnan County, then take a boat to Bamei village by passing through the caves. After landing, visit Bamei village and theBig Banyan Tree, enjoy the peaceful life of Zhuang ethnic people.

Day 42 Bamei-Guangnan-Puzhehei

Sightseeing and Activities:Bamei-Guangnan-Puzhehei
Accommodation:Puzhehei
Meals:B,L

This morning, walk around in Bamei village and visit Bamei River. Take the boat to get out of the village from another cave. Then drive to Puzheihei.

Day 43 Puzhehei

Sightseeing and Activities:Puzhehei
Accommodation:Puzhehei
Meals:B,L

In the morning, take a small boat to visit the Karst landscape and rurality and lakes. If you come to Puzhehei on June, July and August, you will see large scale of lotus flowers on the lake. Then disembark at the Qinglongshan wharf and climb Qinglong Mountain to see the panorama of Puzhehei. After that, walk to visit the Torch Cave and Kwan-yin Cave.

Then visit the “Swan Lake”.

Day 44 Puzhehei-Luoping

Sightseeing and Activities:Puzhehei-Luoping
Accommodation:Luoping
Meals:B,L

Drive to Luoping. Visit Luositian (Snail Farms). The fields here are of smaller scale. The flowers are grown in circular rings following the contours of the slopes and the fields look like the rings of a snail’s shell. Then visit Jinjiling in time for sunrise photography. Jinjifeng(Golden Rooster Hill), the most famous spot for photographing rapeseed flowers. It offers an excellent and expansive view of the fields and hills. Lingyi Temple, located in the middle of the hill, offers a perfect platform for photographing the fields and sunset.

Day 45 Luoping-Shilin-Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities:Luoping-Shilin-Kunming
Accommodation:Kunming
Meals:B,L

Our tour guide pick up you from your hotel lobby, then you’ll be driven 1.5 hrs to the renowned Stone Forest, the ‘First Wonder of the World’. You’ll marvel at its natural stone masterpieces and be bewitched by the intricate formations. You feel like come into a ‘stone world’.

Drive back to Kunming.

Day 46 Departure from Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities:Departure from Kunming
Accommodation:
Meals:B,L

Departure from Kunming. Service ends.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Kunming	Sofitel Hotel	Jingjiang Hotel	Long Teng Hotel	Tu Tu Inn
Dali	Hilton Dali Resort and Spa	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	Gnosis Hotel	Fengxuegucheng
Lijiang	InterContinental Lijiang Ancient Town Resort	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	Liwang Hotel	Flowers Hall Inn
Lugu Lake	Ocean Paradise Hotel	Anyue Boutique Hotel	Shi Lily Touring Hotel	Bai Ge Lan Diao
Shangrila	Shangri-La Hotel	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	Bodhi Boutique Hotel	Wu Fu South Yunnan Boutique Inn
Feilaisi	Guanjing Tiantang Hotel	Deqin County Temple Pearl Hotel	Deqin County Temple Pearl Hotel	Deqin Yunling Inn
Xiding	/	/	/	/
Cizhong	/	Songtsam Cizhong Lodge	Hiker Home	/
Bingzhongluo	/	/	Nu Xia Hotel	Fusheng Manor Inn
Dulongjiang	/	/	Nu Xia Hotel	Fusheng Manor Inn
Liuku	/	/	Shengshi Hongbang Hotel	/
Tengchong	Guanfang Hotel Tengchong	Pumi Wenlv Zhang’s Courtyard (Hepan)	Yongle Holiday Resort and Spa	Yonder Way Hostel
Ruili	Jing Cheng Earthsea SPA Holiday Center	Ruili Sidawo Hotel	Hesheng Hotel	Lingfeng Inn
Mangshi	Huafeng Peacock Lake Hotel & Resort	Mangshi Dabo Hotel	Mangshi Hotel	Xiaochenggushi Inn
Yonghe	Huafeng Peacock Lake Hotel & Resort	Mangshi Dabo Hotel	Mangshi Hotel	Xiaochenggushi Inn
Cangyuan	Mengluo Hotel	Jialinsai Hotel	Jingwa Hotel	Eighteen Tribe Hotel
Ximeng	/	Mijing Wazhai Rice Field Manor	Qiansheng Hotel	/
Jingmai	/	/	/	Princess Bulang Inn
Jinghong	Hermit Hotel	Xile Hot Spring Hotel	Tai’ anmeng Holiday Hotel	Rainforest Paradise Inn
Mengla	Anantara Xishuangbanna Resort	Hejing Hotel	Hailun Holiday Hotel	Shuibian Dai Inn
Lvchun	/	/	Yunti Hotel	/
Yuanyang	Yuanyang Twelve Manor	Yunti Hotel	Shuiyunjian Hotel	Guanjing Heaven Hotel
Jianshui	Ting Ziyun Hotel	Lin An Hotel	Res Sky Hotel	Huiyuanlou Inn
Puzhehei	/	Yi Da Inn	/	Guyue Lakeview Inn
Luoping	/	Xicheng Hotel	Flower Whisper Hotel and Resort	Flowers Inn

Service Included:

Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
Meals as listed in the itinerary;
Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
Private English-speaking tour guide;
Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
Service charge & government taxes;
Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;.

