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During the Dian culture tour, We will visit the Shizhaishan Ancient Dian Tombs and Yunnan Provincial Museum, and learn about Dian Ancient Culture.
Sightseeing and Activities:Shizhaishan Ancient Dian Tombs and Yunnan Provincial Museum
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Breakfast
This morning, pick you up at your hotel in Kunming downtown. Drive to Jinning County. Visit Shizhaishan Ancient Dian Tombs. In the afternoon, transfer back to Kunming. Visit Yunnan Provincial Museum.
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Dianchi Lake, as the largest freshwater lake in Yunnan Province, is about 300 square kilometers (74,132 acres). With picturesque scenery and its location on the Yungui Plateau, the lake has a reputation as ‘A Pearl on the Plateau’. Cycling around Dian Lake could be a very good experience for that you can visit many wetland parks and local villages and enjoy the beautiful scenery on the way.
Sightseeing and Activities:Cycling from Kunming downtown to Jinning County
Accommodation: None
Meals: Lunch
Drive to pick your bicycle. Start cycling from Kunming downtown. Ride around Dian Lake about 50 km to Gu Dian Park (about 4 -5 hours) to finish today’s cycling. Then get on our car and drive back to Kunming downtown. Service ends.
Yunnan is an important pilgrimage destination in the world with compatible religious beliefs for which one can experience Theravada, Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism. Among these Buddhist temples all around Yunnan province, these temples are the must-gos of travellers to Yunnan for a classic tour starting from Kunming.
Sightseeing and Activities:Yuantong Temple, Qiongzhu Temple, Golden Temple
Accommodation:
Meals: Lunch
Pick you up from your hotel. This morning, we visit Qiongzhu Temple–it is also called Bamboo Temple.
After lunch, visit Golden Temple.
Afterwards, transfer to visit Yuantong Temple.
Drive back to your hotel. Service ends.
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Lufeng World Dinosaur Valley Park,was newly built in 2007. Tourists from all over the world will soon enter the dinosaur kingdom, through the Jurassic world, interpreted the rise and fall of the Earth’s evolution of life, sharing retirement wonders of the world circle the Earth.
Sightseeing and Activities: Lufeng World Dinosaur Valley, Lufeng Dinosaur Museum
Accommodation: None
Meals: Lunch
Pick you up at your hotel. Drive to Lufeng County in Chuxiong City, Lufeng is the site of numerous Jurassic dinosaur discoveries, first found there in 1938. Most well known is Lufengosaurus, a Jurassic prosauropod. More recently, teeth and a skull of Ramapithecus, a Miocene period primate related to the orangutan, have been found in Lufeng. Visit Lufeng World Dinosaur Valley and Dinosaur Museum in it.
In the afternoon , drive back to your hotel in Kunming. Service ends.
It’s a comprehensive Yunnan day tour. Cross three cities: Kunming, Chuxiong and Dali in one day. Visit historical sites:Yunnanyi, Flying Tiger Museum, and minority areas.
Sightseeing and Activities:Chuxiong Museum, Ten-Month Solar Calendar Park, Yunnanyi Old Town, The Flying Tigers Museum, Dali Old Town
Accommodation: Dali
Meals: Lunch
Pick you up at your hotel in Kunming. Drive to Chuxiong. After arrival, visit Chuxiong Museum and Ten-Month Solar Calendar Park.
In the afternoon, drive to Yunnanyi in Xiangyun County. Walk through this old town and visit the Flying Tigers Museum. Afterwards, transfer to Dali Old Town. Walk around the Foreigner Street and enjoy the relax time with local people. After climbing up to the City Wall of Dali, you will have panoramic view of the Erhai Lake.
A sightseeing tour between Lijiang and Shangrila usually includes the First Bend of the Yangtze River and Tiger Leaping Gorge. The First Bend of the Yangtze River was important militarily because big armies crossed the river at that point, and it was a place where Tibetans came down to trade with the people living in the area. The Tiger Leaping Gorge is recommended by Lonely Planet. It is the one of the deepest gorges on earth with spectacular views. In addition, we arrange Tibetan area for tourists to visit such as Dukezong Old Town, Xiaozhongdian Pasture, and Guishan Park.
Sightseeing and Activities: The First Bend of Yangtze River, Shigu Old Town, Iron Chain Bridge, The Memorial Hall of The Red Army’s Long March, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Middle Rapids, Xiaozhongdian Pasture, Dukezong Old Town
Accommodation: Shangrila
Meals: Lunch
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, 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.
