Day 1 Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge

Sightseeing and Activities: Tiger Leaping Gorge, First Bend of the Yangtze River
Accommodation: Tiger Leaping Gorge
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Set off from the Lijiang ancient Town today and cycle to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, passing by the First Bend of the Yangtze River. In the remaining time, you could explore the 18-kilometer gorge on foot.

Day 2 Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shangari-La

Sightseeing and Activities: White Water Terrace(Baishuitai), Napa Lake
Accommodation: Shangri-La
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Cycle out of the gorge, visit the White Water Terrace and then continue the journey to Shangri-La over several mountains. On route, pay a visit to the Napa Lake. Fed by small streams from the snow mountains encircled, the lake shapes just like a trumpet shell. In the color of azure with snowy mountains and trees reflecting in it, the gorgeous lake is a wonderland to appreciate the beauty of nature. 

Day 3 Shangari-La-Benzilan

Sightseeing and Activities: Cycling, Benzilan
Accommodation: Bengzilan
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Take a 82-kilometer journey to a spot called Benzilan. Travel along the river but not cross the bridge, otherwise you will ride to Derong of Sichuan Province.

Day 4 Benzilan-Felai Temple

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

Start from Benzilan to Deqin and then stop at the Feilai Temple by the Yunnan-Tibet Road, which is also known as the No.214 National Highway. The snowy scenic on the way is amazing.

Day 5 Felai Temple-Yanjing

Sightseeing and Activities: Lancang River, Catholic Church
Accommodation: Yangjing
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Set off early today, get to Yanjing of Tibet, which is located on the bank of the Lancang River. In the remaining time in Yanjing, you could visit the only Catholic Church in Tibet.

Day 6 Yanjing-Markham

Sightseeing and Activities: Cycling, Markham
Accommodation: Markham
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Head to Markham which is an important transportation hub to other parts of Tibet. The journey is about 110 kilometers, and this road always suffers collapse in rainy season, so you should be cautious.

Markham is at the junction of roads to Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet provinces. It is the first county where you can have a lodge in the hostel and appreciate a warm meal after you enter in Tibet. It is located 1 kilometer away from the National Highway 318, you can overnight in the local Weather Bureau rest house to take a bath and prepare for the Tibet part bicycle tour.

Day 7 Markham-Dengba

Sightseeing and Activities: Along the Langcang River
Accommodation: Dengba
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Today’s journey is cycling along the Langcang River.

For the first 12 kilometers, you will get over the Lawu Mountain Pass, and the following 33 kilometers are the downhill path, the elevation will decline by 1700 meters. Then get over Jueba mountain for about 24.5 kilometers and follow the downhill path for 13 kilometers to Dengba. As the trail along the Lancang River is extremely steep, you need to proceed with particular caution and prudence, control your brake tightly. It is really a test for your strength and will, but the visit of the pass-by Lancang Valley will be worthwhile. 

Markham (3875 m) –Lawu Pass (4338 m) – Chuka Bridge (2640 m) – Jueba Pass (3930 m) – Dengba Village (3440 m).

Day 8 Dengba-Zuogong

Sightseeing and Activities: Zuogong, Rongxu, cycling
Accommodation: Zuogong
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Today, continue the uphill path road for 13 kilometers to Rongxu. The elevation will rise by 1900 meters totally. Keep cycling to get over mountains and proceed for 56.5 kilometers to reach Zuogong.

Most of this path is still dirty and dusty road. Upgrade for 24.5 kilometers to cross Dongda Mountain, and downgrade for 32 kilometers to Zuogong. Dongda Mountain is the highest pass in the whole route, where the altitude has reached 5100 meters, and the uphill path will be quite strenuous. The downhill road is gentle and you can have complete relax. 

Dengba Village (3440 m) – Rongxu Military Depot (4046 m) – Dongda Pass (5008 m) – Zuogong County(3877 m)

Day 9 Zuogong-Bangda

Sightseeing and Activities: Bangda, Cycling
Accommodation: Bangda
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Proceed for 105 kilometers to Bangda.

As the initial 63 kilometers are bituminous macadam, arrival at 3654 meters on the National Highway 318. And the following 42 kilometers are dusty road in poor condition with lots of uphill path. The exciting thing is that there is fiber in Bangda and you can make a call there. And cycling along with Yuqu River is enjoyable, too.