Service Excluded:

Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
Chinese visa fees;
Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
Single room supplement;
Tips to guides and drivers;
Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
Personal travel accident insurance;
All optional programs.

The Grand Canyon of the Lancang River is famous for not only its deep and long vale, but also the rushing water. The river water is limpid and rushing in winter, but turbid and onrushing in summer. As the river becoming narrow in the Grand Canyon, high waves are striking against the banks and making a sound like thunder. What a fantastic spectacle! Such steep mountains, deep valley and miraculous geographic structure are seldom seen all over the world.

This tour focuses on discovery the beauty of Jinsha River, Lancang River and Nujiang River. You will visit the must-visit hiking place-Tiger Leaping Gorge and then hike there(Tiger Leaping Gorge is recognized as one of the most famous scenic attractions for hiking in the world and one of the must-visit hiking itineraries in Yunnan recommended by ‘Lonely Planet’). You will witness the surge of the rivers and find idyllic scenery in Bingzhongluo. Then you will step into a famous historic and cultural city in Yunnan Province–Tengchong city–the hometown of jade.

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Ancient town of Lijiang, Black Dragon Pool, Dongba Ethnic Museum
Accommodation:
Meals:

Arrive at Lijiang airport, pick up by our English speaking tour guide and transfer to hotel. If time is enough(depends on the flight), go to visit the Ancient town of Lijiang, escorted tour to Square Street. Walk upstream along the Yuhe River from Lijiang Ancient Town Water Wheel to Black Dragon Pool, enjoy the wonderful reflection view of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the pool. Visit the Dongba Ethnic Museum and explore the Naxi ethnic culture. At night, join in the singing competition party at the bank of ancient streams which wind through the town.

–Dongba Culture Museum near the Black Dragon Pool is a great place to admire the famous hieroglyphs and other ritual articles of the Naxis. Dongba Museum has been considered as the sanctuary of the culture of Naxi ancient culture. It holds a remarkable collection of Naxi relics and cultural display. Dongba Culture Museum features exhibits of Naxi clothing and jewelry, Dongba pictographic script, unearthed artifacts from old Li Jiang, and a display claiming the region is the real Shangri-La. Explanations are in English. At the museum shop you can have a piece of Dongba calligraphy drawn for you by an 85-year-old Dongba shaman.

-Lijiang Ancient Town is a largely Naxi settlement first built 800 years agao, located at the foot of the Lion Hill and completely surrounded by the new city of Lijiang.In December 1986, the State Council designated it a famous ancient historical and cultural city of national caliber. In 1997, UNESCO made Lijiang a World Cultural Heritage Site.

Day 2 Lijiang-Jade Dragon Snow Mountain-Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Impression Lijang Ethnic Show, Baisha Old Town, Baisha Mural
Accommodation:
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Enjoy the sunrise of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Lijiang Ancient Town in the morning. Drive about 30KM to Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M), you will take the sightseeing bus for a short visiting through the Baishuihe River, take the chairlift up to visit Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The cableway will be arranged according to the condition of the mountain. You will hike around 1 hour in the original forest in Spruce Meadow(3200M).

After lunch, you will an optiona to enjoy the Impression Lijang Ethnic Show (Tickets:190 Yuan not included) directed in Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M). A cultural show demonstrating the traditions and lifestyles of the Naxi, Yi and Bai peoples of the area. The show takes place inside Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Park at 3500m in an outdoor theater specifically designed to showcase the mountain which is used as a backdrop. The production itself was designed by Zhang Yimou, Fan Yue and Wang Chaoge, a cast of over 500 people, and a number of horses.

Day 3 Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge

Sightseeing and Activities:LTiger Leaping Gorge trekking
Accommodation:
Meals:

Check out the hotel, drive about 100KM to Qiaotou Tow(Tiger Leaping gorge Town). Drive along the Naxi ethnic villages and the upper Yangtze River, with a panoramic view of the First Bend of Yangtze River on the way. You will start the trekking of Tiger Leaping Gorge, as one of the world’s four great gorges, which is honored as one of the deepest and most marvelous gorges with 3900 meters in depth.

