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

There are many natural landscapes you can find in Yunnan tours, among them, Yuanyang Rice Terraces holds a really good reputation. The famous rice terraces, sculpted by bare hands by the Hani people one thousand years ago and still used today, transforming a barren valley into a humid Eden; perfect for rice crops. It is a self sustaining ecosystem and a perfect example of a symbiosis with nature. During this tour, you will hike along the most classic route to watch the thrilling “time tunnel” terraces.

Highlights

Enjoy the fabulous view of 1000 mu rice terraces.
Experience the ethnic culture of Hani and Yi.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Pugao Laozhai-Tea Plantation-Puduo Shangzhai-Puduo Xiazhai-Yiwanshui-Yakoucun-Laohuzui

Sightseeing and Activities:Pugaolaozhai tea plantation, Puduolaozhai Blueberry plantation, Puduoxiazhai, Yiwanshui Hani village, Yakou village, Malaohe village, Mengnong village
Accommodation:None
Meals:L

This route is designed for the enthusiastic hikers, which is harder than the hiking route of Duoyishu-Pingan village. It will last about 3 hours. You’ll hike from Pugaolaozhai tea plantation to Puduolaozhai Blueberry plantation, from Puduoxiazhai to Yiwanshui Hani village and Yakou village to watch the thrilling “time tunnel” terraces. Spend another 1 hour back to Laohuzui rice terrace and drive to Malaohe village of Yi people for watching performance or Mengnong village to visit Yi embroidery.

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

Travel and Tours Packages of Honghe and Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces

Duoyishu Village is the best place to enjoy the sunrise of Yuanyang Rice Terrace Fields when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. The terraced fields are ring upon ring and cascade one by one. They go along the hillside up to the sky. You will see the scenery of the terraced fields from the top of the mountains to the bottom. They are all farms under the sunshine and cloud and mist. The landscape is spectacular.The hiking route is Pugaolaozhai village-Xinzhai-Houzizhai Village-Duoyishu Xiazhai Village-Azheke Village-Niuluopu Village-Pingan Village.

Highlights

Enjoy the fabulous view of 9,000 acres of rice terraces along your hiking tour.
Visit local ethnic villages and experience their minority culture.
Meet charming mushroom-shaped houses in local villages.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Pugao Laozhai-Xinzhai-Houzizhai-Duoyishu Xiazhai-Azheke-Niuluopu-Pugao Laozhai

Sightseeing and Activities:The sunrise view of Duoyishu Rice Terraces, Pugao Laozhai Village, Xinzhai Village, Houzizhai Village, Duoyishu Xiazhai Village, Azheke Village, Niuluopu Village and Pingan Village
Accommodation: None
Meals:L

The hiking route is Pugaolaozhai village-Xinzhai-Houzizhai Village-Duoyishu Xiazhai Village-Azheke Village-Niuluopu Village-Pingan Village. Along the way, enjoy the more than 9,000 acres of Hani Rice Terraces with mushroom-shaped house, sacrifice house, water-powered roller, the sacred forest of the village.

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
Chinese visa fees;
Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
Accomodations;
Meals not listed in the itinerary;
Tips to guides and drivers;
Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
Personal travel accident insurance;
All optional programs.

Travel and Tours Packages of Honghe and Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces

The area of Bada Rice Terraces expands in a large-scale, including Qingkou Village, Hani Town, Dayutang Village, Quanfuzhuang Village, Bada Village and Malizhai Village. The scenery along the hiking route is extremely charming and you will meet the colorful ethnic cultures on your way.

Highlights

Enjoy the fabulous view of 1000 mu rice terraces.
Experience the local market and ethnic culture.
Watch the sunset of acres of rice terraces.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Qingkou-Dayutang-Quanfuzhuang-Bada-Malizhai-Shengcun

Sightseeing and Activities:local ethnic market, sunset of the rice terraces
Accommodation:
Meals:L

Bada Rice Terraces is the most spectacular site in Yuanyang Terraced Fields. The roads is paved with slabstone, which is easy for walking. In the morning, You will pay a visit to the local ethnic market. Ladies will dress up in their best and most colorful traditional dresses to go to the market. Most of people are very friendly and warm and do not mind to be photographed if one ask politely (for photographers, zoom lenses are more appropriate and less intrusive).