Zuogong County (3877 m) – Tiantuo Town – Tiantuo Village – Asi Village – Bangda Town (4120 m)

Day 10 Bangda-Basu

Sightseeing and Activities: Basu, Cycling
Accommodation: Basu
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Firstly, cycle 75 kilometers from Bangda to Wadayue. Most of this part is still the dirty road. The former 13.5 kilometers is the up slope to get over Yela Mountain, also named as Nujiang Mountain, the trail is relatively in good condition. However the following 43 kilometers down slope path to Nujiang Bridge is indeed tough, with more than 50 sharp turnings of 180 degrees. This trail is often called “Nujiang 72 turnings” for its dangerous and zigzag path.

Then cover another 20 kilometers to Basu. This part of road seems good in the sunny day, but it will turn extremely terrible after rain.

Day 11 Basu-Ranwu

Sightseeing and Activities: Ranwu, Cycling
Accommodation: Ranwu
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Bike 60 kilometers to Zhongsha at first. It is still the dusty and dirty road and mainly composed of uphill path. Then cycle 30 kilometers dusty road extending to Ranwu town, a paradise place with mirror-like lake, jade-green pines and snow-capped mountains in the distance. 

Basu County (3280 m) – Anjiula Pass (4475 m) – Ranwu Town (3960 m)

Day 12 Ranwu-Bomi

Sightseeing and Activities: Bomi, Cycling
Accommodation: Bomi
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Today, leave Ranwu and continue to ride for Zhongba, which is 53 kilometers away. Proceed along the tempered declivous path, and have a brief visit of Anmucuo and Palong Tsangpu River. As most of this path, you will go through the forestry area and linger in the mist and clouds between mountains. Continue to the relevantly big town Bomi for 76 kilometers. The dirt road stretches for 36 kilometers until Songzong and the following 40 kilometers is the bituminous macadam as gentle down slope. Plenty of Glaciers will catch your eyes on the way.

Ranwu Town (3960 m) – Midui Glacier – Zhongba Village (3330 m) – Bomi County (2725 m)

Day 13 Bomi-Tongmai

Sightseeing and Activities: Tongmai, Cycling
Accommodation: Tongmai
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Today is an arduous cycling day to Tongmai, covering about 90 kilometers. 40 kilometers declivous path guides you to Guxiang bituminous macadam and the following 50 kilometers path will not cost you lots of strength and energy. However, it comes to be atrocious when you close to Tongmai.

Bomi County (2725 m) – Guxiang – 102 landslide area – Tongmai Town (2070 m)

Day 14 Tongmai-Lulang

Sightseeing and Activities: Lulang, Cycling
Accommodation: Lulang
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Go cross Dongjiu for the first 37 kilometers and continue to Lulang Town for 37 kilometers more.

When you reach Pailong, 17 kilometers from Tongmai, you will see the wreckage of Yigonghe River flood collapse, and the present path is new- repaired. The slope is still barrier and bold and you can see the trace after flood. The trail from Tongmai to Pailong is in well condition. Then continue for 37 kilometers after the forest ecological system orientation and the pass-by sight just looks like tropical rain forest. Try the delicious food of Lulang Chicken Soup cooked by stone pot.

Tongmai Town (2070 m) – Laohu Zui – Pailong – Layue Village (2372 m) – Dongjiu country (2560 m) – Lulang Town (3370 m)

Day 15 Lulang-Bayi

Sightseeing and Activities: Bayi, Cycling
Accommodation: Bayi
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

It will be a fatigued but rewarding day for 72.5 kilometers and arrive in Bayi.

You will get over Sejila Mountain for 23.5 kilometers. Sightseeing Terrace for the sea of Lulang forests is 19 km away from Lulang Town. The National Highway 110 gently upgrades and you need to push you bicycle to surmount Sejila Mountain. The latter 30 kilometers path to Nyingtri is steep and in poor condition. There are approximately 19 kilometers from Nyingtri to Bayi, and as it is the even bituminous macadam. The Niyangqu and poplars dotted in emerald green constitute picturesque scenery. The Huge Cypress Park is situated near Bayi roadside. You can find a hostel to have a rest and take a shower easily in Bayi Town.