Start the trekking form the Qaiotou Primary School, after half an hour, arrive in Changsheng Village, pay a visit to Changsheng Hope Primary School. Arrive in Zhong Nuoyu village at noon and have lunch in Naxi Family Guesthouse. After lunch, you will start the most difficult part trekking to the 28 Zigzag Bends trail and reach the top peak at the elevation of 2670m.

You will arrive at Half-Way Guest House to finish today’s trekking. There is a nice platform on the roof of Halfway Guesthouse, after dinner, you will drink and enjoy the wonderful Jade Dragon Snow Mountain facing to Bendiwan Village.

Day 4 Tiger Leaping Gorge-Baishuitai-Shangrila

Sightseeing and Activities:Tiger Leaping Gorge, Baishuitai
Accommodation:
Meals:

Get up in the early morning, hiking down to Tina’s Guest house passing a small but high waterfall on the way. The trail from Halfway Guesthouse to Guanyin Waterfall is much easy but very small, but you will have a nice view of the middle gorge from the cliff. After the Guanyin Waterfall, you will walk down and through the Bamboo Forest, then arrive at Tina’s Hostel.

You will have an option trekking further down to the Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge and back, which will take you about three hours. You will firstly trek from Tina’s Guesthouse down to Teacher Zhang’s Guesthouse, where you can have a nice view of the middle gorge which looks like a big gate. It is quite steep trail from Teacher Zhang’s Guesthouse down to the Middle Rapids.

From the Middle Rapids, there are two small trails back to the road. The first is climbing the Tianti or “Sky Ladder” to the Sky Ladder Guesthouse about 200KM away from Tina’s Guesthouse, this is a challenge, vertical and dangerous climbing. Usually we choose the lower trail and trek to the Walnut Grove Garden, this is a nice trekking along the Yangtze River. Take the minibus for a short driving back to Tina’s Guesthouse for one night stay, because Tina’s is the best location to enjoy the scenery of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

Drive to White Water Terrace at the foot of Haba Snow Mountain Guesthouse, where the Naxi culture originated. The name of the Baishuitai Village comes from the white rock formations shaped like small rice terraces located just above the town. Another 3-4 hours drive west and reach Shangri-la, the former name “Zhongdian”, a small town on the Tibetan Plateau at 3300 meters above the sea level. Arrive in Dukezng Ancient Town around 7:00 at night, some Tibetan people and tourists will dance around Sifang Square in Dukezong Ancient Town, you will be warm welcomed by local people.

Day 5 Shangrila

Sightseeing and Activities:Songzanlin Monastery, Pudacuo National Park, Dukezong Tibetan Ancient Town
Accommodation:
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And afterwards you’ll visit the tranquil Bita Lake & Shudu Lake in Pudacuo National Park. Pudacuo National Park is located in one of the most biologically-diverse regions of the world. While the region comprises only 0.7 percent of China’s land area, it contains more than 20 percent of the country’s plant species, about one-third of its mammal and bird species and almost 100 endangered species.

In the late afternoon, walk around Dukezong Tibetan Ancient Town which was an important town of the Tea-horse Trade Road from Yunnan to Tibet and India for the tea trading. Climb up to the top of Tortoise Hill, you will see the largest Prayer Wheel in the world, have a panoramic view of Shangrila city and Dukezong Ancient Town. Finally, you will visit a Tibetan’s family to experience the local life in the bonfire party with Tibetan dance and music and you will try Tibetan home-made yak and cheese.

Day 6 Shangrila-Benzilan-Feilaisi

Sightseeing and Activities:Benzilan Town, the Moon Bend of Yangtze River, Baimang Snow Mountain, the sunset view of Meili Snow Mountain
Accommodation:
Meals:

In the morning, drive 6 to 7 hours to Deqin County (3400m altitude) which is 187km away from Shangri-La. The view along the way is fantastic with different kinds of trees, streams down the valley, prayer flags and stupas, and Tibetan villages. From Shangri-La, after half an hour driving, you will have a panoramic view of Nixi Pottery Village; drive town to the river valley, continue the nice scenery along the Jinsha River to Benzilan Town where you will have lunch.

After lunch, drive uphill to the Dongzhulin Monastery which is located in Shusong Village, Benzilan District, Deqin County, and 105km from the seat of Zhongdian County. The Yunnan-Tibet Road passes behind the temple and cars can get straight to the temple. The Dongzhulin Monastery was built in 1667, the sixth year of the Kang Xi Period in Qing Dynasty. Visit the First Bend of Jinsha River or Moon Bend, which is the boundary between Sichuan and Yunnan. This is different from the First Bend of Yangtze River in Lijiang City. The bend in Shigu Town changes the flow direction of the Yangtze River but in Benzilan, the Moon Bend is just a grand bend between the mountains with an impressive scenery. Visit Baimang Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, you will be able to view Baimang Snow Mountain if the weather is clear, pass the top part of today at 4292m.