Then have a stop at Xiaozhongdian Pasture on the way to Shangri-la. Walk around Dukezong Ancient Town, an important town of the Ancient Tea-horse Trade Caravan from Yunnan to Tibet and India. Walk up to the top of Guishan Hill or tortoise Hill, you will see the largest Prayer Wheel of the world and have a panoramic view of shangrila county and Dukezong Ancient Town.
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Our tour combines ancient history with modern tourist attractions. In the 1 day, you’ll visit Bai and Naxi ethnic groups’ land. The most magnificent scenery and colorful ethnic culture of Yunnan are waiting to be explored, from ancient town to ethnic village, from the Snow Mountain pool to Dongba culture…all make you get far from the madding crowd!
Sightseeing and Activities:Xizhou Old Town, Zhoucheng Village, Black Dragon Pool, Dongba Culture Museum, Lijiang Old Town
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Lunch
Our local guide will meet you at your hotel in Dali. Drive to visit Xizhou Town. Appreciate Bai-style traditional architectural courtyards, and taste their fragrant Three-Course Tea. Then visit Zhoucheng Village and the Bai people’s Tie-dying cloth workshop where you can take some special souvenir with the Bai ethnic style.
After lunch, drive to Lijiang. Visit the Black Dragon Pool and Dongba Culture Museum. Afterward, stroll in Lijiang Old Town, a well-preserved old city of ethnic minorities with brilliant culture, is a central town of the Lijiang Autonomous County of the Naxi Ethnic Minority in Yunnan Province.
Send you to hotel, service ends.
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For this 1 day tour, you can visit the famous Taoist mountain Shibaoshan in Jianchuan and have a nice stroll Shaxi Old Town to explore Bai ethnic culture.
Sightseeing and Activities:Shaxi Old Town, Shibaoshan Mountain
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Lunch
Pick you up at your hotel in Dali. Transfer to Jianchuan County. Visit Shibaoshan Mountain .The most prominent sight at ShibaoShan is the Stone Bell Temple with its 139, well preserved stone carvings. These magnificent stone carvings date as far back as 1300 years to the once powerful Nanzhao Kingdom during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Explore the ancient temple complex including Baoxiang Temple, Haiyun Temple, Shizhong Temple and the Ancient Grottoes. If you are lucky enough, you also can see a lot of wild monkey group around Baoxiang Temple.
Then visit Shaxi Old Town. Shaxi is the last remaining ancient market town of its kind on the Tea & Horse Caravan Trail. This trail is a trading route that connected Tibet, Sichuan, and Yunnan to countries in southeast Asia, also called the Southern Silk Road.The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has listed Shaxi as one of the 100 most endangered sites in the world in 2001.
In the late afternoon, drive to Lijiang for overnight.
This 8-day tour includes the Deluxe Kunming, Shilin, Mile Jianshui Photo Tour. People will have a chance to know about the local life. And Visit the most famous attractions in south and east of Yunnan:Stone Forest, Jianshui Old Town and Yuanyang. Besides, people can enjoy the wonderful sceneries in Yuanyang, and stay overnight at luxury hotels so that they could have joyful time in Yunnan.
Sightseeing and Activities:Arrive in Kunming
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Lunch
You’ll begin your journey to the diverse and captivating province of Yunnan from the capital city, Kunming. Upon arrival at the Kunming International Airport, meet your local guide and transfer to the hotel. You will take a leisurely stroll along the Green Lake, a charming area of teahouses and small boutiques selling handicrafts and beautiful local paintings. If time permits, you will have a Kunming city tour.
— Kunming is the capital of southwest China’s Yunnan province, a primarily agricultural province of 45 million. Kunming has a population of five million and is located in one of the world’s most geographically, ethnically, biologically and linguistically diverse regions. Situated at 1,900 meters (6,233ft) above sea level and 25° north of the Equator it has a rather unique and pleasant climate for a Chinese city.
Sightseeing and Activities:Western Hills, Yunnan Nationalities Village
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
This morning,visit Western Hills. Viewed from a distance, the skyline of the Western Hills’ forest reserve resembles a beautiful maiden reclining leisurely alongside of Dianchi Lake with her long hair drifting casually in the mirror-like water. It is for this reason that the local people gave the Western Hills the nickname, Sleeping Beauty Hills. Then go through the Dragon Gate, which is the steepest spot in the Western Hills and well worth climbing up the winding old stone stairs because the view is spectacular, visit Huating Temple, which is the largest Buddhist temple in Kunming and its history stretches back to 900 years.