Lulang Town (3370 m) – Sejila Pass (4559 m) – Nyingchi Town (3010m) – Bayi Town (2930 m)

Day 16 Bayi-Gongbo’gyamda

Sightseeing and Activities: Gongbo’gyamda, Cycling
Accommodation: Gongbo’gyamda
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

You will enjoy the ease to ride on the bituminous macadam. The verdant mountains and green waters will feast your eyes all along the way and you will cover 127 kilometers arrival in Gongbo’gyamda.

Bayi Town (2930 m) – Gengzhang Town – Baiba Town – Gongbo’gyamda County (3440 m)

Day 17 Gongbo’gyamda-Songduo

Sightseeing and Activities: Songduo, Cycling
Accommodation: Songduo
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Continue to ride on the bituminous macadam for 96 kilometers to Songduo and mainly composed of uphill path. Songduo is the only small town with room and board between Gongbu pass and Mila Pass.

Gongbo’gyamda County (3440 m) – Jinda Town – Jiaxing country – Songduo (4288 m)

Day 18 Songduo-Lhasa

Sightseeing and Activities: Lhasa, Cycling
Accommodation: Lhasa
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Ride from Songduo to Mozhugongka for 110 kilometers. The first 20 kilometers is the tempered uphill bituminous macadam, but you need to push your bicycle to the second highest pass, Mila Pass (5030 m) along Sichuan – Tibet Highway. Then continue for 27 kilometers to Riduo on the bituminous macadam and head for Mozhugongka for another 56 kilometers. The head to your final destination – Lhasa.

The last period is approximately 68 kilometers bituminous macadam. You will see the lofty Potala Palace in distance, as you enter in the Lhasa Forestry checkpoint. The challenging tour ends here and you might feel as comfortable as home at that moment.

Songduo (4288 m) – Mila Pass (5013 m) – Riduo country (4370 m) –Mozhugongka County (3830 m) – Datse County (3440 m) – Lhasa (3650 m)

Day 19 Lhasa

Sightseeing and Activities: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple
Accommodation: Lhasa
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

After breakfast, we go to the Potala Palace, a golden feather upon the roof of the world, which Tibetans proudly claim to be the prime miracle since the creation of this world. With the golden roof shinning in the sun, it is visible from any distance. You can spend one hour wondering around the inside of this magnificent building and exploring the rooms previously used by the Dalai Lama and many Buddhist icons within.

In the afternoon, we go inside of the Jokhang Temple. Then stroll around the back alleys of the Barkhor area of Old Lhasa. 

Day 20 Departure from Lhasa

Sightseeing and Activities: Departure from Lhasa
Accommodation: None
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Free time at your disposal this morning, explore the bustling markets of the Barkhor to buy some souvenirs for your families and friends. After lunch, drive to Lhasa airport for departure flight.

Alternatively, if you want to stay on rather than return home right away, you could contact us and choose our other City Packages as an extension to your memorable adventure!

Day 1 Arrive in Beijing

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

Arrive in Beijing, your guide will pick you up at the airport, then drive to your hotel for check-in. Have a good rest at hotel after a long flight.

Day 2 Beijing

Sightseeing and Activities: Tian’anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven
Accommodation: Beijing
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Today’s tour begins from visiting the Tian’anmen Square, the world’s largest plaza. Walk through Tian’anmen Gate, you’ll enter the splendid Forbidden City, China’s No.1 palace adorned with imperial treasures.

In the afternoon, you’ll marvel at the Temple of Heaven where the emperors worshiped heaven and prayed for peace and harvest. After the tour, back to your hotel.

Day 3 Beijing

Sightseeing and Activities: Great Wall (Badaling section), Ding Tomb
Accommodation: Beijing
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

This morning, you will tour the world-famous Great Wall(Badaling section), the key symbol of China. Flexible visiting time allows you to enjoy a trekking trip (1-2 hours’ hiking), or witness the breathtaking views of this man-made wonder by taking a cable car. After the Great Wall visit, you’ll take a leisurely stroll along the tranquil Sacred Road to explore the Ding Tomb of Ming Imperial Tombs.