In the afternoon, you will hike around Bada Rice Terraces for 2-4 hours according to your physical strength. The route is combined with Qingkou Village, Dayutang Village, Quanfuzhuang Villages, Bada Village and Malizhai Villages. You will feel the grandness of Acres of rice terraces and be impressed by the unartificial scenery with rivers, villages, forest and rice terraces. The amazing day comes to the end after enjoying the fascinating sunset of the rice terraces.

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

Travel and Tours Packages of Honghe and Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces

A 10 km hike from a small, quiet farming village at the foot of Cangshan Mountain through terraced fields, tea plantations and along the edge of a dramatic river gorge to a beautiful alpine meadow with hidden waterfalls and stunning views of Erhai Lake at an elevation of 2600 metres above sea level.

Highlights

Meet beautiful sceneries along the road.
Enjoy a overlook of Erhai Lake and Dali Ancient town at an elevation of 2600 metres.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Dali Old Town – Cangshan Mountain – Dali

Sightseeing and Activities:Cangshan Hiking
Accommodation:None
Meals:L

Pick you up at your hotel. Drive to the foot of Cangshan Mountain called Heyang Cun (literally “Sun Crane Village”). The hike begins at the top of Heyang Village at an elevation of approximately 2000 metres. Start hiking to Yudai Road (1.5 hour) for a rest. On the way, you willl pass through wild tea gardens and meet many pine trees. Go on hikinng till at 12:30 pm, have a good rest and have your lunch in a pavilion. Hike to Taoxi Valley to see waterfall and rivers in the valley. Hike to Zhonghe and take cableway to go downhill. Take our car back to Dali Old Town, service ends.

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

Travel Tips:

Better to have long trousers and sports shoes;
Sun-cream is needed to protect your skin；
Please do not litter;
Please follow your tour guide and do not walk around on your own.

A 2-day hiking tour in Xishuangbanna leads you to see the rustic and idyllic landscape and cross the tropical rain forest in Yunnan. Be amazed at the Kingdom of animal and plants. Step into local ethnic villages to experience their daily lives and minority cultures. This tour will impressed you from the deep fo your heart.

Highlights

Visit local ethnic villagea of Aini and Bulang.
Eeperience a local market to explore daily lives of local natives.
Enjoy hiking through the tropical rainforest.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Jinghong – Bada – Manwa
Day 2: Manwa – Zhanglang – Jinghong

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Jinghong-Bada-Manwa

Sightseeing and Activities:Menghai local market, Aini villages, Bulang Village
Accommodation:Manwa local ethnic family
Meals:L,D

Bada Tea Mountain in Menghai County, XishuangBanna

In the morning, drive in the west to Menghai, a small town surrounded by rice fields and vegetable plantations, first see a very lively and noisy market, where local people buy all kinds of stuff everyday, meat, fresh vegetable, chicken, fish, fruits and various native produces ethnic people brought from mountains. Continue driving on mountainous road to Bada, a small town on China-Burma border surrounded by several Aini villages, further to trail head, start hiking down mountains, for the first section it’s walking mainly along a village road with farm land on both sides, sugar, upland rice, hemp or tea, then across dense forest to Manwa, a Bulang Village on hillside, where we are going to stay with local ethnic family for night. Today’s hiking is around 2-3 hours.

Day 2 Manwa-Zhanglang-Jinghong

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

Zhanglang Bulang Ethnic Minority Village,XishuangBanna

Wake up in the morning noise of villagers leaving for farm work, pigs grunting for food, roosters singing around, after simple breakfast, say bye to friendly host family and continue our expedition. Today’s hiking is somewhat tough, start with a long and pretty steep descent to the bottom of valley, then follow with a long and steep ascent, fortunately there is always shade dense forest cast over our heads. Arrive at Zhanglang, an old village of Bulang people, pretty isolated and very traditional, after this village we will do another down and up across farmland, small river, forest and several ethnic villages to Xiding, a small town perched on top of mountain, the end of our trial. Drive back to Jinghong. (Hiking can also stop near Zhanglang, get picked and drive back to Jinghong).

Service Included:

Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
Meals as listed in the itinerary;
Accommodation with breakfast as listed in the itinerary;
Private English-speaking tour guide and vehicle for transfers & sightseeing;
Service charge & government taxes;
Two bottles of mineral water each day;
Travel Agency’s Responsibility Insurance.

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.