After lunch, drive to Yunnan Nationalities Village. It is a good place for visitors to appreciate Yunnan culture and traditions of all the ethnic groups in the province. In order to exhibit the customs and conventions of the 26 nationalities in Yunnan, it is planned to build 26 natural villages, giving prominence to the architectures of various nationalities. Each nationality has its particularities in terms of language, religion, and in the ways of conducting themselves in relation to others, in attire, eating habits, the way of travelling, festivities, marriage, birth and burial customs, just as people say that “Yunnan has ten thousand kinds of customs and conventions”.
Sightseeing and Activities: Stone Forest
Accommodation: Mile
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Drive to visit Stone Forest which is 86 km from Kunming City. 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.
In the afternoon, drive to Mile. Stay overnight in Huquan Hot Spring Hotel. You will enjoy the most famous hot spring in this hotel.
Sightseeing and Activities: Great Mosque of Shadian, Laohuzui Rice Terraces
Accommodation: Yuanyang
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Drive to Gejiu. Visit the Great Mosque of Shadian. Shadian Grand Mosque is the largest mosque in the southwest and is one of the 100 famous mosques of China. Shadian mosque exhibits an elegant architectural style.
Drive to Yuanyang (About 1 hour). Enjoy the sunset view of Laohuzui Rice Terraces.
Sightseeing and Activities: Duoyishu RiceTerrace Fields, Bada Hani Rice Terrace, Shengcun Market, Qingkou Village
Accommodation: Yuanyang
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Get up every early in the morning, you’ll drive 30KM to visit Duoyishu Village and enjoy the sunrise of Duoyishu RiceTerrace 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.
And then, you will visit Bada Hani Rice Terrace, Shengcun Market where Hani people for generations inhabit. Visit Qingkou Village and rice terraces as well. You will enjoy the sunset of Longshuba Rice Terraces in the late afternoon at Panzhihua Town.
Transfer back to Xinjie Town.
Sightseeing and Activities: Jianshui Swallow Cave, Jianshui Ancient Town, Zhu Family Garden, Confucius Temple
Accommodation: Jianshui
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
After breakfast in the hotel, drive about 3 hours to Jianshui County. On the way back, visit Jianshui Swallow Cavewhich is the largest karst formation cave in Asia. There are usually thousands of swallows flying around in this aptly named cave. You will follow a guide in the cave to see the striking caverns and also to see the bare hand rock climbing performance in the cave. Walk into the cave and visit the colorful Karst landform and take the small boat cruise out of the cave.
Arrive in Jianshui Ancient Town in the afternoon, pay a visit to Jianshui Ancient Town, Zhu Family Garden and Confucius Temple. Visit the famous Confucius Temple with its interesting history. Confucious was born in Shandong province 2,500 years ago and taught more than 3,000 students in his lifetime, among them 72 were outstanding. He is the greatest teacher in China’s history and has worldwide influence and his work has worldwide influence.
Sightseeing and Activities:Jianshui-Fuxianhu Lake
Accommodation: Fuxianhu Lake
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Drive to Tuanshan Village about 15KM away from Jianshui Ancient Town, visit the Zhang Family Garden, the ancient hourses and the Double Dragon Bridge. Visit Tunshan village with hundred year old houses built by the family of Zhang. In the village, you will see the different standards of houses built by rich and poor families, and also the family temple which plays an important role for education, family history, and Chinese culture, which says that people should always remember their ancestors and maintain community traditions.
Drive to Yuxi City. Visit Fuxianhu Lake. Enjoy your leisure time arond Fuxianhu Lake. You can choose to take a boat or swim on the lake.
Stay in Banyan Tree Resort Fuxianhu Lake
Sightseeing and Activities: Drive back to Kunming airport for departure
Accommodation: Fuxianhu Lake
Meals:
Drive back to Kunming airport for departure.