Arrive in Feilaisi in the late afternoon, you will have a nice sunset view of Meili Snow Mountain from the Sightseeing Platform, where you can see the 13 white pagodas meaning of the 13 peaks of Meili Snow Mountain over 6,000 meters (19,685 feet) above sea level, known as the “Prince’s 13 peaks”.

–Meili Snow Mountain (Meili Xueshan), also called Kawakarpo, is a UNESCO nature site located in Deqin County dividing Yunnan from Tibet, a wonderful place to hike and explore both nature and Tibetan culture.Rising between the Salween River and the Mekong River in the extreme edge of Northwest Yunnan, the Meili Snow Mt. region is part of Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas.Legend says that the Meili Snow Mountain is a god guarding Tibetan Buddhism. With 13 peaks over 6000m in the range, the main peak Kawakarpo (“Kawagebo” in Chinese) is a sharp snow mountain with an altitude of 6740m,which has never been conquered yet.

Day 7 Feilaisi-Meili Snow Mountain-Cizhong-Weideng

Sightseeing and Activities:Meili Snow Mountain, Mingyong Glacier, Mekong Grand Canyon, Cizhong Village, Cizhong Catholic Church, Weideng Town
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Kawa Karpo Kora Meili Snow Mountain in Diqing

Early in the morning, you will enjoy the magnificent sunrise view of Meili Snow Mountain from Feilaisi, then drive to Mingyong Village. Hike from Mingyong village to Mingyong Glacier(2600m) which is the low altitude glacier of the lowest latitude in the world.

After lunch in Mingyong Village, you will trek down directly to the edge of Meikong River(2,050m/6,724ft). Walk along the Mekong Grand Canyon and arrive in Xidang Village(2,200m/7,216ft) where you can visit some scattered Tibetan houses in the village. Drive to along the Lancang-Mekong River to Cizhong Village in Yanmen Town.

Drive south along the Mekong Grand Canyon to Cizhong Village in Yanmen Town with some Tibatan villages en route, here you can see the different horses from Shangri-la. Visit the Tibetan Catholic Church built by French missionaries in 1867, the church is used by Tibetan, Naxi and Lisu people. They still have the grapes planted by missionaries and old the traditional way of making wine.

Drive further south along the Mekong gorge to Weideng Township, you will drive through these Lisu and Naxi ethnic towns with Badi Town,Baijixun Town,Yezhi Town, Kangpu Town,Zhonglu Town in Weixi Lisu Autonomous County of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and finally arrive in Weideng Town and stay one night there. All of these towns are located at the bank of Lancang River with a wonderful view on the driving.

Enjoy the landscape of the Mekong with mountains, terraces, villages on the both sides of the valley, and we will make stops to visit Naxi and Lisu villages and a church en route, people here live in the traditional houses built with wooden walls and tile roofs. As the road construction work is going on here, we may need to wait sometimes.

Day 8 Weideng-Liuku-Fugong

Sightseeing and Activities:Biaocun Lisu Ethnic Township, Laowo Bai ethnic town, Lancang-Mekong River, Liuku Town, Nujiang Grand Canyon
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Drive further south along the Mekong River to Biaocun Lisu Ethnic Township. A nice day drive again with the upper Mekong River through Zhongpai Town, Shideng Town, Yingpan Town, Tuer Town in Lanping County of Nujiang Prefecture. Finally arrive in Biaocun Lisu ethnic Township for one night stay which is located in Yunlong County of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture.

You will stop to visit Lisu, Bai and Yi villages on the way. Biaocun Lisu Ethnic Township is located at the bank of Lancang-Mekong River in Yunlong County. You will have a great view of the Mekong gorge. Visit the cable suspension bridge of Lancang-Mekong River as well. The villages here are faraway from the road for a long time, so they keep more traditions than the people of the same ethnic groups from the other places. Biaocun is a small town of Bai people.

Drive south along the Mekong to Laowo River and turn to the west direction in Mofang. Drive over Laowo Mountain, and arrive in Laowo Bai Ethnic Township heading for the Salween River to the Salween Grand Canyon at Liuku Town.

Drive along the Nujiang Grand Canyon from Liuku Town, and arrive in Fugong County in the late afternoon.

Drive from Liuku to Fugong. On the way you can enjoy the beautiful landscapes of the Nujiang Grand Canyon. You firstly drive north along the Salween to Fugong, visiting Laohutiao where you can walk through the huge rocks in the Salween and feel the water of the Salween.