In the evening, try the flavorful dish of Peking Roast Duck Dinner. (Optional)

Day 4 Beijing-Kunming 

Sightseeing and Activities: Arrive in Kunming by high speed train
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, drive to Beijing railway station for the high speed train to Kunming. Meet your tour guide at railway station and transfer to the hotel in Kunming.

Day 5 Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities: Jiuxiang Cave, Stone Forest, the Flowers and Birds Market, Nanping Street
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Firstly, drive to Jiuxiang Cave , which is located 90 km far from Kunming. Known as the “museum of karst caves”, Jiuxiang boasts more than 100 karst caves and is the largest cave group system in China. The cave formations are varied and the rivers, waterfalls, and natural rock bridges are very enchanting.

After lunch, drive 40 km to make the tour of  Stone Forest. An old local saying says that ‘If you have visited Kunming without seeing the Stone Forest, you have wasted your time.’ Truly, the Stone Forest is one of the most important attractions of Yunnan.

After the tour, transfer back to Kunming downtown and stroll in the Flower and Bird Market and shopping area –Nanping Street nearby.

Day 6 Kunming-Dali

Sightseeing and Activities: Three Pagodas, Erhai Lake, Xizhou Town, Zhoucheng Village, Dali Old Town
Accommodation: Dali
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Get up in the early morning. Transfer to train station. Take a high speed train from Kunming to Dali. Arrive at Dali Railway station and meet your local guide there. Then you will visit the Three Pagodas in Chongshen Monastery , which has a history of over 1,800 years. It is 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.

After landing, 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 souvenirs with the Bai ethnic style.

At last, you will visit the Dali Old Town, walk around the Foreigner Street and enjoy the time with local people. After climbing up to the City Wall of Dali, you will have panoramic view of the Erhai Lake.

Day 7 Dali-Shaxi

Sightseeing and Activities: Shibaoshan, Shaxi Old Town
Accommodation: Shaxi
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

In the morning, drive to Shibaoshan mountain. The most prominent sight at ShibaoShan is the Stone Bell Temple with its 139 well preserved stone carvings. These magnificent stone carvings dated back as far as 1300 years to the once powerful Nanzhao Kingdom during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The carvings are testimony for a time when Mahayana Buddhism from Tibet started to spread in the Yunnan area. Another interesting sight is the ‘Suspending Temple’, also called the Baoxiang Temple. The Baoxiang temple was built on a ledge of a nearly vertical cliff and can only be reached by a long flight of stairs. On a clear day, the views from the Baoxiang Temple over the Shaxi valley are simply magnificent.

After lunch, drive to Shaxi, have a tour of Shaxi Old Town.

Day 8 Shaxi-Shangri-La

Sightseeing and Activities: Tiger Leaping Gorge, Dukezong Old town
Accommodation: Shangri-La
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 1 Arrive in Beijing

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

Arrive at Beijing airport, meet your guide and driver there, then transfer to check in your hotel.

Day 2 Beijing

Sightseeing and Activities: Tian’anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Hutong Tour by rickshaw
Accommodation: Beijing
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Depart from your hotel in the morning to visit Tian’anmen Square (40 min) – the World’s largest urban square, and the Forbidden City (2.5-3 hours) – the largest and most complete ancient imperial palace in the world. Then visit the Temple of Heaven (1 hour) in the afternoon. Drive to Drum Tower area for taking a relaxing Hutong Tour by rickshaw (Short route, 40 min) – the way to know the Beijing local lifestyle.

After that, drive back to your hotel.

Day 3 Beijing

Sightseeing and Activities: Mutianyu Great Wall, the exterior view of Bird Nest and Water Cube
Accommodation: Beijing
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

After breakfast, start to drive to visit the Mutianyu Great Wall (2 hours ). Here you can choose: cable up and down on your own account on spot – the section of the Great Wall which is more popular among foreign visitors. Have the lunch near the Mutianyu Great Wall, and then drive back to the downtown and have a short stop and take the exterior view of Bird Nest and Water Cube (about 1 hour) – the amazing architectures that built for Beijing Olympic Games. After that, drive back to your hotel.