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Jianshui | Lin’an Hotel | / | / | / |
Yuxi | Banyan Tree Resort Fuxianhu Lake | / | / | / |
– Meals as mentioned in the itinerary
– All land transfer and transportation;
– Luggage transfers between airport and hotels;
– Accommodation with breakfast as listed;
– Entrance fees as listed in the program;
– Skilled driver & Experienced English-speaking guide;
– Train Tickets/Flight Tickets;
– Single room supplement;
– Personal Travel Accident Insurance;
– Any optional programs/activities;
– Chinese visa fees;
– Personal Consumption;
– Tips (150CNY/day to Guide; 100CNY/day to Driver);
1 Day Yuanyang Bada Hani Rice Terraces Hiking Tour
1 Day Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces Cycling Tour
1 Day Yuanyang Duoyishu Hani Rice Terraces Hiking Tour with Hani,Yi Ethnic Villages and Mushroom Houses
1 Day Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces Hiking Tour from Duoyishu to Laohuzui
1 Day Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces Tour
2 Days Kunming-Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces Tour at a glance
3 Days Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces Tour from Kunming
3 Days Kunming, Jianshui and Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces Group Tour
4 Days Long Street Banquet Festival and Yuanyang Rice Terraces Photography Tour
6 Days Kunming Jianshui Yuanyang Photography Tour
6 Days Kunming Shadian Muslim Tour with Yuanyang Rice Terraces and Jianshui Old Town
7 Days Yuanyang Rice Terraces Photo Tour with Tea Culture Experience
8 Days South Yunnan Ethnic Minority Discovery and Tropical Forest Photograph Tour
8 Days Deluxe Kunming, Shilin, Mile Jianshui Photo Tour with Yuanyang Rice Terraces and Fuxianhu Lake
8 Days Yunnan Photography Tour to Kunming-Dongchuan-Shilin-Jianshui and Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces
10 Days South Yunnan Ethnic Minority and Tropical Rain-forest Photography Tour with China Border Culture
10 Days Southeast Yunnan Family Tour with Ethnic Culture, Rice Terraces, Mushroom House & Butterfly Valley
11 Days Yunnan Classic Tour with Jianshui Old Town and Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces
11 Days Yunnan Photograph Tour with Luoping Rapeseed Flowers Festival and Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Field
11 Days China-Vietnam Overland Tour from Kunming to Hanoi
26 Days Grand Yunnan Ethnic Minority Discovery
This 8-day tour includes the special visiting to local school and poor village in Lijiang. Students will have a chance to know about the local students’ study life by having classes, games, eating etc. together! And doing voluntary work at a poor village will be meaningful and helpful for students. Besides the interaction with local people, we arrange some activities such as cycling and trekking for students so that they could have joyful time in Lijiang.
Sightseeing and Activities:Arrive in Lijiang, Bonfire party
Accommodation:Baisha Holiday Resort
Meals: Lunch
Arrive at Lijiang airport, pick up by our English speaking tour guide and transfer to hotel. You will have a welcome dinner and Bonfire Party with local Naxi people in Baisha Holiday Resort for your coming to Yunnan.
Sightseeing and Activities:1 Day interact with local student, enjoy barbecue dinner
Accommodation:Baisha Holiday Resort
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Visit a middle school in Baisha Village. 1 Day interact with local students, divide into groups to play games and study local language with local students. In the evening, you will make barbecue and enjoy your dinner in Baisha Holiday Resort.
Sightseeing and Activities:Do voluntary work at Bobuoluo Village
Accommodation:Homestay
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Drive to Boduoluo Village. Today, you will visit this local Yi Minority Village. Then you will herd sheep, help poor family to look for firewood in the mountain.
Sightseeing and Activities:Do voluntary work at Bobuoluo Village
Accommodation:Homestay
Meals:Breakfast, lunch
Drive to Boduoluo Village. You will help local people to dig Chinese herbal medicine and dig potatoes. After that, spend 1 hour to teach the local people to speak English.
Sightseeing and Activities:Tiger Leaping Gorge Trekking
Accommodation: Tea&horse Guesthouse
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Check out in the hotel, drive about 100KM to Qiaotou Town(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, is honored as one of the deepest and most marvelous gorges with 3900 meters in depth.
Start the trekking form the Qiaotou 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 Tea&horse Guesthouse to finish today’s trekking. This is basically the halfway point of the journey.
Sightseeing and Activities:Tiger Leaping Gorge Trekking
Accommodation:Baisha Holiday Resort
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Get up in the early morning, trekking down to Tina’s Guest house passing a small but high waterfall on the way. Tina’s is the best location to enjoy the scenery of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Then you will head back to Lijiang.
Sightseeing and Activities:Lijiang Cycling
Accommodation:Baisha Holiday Resort
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
This morning, you will start your cyclling from Lijiang Old Town to Lashihai Lake. Lashihai Lake, a nature reserve rich in biodiversity. Then surround the Lashihai Lake for further cycling. The endangered black necked crane can be seen here. The Naxi and Yi minorities live in this area. You will loop around the lake beginning on paved road which leads us through Naxi villages.
