Start from Lijiang, travel along the ancient Tea Horse Road, you can experience the colorful ethnic culture in Lijiang Ancient Town and Shangri-la in Yunnan province, with stunning natural beauty of the Hengduan Mountains. After you enter Markam, you will drive to Tibet along the southern route of Sichuan Tibet highway. The beautiful landscapes of Nyingchi will show you the marvelous landscape of Eastern Tibet before you arrive in Lhasa. And of course, the city tour in Lhasa will take you to visit the famous Potala Palace, the Jokhang Temple, the Barkhor Street and other highlights of this city and explore the Tibet culture and religions. 

Highlights:

• Appreciate the breathtaking view on the way.
• Experience the colorful and featured ethnic culture.

Brief Itinerary：

• Day 1 Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shangri La
• Day 2 Shangri-la-Yanjing
• Day 3 Yanjing – Zuogong
• Day 4 Zuogong – Ranwu
• Day 5 Ranwu – Bomi
• Day 6 Bomi – Bayi
• Day 7 Bayi – Lhasa
• Day 8 Lhasa City
• Day 9 Lhasa City
• Day 10 Departure from Lhasa

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shangri La

Sightseeing and Activities: Stone Drum, First Bend of the Yangtze River, Tiger Leaping Gorge
Accommodation: Shangri La
Meals: Lunch

Today you’ll be driven to the old town of Shigu (Stone Drum) which is famed for a drum-like stele made by white marble. It enjoys high strategic and traffic significance in China’s history that many troops struggled for. You will take a visit to the Iron Chain Bridge which the Red Army used to cross the river during the Long March in 1930s. Then head to the stunning First Bend of the Yangtze River. Here you can witness the three rivers (Yangtze River, Lancang River and Nu River) traversing through the valleys of Hengduan Ranges, and forming this breathtaking view.

The last place of Lijiang to visit is marvelous Tiger Leaping Gorge – one of the deepest gorge and one of the ten most classic trekking trails in the world. Legend says that it is named after a courageous tiger who jumped across the rushing river to escape from a hunter. Take a little challenging trek to stretch your legs as well as glut your eyes with most naturally picturesque and distinctive landscape.

Later, you’ll drive about 100km to Shangri La. You’ll enjoy the enchanting natural scenes on the way.

Day 2 Shangri-la-Yanjing

Sightseeing and Activities: Kawagebo mountain range, Mt. Meili, salt fields, catholic church, hot bath
Accommodation: Yanjing
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Departing Shangri-la we travel along the north of Mekong River valley into Tibet. Along the way, we may be able to see the peaks of Kawagebo mountain range on a good day. Mt. Meili (6,740 m/22,113 ft), which straddles the border of Yunnan and Tibet, is the highest peak in the province. Once into Tibet. Our first stop will be in the town of Yanjing, which was once the main source of salt for half of the Kham Tibetan area, which ranged from northwestern Sichuan down into Yunnan. We will visit the salt fields and visit the only one catholic church in Tibet. Followed by a stop at the hot springs, where each of us could pick our own natural hot bath overlooking the Mekong. Certainly the best way to relax our body for the adventure ahead!

Day 3 Yanjing – Zuogong

Sightseeing and Activities: view along the road, 
Accommodation: Zuogong
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

We cross two high passes in this section of the drive, one at around 3,900 m(12,795 ft), the other at 5,008 m(16,430 ft). Driving past local Tibetan houses scattered round the feet of snow-capped peaks, the expressions on innocent Tibetan girls would make you realize that you are one of the first foreign visitors to this isolated region. 

Day 4 Zuogong – Ranwu

Sightseeing and Activities:Nu River
Accommodation: Ranwu
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

We will drive along the deep valleys of the Nu River(the Salween River), which is a long and tough journey, but our destination, the Ranwu Lake, a spectacularly crystal blue lake cupped by snow peaks.

Day 5 Ranwu – Bomi

Sightseeing and Activities: Poto-chu Valley at Tramog
Accommodation: Bomi
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

We will wander along the Poto-chu Valley at Tramog (2,743 m/8999 ft), located deep in the thickly forested gorge of Parlung Tsangpo with glacial waterfalls streaming from the mountainsides. We will go down several hundred meters in altitude as we reach the lowland jungle settlement of Tang-me where the Tsangpo and Parlung Tsangpo rivers meet.

Day 6 Bomi – Bayi

Sightseeing and Activities:NamJiabawa peak
Accommodation: Bayi
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Waking up to the birds’ singing, you will have an unobstructed view of the majestic NamJiabawa peak. After a long 9 hours drive, we will arrive in Bayi, the largest Tibetan town we will have reached at this point. 

Day 7 Bayi – Lhasa

Sightseeing and Activities: Lamaling monastery, Basong lake
Accommodation: Lhasa
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

First we will drive 30 kms to visit the Lamaling monastery which an important monastery in Ningchi. And then drive to Basong lake. The crystal clear water of the Basong Lake will seem like an oasis to you — another place you would be reluctant to leave. Drive to Lhasa.

Day 8 Lhasa City

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

Today, you will visit the highest palace in the world-Potala Palace which is the Dalai Lama’s winter palace. It locates on the red hill, a good viewing point in Lhasa.

In the afternoon, we go to the renowned Jokhang Temple which will provide you one of your first sights of devout Tibetans. In the temple you will see the glistening Sakyamuni statue which is considered as Tibetan Buddhism’s rarity.
 
After then, stroll around the bustling Barkhor Street.

Day 9 Lhasa City

Sightseeing and Activities: Lake of Yamdrok Yumtso, Sera monastery
Accommodation: Lhasa
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

About hundred kilometers, you will appreciate the holy Lake of Yamdrok Yumtso Lake. The sacred lake of Yamdrok Yutso is revered as a talisman, supporting the life-spirit of Tibet. It is said that should its waters dry, Tibet will no longer be habitable.
 
Back to Lhasa before 3:00 p.m to visit the Sera monastery where lively lama debating will be seen (except Sundays). This is very interesting. Many lamas sitting or standing in the yard debate a certain topic their teacher has given.

Day 10 Departure from Lhasa

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

Transfer to Gonggar Airport or Lhasa Railway Station to take flight or train out of Lhasa.

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Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Shangri La	Tianju Shangri-la	E-outfitting Boutique Hotel	/	Local Guesthouse
Yanjing	/	/	/	Local Guesthouse
Zuogong	/	/	/	Local Guesthouse
Ranwu	/	/	/	Local Guesthouse
Bomi	/	/	/	Local Guesthouse
Bayi	/	/	/	Local Guesthouse
Lhasa	/	/	/	Local Guesthouse

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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.

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Yuanyang is well-known for rice terraces and is a very good place for photographers to shoot natural large-scale terraces, sunrise, sunset and clouds sea. For this tour, it could be a Yunnan winter tour or Yunnan spring tour.  The best time for this Yuanyang photography tour is from November to March of next year. For the high cost of a private tour, we organize this Yunayang group tour for budget tourists. The group tour is a chance for all tourists who want to share the joys and exchange photography experience with others. 

Highlights:

• Record fantistic and amazing pictures of the idyllic large-scale terraces, sunrise and sunset and clouds sea of Yuanyang by photographing.
• Experience Yuanyang ethni culture and life styles.

Brief Itinerary:

• Day 1 Kunming-Yuanyang
• Day 2 Yuanyang
• Day 3 Yuanyang-Kunming

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Kunming-Yuanyang

Sightseeing and Activities: ethnic villages, sunset of Laohuizui Rice Terraces, Terraced Fields of Laohuzui
Accommodation: Yuanyang
Meals: Lunch

Meet your tour guide at Kunming Hotel. Start off at 8:30 am. You will arrive at Yuanyang in the afternoon. Visit the ethnic villages in Yuanyang and enjoy the sight of terraced fields of Laohuzui (Tiger Mouth) at sunset.

Yuanyang is about 300km south of Kunming, renowned for its rice terraces, which claim as the world’s largest and most spectacular one, crafted out by bare hands by the Hani people one thousand years ago and is still in use today. The rice farmers have had to practice ecology and land preservation centuries before those concepts were widely accepted around the world. Without hard work maintaining the terrace walls and irrigation system, the precious top soil would wash down the hillsides into the rivers.

Yuanyang Rice Terrace is a self sustaining ecosystem. During winter to early spring, the entire field is irrigated with spring water from the forest above to rejuvenate and getting prepared for the next season. The Hani people have repeated this for more than a thousand years. There is only one harvest in a year for the Yuanyang Rice Terrace; planting is from March to Oct./Nov. every year.

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Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

• Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
• Chinese visa fees;
• Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
• Accommodations 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 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.
• When take photos, please pay attention to your safety, do not shoot in dangerous areas.
• With subtropical monsoon climate, Yuanyang owns a mild weather, having an average annual temperature around 15 °C, and 1670 hours annual sunlight. It has abundant rainfall with average annual rainfall of 1397.6mm, and relative humidity of 85% throughout the year, fog period of 174-180 days. It’s available to visit Yuanyang Rice Terraces all year round. If you want to catch the most beautiful terraces scenery, November to next April is the best time to visit Yuanyang.
• Although there is no distinctive difference of seasons, the daily temperature can be varied from 32 °C to -2.6 °C, so you’d better check the specific weather condition before you tour Yuanyang.

Travel and Tours Packages of Honghe and Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces

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

Yunnan is a microcosm of China in the areas of minority affairs and nationality relations. The province has 25 minority groups, nearly half of the countries total (56 ethnic groups). This 10-day tour is a landscape exploration, minority discovery and photography tour. Ancient town, local ethnic villages, rice terraces, stone forest, tropical rain forest……every where can be a visual feast and a good place to shoot. You will enjoy everything of  south Yunnan.

Highlights:

• Explore the ancient ethnic villages and experience

• Experience the beautiful and magic tropical forest including boat and air-corridor.

• Record the charming scenery by shooting.

Brief Itinerary：

• Day 1 Arrive in Kunming
• Day 2 Kunming-Shilin-Jianshui
• Day 3 Jianshui-Yuanyang
• Day 4 Yuanyang
• Day 5 Yuanyang-Jiangcheng
• Day 6 Jiangcheng-Menglun-Mengla
• Day 7 Mengla-Jinghong
• Day 8 Jinghong
• Day 9 Jinghong-Menghai-Jinghong
• Day 10 Departure from Jinghong

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities: Flowers and Birds Market, Green Lake
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.

If time permits, you will have a Kunming city tour to visit the Flowers and Birds Market in the downtown of Kunming. You will take a leisurely stroll along the Green Lake, a charming area of teahouses and small boutiques selling handicrafts and beautiful local paintings.

–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.

Day 3 Jianshui-Yuanyang

Sightseeing and Activities: Jianshui Confucius Temple, Tuanshan Village, Zhang Family Garden, terraced fields of Laohuzui
Accommodation: Yuangyang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, visit the Confucius Temple, which has a history of 700 years. It is the second largest Confucius Temple in China. Then you’ll visit Tuanshan Village and the 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.

In the afternoon, you will transfer to Yuanyang and enjoy the sight of terraced fields of Laohuzui(Tiger Mouth) at sunset. Overnight at Mengnong Chieftain Palace.

–Yuanyang is about 300km south of Kunming, renowned for its rice terraces, which claim as the world’s largest and most spectacular one, crafted out by bare hands by the Hani people one thousand years ago and is still in use today. The rice farmers have had to practice ecology and land preservation centuries before those concepts were widely accepted around the world. Without hard work maintaining the terrace walls and irrigation system, the precious top soil would wash down the hillsides into the rivers.
Yuanyang Rice Terrace is a self sustaining ecosystem. During winter to early spring, the entire field is irrigated with spring water from the forest above to rejuvenate and getting prepared for the next season. The Hani people have repeated this for more than a thousand years. There is only one harvest in a year for the Yuanyang Rice Terrace; planting is from March to Oct./Nov. every year.

Day 4 Yuanyang

Sightseeing and Activities: Yuanyang Duoyishu Rice Terrace Fields, Qingkou village, terraced fields of Bada, Shengcun market, terraced fields of Laohuzui
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 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.

And then, you will visit Qingkou Village and rice terraces where Hani people for generations inhabit. Visit Bada Hani Rice Terrace, Shengcun Market as well. You will enjoy the sunset of Laohuzui Rice Terraces in the late afternoon in Panzhihua Town. Transfer back to Xinjie Town.

Day 6 Jiangcheng-Menglun-Mengla

Sightseeing and Activities: Longfu Border, Jiangcheng Tea Plantation, Mantan Village, Chenzisanzhai Village, Monument of One Foot in Three Countries, Triple-border Boundary Table
Accommodation: Mengla
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Drive 1 hour to Qushui Town and visit Longfu Border between China,Vietnam and Laos including Monument of One Foot in Three Countries, Triple-border Boundary Tablet, Longfu Border Market (3th,13th,23th). Longfu Border, located in Shiceng Dashan Mountain (Ten Layers Mountain), is famous for the Place Straddling the border of China, Vietnam and Laos.

Drive back to Jiangcheng, visit Jiangcheng Tea Plantation. Drive to Zhengdong Town, 60KM from Jiangcheng County. Visit Mantan Village and Chenzisanzhai Village of Dai Minority.

Day 8 Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities :Ganlanba Morning Market, Dai Ethnic Garden, Mengle Temple
Accommodation: Jinghong
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning visit Ganlanba Morning Market, water Dai villages, Burmese temple and rubber garden on the way. Visit Dai Ethnic Garden, located in the Ganlan Basin in Menghan County, proudly holds a national 4A rating as one of China’s top scenic spots. Within the Dai Ethnic Garden, five Dai villages – Manjiang, Manchunman, Manting, ManZha, and Manga – cover an area of 3.36 square kilometers and consist of 309 families, or 1487 individual villagers.

Transfer back to Jinghong in the afternoon and pay a visit Mengle Temple. Mengle Great Buddha Temple was built to memorize a beautiful Dai Minority queen who was a pious Buddhist during Ming dynasty (1368-1644), which was destroyed during a war in 1848 and what we see today was rebuilt in 2007. Notable for its peculiar shape which resembles a sitting Buddha, Mengle Great Buddha Temple, the largest Theravada Buddhist temple in China, is the most sacred and important religion site of Dai people.
Visit Manting Park which is a modern park that measures about 30 acres in Jinghong in Xishuangbanna. It has a large new Buddhist temple called Zongfo Si. There is a display of ethnic architecture, and people entertain themselves by water fights during the Dai Water Splashing Festival each year. Entertainment is presented in the evening.

Day 9 Jinghong-Daluo-Menghai-Jinghong

Sightseeing and Activities: Daluo Border, Mengjinglai Dai ethnic village, One Tree Forest, Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion
Accommodation: Jinghong
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Transfer to Daluo Town and visit Daluo Border between Myanmar and China. Daluo town is located in southwest of Menghai County. The southeast is Bulangshan Mountain, the southwest and west are bordering on the Myanmar with the national boundary of 36.5 kilometers.With a total area of 400 square kilometers and superior geographical advantage, and being 81 kilometers away from Menghai County, Daluo is an important port in Yunnan province.

Visit Mengjinglai Dai ethnic village. Mengjinglai is the most outstanding China-Myanmar village. It’s located in the southwest of Xishuangbanna, Menghai Town. The crystal clear Daluo River flows from the west of the village forms the natural borders for both countries. Mengjinglai is a very typical traditional Dai ethnic village. The villagers here and the Shan ethnic from Myanmar have a good relationship through inter ethnic marriage and they form a rare Dai-Shan ethnic in this area. It’s a strong Buddhist foothold with much common view of sacred trees, pagodas, holy spring, temples which make you feel a solemn Buddhist culture here.

Visit One Tree Forest. Some aerial roots will grow from the trunk of the big banyan tree to whose base they would twine. Through the branches of the banyan tree breaks 32 aerial roots that are hanging down into the earth to be an aerial roots jungle. These straight aerial roots stand in lines like the soldiers who protect their motherland at the frontier, which makes people respectful. Therefore, the One-Tree-Forest scenery in Da Luo town is indispensable for the tourists to Xishuangbanna.

Drive to Menghai County, pay a visit to Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion. Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion was built in 1701 during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) — the year 1063 according to the Dai calendar. It was originally built in a local Hinayana temple, but the temple was destroyed. The pavilion has retained its former features following three large-scale repairs.

Transfer back to Jinghong.

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Service Included:

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

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

Highlights:

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

Brief Itinerary：

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

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Detailed Itinerary

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Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

Travel Tips:

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

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

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

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

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

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

In our modern life, the things related to hand work are disappearing. More and more things are formatted and standardized. The objects we use lack the variety and uniqueness of manual production. In fact, the handcrafts in Yunnan are mostly interesting and even full of legends due to the differences of ethnic customs, history and culture. The handcrafts here are not only pretty, but also sweet, colorful and amusing. This trip will explore and learn about the handcrafts and craftsman in Yunnan, which still exist now, but are disappearing.

Highlights:

• Learn ethnic culture and featured craft culture.
• Experience the handcrafts-making.

Brief Itinerary:

• Day 1 Arrive in Wenshan
• Day 2 Yanshan County-Maguan County
• Day 3 Maguan County-Malipo County
• Day 4 Malipo County-Guangnan County
• Day 5 Guangnan County-Kunming
• Day 6 Departure from Kunming

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Wenshan

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

Today, you will arrive in Kunming first and then change another flight to Wenshan by yourself. Our tour guide and driver will meet you in Wenshan airport. Then drive to hotel.

Day 2 Yanshan County-Maguan County

Sightseeing and Activities: Zhuang ethnic woodblock print
Accommodation: Maguan County
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Get up in the early morning. Our car will pick you up and drive about 4 hours from Puzhehei to A’E Xinzhai Village of Maguan County(马关县阿峨新寨村). Visit the masters of  Zhuang ethnic woodblock print. You can also visit their workshop and watch how they make the woodblock print.

-Yunnan’s A’e Xinzhai Village of Maguan County houses an area well-known for its diverse and beautiful traditional woodblock prints. These prints are made by male farmers from the Zhuang ethnic minority group. In Zhuang culture, men have traditionally produced prints while women have focused on producing elaborate embroidery work. Much of their work was done in obscurity; then in 1975, the male farmers once again began to pick up woodblock print making techniques. The woodblock prints nowadays depict agricultural scenes, the daily lives of the Zhuang people, and provide travellers with a glimpse of their traditions and customs. After 30 years of perfecting these skills, the village now boasts three generations of print making farmers. Many males in the village from old to young now participate in this activity, and there is even a 250 meter-long painting near the entrance of the village that depicts dragon worship, and depicts the daily customs of the Zhuang group. There are over 17 million Zhuang People that live in China, making it the second largest ethnic minority group in China. The majority of Zhuang people live in Guangxi and Yunnan. So if you are traveling around the area, you should consider heading to a Zhuang village to take a look around.

Day 3 Maguan County-Malipo County

Sightseeing and Activities: Chengzhai Village
Accommodation: Malipo County
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Drive about 6 hours from A’E Xinzhai Village to Chengzhai Bailuo Ethnic Village of Donggan Town in Malipo County(麻栗坡县董干镇城寨白倮族村). You can have some stops if you are interested in the villages on the way to your destination. After arrival, visit Chengzhai Village. You can see many villagers wearing their ethnic costume.

–Bailuo, a branch of the Yi ethnic group, have called Chengzhai home for several hundred years. Comparing to other Yi ethnic branches, the Bailuo members differ a lot as far as their clothing, dietary habits and dwellings are concerned. Due to their quaint costumes, exotic culture and distinctive Ganlan (stilted houses) architectures, Bailuo people have aroused great attention. Enriched by the ethnic culture, the batik craft highlights the culture of the Bailuo people who are traditionally adept at making quaint, elegant costumes on their own. Carrying modern aesthetic elements, and with delicate workmanship, it has brought great visual impacts one can’t help marveling at. 

Day 4 Malipo County-Guangnan County

Sightseeing and Activities: loom weaving and batik of Bailuo ethnic, Zhuang embroidery and Zhuang Brocade
Accommodation: Guangnan County
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today, you will visit the masters of loom weaving and batik of Bailuo ethnic in Chengzhai Village. After that, drive about 4 hours to Guangnan County. You will visit the masters of Zhuang ethnic embroidery and brocade in Liancheng Town of Guangnan County(广南县莲城镇）. 

-Zhuang embroidery is mainly used for decorating dresses, and also for strap, curtain, sheet, etc. The embroidered ball which delivers amorous affection between man and woman is the most ethnic art work that represents Zhuang nationality. The main embroidery patterns are lotus, kylin, gourds, flowers and other auspicious patterns such as longevity.

Zhuang Brocade is one of the four famous Chinese brocades (the other three are: Yun Brocade from Nanjing, Shu Brocade from Sichuan Province, and Song Brocade from Suzhou). This splendid handicraft was originated in the Song Dynasty (960 – 1276 AD). They are woven with cotton, silk or flax threads into colorful patterns. Images of flowers, plants and animals are mostly adopted. The Brocade is very durable, and is widely used in making quilt covers, handbags, aprons, table-cloth, scarves, wall hangings, cushions, etc.

Day 5 Guangnan County-Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities: Yunnan Ethnic Villages, Miao ethnic embroidery
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

This morning, drive to the high-speed railway station in Guangnan County. Depart from Guannan. 
You will arrive in Kunming one and half an hour later. The driver will pick you up and take you to Yunnan Ethnic Villages. In this theme park, you will visit a master of Miao ethnic embroidery. 

-The Miao are among the larger ethnic populations in China. They also live in neighboring countries as well as in the United States and Australia, where they are more generally known as the Hmong. In China, they are mostly concentrated in Guizhou Province and Yunnan Province in the southwest, where subgroups are identified by their dress and embroidery motifs, such as “Big Flower Miao” and “Small Flower Miao.” Working with silk and cotton thread, as well as horsehair, embroiderers adorn cuffs, sleeves, collars, and tunic fronts with designs of mythical animals (dragons and phoenixes) and ordinary insects, fish, and flowers. These designs are not only decorative; more importantly, many record daily life, life cycle events, and community legends and history.

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Service Included:

• Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
• Meals as listed in the itinerary;
• Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
• Private English-speaking tour guide;
• Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
• Service charge & government taxes;
• Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
• Domestic train tickets of soft sleeper;
• 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 accident 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.
• 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.
• When take photos, please pay attention to your safety, do not shoot in dangerous areas.

It’s a unique product launched by Yijiangshui International Travel Shipping Company. The cruise line starts from Guanlei Port in China to Chiang Saen Port in Thailand and covers the Golden Triangle Area with a length of 264km. Depart from Xishuangbanna in China in the morning and get to Chiang Saen Port in Thailand in the evening via Laos, Burma. Visitors can enjoy the beauty of Lancang-Mekong River, large scale of rain forest as well as the Cultural customs along the cruise line.

Highlights:

• Enjoy the beauty of Lancang-Mekong River and tropical forest.
• Experience the local culture along the cruise line.

Detailed Itinerary

Service Included:

• Ship Tickets( accommodation, dining, free entertainments)
• Dining: Lunch is provided with two servings of meat, one serving of vegetables and aportionof soup as well as a bottle of water a day. 

Service Excluded:

• 1.Visa fee;
• 2. Any personal consumption;
• 3. Personal travel insurrance;
• 4.Accommodation;

Travel Tips:

The following persons are not eligible for the tour：

1.Pregnant women;

2.Infants under the age of 6 months;

3.Patients with infectious diseases like catarrhal jaundice, active pulmonary tuberculosis, typhoid fever, etc.

4.Patients with cardiovascular diseases like serious hypertension, cardiac insufficiency, myocardial anoxia, myocardial infarction, etc.

5.Patients with cerebral vascular diseases like cerebral embolism, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral tumor,etc.

6.Patients with respiratory system diseases like pulmonary emphysema, pulmonary heart disease,etc.

7.All kinds of Psychotics like epileptic.

8.Patients with severe anemia like the one whose MCH are under 50g/l.

9.Convalescents who have been through a big operation.

10.Any consequence is at your own risk or your relatives’ risk if you conceal the above diseases, and You are unable to claim for it.

A list of the required document for an Arrival Visa

1.Full Name

2.Gender

3.Birthday

4.Nationality

5.Passport number and ID number

 6.Birthplace

7.The valid Date of the passport(in English)

8.Two 2-inch photos

Rules and Regulations

People like pregnant women, patients with hypertension and heart diseases are not eligible for the tour. Please don’t take a boat  in case of the following situation:dizziness, seasickness, etc.

• Please don’t carry any inflammables, explosive materials, toxic materials, mordant materials, radioactive materials and other Hazardous Materials.
• Please board the boat and disembark the boat in order.
• Please hold the handrail when you are walking up and down stairs and don’t crush in case of any accident.
• The boat is equipped with sufficient buoyant apparatus. The life vests are under the chairs & tables, in the cabin and other spots which are easy to get the life vests.
• Please don’t open the fire equipment casually. The fire extinguisher is put on the designated spot. Please conduct according to the instruction in case of special situations.
• Please don’t scratch the boat and smoke. Please throw the rubbish into the garbage can and mustn’t throw the rubbish into the river.
• Please don’t climb the guardrail and flock at one side of the boat in case of side-tracking.
• Take care of your kids and don’t let them run & play on the boat in case of any accident.
• Please calm down and obey the instructions of the staff in case of  Collision, stranding, fire, terrorist attack and flooding water.
• Take care of your personal valuable articles like a cellphone, a watch and a camera.

China – Laos Railway commenced construction on December 2nd, 2015 and is scheduled for completion by 2020. It will connect Kunming, the capital city of southwestern China’s Yunan Province, with Laos’ capital city, Vientiane. The China – Laos railway project is actually a section of the Kunming-Singapore Railway Project, which connects Kunming with Singapore, passing through Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia.

• Appreciate the fabulous  natural sceneries, including the Samaba Rice Terraces;
• Explore the ethnic culture of Hani, Jino, Dai and Aka people ;
• Meet both Chinese and Laos culture;
• Experience the tropical forest with elephant in XishuangBanna;
• Discover the Ancient culture in Luang Prabang;
• Enjoy the water and river in Nam Song River of Vang Vieng;
• Mekong River Le Grand Cruise experience from Houay Xai to Luang Prabang;

Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Arrival Vientiane
• Day 2: Vientiane
• Day 3: Vientiane-Vang Vieng
• Day 4: Vang Vieng – Luang Prabang
• Day 5: Luang Prabang
• Day 6: Luang Prabang – Mekong – Pakbeng
• Day 7: Pakbeng – Houay Xay- Luang Namtha
• Day 8: Luang Namtha -Na Teuy-Jinghong
• Day 9: Jinghong
• Day 10: Jinghong-Yuanjiang
• Day 11: Yuanjiang-Kunming
• Day 12: Kunming
• Day 12: Departure from Kunming

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Service Included:

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

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.

Google Map

Lijiang has a history of at least 800 years and may date as far back as the Song Dynasty. As a popular destination in Yunnan, Lijiang is considered as a fairyland blessed with fresh air, clear streams, breathtaking snow mountains and an undisturbed landscape inhabited by Naxi ethnic minority. Lugu Lake is the native place of “The Females’ Kingdom” composed of the Mosuo people, a branch of the Naxi nationality. This tour will offers not only the charming landscape of Lijiang, but also the Gemu Mountain Goddess Festival. Travelers can know more about Mosuo people.

Highlights:

• Appreciate the charming landscape of Lijiang, like clear streams, breathtaking snow mountains.
• Experience the featured culture of Mosuo people and enjoy the Gemu Mountain Goddess Festival.

Brief Itinerary：

• Day 1 Arrive in Lijiang 
• Day 2 Lijiang-Lugu Lake
• Day 3 Lugu Lake
• Day 4 Lugu Lake
• Day 5 Lugu Lake-Lijiang
• Day 6 Lijiang
• Day 7 Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Lijiang
• Day 8 Depart from Lijiang

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities: Arrive in Lijiang, Lijiang Old Town, 
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Lunch

Today, the local tour guide and driver will meet you at Lijiang airport and then send you to hotel. If time is enough, you will visit Lijiang Old Town by yourself.  

-Lijiang Old Town has a history more than 800 years; it was listed as the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997. Here you will see the wonderful wooden architecture of Naxi ethnic people. Lijiang Ancient Town is a largely Naxi settlement first built 800years 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. Most of the dwellings, scattered at the foot of a mountain or by the river, are brick-and-tile structures with carved doors and painted windows. Traffic across the river is facilitated by a large number of tiny stone bridges. The town is similar to the Zhouzhuang Water Town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Day 2 Lijiang-200KM-Lugu Lake

Sightseeing and Activities: Liwubi Island, Mosuo Bonfire Party,  Lugu Lake
Accommodation: Lugu Lake
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, drive 6 hrs on the spectacle mountain road to visit the mysterious Lugu Lake. On the way, enjoy the beautiful view among the huge mountains and rivers. In the late afternoon, you will take the canoes to visit Liwubi Island in Lugu Lake. In the evening, take part in Mosuo Bonfire Party with ethnic dance and singing performance.You will dance and sing with Mosuo boys and girls around a big bonfire in the outdoors theatre.

–Matriarchal Society of Mosuo Ethnic People As in many other matriarchal societies this one is both matrilineal and matrilocal. However beyond the lack of property ownership and policy making decisions the men are also placed in a subservient role in sexual matters as well. A woman of the Mosuo selects a partner during a ritualistic dance. Such unions last at the woman’s discretion, lasting as briefly as one night to becoming a lifelong partnership. With such a highly fluid relationship pattern in effect many men are in a marriage system called tisese. They are Tibetan Buddhist by religion.

Day 3 Lugu Lake

Sightseeing and Activities: Celebration of Gemu Mountain Goddess Festival, Goddess Temple, Gemu Mountain and the Goddess Cave
Accommodation: Lugu Lake
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today, you will enjoy and witness the sacrifice of Gemu Mountain Goddess Festival and start your photograph tour. You can visit Goddess Temple with local people. When the religious rites finish, a great banquet begins, during which men and women, old and young, dance together in the Jiachati dance, enjoy horse racing. At noon , Mosuo people will have a picnic, you can have your lunch with them. Afternoon, if you wish, you can take a cable car to visit the Gemu Mountain and the Goddess Cave. You can see beautiful panorama of the Luge Lake by standing at the viewing deck of Gemu Mountain.

-Gemu Mountain Goddess Festival is celebrated on the 25th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, to worship Gemu Mountain. On that day, everywhere on the mountain you can find the Moso, finely dressed for the festival, carrying food to celebrate with a banquet. Some walk, others ride horses. After making a circle of the mountain, each one goes to their suokuaku place, where they burn incense and carry out reverences to the mountain. They will hang a portrait of the Goddess of the Mountain, and they will pray to the goddess Gemu, asking her to liberate them from all misfortune, to let their grain grow, and to allow the people and livestock to prosper. They also worship the Goddess, offering her fruits, clean water, wine, and meat.

When the religious rites finish, a great banquet begins, during which men and women, old and young, dance together in the Jiachati dance, enjoy horse racing, or take advantage of the festive atmosphere to find new love partners, with whom in the future they may establish an Azhu relationship.

Day 4 Lugu Lake

Sightseeing and Activities: Zhamei Lamaist Monastery, Mosuo Market, Mosuo Family, Lugu Lake
Accommodation: Lugu Lake
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, you will drive about 20Km to vist the Zhamei Lamaist Monastery which is the biggest lamasery in Moso area Yongning Town. Tibetan people call Yongning as “taluo”, meaning “the way to heaven”. The place the Zhamei Lamasery lies in is called “Zhameige”, which means “no war”. The coincidence of these two names make the Lamasery even famous in Tibet. Yongning Town is an important town of the Ancient Tea-Horse Trade Caravan from Yunnan to Tibet. Located between Yunnan and Sichuan, Yongning keeps the original ethnic life which is still not damaged by tourists. You will visit Mosuo Market in Yongning Town. We will arrangea Mosuo family to visit and have lunch in Mosuo family, enjoy the Mosuo real life in a village. Afternoon, you will walk along the Luguhu Lake by yourself. Enjoy the sunset wonder of Luguhu Lake in Luoshui Village.

–The area where the Mosuo lived was named “Yongning”, i.e. “a place of eternal peace and stability”. The army of the Yuan Dynasty took camp for a time at the valley in Yongning, which is called “Riyuehe”, which means “the place where sun and moon are in harmony.” Here the army was able to recover and the Mosuo were not bothered. The Mosuo live at the shores of lake Lugu, situated on the South-West of China, it has common borders with the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan. The population of the ethnic group of the Mosuo is 30.000. They have their own distinct language, but no script. They have their own native Daba religion and some are adherence to Tibetan Lamaism. The highest elevation of the area they inhabit is 3.200 meters and the lowest 800 meters. They have inhabited this area more than 1600 years according to the documents of the Han Dynasty. Due to the very mountainous terrain they inhabit the Mosuo have not had much contact with the “outside world” except through and ancient “Tea-Horse-Road”. Many of their daily needs are met through trading with a caravan. There is also a Southern route which is further and it takes the caravan one whole year to make the journey to Tibet and back. The Mosuo community has been isolated for a very long time and has lived a self reliant and self-managed lifestyle. This provides very clear evidence of the validity of its culture and traditions.

Day 5 Lugu Lake-Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities: Mosuo Culture Museum, Pumi Ethnic Village, Visit Pumi Family, Baisha Old Town
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the early morning, you will pay a visit to Mosuo Culture Museum and learn the Mosuo ethnic custom in the museum. Drive drive back to Lijiang. On the way to Ninglang Town, you will stop to visit a Pumi Ethnic Village and Pumi Family. The ancestors of Pumi were a nomadic tribe living in the southern part of Gansu Province and the eastern part of Qinghai Province. Later, their descendants moved south to warmer areas along the Hengduan Mountain Range. After the 13th century, the Pumi ethnic group gradually settled down in Ninglang, Lijiang, Weixi and Lanping counties.
 
In the late afternoon, you will arrive in Lijiang and drive to Baisha Old Town. Sroll in Baisha village and enjoy ethnic life, such as visit Naxis architecture. Baisha Old Town was part of ‘Lijiang Old Town’ – World Cultural Heritage. 

Day 6 Lijiang

Sightseeing and Activities: Baisha Murals, Wenhai Lake, Xuehua Village
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

This morning, you could see a small local market, where Naxi minority people are selling their farm products. Then pay a visit Baisha Murals which is about 600 years old, which is one part of the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997. 

From Baisha village, we will drive to Wenhai Lake. Walk around Wenhai Lake and then visit ethnic villages near by and take in the magnificent views of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain(Yulong snow Mountain). Hike around one hour along the slopes to Xuehua Village, a much poorer Yi village and you a chance to relax for the afternoon and learn more about local life. Interestingly Xuehua is also the home of one of the few ‘bimo’ of the area, an Yi shaman-like figure steeped in a ritualistic history infinitely longer and more complex than its newcomer counterpart amongst the Naxi – the‘Dongba priest’.

Then drive back to Lijiang Old Town.

-The Wenhai area is an ideal location for visitors to explore and learn about northwestern Yunnan’s dramatic grological formations and rich biodiversity. In the earlier times, the well- known Tea and Horse Caravan Trail that traversed between Yunnan and Tibet came through the Wenhai area. This ancient commercial corridor originated in the Ming Dynasty and was part of the “Southern silk Roud”. There are five clans in the Wenhai upper village, whose ancestors were of Tibetan and Han origins. Overtime, however, these people were regarded as Naxi by the other villagers. There are two clans in Wenhai lower village, whose bloodlines are from the Tibetans and the Bais, but are also being regarded as Naxi people now. north of the Wenhai villages is the Xuehua village where there lives a group of yis ,who still maintin their very simple and traditional lifestyle of the yi people.

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

Sightseeing and Activities: Iron Chain Bridge, the Red Army’s Long March Memorial Monument, Tiger Leaping Gorge
Accommodation: Lijiang
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

This morning, you’ll drive about 60KM to the First Bend on the Yangtze River with imposing gorge scenery, drive to Shigu Town, visit their morning market on the 19^th of every month, you will see a multiracial market . Visit the Iron Chain Bridge, the Red Army’s Long March Memorial Monument in the Shigu Old Town.

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 well-known as the paradise destination for every tourist. 

Then drive back to Lijiang.

Day 8 Depart from Lijiang

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

Today, you will depart from Lijiang. Service ends.

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Service Included:

• Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
• Meals as listed in the itinerary;
• Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
• Private English-speaking tour guide;
• Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
• Service charge & government taxes;
• Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
• Domestic train tickets of soft sleeper;
• Two bottles of 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 accident 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.
• 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.
• When take photos, please pay attention to your safety, do not shoot in dangerous areas.

This is truly an off-the-beaten-track expedition with spectacular trekking and camping in the stunning mountains of northwest Yunnan. Students follow in the footsteps of caravan travelers and undertake a project in which they learn about the ancient Tea Horse trade route, discussing both its anthropological, political and economic influences.

Highlights:

• Learn about the ancient Tea Horse trade route and Tibetan culture.
• Trek through highland pasture and visit different kinds of birds and Tibetan horses.
• Learn to make pottery and do some farm work.

Brief Itinerary:

• Day 1 Arrive in Shangri-La
• Day 2 Shangrila-Ringa and Abuji Trek
• Day 3 Highland Pasture Trekking
• Day 4 Abujee Scared Lake Trekking
• Day 5 Highland Pasture-Nixi Pottery Village
• Day 6 Shangrila
• Day 7 Shangrila Departure

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Shangri-La

Sightseeing and Activities: Dukezong Ancient Town, Guishan Hill or tortoise Hill, Prayer Wheel
Accommodation: Shangri-La
Meals: Lunch

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

Day 2 Shangrila-Ringa and Abuji Trek (Trek with camping) O/N Tent

Sightseeing and Activities: Dabao Temple, trekking
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 4 Abujee Scared Lake Trekking

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

After breakfast, you will cross the pass that is over 4200 above sea level. There is a legend, the peak of snow mountain is standing in front of you as soon as crossing the pass. Finally, you will get to the places called Abujee that surrounded by snow mountain, the lake looks like jade. Tibetan residents are durning the pine branch and milk to narate theirs bream in mind. You will have picnic lunch at lake side of Abujee, then downhill back to the pasture which you started the trekking on the first day. 

Stay overnight at campsite.

Day 5 Highland Pasture-Shangri-la-Nixi Pottery Village

Sightseeing and Activities: Nixi Potter Village, learn about the pottery making
Accommodation: Nixi Pottery Village
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After the final breakfast ourside, you will trek back to Dabao Temple. Our drive will wait for you there, then you will be dropped to Nixi Potter Village. Divide students into few groups at different families to learn about the pottery making.

Nixi village is 30 km away from Shangri-la city. It’s famous for black pottery made by its local villagers. There are 148 families here totaling about 800 people. Over 50% of the village families are black pottery makers. The history of making pottery in this village dates back over 3000 years. The traditional way of making pottery is handed down from generation to generation. In ancient times, villagers use pottery to trade for rice, salt, tea, oil and everything they need for their livelihood. They use clay to make hot pot, tea pot, and fire pot, vase, incense burner and butter lamp. In this village tourists not only can learn how to make pottery, but can also enjoy the beautiful scenery and learn about Tibetan daily life.

Day 6 Shangri-La

Sightseeing and Activities: Farm work, Ganden Sumtseling Monastery
Accommodation: Shangri-La
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, we will arrange the farm work in plateau area for students as well. Such as students could help local Tibetan families to do farm work in the fields on Summber. Go to get pine needles at surrounding mountain area on Winter.

Drive back to Shangri-la downtown in the afternoon. 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.

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Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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.

Over 25 of China’s ethnic minority groups reside here, providing a colorful salad of China`s mixed culture. Minorities in Yunnan have long illustrious history intriguing to people home and abroad. From the snow mountains to the tropical rainforests, from the highland lakes to the canyons, from the historic cities to the fascinating rural sceneries, Yunnan is blessed with beautiful landscapes. This 9-day tour includes the special visiting to local schools in Lijiang and experience local life with ethnic people. We will have chance to know about the local students’ study life by having classes, games, eating etc. together!

Highlights:

• Appreciate the charming landscape and breathtaking view.
• Learn about ethnic culture and some handcrafts.

Brief Itinerary：

• Day 1 Arrive in Dali
• Day 2 Dali
• Day 3 Dali-Shaxi
• Day 4 Shaxi-Tiger Leaping Gorge
• Day 5 Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shangrila
• Day 6 Shangrila
• Day 7 Shangrila-Lijiang
• Day 8 Lijiang
• Day 9 Departure from Lijiang

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Dali

Sightseeing and Activities: Dali Old Town
Accommodation: Dali
Meals: Dinner

Meet your Dali local tour guide at Dali airprot or Dali Railyway Station. Then transfer to visit to Dali Ancient Town. Check in hotel after dinner.

Day 2 Dali

Sightseeing and Activities: buy materials and cook lunch, farm work
Accommodation: Bai people’s home
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Organize students to buy vegetables and ingredients at local market by themselves. Cooking the lunch for themselves under guiding local Bai people.

We will arrange the farm work with local Bai People in the afternoon, but the kind of farm work would depend on season to choose which kind is suitable to students at that time.(Such as  rice transplanting on spring, mowing of rice plants on Autumn etc).

The students will be arranged homestay at local Bai people’s home in the evening.

Day 3 Dali-Shaxi

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

After breakfast at Dali hotel, you will transfer to Shaxi Old Town by coach. Visit to Shibaoshan Mountain on the way to learn about the Karst topograph there. Do around 3 hours hiking at this mountain. Then drive 50 minutes to Shaxi Old Town. Stroll around the only remaining old town on Tea&Horse Trail

Check in hotel after dinner.

Day 4 Shaxi-Tiger Leaping Gorge

Sightseeing and Activities: Tiger Leaping Gorge Hiking
Accommodation: Tina’s Guesthouse
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, you will drive to Tiger Leaping Gorge Area. Hiking/trekking is the most important part for this tour. You will arrive at Bendiwan, then start hiking around 2 hours to Half Way Guesthouse. Have lunch at Half Way Guesthouse. After lunch, you will continue another 2 hours’ hiking to Tina’s Guesthouse where Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge is located. Check in hotel before dinner. Relax yourselves after full day hiking trip.

— Tiger Leaping Gorge is on the Jinsha River of the upper reaches of the Yangtze, located 105 kilometers south of Shangrila County. The gorge is 17 kilometers long with a drop of 213 meters. Tiger Leaping Gorge is divided into three sections: Upper, Middle and Lower Hutiao. At the narrowest spot the river is only 30 meters wide. The mouth of the gorge is 1,800 meters above sea level. The river is flanked by Yulong and Haba snow mountains, with a height difference of 3,900 meters. It is one of the deepest gorges in the world.

Day 5 Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shangrila

Sightseeing and Activities: Dukezong Ancient Town, Songzanlin Monastery
Accommodation: Shangri-La
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast at Tina’s Guesthouse. You will transfer to Shangri-la.

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

In the afternoon, 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.

Check in hotel after dinner.

Day 6 Shangrila

Sightseeing and Activities:Nixi Pottery Tibetan Village, farm work
Accommodation: Shangri-La
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast at your hotel. You will drive 2 hours to Nixi Pottery Tibetan Village to explore the Tibetan arts and crafts in pottery making. Divide students into few groups at different families to learn about the pottery making.

In the afternoon, we will arrange the farm work in plateau area for students as well. Such as students could help local Tibetan families to do farm work in the fields of Summber. Go to get pine needles at surrounding mountain area on Winter.

Drive back to Shangri-la downtown in the late afternoon.

Nixi village is 30 km away from Shangri-la city. It’s famous for black pottery made by its local villagers. There are 148 families here totaling about 800 people. Over 50% of the village families are black pottery makers. The history of making pottery in this village dates back over 3000 years. The traditional way of making pottery is handed down from generation to generation. In ancient times, villagers use pottery to trade for rice, salt, tea, oil and everything they need for their livelihood. They use clay to make hot pot, tea pot, and fire pot, vase, incense burner and butter lamp. In this village tourists not only can learn how to make pottery, but can also enjoy the beautiful scenery and learn about Tibetan daily life.

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Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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.

Kunming is the capital and largest city in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Today it is a prefecture-level city and the political, economic, communications and cultural center of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government.With its perpetual spring-like weather which provides the ideal climate for plants and flowers, Kunming is known as the “Spring City“. The city is covered with blossoms and lush vegetation all-year round. Every winter, black-headed seagulls from Siberia fly to Kunming and settle in Green Lake and Dianchi Lake, forming a harmonious scene of human beings and nature.

Highlights:

• Appreciate the enchanting landscape of Spring City.
• Discover the profound history and colorful ethnic culture.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 One Day Kunming City Tour

Sightseeing and Activities: The Green Lake, The Jinma and Biji Archway, Western Hills, Yunnan Ethnic Villages, Yunnan Nationalities Museum, Dianchi Lake.
Accommodation: None
Meals: Lunch

In the morning, you driver will pick you up from the hotel and then drive to visit Western Hills which boasts an excellent environment with flourishing flowers and dense forest, providing tourists an excellent environment to enjoy the tranquility and marvelous scenery. Then you can enjoy a leisurely stroll around Dianchi Lake.

After that, drive to visit Yunnan Ethnic Villages.This theme park displays the colorful folklore and architecture of 25 ethnic groups residing in Yunnan Province. The theme park offers shows and performances, folklore and wax museums, as well as replica buildings found in the villages of each ethnic group. Also pay a visit to Yunnan Nationalities Museum, you will have lunch in the Ethnic Villages.

In the late afternoon, drive to the city downtown to visit the Green Lake and the Jinma and Biji Archway, afterwards, drive back to your hotel. Service emds.

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 charge & government taxes.

Service Excluded:

• Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
• Chinese visa fees;
• Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
• Accommodations;
• Meals not listed in the itnerary;
• Tips to guides and drivers;
• Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
• Personal travel accident 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 much water every day.
• Protecting yourself from strong UV radiation at high altitude.
• Protecting yourself from altitude sickness. Lessen the effects of altitude sickness, avoid strenuous exercise and have plenty of rest. 
• Respect local customs , habits, and religious beliefs.

Jiaozi Snow Mountain, as the First Mountain in the middle of Yunnan, is situated on the border of Luquan County and Dongchuan District of Kunming City, the main peak is 4,223 meters above the sea level. Jiaozi Mountain looks green in the spring, blue in the summer, golden in the fall and silver in the winter. In the spring and summer, countless Indian azaleas blossom out just like sea, the color of mountain meadows becomes gorgeous; when the winter comes, the mountain is covered with snow. Jiaozi Mountain is a great tourist attraction for exploration.

Highlights:

• Experience the hiking of Jiaozi Snow Mountain.
• Appreciate the spectacular mountain and charming landscape.

Brief Itinerary:

• Day 1 Kunming-Jiaozi Snow Mountain
• Day 2 Jiaozi Snow Mountain-Kunming

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Kunming-Jiaozi Snow Mountain

Sightseeing and Activities: Jiaozi Snow Mountain Hiking
Accommodation: Jiaozi Snow Mountain
Meals: Dinner

08:00 Ready for departure
08:30 Set off to Jiaozi Snow Mountain(Hiking Point)
10:30 Arrive at trekking point and start hiking
12:30 Arrive at break point, have your rations
13:30 Continue the hiking and pass the Yakou
15:30 Arrive at Dahaizi Camping spot
16:00 Camping and free for the rest of the day
18:00 Dinner(made by ourselves)
20:00 Enjoy the sunset
21:00 Leisure time
23:00 Good Night

Day 2 Jiaozi Snow Mountain-Kunming

Sightseeing and Activities: Jiaozi Snow Mountain Hiking
Accommodation:None
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

05:00 Enjoy the sunrise of the Dahaizi
07:00 Breakfast
08:00 Prepare for the camping
09:00 Set off to the top of Jiaozi Snow Mountain
12:00 Arrive at the top
14:00 Leave for the cableway(RMB 30/per person) or hike for the Bus boarding point
15:30 Arrive at the bus boarding point and take the bus to Sifangjie Service center
16:00 Drive to Zhuanglong for dinner
17:00 Arrive and have dinner
18:00 Drive back to Kunming and arrive at around 20:00. Service ends.

Recommended Hotels

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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.

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