Day 9 Fugong-Gongshan-Dulongjiang

Sightseeing and Activities:Laomudeng Village, Laomudeng Catholic Church, Donglongjiang River Valley
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Leave from Fugong County, drive uphill to visit Laomudeng Village and Laomudeng Catholic Church. You will enjoy the dramatic landscape of the gorges along the way with visits to villages as carrying on. The 316-kilometer-long Nujiang River Gorge is flanked by two 4,000-meter-high mountains. The mountain peaks on the two sides have an average altitude of over 3,000 kilometers. The gorge is located in Yunnan Province in southwestern China, an area rich in ethnic minority culture. It is now a first choice for many domestic and foreign travelers.

Arrive in Gongshan County for lunch. Drive along the Gaoligong Mountain to Dulongjiang River Valley. It is 96 kilometers and 4 hours driving today with the rough road in the virgin forest. Dulongjiang, also Dulong River , originates from Tibet, flowing through the northwest corner of Yunnan then into Burma. Its Yunnan section is about 80km long, sandwiched by Mt. Dandanglika on the west and Mt. Gaoligong on the east. Amongst the lofty mountains bordering Tibet and Yunnan is the Dulong River Vallley, at the west slope of the north part of the Gaoligong Shan.

Day 10 Kongdang-Bapo-Maku-Qinlangdang

Sightseeing and Activities:Dulongjiang River Valley, Nu ethnic villages
Accommodation:
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Drive about 30 kilometers southward to Maku Village. Leave the car in Maku Village and start a fantastic trekking trip to Dulongjiang River Region. You will see the Haba Waterfall from Maku Pass and then trek along the virgin forest down to Qinlangdang Village. Arrive in Qinlangdang Village in the afternoon and trek about 1 kilometer to arrive at Haba Waterfall, here is the only way to Myanmay from Dulongjiang River.

Note: There are lots of leeches in the virgin forest in summer, so you should take some medicine to keep them away.

Day 11 Dulongjiang-Gongshan-Bingzhongluo

Sightseeing and Activities:Dulongjiang River Valley, the First Bend of Nujiang River, Bingzhongluo
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Drive 96KM back to Gongshan Derung and Nu Autonomous County. Today you take the time to the villages and the churches around Bingzhongluo. The villages here are nicely located near the Salween on a slope with terraces and high mountains around them. It’s only 30km to Tibet, many Tibetans would come to the market here to shop with their horses. Today, Tibetans still come but use trucks instead of horses. We also drive a few kilometers further into the Gorge to visit Shimeng Guang, and walk up to visit a village of Nu people living in the wooden houses.

Day 12 Bingzhonggluo-Gongshan-Liuku

Sightseeing and Activities:Wuli Village, Qiunatong Village, the Catholic Church, Nujiang River
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Do some trekking to Wuli and Qiunatong Villages, enjoy the fantastic scenery of Nujiang River. Leave Bingzhongluo and drive 110 km through the fascinating mountain areas to Fugong. Sightseeing includes a visit to a suspension bridge and a glide cable. Special Lishu food will be served during dinner. In the evening you will take part in a party with the local people. Overnight in Liuku.

Day 13 Liuku-Tengchong

Sightseeing and Activities:Lujiang Basin, Heshun Old Town, the Anti-Japanese War Museum
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Today, we will continue the driving to Tengchong County. Drive south along the Salween and arrive in Lujiangba Basin. As it’s hot and humid in the gorge here, Dai people who live here use big banyan trees to surround the villages, Tropical plants are grown here such as papaya, pineapple, banana and coffee. The famous Yunnan Coffee is grown in this area near the Salween.

Arrive in Tengchong, you will visit Heshun Ancient Town including the Museum of Yunnan-Burmese Anti-Japanese War, Heshun Library, the Archway, Dragon Pool, the Wanlouzi Museum of Native Residence, Wenchang Daoist Palace, Clothes-washing Pavilions, Yuanlong Daoist Pavilion, the Philosopher Ai Siqi’s Former Residence, Guanyin Ancient Spruce Trees an so on.

Day 14 Tengchong

Sightseeing and Activities:Liafeng Mountain National Forest Park, Graveyard of the National Heroes, Dieshuihe Waterfall Park, Beihai Wetland Park, Rehai hot spring Park
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Visit Liafeng Mountain National Forest Park in the early morning, climb up to the half mountain, pay a visit to Laifeng Temple bult in Tang dynasty; Climb to the top of the mountain, visit Wenbi Pagoda and the panoramic view of Dianyue Town of Tengchong County.

Visit the Graveyard of the National Heroes, and Dieshuihe Waterfall Park in the town, then drive to Beihai Wetland Park, where you will take a small boat to the lake for a nice view. After lunch, drive back to Tengchong, and visit Rehai hot spring Park. You will have an option to enjoy the hot spring in the park.

Day 15 Departure from Tengchong

Sightseeing and Activities:Departure from Tengchong
Accommodation:
Meals:

Departure from Tengchong. Service ends.