In all the Tea Culture Tours, ancient tea mountains and ethnic villages can never be ignored. For this 1 Day Nannou Tea Mountain anD Aini Ethnic Village Hiking Tour, you will visit the famous Nannuo Tea Mountain which is covered in shaded forests of large-leaf arbor-type tea trees and green bamboo. And you will visit A Ethnic Village of Aini People in the foot of Nannuo Tea Mountain and then enjoy A 3-4 Hours Hiking Tour to explore the mountain and daily lives of local villagers.

Highlights

Visit local ethnic village of Aini to explore their daily lives.
Meet tea plantations, tea trees and tea culture.
Enjoy hiking through the tropical rainforest.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Jinghong-Nannuo Mountain-Aini Village-Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities:hiking, Aini Village
Accommodation:None
Meals: L

Nannuo Tea Mountain in Menghai County, XishuangBanna

Drive to Mount. Nannuo, a place in the middle of way from Jinghong to Menghai, famous for tea of very good quality, as well a traditional inhabitancy area of Aini people, local Aini is good at tea planting and production, big number of ancient tea trees aged several hundred years are scattered around, and still bearing buds to benefit villagers. Start hiking from foot of the mountain, with some ascent first, then flat and slow descent, walk takes 3-4 hours in total and is not very tough. Moving along small trail or tractor road across villages and ancient tea plantations, we can enjoy refreshing air in forest, listen to singing of birds and chirps of insects in nature, explore Aini people’s simple and traditional life, if like, enter their wooden house built on stilts and have a short chat with them over a cup of most organic homegrown green tea. Return highway, drive back to Jingong.

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

The Ganlanba Basin, known as “the Plume of the Peacock”, is located 34 kilometers southeast of Jinghong City. Metaphorically speaking, if Xishuangbanna is a green peacock, then the Ganlanba Basin is the tail of the peacock. With green trees all the year round and bamboo houses scattered around, the place is very attractive. In this tour, you will hike through tropical rainforst and rubber plantations to visit several ethnic villages, living with them to fully appreciate their daily lives and colorful ethnic cultures.

Highlights

Experience ethnic culture of Aini and Dai People.
Get very close to Aini People – overnight in Aini families.
Enjoy hiking through tropical rainforest along with Mekong River.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Jinghong – Ganlanba – Aini Village
Day 2: Aini Village – Mekong River
Day 3: Mekong River – Aini Village
Day 4: Aini Village – Dai Village – Jinghong

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Jinghong-Ganlanba-Aini Village

Sightseeing and Activities:Aini Village
Accommodation:Aini People Homestay
Meals:L

At 8:30 AM, we take a minibus to Galanba. The drive takes approximately 1 and a half hours. Our destination is a medium-sized Aini village. From there it’s a beautiful 4 hours walk along a small trail in rubber plantation and nice rainforest to an small Aini village inhabited by only 30 families. The first night we will rest in the traditional home of a very hospitable Aini people’s family.

Day 2 Aini Village-Mekong River

Sightseeing and Activities:hiking, boat trip
Accommodation:Aini People’s Village
Meals:B,L

We face uphill and downhill 5 or 6 hours walks through dense jungles, rubber plantations, Mekong River and mountain rice fields. The night of the 2nd day will be spent in a hillside Aini people’s village that offers ravishingly beautiful views down into misty valleys. Before reaching our overnight destination we will have 1 hour going down hill in rubber plantation, 1 hour walking along Mekong river, 30 minutes boat trip on Mekong river by ferry boat and then walk up hills for 1 hour and 2 hours walking in the dense jungles.

Day 3 Mekong River-Aini Village

Sightseeing and Activities:hiking
Accommodation:Aini People’s Village
Meals:B,L

We also face uphill and downhill 6 hours walking including 2 hours walking through a stream with forests and more walking in rubber plantation or easy road. Have a picnic lunch in the forest. We will spend overnight in a hillside Aini people’s village.

Day 4 Aini Village-Dai Village-Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities:hiking
Accommodation:None
Meals:B,L

An easy 3 hours walk downhill to a Dai village. We will have lunch in a Dai people ‘s restaurant. Our journey ends with a 1 hour drive by public bus back to Jinghong.

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;
Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;.
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.

Walking in the Menglun Tropical Botanical Garden, you will learn a lot of plants and flowers you never know. This 3-days Xishuangbanna hiking tour will take you to visit the mysterious Yao ethnic people in Yaoqu Yoa Autonomous Town and Wangtianshu Tropical Rainforest with the Air Corridor adventure over the tree. Enjoy the tasty Dai cuisine with the fantastic view of the Nanla river!

Highlights

Get very close to nature – visit Menglun Tropical Botanical Garden and overnight in the garden.
Experience ethnic culture and specialties of Yao and Dai People.
Enjoy hiking through tropical rainforest to visit local ethnic villages.
Appreciate the fabulous Wantianshu Scenic Spot and challenge the Air Corridor of Wangtianshu Area.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Jinghong – Menglun
Day 2: Menglun – Mengla – Yaoqu
Day 3: Yaoqu – Wantianshu – Jinghong

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Jinghong-Menglun

Sightseeing and Activities:Menglun Tropical Botanical Garden
Accommodation:Wanglian Hotel in the Tropical Bontanical Garden
Meals:L

Visit of the gigantic Botanical Garden, which would be worth a couple of days to roam around in. An exotic, shady recluse brimming with a dazzling variety of flowers and herbal plants. The garden also houses an ethnic culture museum. There is a decent hotel with a swimming pool inside the garden too. It is highly recommended to spend at least a night there, its worth every cent.

Day 2 Menglun-Mengla-Yaoqu

Sightseeing and Activities:hiking
Accommodation:Dai Village
Meals:B,L

Walking through the tropical forest along the flagstone trail side by side to a murmuring stream that is known for its therapeutic water. Having lunch at a remote Yao village, then walking back to where we started our trek. From there its one hour by bus to reach a picturesque Dai village where we stay overnight in a private home. There is a solar shower and a toilet available. Enjoy the tasty Dai cuisine with the fantastic view of the Nanla river!

Day 3 Yaoqu-Wangtianshu-Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities:hiking
Accommodation:None
Meals:B

Hike in Wangtianshu Scenic Spot including the Air Corridor, a spectacular nature reserve near Mengla. Transfer back to Jinghong in the afternoon.

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;
Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;.
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.

Visit one of the most famous tea plantations in Xishuangbanna-Zhanglang-a thousand years of ancient village where Bulang Minority people live. The most attractive and impressive thing is to visit tea plantations. The rich ethnic culture and beautiful scenery there attract many toursists and backpackers to come each year. Do some hiking in tropical forests and ethnic villages, taste local food and drink tea. Stay with local people and sleep in their guesthouse.

Highlights

Hike through tropical forest to visit ethnic villages of Bulang and Hani.
Get very close to ethnic minorities – overnight in local guesthouse.
Meet charming natural sceneries, rare plants and animals during your hike.
Enjoy leisure time in local ethnic market.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Jinghong Arrival
Day 2: Jinghong – Menghai – Manwa Village
Day 3: Manwa Village – Zhanglang Village
Day 4: Zhanglang Village – Xiding Town
Day 5: Xiding – Menghai – Jinghong
Day 6: Jinghong Departure

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities:Arrive in Jinghong
Accommodation:Jinghong
Meals:None

Arrive in Jinghong. Meet your local guide and driver. Transfer to hotel for checking in.

Day 2 Jinghong-Menghai-Bada-Manwa Village

Sightseeing and Activities:Bada Hiking
Accommodation:Manwa Village
Meals:B,L

Pick you up at 8:00 am. Drive to Menghai County. Start hiking from Bada. Most parts of the roads are downhills paths. Hike about 7 km to a Bulang minority village-Manwa Village. On the way to Manwa Village, you can see tropical forests and mountains of Myanmar. Visit Manwa village and stay overnight here.

Day 3 Manwa Village-Zhanglang Village

Sightseeing and Activities:Tropacal Forest Hiking
Accommodation:Zhanglang Village
Meals:B,L

Get up at 7:00 am. Start your hiking today by passing through tropical forests first. Then climb over two big mountains and across a river to reach Zhanglang Village in the evening. You will see “One Tree One Forest” scenery during the hiking tour. The total hiking distance is about 18 km. Upon arrival, taste local ethnic dinner, enjoy Bulang music and visit ethnic families.

Day 4 Zhanglang Village-Xiding Town

Sightseeing and Activities:Bulang Eco Museum, Tea Gardens, Hiking to Xiding
Accommodation:Xiding
Meals:B,L

This morning, visit Bulang Eco Museum. Then cross though some tropical forests to ancient Puer tea gardens. Visit an ancient well, some Bulang ethnic villages and Hani ethnic villages. If you want, you could pay a visit to a local family and have a cup of tea in the family for a short rest. Go on your hiking to Xiding. You could see sugarcane fields and rice terraces along the way. The tocal hiking distance is about 16 km.

Stay overnight at Xiding Town.

Day 5 Xiding Town-Menghai-Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities:Local Ethnic Market, Jingzhen Octagonal Pavillion
Accommodation:Jinghong
Meals:B,L

Set off at 8:30 am. Visit local ethnic market( Usually on Thursday). Different ethnic people (such as Dai, Wa, Bulang, and Hani) from the regions around will bring their goods for sale. Even some people from Myanmar will come here for business and for shopping. After lunch, visit Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion.

Drive back to Jinghong in the late afternoon. Check in hotel.

Day 6 Departure from Jinghong

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

Departure from Jinghong. Service ends.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Jinghong	Hermit Hotel	Xile Hot Spring Hotel	Tai’ anmeng Holiday Hotel	Rainforest Paradise Inn
Xiding	/	/	Xiding Yixiang Hotel	Rainforest Paradise Inn

Service Included:

Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
Meals as listed in the itinerary;
Accommodation with breakfast as listed in the itinerary;
Private English-speaking tour guide and vehicle for transfers & sightseeing;
Service charge & government taxes;
Two bottles of mineral water each day.

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 insurance;
All optional programs.

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.</li
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.
Noted:
Beast time to visit: Late October to March next year.
Itensity: General
Risk: Low
Related transportation: Arrive at Jinghong first, drive to Bada Elementatry School, then start your hiking to Xiding Town.
Climate: late Octomber to the next March is dry and cool (Min 5); March to Octomber is rainny season
Equipment: convenience (you can live in the villages all the way); betterr with a sleep bag (5-15 degrees); long sleeves; water and solid food (villages can supply sometimes)
Just-in-case medicine: mosquito repellent, cold medicine, woundplast, antidiarrheal
Others:

1、The total hike is about 45KM (4-7 hours each day). Xiding local market is on every Thursday and you might not see sunrise when it rains.
2、Mainly stay over at local ethnic villages, daily shower is available.
3、This route will pass by Manduan Temple(free to tourists) and Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion(20 Yuan each one) which you can visit on your own.
4、This route is designed for nature and outdoor activity lovers by which you can enjoy the beautiful nature scenaries and colorful minority cultures (Bulang culture in particular).
5、Please take good care of the local environment and customs. Refractory waste should be taken out of the villages.

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During this hiking tour in Xishuangbanna, you’ll go through the original tropical rainforest, enjoy the really pure and quiet, meet all kinds of people, celebration activities, etc. Visit different ethnic villages one after another, to feel, to get a real life. The destination of the trip is a multi-ethnic community, with 13 ethnic groups, including Dai, Hani, Jinuo, Bulang, Yao, etc.

Highlights

Hike through tropical forest to visit ethnic villages.
Get very close to ethnic minorities – overnight in local ethnic families.
Meet charming natural sceneries, rare plants and animals during your hike in the tropical forest.
Enjoy leisure time in local ethnic market.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Jinghong Arrival
Day 2: Jinghong – Damenglong – Akezhai
Day 3: Ake Village-Bulang Village-Hani Village
Day 4: Hani Village – Lahu Village
Day 5: Lahu Village – Damenglong – Jinghong
Day 6: Jinghong Departure

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities:Arrive in Jinghong
Accommodation:Jinghong
Meals:None

Upon your arrival, your tour guide and driver will pick you up from the airport and then transfer you to the hotel for rest.

Day 2 Jinghong-Damenglong-Akezhai

Sightseeing and Activities:Manfeilong Pagoda, Dai’s daily market
Accommodation:Akezhai
Meals:B,L

Drive to Damenglong and start the hiking to Akezhai. Visit Manfeilong Pagoda, Manfeilong Pagoda is located on top of the mountain in Manfeilong Village in Jinhong County of Yunnan Province. The pagoda is a famous stupa group in Xishuanbanna. Also pay a visit to a Dai’s daily market, and then walk into the village of Ake people to fully appreciate their daily lives and cultures. Over night at Akezhai.