Day 4 Beijing-Pingyao

Sightseeing and Activities: Summer Palace, Pingyao Old Town
Accommodation: Pingyao
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

After breakfast, pay a visit to the Summer Palace (about 2 hour) – the existing largest, best-preserved imperial garden in China. After your lunch in Beijing, then transfer to the railway station for the high speed train to Pingyao Old Town. Upon arrival, transfer to hotel in Pingyao Old Town.

Day 5 Pingyao

Sightseeing and Activities: Ancient Government Office, Mingqing Street, Rishengchang, Tongxinggong Security Guard Company, Ancient City Wall
Accommodation: Pingyao
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Visit Ancient Government Office and street of capitalistic banking companies within its grant ancient city wall. You’ll have your eyes wide open when entering Mingqing Street, Wall Street of China. The 750-meter-long street holds nearly one hundred traditionally furnished shops and local houses built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911) along both sides. One of the well-known exchange shops on this street, Rishengchang, is your next stop. Though you can barely come up with what the shop looked like in its heydays, you can still find some secrets of its prudent managing system from the engraved tong twister near the counter.

The flourishing business of exchange shops at Mingqing Street helped with foundation of armed guard of property security. You’ll go visit Tongxinggong Security Guard Company, which was built in 1885 and is currently transformed into Security Guard Museum of China. Look into the harsh commandment of the staff and their varied weapons and tools, you can draw a picture of magnificent parade of property escort team on your mind. 

End your day tour of the old town with the Ancient City Wall. The wall at dusk brings your thoughts back to centuries ago. You may even mistake yourself for an ancient hero who faced a totally foreign city wall and started to ponder over ways to conquer the city.

Day 6 Pingyao-Xi’an

Sightseeing and Activities: Qiao Family Compound, Shuanglin Temple
Accommodation: Xi’an
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Traditional Chinese art of architecture and sculpture can’t wait to boast itself even it’s situated on the outskirt of Pingyao. Qiao Family Compound and Shuanglin Temple at the outskirt are what Pingyao locals feel proud of. Distinguished architectural fashion of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) gets so fully displayed in the gigantic Qiao Family Compound. Inside Shuanglin Temple there are more than 2,000 painted Buddha sculptures waiting for your exploration. Each will be proved worthy of your 1-hour-long stay. After that, move to Pingyao Old Town Railway Station in the afternoon for the train to Xi’an.

Arrive in Xi’an, your guide and driver will pick you up there to check in your hotel.

Day 7 Xi’an

Sightseeing and Activities: Terracotta Warriors, Xi’an City Wall
Accommodation: Xi’an
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

In the morning, transfer 1.5 hours for the visit to Terracotta Warriors (2.5-3 hours) – one of the world’s most important archaeological finds, with troops, horses and carriages in battle formation. Have lunch near the Terracotta Warriors area, drive back to the downtown. Continue to visit the Xian City Wall (1 hour)  – represents one of the oldest and best preserved Chinese city walls. 

Optional tour: ride bike on the wall by your own.  

After that, drive back to hotel.

Day 8 Xi’an-Shanghai

Sightseeing and Activities: Shanxi History Museum, Hangyang Mausoleum
Accommodation: Shanghai
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Finish the breakfast, and you will firstly to visit the Shanxi History Museum (2 hours) – one of the largest state museums with modern facilities in China. After lunch, continue to the Hanyang Mausoleum (1 hour) – the multi-burial cemetery of Emperor Jing of Han and his queen.

Your Xi’an tour will be finished by taking the 2 hours flight to Shanghai. Your Shanghai tour guide will wait for you at the airport and help you to check in the hotel.

Day 9 Shanghai

Sightseeing and Activities: Jade Buddha Temple, Yuyan Garden, Chenghuangmiao, The Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Nanjing Road, the bund
Accommodation: Shanghai
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

A full day sightseeing starts with Jade Buddha Temple (1 hour) – famous for the seated Buddha, encrusted with jewels, which is said to weigh 1,000 kg. And then, go to Yuyuan Garden (1 hour) – a Chinese classic garden in city downtown. Then visit the nearby Chenghuangmiao (Old Street) (1 hour). After lunch, you will have a visit of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower – the most charming landmark of Shanghai. And then, go for shopping in Nanjing Road (1 hours generally) – the earliest commercial street in Shanghai, and have a leisure walk along the Bund (30 min) – famous for a group of building known as “a Gallery of world architecture”.