Recommended Hotels

City	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star
Lijiang	Intercontinental Hotel Lijiang	Wangfu Hotel	Louwailou Hotel
Tiger Leaping Gorge	/	/	Half-way Guesthouse
Shangri-la	Shangri-la Hotel	Zhaxidele Hotel	Shenqu Hotel
Feilaisi		Mingzhu Hotel	Mingzhulangka Hotel
Weideng
Fugong
Dulongjiang
Qinlandang
Bingzhongluo
Liuku
Tengchong	Mansion of Commander Hotel	Tengchong Airport Sightseeing Hotel	Leihua Hotel

Service Included:

1.Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
2.Meals as listed in the itinerary;
3.Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
4.Private English-speaking tour guide and vehicle for transfers & sightseeing;
5.Service charge & government taxes;
6. Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
7. Two bottles of mineral water each day;

Service Excluded:

Meili Snow Mountain, also known as Prince Snow Mountain, sits on the border of Yunnan Province and Tibet, where the three famous rivers, namely the JinshaJiang River, Mekong (Lancang) River and Salwen (NuJiang) River flow. As the border mountain of Yunnan and Tibet, Meili Snow Mountain is located about 10 kilometers northeast of Deqin County in Diqing. It is regarded as the Divine Mountain by the locals, and is endowed with profound Tibetan culture. Each year numerous devout Tibetans from Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu provinces throng there for their worship. It is also a shrine for Chinese and foreign adventurers.

Highlights:

Hike in the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the deepest gorge in the world.
Step into Meili Snow Mountain and see the spectacular view of the holy mountain.
Lose yourselves in the most peaceful and harmonious earthly paradise to meet your true self.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Lijiang Arrival
Day 2: Lijiang
Day 3: Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge
Day 4: Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shangri-la
Day 5: Shangri-la-Feilaisi
Day 6: Feilaisi-Upper Yubeng
Day 7: Upper Yubeng-Lower Yubeng
Day 8: Lower Yubeng
Day 9: Lower Yubeng-Shangri-la
Day 10: Shangri-la Departure

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities: Arrive in Lijiang
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Lunch

Upon arrival at the Lijiang Airport, meet your local guide and transfer to the hotel. Have a good rest after a long flight.

Day 2 Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities: Lijiang Ancient Town, Mu’s palace, Lion Hill, Yuhu Village, Baisha Acient Town, Black Dragon Pool Park
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast and lunch

You will visit the Lijiang Ancient Town. Mu’s Residence is located in Lijiang Ancient Town. The ancestors of the Mu dated back of the time before the Tang Dynasty. Then you’ll head for Lion Hill. As an integral part of Lijiang Ancient Town and the major national scenic spot, the Lion Hill Park is located in the center of Lijiang city. With ancient buildings lying around at the foot of Lion Hill, it is the best place for you to enjoy the panoramic view of the Lijiang Ancient Town.

In the afternoon, visit Yuhu Village, Black Dragon Pool Park, Baisha Old Town, Baisha Murals. Yuhu Village is on the outskirts of Lijiang Basin at the foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The houses were made of a unique stone called monkey head by Naxi people. The stone is comprised of a substance between stone and mud.

Day 3 Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge

Sightseeing and Activities: Tiger Leaping Gorge, Hiking
Accommodation: Halfway Guest House
Meals: Breakfast and lunch

At 6:00 am, drive to Qiaotou Town.

It takes 2 hours on the trip. Tiger Leaping Gorge hike tour is one of the most beautiful trekking tour of Yunnan Province. Your hiking trip starts from Qiaotou.About two hours trekking in the upper Tiger Leaping Gorge, you will arrive at Naxi Family and have lunch there. It is easy to trek from Qiaotou to Naxi Family with beautiful scenery.

After lunch, a trekking from Naxi Family to 28 zigzagging turns will be a challenge for you.

From the top of “28 turns” on the high path further uphill to a place of altitude above 3000, you can have a view of the panorama of the entire Gorge. Then go pass Tea Horse Guest House and arrive at Halfway Guesthouse to finish today’s trekking. The total trekking route is 26 km, and it takes about 6-8 hours.

After trekking, overnight in Halfway Guest House.

Day 4 Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shangri-la

Sightseeing and Activities: Tiger Leaping Gorge Hiking
Accommodation: Shangri-la
Meals: Breakfast and lunch

In the early morning, continue hiking to Tina’s Hostel.

After another hour walking down the steep cliff to the bank of Jinsha River to the Middle Gorge (Middle Hutiao or Middle Rapids), worship the dangerous shoal of “Starriness”, which is the most narrow part of the gorge, where a tiger can easily jump over the Jinsha River.

After finishing today’s trekking, you will take the coach to Shangri-la from Tina’s Guest house. Upon arrival Shangri-la, spend the day around Shangri-la.

Day 5 Shangri-la-Feilaisi

Sightseeing and Activities: Feilaisi Temple
Accommodation: Feilaisi
Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Travel from Zhongdian to Deqin, traversing several mountain ranges. Pass by Benzanlin, a small Tibetan town built by the river and have a wander around the streets. Further up the road, you will pass what is commonly referred to as the”Omega”, the first bend of the Jinsha River. As you near Deqin, enjoy your first views of the Meili Snow Mountain. Overnight at a guesthouse in Feilaisi.

Day 6 Feilaisi-Xidang-Upper Yubeng

Sightseeing and Activities: Xidang Village, Upper Yubeng Village, Hiking
Accommodation: Yubeng
Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Get up in time to see the sunrise over the Meili Snow Mountains. Drive for an hour to Xidang Village where you will begin your hike to Upper Yubeng Village. Today’s hike will be strenuous – we will climb from 2,500 meters to over 3,500 meters at the pass – passing through beautiful, pristine alpine forest. Total distance for the day is 17 km, takes 6 hours. Stay overnight at the guesthouse in Upper Yubeng.

Day 7 Upper Yubeng-Ice Lake-Lower Yubeng

Sightseeing and Activities: Upper Yubeng Village, Ice Lake, Lower Yubeng Village
Accommodation: Yubeng
Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Walk for 3 hours from Upper Yubeng Village to the “Camp”, then for another hour to the Ice Lake. Eventually, Hike back down to Lower Yubeng.

Day 8 Lower Yubeng-Holy Waterfall-Lower Yubeng

Sightseeing and Activities: Holy waterfall, Lower Yubeng Village
Accommodation: Yubeng
Meals: Breakfast and lunch

If the weather is good, we’ll wake up to a clear view of the Mt. Kawagebo glacier. After breakfast we will hike to
Holy Waterfall, from which Yubeng’s name originated. Buddhists comes to this area on pilgrimages circumambulate the waterfall 13 times with the belief.

Day 9 Lower Yubeng-Ninong-Deqin-Shangri-la

Sightseeing and Activities: Lower Yubeng Village, Ninong, Shangri-la
Accommodation: Shangri-la
Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Walk from Lower Yubeng Village to Ninong. You will get back to Shangri-la by bus. Overnight in Shangri-la.

Day 10 Departure from Shangri-la

Sightseeing and Activities: Departure from Shangrila
Accommodation: None
Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the departure flight. Service ends.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Lijiang	InterContinental Hotel	E-outfitting Hotel	Liwang Hotel	/
Shangri-la	Shangri-La Resort	E-outfitting Hotel	Bodhi Boutique Inn	/
Feilaisi	Guan Jing Tian Tang	/	Feilaisi Pearl Hotel	/
Yubeng

Service Included:

Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
Meals as listed in the itinerary;
Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
Private English-speaking tour guide;
Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
Service charge & government taxes;
Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
Domestic train tickets of soft sleeper.

Service Excluded:

Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
Chinese visa fees;
Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
Single room supplement;
Tips to guides and drivers;
Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
Personal travel accident insurance;
All optional programs.

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Tiger Leaping Gorge is spectacular and crown as the deepest gorge in the world. The Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge is the narrowest, and there is a huge rock in the center of river, which called Tiger Leaping Rock. So the gorge is named for Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Where is the Stone of Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge–Location

The stone is in the upper part of the Tiger Leaping Gorge. About 100 km north from Lijiang, Tiger Leaping Gorge is precisely located between the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山, in the Yulong Naxi County, part of the city-prefecture area of Lijiang) and the Haba Snow Mountain (哈巴雪山, in the Shangri-La County, part of the Diqing prefecture).

How to Get to the Stone of Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge

By Vehicle: fast and convenient
1. Take bus from Lijiang Transport Service Center Bus Station to Tiger Leaping Gorge. It departs at 08:00 and 08:30 every morning and takes around 1.5 – 2 hours to reach there.
2. Charter a car from Lijiang. It costs around CNY 300 to 400 per day.
3. The Gorge is located between Lijiang and Shangri-La, so visitors can take the inter-city buses of the two and ask the driver to drop you off at the gorge.

From Lijiang to Tiger Leaping Gorge: At Lijiang Bus Station, travelers can take bus to Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge at 08:00 and 08:30. For travelers who want to get to Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge,you can first reach Hutiaoxia Town and then hire a car to the Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge. Hutiaoxia Town is 9 km from Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge and 33 km from Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge. Also, buses are available at Lijiang Bus Station to Daju. It takes about 2 hours from Lijiang to Tiger Leaping Gorge. To leave Tiger Leaping Gorge, travelers can takes buses from Tina’s House, Hutiaoxia Town and Daju.

From Shangri-La to Tiger Leaping Gorge: At Shangri-La Long-distance Bus Station, travelers can take bus to Hutiaoxia Town first and the hire a car to Upper or Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge. It takes about 2 hours to Hutiaoxia Town. There is no direct bus to from Shangri-La to Daju.

Hiking: High Path or Gravel Road, strenuous but more fun
1.It is quite popular to hike along the gorge, and you can follow the signs made by other visitors along the way.
2. This is a great sightseeing stop with enormous photo opportunities. But the Tiger Leaping Gorge tour is long, so you are not suggested to bring many bags. Bring your camera, wear skidproof shoes, and be prepared to be astonished. Besides, 1-2 bottles of water are necessary.
3. Some difficulties may occur in the hiking along Tiger Leaping Gorge, you can choose to ride the local horse on the way.
4. The best time to visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge is April – June and September & October due to the good weather condition.

History & culture

It is said that a hunter was chasing a tiger through the gorge many years ago. When it reached the narrowest point the tiger leapt across the Jinsha River, escaping the furious hunter. The rock where the tiger made its jump is now an iconic viewing point.

There is another legend that a rich Lijiang ruler, Lord Mu, rode on his tiger to go along the side of Jinsha River one day. He and tiger went to a relatively narrow area, the tiger leaped to a large rock in the center of the river. The tiger landed but Lord Mu was not landing at the same time and had dropped into a rolling river. Time has passed, there left a tiger leaping stone for future generations.

What to See at the Stone of Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge

As the narrowest section, the Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge is the mouth of Tiger Leaping Gorge. When you stand here, you can enjoy rapid water and steep rocks.

Best Time to Visit the Stone of Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge

April, May and June in the Gorge is the finest time for hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge with crisp air. September, October are the second best time to hike Tiger Leaping Gorge. June to August is the rainy season and the road is sloppy. Try to avoid the rainy season. After October the weather turns to cold, if you want to go, bring warm clothes.

Accommodate at the Stone of Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge

There are a lot of hostels along the hiking route of Tiger Leaping Gorge, here are some hostels recommended by Yunnan Exploration and Yunnan Adventure.
Tinas International Youth Hostel(中峡国际青年旅舍/中峡客栈)
Naxi Family Guesthouse（纳西雅阁）
Sean’s Spring Guest house（山泉客栈）
Woody Guesthouse (山白脸客栈)
Zhuoma Guesthouse (卓玛客栈)
Teacher Zhang’s Guesthouse (张老师客栈)
Halfway Guesthouse (中途客栈)
Daju Guesthouse (大具客栈)

Nearby Attractions

Hetaoyuan Village
Bendiwan Village
Nuoyu Village
28 Zigzag Turns)
The Middle Section of Tiger Leaping Gorge
The Lower Section of Tiger Leaping Gorge
Guanyin Waterfall of Tiger Leaping Gorge
The Sky Ladder
Changsheng Village
Yixiantian
Bamboo Forest
The Middle Stone and Middle Rapids
Yachaguo Village
Guanyin Temple
Xincun Village
Daju Ferry
Daju Town
Hutiaoxia Town
Haba Snow Mountain
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Three Parallel Rivers Natural Reserve in Yunnan Province

Useful Travel Tips

Best Time to Travel
April, May and June in the Gorge is the finest time for hiking Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge with crisp air. September, October are the second best time to hike Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge. June to August is the rainy season and the road is sloppy. Try to avoid the rainy season. After October the weather turns to cold, if you want to go, bring warm clothes.

What to Pack
Due to the mountainous steep and narrow road, a pair comfortable strong walking shoes are very necessary. Also pack light shirts and warm jacket. It is sunny, and gets hot easily because of hiking. While in the night, it is usually cold and windy. Before hiking, remember to pack with some water. An alpenstock is also necessary. You can also take a flashlight for the possible outage of electricity. A pair of gloves is helpful when passing some steep roads. Sun creams are MUST to prevent from the strong sunlight. Bring raincoat during the rainy season.

Accommodation Tips
There are many guest houses along the hiking trails, but the facilities are basic as this region is rural and far from cities. Convenient highways connect many villages. There are public washrooms, bathing room and hot water supply. The prices are ranging from 30 RMB to 200 RMB differing by facilities and location. Most guest house offer Chinese food. Some better guest houses also provide some basic western food and drinks.

Safety
Follow the high trail rather than the low trail. The high trail is no any problem for hiking. If you are independent travelers, try to find a local guide to go with you. They are experienced and know the way which will make you safe.

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Cloudy Fu-Website Editor of Yunnan Exploration

Cuiyuan Yang

Skye Zhang-website editor of Yunnan Exploration

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