After lunch in Lashihai , go on your cycling tour to Baisha Old Town.
Sightseeing and Activities:Departure from Lijiang
Accommodation:
Meals:
Departure from Lijiang, Service ends.
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Tiger Leaping Gorge |
1.Accommodation with daily breakfast as indicated in the hotel list as below;
2.Chinese lunches and dinners as listed in the itinerary;
3.All land transfers & transportation with private air-conditioned coach;
4.All transfers and sightseeing with skilled English-speaking tour guide;
5.All entrance fees as mentioned in the itinerary;
6.Service charge and all government taxes;
7.Luggage transfers between airport and hotels.
1.Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
2.Any meals which are not specified in the tour itinerary.
3.Chinese visa fees;
4.Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
5.Tips to guides and drivers;
6.Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff.
7.Personal travel accident insurance.
8.All optional programs;
For this tour, you will visit the highlights of Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and Shangri-La. This is also a minority discovery tour, because you will find minority diversity during your trip, the minorities such as Huis,Yis, Bais, Naxis and Tibetan. Moreover, the Tiger Leaping Gorge will be the most impressive part of your trip, you could be shocked by the ruggedness and magnificence of Tiger Leaping Gorge and the mountains around when you are there. This part can not be missed. You will have some time to visit muslim areas.
Sightseeing and Activities:Arrive in Kunming
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Lunch
We will meet you at Kunming airport or railway station and transfer you to the hotel. Dinner at local Muslim restaurant in Kunming. The rest of the day is on your own to relax or explore evening scene of the city.
Sightseeing and Activities: Nancheng Mosque, Najiaying Great Mosque, Xiushan Park
Accommodation: Tonghai
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
This morning, you will go to pray at Nancheng Mosque. The Nancheng Mosque is the largest mosque in Kunming, the mosque was constructed during the Tang Dynasty and continued to be renovated and reconstructed through the Qing Dynasty. The mosque’s design reflects that of Chinese temples due to the Buddhist culture.
This afternoon, drive to Tonghai County. Visit and pray at Najiaying Great Mosque which is about 110 km away from Kunming. Then visitXiushan Park in Xiushan Mountain. Xiushan Moutain is one of the four famous mountains in Yunnan Province.
Sightseeing and Activities: Jianshui Old Town, Zhu Family Garden, Jianshui Confucius Temple
Accommodation: Jianshui
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Drive to Jianshui County. Stroll around Jianshui Old Town, to see Chaoyang Gateway Tower, Old Well of Jianshui.
Then make the visit to Zhu Family Garden, the so-called ‘Grand View Garden’ of South Yunnan Province, which is a representative of Chinese residential houses of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). When walking through the garden, it really seems as if you are strolling through the Grand View Garden depicted in ‘A Dream of the Red Mansions’ (a famous Chinese Classical novel by Cao Xueqin (1724-1764) in the Qing Dynasty). This garden was the residence and ancestral temple of the rich man Zhu Weiqing and his brother in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Later,visit Jianshui Confucius Temple. This over 700-year-old temple was initially built in the 22nd year of Zhi Yuan reign in the Yuan Dynasty (1285AD). It has been repaired and extended for about 50 times and now covers an area of 7.6 hectares. Based on its scale, construction standard and excellence in preservation, Jianshui Confucius Temple stands second only to the one in Qufu of Shandong Province, hometown of Confucius and the one in Beijing. It is the best large-scale Confucius Temples in south China.
Sightseeing and Activities: Tuanshan Village, the Garden of Family Zhang, Double Dragon Bridge, Great Mosque of Shadian
Accommodation: Geliu
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
This morning, you’ll visitTuanshan Village andthe Garden of Family Zhang; Tuanshan Village is a rare surviving example of an intact-albeit neglected-traditional walled Yunnan village compound in southwestern China, and has been added to the 2005 list of internationally significant sites by the World Memorial Fund for Architecture (WMF), an international fund for the protection of world heritage sites. And Have a stop to take picture at Double Dragon Bridge.
Then drive to Shadian Town in Gejiu City. Pay a visit to Great Mosque of Shadian and pray there. There is a Muslim Accessories shop beside the mosque, where you can have or do a little shopping there. Shadian Grand Mosque is the largest mosque in the southwest and is one of the 100 famous mosques of China. Shadian mosque exhibits an elegant architectural style.