After that, drive back to your hotel.

Day 10 Shanghai-Hangzhou

Sightseeing and Activities: West Lake, Lingyin Temple, Six Harmonies Pagoda, Longjing Tea Village
Accommodation: Hangzhou
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

This morning, you will take the speed train to Hangzhou (1 hours). Upon arrival, take the public boat tour of West Lake. After that, go to Lingyin Temple, continue to pay a visit to Six Harmonies Pagoda, have a tour of Longjing Tea Village to see the famous green Tea plantation here.  

Day 11 Hangzhou-Zhangjiajie

Sightseeing and Activities: Wuzhen Town
Accommodation: None
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Departure from hotel to visit Wuzhen Town. Wuzhen is one of the six famous ancient water towns in south of the Yangtze River. It’s within the triangle formed by three top tourist cities: Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Suzhou. It has charmingly restored architecture and canals. Though some people complain about its commercial atmosphere, restored buildings, and the crowds, the charm and the elegance of this ancient water town is undeniable. In the evening, transfer to Hangzhou railway station for the overnight train to Zhangjiajie. 

Day 12 Zhangjiajie

Sightseeing and Activities: Tianmen Moutain
Accommodation: Zhangjiajie
Meals: Lunch

Arrive in Zhangjiajie at noon, your guide will pick you up there to have lunch. 

In the afternoon, you will take the world’s longest cable car to to the summit of Tianmen Mountain. On the top of Tianmen Mountain, you will have a panoramic view of Zhangjiajie. After tour, check in your hotel.

Day 13 Zhangjiajie

Sightseeing and Activities: Tianzi Mountain, Yuanjiajie, Ten-mile Gallery
Accommodation: Zhangjiajie
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Firstly visit the Tianzi Mountain by cable car named after Xiang Dakun who led the local farmers’ revolt and called himself Tianzi – the Son of Heaven. Tianzi Mountain provides stunning views of peaks, which rise one after another. It is known as ‘the Monarch of the Peak Forest’. At the top of the mountain, visitors can see the full extent of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area. Beautiful scenes of the mountain greet visitors in different seasons. There are four wonders: the Sea of Clouds, the Radiance of the Moonlight, Rays of Sunshine and the Snow in winter.

Visit Yuanjiajie (by Bailong elevator up). Yuanjiajie is a natural platform that faces giant rocks rising from deep valleys and surrounded by higher mountains. Unique in their shapes and covered with pine trees, these rocks resemble a vivid Chinese painting. Main attraction spots include: Back Garden, breath taking Mihun Stage, the First Bridge under the Sun and Avatar Hallelujah Mountain (previously called Southern Sky Column). 

After that, visit the “Ten-mile Gallery” of Suoxi Valley Scenic Spot. It looks like outdoor sculpture showroom. Along two sides of the river ,there display many great hills and cliffs. The Gallery offers an amazing experience of beauty. It is like an exhibition based in the gorge. Along the road are 200 peaks like old man collecting medicine, parents holding a son, and three Sisters and so on. It has a fleet and clean river on-flowing with the width of 6 meters and length of 5 km.

Day 14 Zhangjiajie-Changsha

Sightseeing and Activities: Baofeng Lake
Accommodation: Changsha
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

After breakfast, start your morning tour by boating on Baofeng Lake. The lake is located high up in the mountains with its water coming from the mountain peaks. Boating on the lake, you can immerse yourself in the pure nature. You will transfer to Changsha (4 hours ) for overnight today.

Day 15 Changsha-Kaili

Sightseeing and Activities: Wengxiang Miao Village
Accommodation: Kaili
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

In the morning, move to Changsha railway station for the high speed train to Kaili. Upon arrival, meet your guide at exit of railway station, have a lunch before you make the tour of Wengxiang Miao village, which is known for the special textile technique called “folded embroidery”. The particular embroidery is applied on the sleeve. It needs at least one month to finish one sleeve’s decoration.

After the tour, check in your hotel in Kaili.