Day 3 Ake Village-Bulang Village-Hani Village

Sightseeing and Activities:the pass of Bulang Mountain, Bulang village, Hani village
Accommodation:Hani Village
Meals:B,L

Get up in the morning to start your hiking tour. Walk across the lush grass and jungle, pass the pass of Bulang Mountain, visit the Bulang village at noon, and arrive at the Hani village at night.

Day 4 Hani Village-Lahu Village

Sightseeing and Activities:plants, Lahu Village
Accommodation:Lahu Village
Meals:B,L

Along the way, see thousands of plants. In the afternoon, arrive at the Lahu village.

Day 5 Lahu Village-Damenglong-Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities:Hike to Damenglong
Accommodation:Jinghong
Meals:B,L

Walk from Lahu village to Damenglong. Back to Jinghong in the afternoon.

Day 6 Jinghong Departure

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

Departure from Jinghong. Service ends.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Jinghong	Hermit Hotel	Xile Hot Spring Hotel	Tai’ anmeng Holiday Hotel	Rainforest Paradise Inn

Service Included:

Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
Meals as listed in the itinerary;
Accommodation with breakfast as listed in the itinerary;
Private English-speaking tour guide and vehicle for transfers & sightseeing;
Service charge & government taxes;
Two bottles of mineral water each day.
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 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
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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
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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.

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 3 Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge

Sightseeing and Activities:LTiger Leaping Gorge trekking
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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
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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
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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. Walk around Songzanlin Monastery.

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
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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
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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.

–“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 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.

–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 15 Departure from Tengchong

Sightseeing and Activities:Departure from Tengchong
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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;

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Yunnan Hiking Tours

5 Days Haba Snow Mountain Flowers Hiking and Climbing Tour with Heihai Black Sea

Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Haba Village-Haba Snow Mountain-Lijiang

Shangrila Adventure Veiw

1 Day Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces Hiking Tour from Duoyishu to Laohuzui

Pugao Laozhai-Tea Plantation-Puduo Shangzhai-Puduo Xiazhai-Yiwanshui-Yakoucun-Laohuzui

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1 Day Yuanyang Duoyishu Hani Rice Terraces Hiking Tour with Hani,Yi Ethnic Villages and Mushroom-Shaped Houses

Pugao Laozhai-Xinzhai-Houzizhai-Duoyishu Xiazhai-Azheke-Niuluopu-Pugao Laozhai

City Tours Veiw

1 Day Yuanyang Bada Hani Rice Terraces Hiking Tour

Qingkou-Dayutang-Quanfuzhuang-Bada-Malizhai-Shengcun

City Tours Veiw

1 Day Dali Easy Hiking Tour to Cangshan Mountain

Dali-Cangshan

City Tours Veiw

2 Days Xishuangbanna Ethnic Villages Hiking Tour from Bada to Zhanglang

Jinghong-Bada-Manwa-Zhanglang-Jinghong

City Tours Veiw

1 Day XishuangBanna Nannuo Tea Mountain and Aini Ethnic Village Hiking Tour

Jinghong-Nannuo Mountain-Aini Village-Jinghong

City Tours Veiw

4 Days XishuangBanna Hiking Tour to Ganlanba Basin and Mekong River

Jinghong-Ganlanba-Aini Village-Mekong River-Jinghong

City Tours Veiw

3 Days XishuangBanna Hiking Tour to Yao Ethnic Village and The Air Corridor

Jinghong-Menglun-Mengla-Yaoqu-Wangtianshu-Jinghong

City Tours Veiw

6 Days XishuangBanna Tea Culture and Ethnic Villages Hiking Tour from Bada to Xiding

Jinghong-Menghai-Nannuoshan-Bada-Xiding-Jinghong

City Tours Veiw

6 Days XishuangBanna Damenglong Ethnic Villages Hiking Tour

Jinghong-Menghai-Jinghong

City Tours Veiw

15 Days Three Parallel Rivers Overland Adventure with Dulongjiang River Valley and Tiger Leaping Gorge Hiking

Lijiang-Shangrila-Deqin-Cizhong-Weixi-Yingpan-Nujiang-Fugong-Gongshan-Bingzhongluo-Liuku-Tengchong

Mekong River Discovery Veiw

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Cuiyuan Yang

Skye Zhang-website editor of Yunnan Exploration

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