Sightseeing and Activities: Stone Forest, flowers and birds market
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Drive to Shilin County. Visit Stone Forest, which is one of the largest plantations of rapeseed flowers in Southwest China. Fields covered with golden rape stretch as far as the eye can see and form seas of yellow buds. Combined with a unique terrain dominated by karst features with small basins among mountain ranges, the place boasts very unique landscape features.
Drive back to Kunming, visit flowers and birds market in Kunming downtown.
Sightseeing and Activities: Three Pagodas in Chongshen Monastery, Erhai Lake, Dali Ancient Town
Accommodation: Dali
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Take the high speed train to Dali (2 hours). After arrival, meet your local guide and transfer to the hotel in Dali Ancient Town. Dali which is a historically and culturally famous city of China, is renowned for her historical interest and Bai ethnic culture.
After that, you will visit the Three Pagodas in Chongshen Monastery which has a history of over 1,800 years located at the foot of Cangshan Mountain facing to the Erhai Lake. Three Pagodas are made of three ancient independent pagodas forming a symmetrical triangle.
After lunch, 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.
Afterwards, visit Dali Ancient Town. It can be dated back to the year 1382 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and has been among the top listed historical cities of China since 1982. With Erhai Lake to the east, and Cangshan Mountain to the west, its grand city wall, traditional Bai ethnic minority folk houses and marvelous scenery have been attracting many visitors. The tour in Dali Ancietn Town will include the Foreigner Street, the Gate Towers and the Ancient City Wall.
Sightseeing and Activities: East Lotus Village, Donglianhua Mosque, Weishan Ancient Town
Accommodation: Dali
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
After breakfast, drive about one hour to Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County. Visit East Lotus Village(Donglianhua Village)before arrival in Weishan Ancient Town. Donglianhua Village also has rich minority and strong Muslim customs. The most outstanding representative is the Donglianhua Mosque in the village. Donglianhua Mosque is a major attraction in Donglianhua Village. This large-scaled mosque built in unique folk style is a great destination for the admiration of Muslim architecture and culture. Drive to visit Weibaoshan Mountain at the first which is one of the 14 China’s most famous Daoist holy mountains.
Come back to Weishan Ancient Town, visit Big and Small Temples on the way. You will explore Weishan Ancient Town in the afternoon. Weishan Ancient Town was built more than 600 years ago. There are a lot of ancient buildings in it. The magnificent Building Gongchen is the symbol of the ancient city.
After that, drive back to Dali.
Sightseeing and Activities: Xizhou Town, Zhoucheng Village, Morning Market, Lijiang Old Town
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
In the morning, 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. Xizhou is our home. This little village has been called ‘a living art museum’ due to its unusual concentration of nationally protected heritage sites, mostly including architecture that spans the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) until the creation of New China in 1949, but also includes centuries old trees, parks, and wildlife preserves.
Strolling through the morning market and main walking street will reveal a vibrant town with a healthy mix of traditional Bai culture and modern influence from Eastern China and abroad. It is the balance of development and forward thinking that exists in Xizhou that makes it special.
After Xizhou, visit Zhoucheng Village which is the largest Bai ethnic village in China and the Bai Ethnic Tie-dying Cloth Workshop where you can take some special souvenir with the Bai ethnic style. The tie-dyeing products in Zhoucheng Village are well sought after, both at home and abroad. Do drop by and witness for yourself the process of this historical craftsmanship. Who knows, you will return home with some cheap and beautiful crafted cloths.
Transfer to Lijiang in the afternoon. You will be relaxed around Lijiang Old Town, a well-preserved old city of ethnic minorities with brilliant culture, is a central town of the Lijiang Autonomous County of the Naxi Ethnic Minority in Yunnan Province. Located on the plateau which is 2,400 meters above the sea level and embraced by the tree-covered Lion Mountain in the west, Elephant and Golden Row Mountains in the north, vast fertile fields in the southeast and crystal clear water running through, the old town looks like a big jade ink slab, therefore got the alias the Town of Big Ink Slab (Dayanzhen).
Sightseeing and Activities: Ganhaizi Meadow, Baishuihe River, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Spruce Meadow, Baisha Old Town, Baisha Mural
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Enjoy the sunrise of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Lijiang Ancient Town in the morning, drive about 30KM to Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M), you will take the sightseeing bus for a short visiting through the Baishuihe River in Blue Moon Valley, 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, enjoy Impression Lijiang Show which is A Spectacular Show with Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as the Backdrop, directed by the famous director Zhang Yimou. Impression Lijiang is a magnificent outdoor singing and dancing performance demonstrating the tradition and lifestyle of the local ethnic people. It is another creation of famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou.The show is innovatively staged in the morning and afternoon, at 3,100 meters (10,100 feet) above sea level with Jade Snow Mountain as the breathtaking backdrop.
Stroll through Baisha Old Town, which is an enchanting traditional Naxi style old town. Visit the Baisha Mural about 600 years old, which is one part of the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997.
Transfer back to hotel in the late afternoon.
Sightseeing and Activities: First Bend on the Yangtze River, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Haba Village
Accommodation: Haba Village
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
From Lijiang, you’ll drive about 60KM to the First Bend on the Yangtze River with imposing gorge scenery.
Visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the deepest gorge in the world. With 34 rapids of the Yangtze River, it is called the Jinsha in this area because you can find gold in the river. Afternoon, you’ll head for Shangri La, the former Zhongdian which is welknown as the paradise destination for every tourist.
Then drive to Haba Village for overnight.
Sightseeing and Activities: Baishuitai, Dukezong Ancient Town, Guishan Park
Accommodation: Shangrila
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Drive to visit Baishuitai. Baishuitai or Baishui Tableland, also named the White Water Terraces, is located in the foothills of the Haba Snow Mountains, 101 kilometers (about 62 miles) southeast of the Shangri-la County. It is known as one of the most attractive destinations in mysterious Shangri-La and is an ancient Chinese landform with a history of 200,000 to 300,000 years.
After that, drive to Shangrila. Visit Dukezong Ancient Town and Guishan Park. Dukezong is an important town of the Ancient Tea-horse Trade Caravan from Yunnan to Tibet and India.The Square Street in the old town, at the heart center of the old town, is the main tour area gathering a maze of cobbled lanes, white stupas, renovated tourist shops, café, bars, etc. Further away from the square street, the narrow winding lanes will give you a quieter shelter and unveil you more authentic local touch with the unrestored structures and real local life.
Sightseeing and Activities: Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, Pudacuo National Park, Tibetan village and family
Accommodation: Shangrila
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
In the morning, visit the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. Songzanlin Monastery has another alias – ‘the little Potala Palace ‘, so named because the whole monastery is in the traditional style with mysterious atmosphere.
Pay a visit to a Tibetan village and family. Have yak butter lunch with local people.
This afternoon, you’ll visit the tranquil Shudu Lake in Pudacuo National Park.It 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.
Sightseeing and Activities:Departure from Shangrila
Accommodation:
Meals:
Departure from Shangrila
Destination | 5 Star | 4 Star | 3 Star | Hostels |
Lijiang | Lijiang Hilton Garden Inn | Wangfu Hotel | Baisha Holiday Resort | Local Hostel |
Kunming | Crown Plaza Kunming City Centre | Wenhui Hotel | Baiyun Hotel | Local Hostel |
Dali | Hilton Dali Resort And Spa | Landscape Hotel | Gnosis Hotel | Local Hostel |
Shangrila | Shangrila Hotel | Zhaxidele Hotel | Shenqu Hotel | Local Hostel |
Jianshui | Linan Hotel | Zhu Family Garden Hotel | Jianshui Hotel | Local Hostel |
Gejiu | Local Hostel |
-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;
-Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
-Tibet travel permit and all other necessary permits to Tibet;
-Two bottles of mineral water each day.
-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;
-Domestic flight/train not listed in the itinerary. (We can provide you the domestic flight/train ticket booking service at the BEST discount price; please contact us our travel experts for the details.)
-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.
Yunnan Province holds some of the most exciting habitats and alluring species in the whole of Asia, about half of China’s birds and mammals. This 14 days West Yunnan Birding Tour covers some of the best birding areas in the province, such as Zixi Mountain, Baoshan, Baihualing, etc. This tour offers travelers featured birds in Yunnan. Yunnan is an ideal place for your biring tour.
Sightseeing and Activities: Kunming Arrival
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Lunch
Pick you up at Kunming airport. Meet your local guide and driver, then transfer to hotel.
Sightseeing and Activities: Haigeng Park, Dianchi Lake and The Green Lake, Birdwatching
Accommodation: Zixishan Mountain
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Birdwatching tour at Haigeng Park, Dianchi Lake and The Green Lake. Drive to Zixishan Mountain Nature Reserve (200km) in the afternoon.
Sightseeing and Activities: Zixishan Reserve, Giant Nuthatch, Yunnan Nuthatch, Tree creeper
Accommodation: Zixishan Mountain
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
A whole day birding in Zixishan Reserve, a good place for Giant Nuthatch, Yunnan Nuthatch, Tree creeper, Ms Hume’s pheasants!
Sightseeing and Activities: Birding, Dali
Accommodation: Dali
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After morning birding in Zixishan, drive to Dali in the afternoon.
Sightseeing and Activities: Birdwatching, Mt. Cangshan
Accommodation: Dali
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
In the morning, birdwatching in Mt. Cangshan. Have a good opportunity to see Lady Amhersts, fire-tailed sunbirds and blood pheasant at 3100m elevation. Do bird watching in the farmland in the afternoon.
Sightseeing and Activities: Cangshan, Bawan, Birding
Accommodation: Bawan
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After morning birding in Cangshan, drive to Bawan in Baoshan city (280km). Baoshan is the main stepping off point for birders visiting Gaoligongshan. Evening bird watching for tropic birds along the Nujiang River in the valley and farmland.
Sightseeing and Activities: Baihualing, Gaoligongshan, Birding
Accommodation: Baihualing
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After morning birdwatching, drive to Baihualing in Gaoligongshan. Do birding along the road. 3-night in Baihualing Hostel.
Baihualing is the most easily accessible part of Gaolingong Mountains. Birds at Baihualing include Sclater’s Monal (high elevations only), Silver and Mrs. Hume’s Pheasants, Stripe-breasted Woodpecker, Ward’s Trogon (rare), Brown Wood Owl, Hodgson’s Frogmouth, White-bellied Green Pigeon, Long-tailed Broadbill, White-winged Magpie (rare), three species of shortwing including Gould’s, Chestnut-vented Nuthatch, Spotted, Grey-sided, Blue-winged, Scaly and Red-tailed Laughingthrushes, Coral and Slender-billed Scimitar Babblers, Grey-bellied Wren Babbler, Black-headed Shrike Babbler, Yellow-throated Fulvetta and Beautiful Sibia. Arguably Baihualing’s greatest avian attraction however is Cachar Wedge-billed Wren, a species that’s not uncommon here. Dark-rumped Swift has even been reported here.
Sightseeing and Activities: Baihualing, Gaoligongshan, Birding
Accommodation: Baihualing
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
The whole day birding in Baihualing.
Sightseeing and Activities: Baihualing, Gaoligongshan, Birding
Accommodation: Baihualing
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
The whole day birding in Baihualing.
Sightseeing and Activities:Birding, Baihualing
Accommodation: Yunlong
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After morning birding in Baihualing, drive to Yunlong and birding on the way.
Sightseeing and Activities: Shaxi Ancient Town, Baisha Ancient Town, Shibaoshan Mountain, Birding
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Transfer to Jianchuan County. Visit Shibaoshan Mountain and birding in Shibaoshan Mountain. Explore Shaxi Ancient Town including Yujin Bridge, Xinjiao Temple, Sideng Street and Ancient Stage. Move further to Lijiang and visit Baisha Ancient Town.
Sightseeing and Activities: Lijiang Ancient Town, Lion Hill, Black Dragon Pool and Xiangshan Mountain, Birding
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Visit Lijiang Ancient Town and enjoy the birding tour in Lion Hill, Black Dragon Pool and Xiangshan Mountain.
Sightseeing and Activities: Lashihai Lake, Birding
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Transfer to Lashihai Lake and visit the birds around the lake. Lashihai Lake turns into a paradise for migratory birds during winter times. Around 140,000 migratory birds spent their winter beside Lashihai Lake. A repertoire of 165 species of birds can be observed in Lashihai.
Sightseeing and Activities:Lijiang Departure
Accommodation: None
Meals: Breakfast
Departure from Lijiang.
Destination | 5 Star | 4 Star | 3 Star | Hostels |
Kunming | Sofitel Hotel | Kunming Jinjiang Hotel | Kunming Longteng Hotel | Local Guesthouse |
Dali | Hilton Dali Resort And Spa | Dali E-outfitting Boutique Hotel | Taiheju Hotel | Local Guesthouse |
Bawan | / | / | / | Local Guesthouse |
Baihualing | / | / | / | Local Guesthouse |
Yunlong | / | / | / | Local Guesthouse |
Lijiang | InterContinental Hotel | E-outfitting Boutique Hotel in Shuhe | Liwang Hotel | Local Guesthouse |
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