Day 16 Kaili-Guiyang

Sightseeing and Activities: Shiqiao Village, Langde Village
Accommodation: Guiyang
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Your day tour will start from Shiqiao village where you can to see traditional paper making. Shiqiao Village is one of the villages where villagers continue to earn their living by producing and selling hand-made papers and products. Miao people make special paper by tree bark for thousands of year and offer the paper for Miao people in this region. You can see almost every village make different type of paper for decoration house, lantern.

However, with modern technology, changing demand and behavior of consumers, the number of villagers who can survive by keeping this tradition has declined from year to year, to left around lesser than 100 people. So you should cherish this opportunities when you see this on your trip to Guizhou.

Then move to visit Langde village. Located 17 km north of Leishan County, at the foot of a hill and beside a stream, Langde Village is one of the noted Miao villages in the prefecture that opened to the outside world. The village has three village gates. Houses supported by wooden pillars with a suspension roof and twisted corridors are built on the mountain slope. Most wooden buildings were built from 1616-1911. Five streets lead to the village. Two public recreation centers—Flute Center with the ground paved with cobbler, a small cultural museum of the Miao and the former residence of an insurrectionary general of the Qing Dynasty were built in the village.

After the tour, transfer to Guiyang to check in your hotel.

Day 17 Guiyang-Anshun-Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities: Huanguoshu Waterfall
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

This morning, you will transfer to Anshun(1.5 hours) to visit Huangguoshu Waterfall, which is the largest waterfall in Asia. Seventy-four meters high and eighty-one meters wide, it is a scenic marvel. Do not miss it if you are in Guizhou Province. Known as the Huangguoshu Waterfall National Park, it is 45 kilometers southwest of Anshun in Guizhou Province.

After the tour, you will take the high speed train to Kunming.  Check in your hotel in Kunming after arrival.

Day 18 Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities: Stone Forest, Guandu Old Town, Nanping Street
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

In the morning, make the tour of Stone Forest. An old local saying says that ‘If you have visited Kunming without seeing the Stone Forest, you have wasted your time.’ Truly, the Stone Forest is one of the most important attractions of Yunnan.

Then transfer back to Kunming city and pay a visit to Guandu Old Town, one of the cradles of the ancient Dian civilization and culture in Yunnan, which is located in the southeast suburb of Kunming, about 10 km from downtown. Being a famous historic and cultural town, dated back to the Nanzhao Kingdom (738-937), as early as the Tang Dynasty, Guandu Old Town had been a big market town and communication center.

Finally, drop off at shopping area – Nanping Street nearby, you will stroll this area before transfer to the hotel for rest.

Day 19 Kunming-Dali

Sightseeing and Activities: Erhai Lake, Three Pagodas, Zhoucheng, Xizhou, Dali Old Town
Accommodation: Dali
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Upon arrival at Dali in the morning, the local guide pick you up at the exit, then you’ll cruise in Erhai Lake by the small boat 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. 

Then go to visit Three Pagodas in Chongshen Monastery , which has a history of over 1,800 years. It is 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. Later visit Zhoucheng Village and the Bai people’s Tie-dying cloth workshop where you can take some special souvenisr with the Bai ethnic style. 

Afterward, 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. At last, you will visit the Dali Old Town, walk around the Foreigner Street and enjoy the time with local people.

Day 20 Dali-Shaxi

Sightseeing and Activities: Shibaoshan Mountain, Stone Bell Temple, Baoxiang Temple, Shaxi Old Town
Accommodation: Shaxi
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Drive from Dali to Shibaoshan mountain. The most prominent sight at ShibaoShan is the Stone Bell Temple with its 139 well preserved stone carvings. These magnificent stone carvings dated back as far as 1300 years to the once powerful Nanzhao Kingdom during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The carvings are testimony for a time when Mahayana Buddhism from Tibet started to spread in the Yunnan area. Another interesting sight is the ‘Suspending Temple’, also called the Baoxiang Temple. The Baoxiang temple was built on a ledge of a nearly vertical cliff and can only be reached by a long flight of stairs. On a clear day, the views from the Baoxiang Temple over the Shaxi valley are simply magnificent.

After lunch, drive to Shaxi and have a tour of Shaxi Old Town.

Day 21 Shaxi-Shangri-La

Sightseeing and Activities: Tiger Leaping Gorge, Dukezong Ancient Town
Accommodation: Shangri-La
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch