Lijiang, one of China’s most popular destinations and home to an amazing array of sights, activities and events. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the southernmost glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Stroll around in the Lijiang Ancient Town and visit other natural attractions like Tiger Leaping Gorge and cultural highlighted attractions like Baisha Murals of Dongba culture.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Lijiang Arrival
• Day 2: Lijiang
• Day 3: Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Lijiang
• Day 4: Lijiang Departure

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Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Lijiang	InterContential Hotel	E-outfitting Hotel	Liwang Hotel	/

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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Haba Snow Mountain is about 3 hours from Lijiang. Standing at 5396 meters, Haba is just above the snow-line and is covered with snow all year round. Due to the broad slopes & well-established climbing routes, it is an ideal place for beginners who want to experience climbing a over 5000 meters snow mountain. This trip allows you to experience the typical process of climbing a snow mountain. From trekking to base camp, acclimatization climb, putting on crampons, using ice-axe, & the final summit push, you will be thrilled by the scenery on this mountain.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Kunming Arrival
• Day 2: Kunming-Dali
• Day 3: Dali
• Day 4: Dali-Lijiang
• Day 5: Lijiang
• Day 6: Lijiang-Haba Village
• Day 7: Haba Village-Base Camp
• Day 8: Base Camp-Summit of Haba-Base Camp
• Day 9: Base Camp-Shangri-La
• Day 10: Shangri-La
• Day 11: Departure from Shangri-La

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A Pilgrimage around a sacred mountain is called Kora. Nowadays the KawaKarpo area have become an essential part of the Three Parallel Rivers Park, being a World Natural Heritage entitled by UNESCO. Mt. KawaKarpo is considered by the pilgrims as the holy area, and it used to be raved by the early western visitors as a paradise of flora. Till today more and more tourists are thrilled by the extraordinary scenery when traveling in Meili Snow Mountain. This is an unique opportunity to trek with the friendly Tibetan people doing one of the most important pilgrimages of your life.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Lijiang Arrival
• Day 2: Lijiang
• Day 3: Lijiang-Shangri-La
• Day 4: Shangri-La-Deqin
• Day 5: Deqin-Meili Snow Mountain
• Day 6: Meili Snow Mountain
• Day 7: The Camp Meadow
• Day 8: The Dokila Pass
• Day 9: the Campsite of Meili Snow Mountain
• Day 10: The Pass of Meili Snow Mountain
• Day 11: The Salween River
• Day 12: The Salween River
• Day 13: The Kora Path
• Day 14: The Kora Path
• Day 15: The Kora Path
• Day 16: The Kora Path
• Day 17: The Kora Path
• Day 18: Meilishui River-Deqin
• Day 19: Deqin-Shangri-La
• Day 20: Shangri-La Departure

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Trek 5 hours to the camp meadow (3450 meters). Today we just follow the footprints of Tibetan pilgrims. You will frequently encounter some holy places such as “Holy Caves”, where pilgrims crawl through for some certain reason and it is surrounded by piled good-wish stones, old jewelry and clothing from pilgrims, prayer flags and so on. At that moment, if you want to speak to someone just whisper to each other to show your respect.

Have a picnic lunch by a running stream. Afterwards, the pilgrimage path brings you to a great meadow named Yongshiton, with a murmuring stream flowing through it and surrounded by Rocky Mountains. There are some shepherd’s sheds as shelters for pilgrims as well as for herds of yaks and horses. Here is our campsite tonight.

Today is a tough day for 9 hours trekking, which is a sort of challenge with a good deal of excitement. In the morning,  leave our campsite to ascend up through the old-growth forest and then arrive at the tree-line, where we can see the Dokila pass that we are going to climb over.

Have a picnic lunch with hot tea and instant coffee. After a 6-hour climb, we will be at the top of the pass, up there the land is covered by the piles of prayer flags, bowls, yak skulls and so on. From here we’ll drop down along a zigzag “holy path” with pilgrims to another meadow (3670 meters) for camping inside the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

Trek 7 hours. Following a crystal-clear river into a long valley which is covered by immense forest. If you are lucky enough, some wild animals could be encountered. After a 5-hour trek, we come to a shrine for pilgrims, where they left offerings of clothes, bowls, tsamba, money and so on for their next lives.
 
They believe that they will retrace back after being reborn. Picnic lunch with hot tea and instant coffee will be served. From the shrine we will descend down to the campsite, located by a tributary of Salween river on the other side of Meili Snow Mountain.

Trek 9 hours. The pilgrimage path zigzags up through the untouched dense forest of fir, spruce, oak and pine trees with the beautiful “hanging” moss. After a 6-hour climb, we reach another pass with a shrine, where there is also a mass of offering of prayer flags, clothes, jewelry and so on. This is a good viewpoint for Salween River valley, Gaoligong mountain range and a Tibetan village named Aben in a deep valley down below.

Then downhill to Aben village, where we can sleep on the roof top of Tibetan family, and first chance in the trek: beers, sprite, pepsi are available here as a big luxury. This is also a good chance for our pony owners to have a nice relaxed night with local people.

Trek about 4 hours. This day, we will leave the bank of the Salween, following the mysterious Kora path to climb up through some charming Tibetan villages with some interesting tiny temples. We could have a fabulous chance to visit local families with hospitable hosts. Yak butter tea is the priority drink offered to guests here.

Eventually, the Kora path leads us to the campsite, 2840 meters near a cozy nunnery on the slope. Here you could have a nice relaxing afternoon free for saving enough energy for the next day’s long climb.

Trek 8 hours. The Kora path is winding its way to climb up to another pass, with mysterious prayer flags and breathtaking birds-eye view of the Salween River below. Our shepherds will offer a cup of hot tea or coffee here, you will feel that you are at the top of the world at that moment.

Afterwards, the path descends down through fir-tree forest and comes to a “holy spring” for picnic lunch. From here the path have come into being a sandy and winding one on the mountain sides, while below there is a snake-like tributary (Weiqu) of Salween with some fascinating Tibetan villages on the river banks. Then cross Weiqu River by a typical Titetan-style bridge to a village dwelling on the arid mountain side. Here we set up our tents on the roof top of the huge Tibetan houses.
 

Trek about 7 hours. Today is a big ascent of nearly 1400 meters, we zigzag up along the Kora path heading for the pass of Gebula. Constantly being accompanied by the great views of the arid Weiqu river valley and rocky peaks on the opposite side of Salween.

Then, enter a forest and keep walking through till the campsite (3960 meters). Perch on the steep slope of Gebula pass, which is dominated by some big snow-capped peaks from afar and spectacular river gorges down below. I guess it is the most difficult day for our ponies with so much camp stuff on their backs.

Trek 7 hours. From our campsite we have only a home-stretch distance to climb up, to Gebula pass. There is another shrine for pilgrims. Here our pony owners always hang their new prayer flags on the trees as a sort of offering for a good wish. Afterwards, we descend along a winding path through an immense forest of fir, spruce, birch, oak, pine trees mixed with bamboo and rhododendron.
 
Then, from time to time, the Kora path is being accompanied by the great views of the snaking Weiqu river blow and spectacular snow peaks of Meili Snow Mountain (in fine weather). Eventually, we cross Weiqu River again and ascend up to our campsite (3210 meters) by a tiny Tibetan village.

Trek about 9 hours. The Kora path leads up steeply through the oak woods with beautiful “hanging moss”. After a 3-hour climb, the path here is getting more gentle through the shrubs and being accompanied by the peaks of Kawa Karpo to the south.

From here the path continues to be heading for the highest pass of Shola. The pass is revered by Tibetan pilgrims as a shrine, where is also piled by an enormous mass of prayer flags, pilgrims walking sticks and clothes and so on. Meanwhile, Shola range is the watershed between Salween and Mekong River, as well as the frontier of Yunnan and Tibetan Autonomous Region. From here we are leaving Tibetan territory and steps into The Mekong valley of Yunnan until the campsite.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
lijiang	InterContinental Hotel	E-outfitting Hotel	Liwang Hotel	Flowers Hall Inn
Shangri-La	Shangri-La Hotel	E-outfitting Hotel	Bodhi Boutique Inn	Guzang Xiangbala Diannan Wu Fu Inn
Feilaisi	GuanJing Tian Tang Hotel	/	Feilaisi Pearl Hotel	Deqin Yunling Inn

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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Originated in the Tanggula Mountain on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Jinsha River, Lancang River and Nu River flow parallel along the Hengduan Mountains for several hundred kilometers. More interestingly, their entrances to different seas are thousands of kilometers away. The protected area covers Nu Jiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Lijiang City. It is a very rare phenomenon, the Three Parallel Rivers have spectacular scenery that is composed of the rivers, mountains, rare plants, animals and 16 ethnic groups inhabitation.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Kunming Arrival
• Day 2: Kunming-Tengchong
• Day 3: Tengchong
• Day 4: Tengchong-Liuku
• Day 5: Liuku-Gongshan
• Day 6: Gongshan-Bingzhongluo
• Day 7: Bingzhongluo-Biluo Snow Mountain
• Day 8: Biluo Snow Mountain
• Day 9: Biluo Snow Mountain-Cizhong
• Day 10: Cizhong-Xidang Village
• Day 11: Xidang Village-Yubeng
• Day 12: Yubeng Village
• Day 13: Yubeng Village-Feilaisi
• Day 14: Deqin-Shangri-La
• Day 15: Shangri-La
• Day 16: Shangri-La-Halfway Guesthouse
• Day 17: Halfway Guesthouse-Daju
• Day 18: Daju-Lijiang
• Day 19: Lijiang
• Day 20: Lijiang Departure

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Upon arrival at the Kunming International Airport, meet your local guide and transfer to the hotel. You’ll begin your journey to the diverse and captivating Yunnan from the capital city, Kunming.

You will take a leisurely stroll along the Green Lake, a charming area of tea houses and small boutiques selling handicrafts and beautiful local paintings. If time permits, you will have a Kunming city tour. 

After breakfast, visit Nujiang River Bridge in Nujiang Basin and Gaoli Gongshan Mountain and drive back to Tengchong at noon.

After lunch, you will visit Heshun Ancient Town including the Museum of Yunnan-Burmese Anti-Japanese War, Heshun Library, the Archway, Dragon Pool, the Wanlouzi Museum of Native Residence, Wenchang Daoist Palace, Clothes-washing Pavilions, Yuanlong Daoist Pavilion, the Philosopher Ai Siqi’s Former Residence, Guanyin Ancient Spruce Trees an so on. “Heshun” means peace and harmony. You could walk leisurely around the historical old town, built in earlier days by overseas Chinese as a location for their retirement.

In the morning, walk from our hostel to the Base Camp(3,700m). You will trek up about 3 hours to the Mountain pass(3,500m) in the original forests. And one hour trekking down along the horse-road from the mountain pass, we reach the base camp, where the view becomes very open. The tough, 1000-meter-high ascent from Hot Springs to Nazongla Pass, takes 2.5 hours for a fit hiker without carrying any heavy bag. The path zigzagging under the canopy of trees is quite damp and muddy.

A Tibetan house, located at one-third of the route, sells snacks and drinks. No breathtaking view can be spotted at Nazongla Pass. Another alternative is to ride up on a mule. You can easily reach the pass within 2 hours. It costs RMB 100 from Hot Springs to Nazongla Pass either for riding or carrying heavy bags. The descent from Nazongla Pass to the Upper Yubeng Village takes one hour.

Upon arriving at the village, take the trail turning to the left, walk further down to a stream, cross a bridge and climb a small slope up to the Lower Yubeng Village. When you arrive in Yubeng Village. If weather permits, you’ll wake up to a clear view of the Mt. Kawagebo glacier. You will hike to the Sacred Waterfalls(3,400m), from which Yubeng’s name originated. Buddhists on a pilgrimage to the area circumambulate the waterfall 13 times with the belief that this act will erase all sins from his life.

In the early afternoon, we’ll head back to the village lodge, visit sacred sites along the way, Yubeng Sacred Waterfalls(3650 meters). It takes two hours to reach Shenpu from Lower Yubeng Village. The higher you go, the farther you seem to be from Shenpu, the most sacred destination of circumambulation in Meili. On the background of tantalizing Mt. Miacimu, other lofty peaks as well as imposing glaciers, the valley is flamboyantly adorned by thousands of Tibetan prayer flags.

Enjoy the sunrise of the Mt. Kawagebo glacier from the guesthouse, then walk up to Ice Lake of the Meili Snow Mountain.

Walk through the original forest from Yubeng Village, you will see some horses and yaks, as well as some wild animals if you are lucky enough. A beautiful river originates from the Glacier Park, walk along the river with some wooden bridges and spruce trees, you will have a wonderful view of Mt. Kawagebo Glacier. At last, arrive at the Ice Lake which is located at the foot of the glacier. Trek down back to Yubeng village in the late afternoon and enjoy the sunset of Kawagebo Peak.

Cuoka Sacred Ice Lake is 1300 meters higher than Yubeng. The ascent takes 5-6 hours.
First three hours is a tough and long climb in a primitive forest where you may encounter local leeches, especially active after the rain. The ordeal will be rewarded later by a spectacular landscape when you reach the high meadow plateau at 4050 meters.
Another one-hour climb, you will reach Cuoka Pasture. There is a collapsed hut.
Last hour: from Cuoka Pasture to Cuoka Lake (4385 meters).

The return trek takes 3-4 hours. This one-day excursion is only reserved for strong hikers. Before June, the upper plateau is often covered by snow. Bring enough food and ask Aqinbu to find a good guide for you. It may be more reasonable to do this trek for two days and overnight camp at Cuoka Pasture.

This day, you won’t go back through Nazongla Pass, the same route that you hiked in, you can venture the steep narrow path along a stream and descend to Ninong Village. You will spend the whole morning walking down in Yubeng Valley. Yubeng River flows all the way into Mekong River. Parts of the trail we will pass is actually a canal dug along the half-way mountain by local villagers.

Have lunch in Ninong village(1,900m), cross Mekong River and 2 hours more trek to Jiabi Village. Finally, drive to Feilaisi and enjoy the sunset view of Meili Snow Mountain.

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

In the morning, you will enjoy a nice sunrise view of Meili Snow Mountain from the Sightseeing Platform, where you can see the 13 white pagodas that means the 13 peaks of Meili Snow Mountain over 6,000 meters above sea level.

Drive 6 to 7 hours to Shangri-La. The view along the way is fantastic with different kinds of trees, streams, prayer flags and stupas, as well as Tibetan villages. Start from Deqin County, after one hour drive, you will visit Baimang Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, you will be able to view Baimang Snow Mountain if the weather is clear.

Visit the First Bend of Jinsha River or Moon Bend, which is the boundary between Sichuan and Yunnan. This is different from the First Bend of Yangtze River in Lijiang City. The bend in Shigu Town changes the flow direction of the Yangtze River but Jinsha River is in Benzilan, the Moon Bend is just a grand bend between the mountains with an impressive scenery.

Drive downhill to the Dongzhulin Monastery , which is located in Shusong Village, Benzilan District, Deqin County, and 105 km from the county seat of Zhongdian County. The Yunnan-Tibet Road passes behind the temple and cars can get straight to the temple. The Dongzhulin Monastery was built in 1667, the 6th year of the Kang Xi Period in Qing Dynasty.

After lunch in Benzilan, we will drive along the the upper Yangtze River to Shangri-La. On the way, you will have a panoramic view of Nixi Pottery Village.

In the morning, you’ll visit the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. And afterwards you’ll go and visit the tranquil Bita Lake & Shudu Lake in Pudacuo National Park. After finishing the tour in the Bita Lake & Shudu Lake, you’ll visit the Old Town of Shangri La and the Guishan Park.

The Songzanlin Monastery, often called Ganden Sumtseling Monastery or Guihua Monastery, is located at the foot of Foping Mountain nearby Shangri-La County in Yunnan Province. The monastery is built on a hillside and looks like an ancient fort. The Songzanlin Monastery is often called the little Potala Palace because of its traditional Tibetan architectural style.

At night you will visit a Tibetan family and taste the butter oil tea and Tibetan food.

Your hiking trip starts from Qiaotou, pass through 28 turns. 26 km takes about 6-8 hours. From the top of “28 turns” on the high path further uphill to a place of altitude above 3000 meters, you can have a view of the panorama of the entire upper tiger leaping gorge. Check this at a Tea Horse or Guesthouse if you cannot figure it out yourself.

You will arrive at Halfway Guesthouse to finish today’s trekking. At an altitude of 2500 meters, you get a magnificent view over the Yangtze River and the Yulong Snow Mountain right in front of you. For the keen photographer this trek provides a great opportunity to capture nature’s best moments.

Halfway Guesthouse organizes two-day trekking up Haba Snow Mountain with an overnight stay uphill at a point of altitude above 4000 meters. Sleeping bags and mats for the trek can be rented at the guesthouse. Successful trekkers are awarded “donkey shoes” as souvenirs and their names and contact information will be recorded in the “donkey skin book” at the guesthouse. Similar treks can also be arranged at Five Fingers Mountain Guesthouse.

In the morning you’ll head for Shuhe Old Town, which is the relic of the Tea-Horse Trading Caravan from bank of Mekong River to India via Tibet.

You will have Lunch at NO.8 Restaurant at the bank of Black Dragon Pool, after lunch you’ll head for the scenic Black Dragon Pool and the Dongba Museum to explore the rich Naxi minority culture.

Then drive back to Lijiang Old Town and visit the Wangu Pagoda on the top of the Lion Hill, here you will have a wonderful panoramic view of Lijiang Old Town. You will walk down from the Lion Hill to Mu Emperor’s Palace which is the local chieftain’s former residence.

After dinner, you will attend the Naxi Orchestral and Show in Dongba Palace in the Lijiang Old Town.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Kunming	Sofitel Hotel	Jinjiang Hotel	Longteng Hotel	Tu Tu Inn
Lijiang	InterContinental Hotel	E-outfitting Hotel	Liwang Hotel	Flowers Hall Inn
Shangri-La	Shangri-La Resort	E-outfitting Hotel	Bodhi Boutique Inn	Guzang Xiangbala Diannan Wufu  Inn
Feilaisi	Guan Jing Tian Tang Hotel	/	Feilaisi Temple Pearl Hotel	Deqin Yunling Inn
Tengchong	Guanfang Hotel Tengchong	Pumi Wenlv Zhang’s Courtyard (Hepan)	Yongle Holiday Resort and Spa	Yonder Way Hostel
Liuku	/	/	Shengshi Hongbang Hotel	/
Yunlong	/	/	Yulongwan Hotel	Nuo Deng Fu Jia Liu Fang Inn
Tacheng	Guanfang Hotel Tengchong	Pumi Wenlv Zhang’s Courtyard (Hepan)	Yongle Holiday Resort and Spa	Yonder Way Hostel
Baoshan	/	/	Shengshi Hongbang Hotel	/
Gongshan	/	/	Dusheng Zhuangyuan Inn	/
Bingzhongluo	/	/	Nu Xia Hotel	Fusheng Manor Inn
Cizhong	Songtsam Cizhong Lodge	/	Najizhaxi Hotel	Jitao Yizhan

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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This trip will take you to the northwest and the west of Yunnan, crossing three major river systems: the Yangtze, the Salween and the Mekong. The geography of the area ranges from rain forests in Ruili to snow-capped mountains in Lijiang. Various ethnic groups living in the area include the Dai, Jingpo, Achang, Lisu, Bai, Yi, and Naxi. Each ethnic group created their own festivals and it has become a part of their daily life. This tour will give you more chances to learn about the people in this region.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Kunming Arrival
• Day 2: Kunming-Dali
• Day 3: Dali
• Day 4: Dali-Weishan-Dali
• Day 5: Dali
• Day 6: Dali-Binchuan
• Day 7: Binchuan-Lijiang
• Day 8: Lijiang
• Day 9: Lijiang-Shaxi
• Day 10: Shaxi-Yunlong
• Day 11: Yunlong-Baoshan
• Day 12: Baoshan-Tengchong
• Day 13: Tengchong
• Day 14: Tengchong-Ruili
• Day 15: Ruili-Longchuan
• Day 16: Longchuan-Ruili
• Day 17: Ruili-Mangshi Departure

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Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star	Hostels
Kunming	Sofitel Hotel	Jinjiang Hotel	Longteng Hotel	/
Dali	Hilton Hotel	E-outfitting Hotel	Taiheju Hotel	/
Jizu Mountain(Binchuan)	/	/	/	/
Lijiang	InterContinental Hotel	E-outfitting Hotel	Liwang Hotel	/
Shaxi	Landscape Hotel	Aoding Courtyard	shaxi xiao la zhe Yododo Inn	/
Yunlong	/	/	/	/
Baoshan	/	/	/	/
Tengchong	/	/	/	/
Ruili	/	/	/	/
Longchuan	/	/	/	/

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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Spring is the season of flowers, especially March and April are the best times to enjoy the sea of flowers. So we want to recommend some attracting places for enjoying flowers in Yunnan. Luoping Rape Flower Cultural Tourism Festival is held between February and March, presenting golden fields of rape, magnificent waterfalls, and the exotic customs of Buyi people. Besides, the famous attractions in this tour include the Stone Forest, Hani Rice Terraces and Jianshui Ancient Town. This spring photograph tour will lead you discover more beautiful scenery hiding in the mountains.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Kunming Arrival
• Day 2: Kunming-Luoping
• Day 3: Luoping
• Day 4: Luoping-Puzhehei
• Day 5: Puzhehei-Bamei
• Day 6: Bamei-Yanshan
• Day 7: Yanshan-Yuanyang
• Day 8: Yuanyang
• Day 9: Yuanyang-Jianshui
• Day 10: Jianshui-Kunming
• Day 11: Kunming Departure

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Get up early in the morning, enjoy the nice view of vast rape fields from the top of Jinjiling Mountain. Every year in February, when rape flowers bloom, what shows before your eyes is the biggest garden in the world and a sea of yellow flowers measuring over 130 square kilometers. This gorgeous view make Luoping, a remote small county, become the most popular destination in spring.

Move to Niujie for different types of rape fields view, the farmlands there are cultivated in spiral shapes. NiuJie is a few kilometers to the north of Luoping county. The farms there are of smaller scale. The flowers are grown in circular rings following the contours of the slopes.

In the afternoon, visit Jiulong Waterfalls, it is regarded as one of China’s biggest and most beautiful waterfalls, as well as an excellent place to photograph. Firstly, take a cable car or climb up the hill to the platform overlooking the valley and the waterfalls and photograph the grand vista. Secondly, walk down the hill to the biggest waterfall (56 meters high and 112 meters wide) to photograph it up closely.

Hike to Lubuge Gorge (known as “Small Three Gorges”) and the picturesque Duoyi River with waterfalls at different levels, where you can also have a glimps of the water mills which shows how the ancient people made use of the natural water resources. Duoyi River is the main residential area of Buyi ethnic people, you can visit their villages and learn about their traditions and folk custom.

In the morning, take the boat cruise to visit Puzhehei Scenic Resort. Puzhehei in northwest Qiubei County is a fairyland in which visitor can have a panoramic view of clear lakes and pond full of lotus, emerald mountains and enchanting karst landscape. This charming countryside is also an ideal place to view the pomp in festivals of the Yao, Miao and Yi minorities. July to August is the best time to admire the most beautiful country landscape of Puzhehei, because the lotus blossoms are in their florescence.

Puzhehei means the lake with many fish and shrimps in the language of the Yi people. The lake water is limpid and you can even see the bed of the lake. Rowing the boat on the lake, the tourists can see many fish and shrimps swimming in the water. Up till now the local people still keep the habit of holding water with hands to ease the thirst. In the scenic spot there are 312 peaks standing independent from each other, 56 lakes which are clear and without any pollution, 83 kinds of caves, a great many water lilies which give off faint scents.

In the afternoon, drive to Bamei Village, which is reputed as “Xanadu” or “Arcadia”, access by boat from the cave. Take the boat cruise into the village and enjoy the peaceful life of Zhuang ethnic people. Stay overnight at the local hostel.

In the morning, walk around Bamei Village and visit Bamei River. You have a nice experience of Zhuang ethnic people’s life in the village.

Reputed as one of the most isolated communities of Zhuang minority in Guangnan, Bamei is a village without roads. Even up to now, the Bamei River is still the only access in and out of the village. Due to inconvenient location and hard transit, the village escaped bother of outsiders and the influences of the modern world, staying as unadorned and pure as they always were.

When night falls, villagers light their oil lamps. Bonfires are built to welcome tourists. As the local children run about in the glow of the flames, one cannot wonder if this fairyland, once hidden but now on the map, may soon lose its innocence and become another contrived tourist attraction.

Drive to Yanshan County in the afternoon. Visit Yanshan Lake on the way.

Drive about 5 hours to Yuanyang via Kaiyuan and Gejiu, you will visit Malipo Miao Ethnic Village one the way. After lunch, continue the driving to Panzhihua Township, enjoy the sunset of Laohuzui Rice Terraces there and visit some Yi and Hani ethnic villages around Panzhihua Town and Mengnong Chieftain Palace. Laohuzui Rice Terraces are situated about 20 kilometers from the Yuanyang county. The best moment to enjoy the marvelous rice terraces view is during the sunset period. Literally translated from Chinese, Laohuzui means ‘Tiger Mouth’. It seems it is possible to distinguish the form as a tiger mouth in the rice fields; while some others think it’s kind of the shape of a horse.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	4 Star	Hostels
Kunming	Sofitel Hotel	Jinjiang Hotel	Longteng Hotel	/
Luoping
Puzhehei
Bamei
Yanshan
Yuanyang	The Twelve Manors	Yunti Hotel	Shuiyunjian	/
Jianshui	Tingziyun Hotel	Lin’an Hotel	Hongmantian Hotel	/

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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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

Long Street Banquet or Long Dragon Banquet originated from Yuanyang County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Every February, local people would celebrate Angmatu Festival in accordance with the customs of the Hani people. During the festival more than 300 families in the village would prepare banquet of 300 tables. Villagers and tourists from other places may sit down to taste Hani food while enjoying songs and dances by the Hani people. Let’s start a tour for tasting ethnic food, and experience ethnic culture.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Kunming Arrival
• Day 2: Kunming – Yuanyang
• Day 3: Yuanyang – Lvchun
• Day 4: Lvchun
• Day 5: Lvchun – Jianshui
• Day 6: Jianshui – Kunming
• Day 7: Kunming Departure

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After breakfast, drive around 5 hours to Jianshui, via Yuanyang and Gejiu. Visit Laohuzui Rice Terraces, and Mengnong Chieftain Palace in Panzhihua Township. The scenery is very nice along the rice terraces in the mountain.

Arrive in Jianshui Ancient Town in the afternoon, pay a visit to Jianshui Ancient Town, Zhu Family Garden and Confucius Temple. Explore the famous Confucius Temple with its interesting history. Confucius 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.
 
Jianshui is a state historic and cultural city. The climatic condition here is pleasant, neither hot in summer nor cold in winter. Moreover, it is one of the earliest developed cities in south Yunnan that enjoys the fame of being an ancient cultural city and important gateway. 

In the morning, drive to Tuanshan Village about 15 KM away from Jianshui Ancient Town, visit the Zhang Family Garden, the ancient houses and the Double Dragon Bridge. Visit Tunshan village with hundred-year-old houses built by the Zhang family. In the village, you will see the different standards of houses built by rich and poor families, and also the family temple that plays an important role for education, family history, and Chinese culture. 

After lunch, on the way back to Kunming, you will visit Xingmeng Mongolia Village in Tonghai County of Yuxi City. It is the one and only Mongolia village in Yunnan. On arrival Kunming, You will stroll around the Green Lake Park in the late afternoon.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	4 Star	Hostels
Kunming	Sofitel Hotel	Jinjiang Hotel	Longteng Hotel	/
Yuanyang	The Twelve Manors	Yunti Hotel	Shuiyunjian	/
Lvchun	/	/	Yunti Hotel	/
Jianshui	Tingziyun Hotel	Lin’an Hotel	Hongmantian Hotel	/

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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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

Deemed to be “the oriental carnival”, the Torch Festival is celebrated by several ethnic minorities including the Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo and Lahu etc. Enjoying a long history as an important festival of these minorities, the festival exhibits quite profound cultural connotations. Although the origin of the festival is slightly different among these minorities, it takes place on lunar 24/25 June. In Yunnan Province, Kunming, Chuxiong, Dali, Yuxi, Wenshan, Puer, Honghe, Lijiang and Zhaotong are the major areas for the Torch Festival as they are inhabited by the Yi or Bai people. In this tour, you will fully experience this traditional festival.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Kunming Arrival
• Day 2: Kunming-Shilin
• Day 3: Shilin-Chuxiong
• Day 4: Chuxiong
• Day 5: Chuxiong-Kunming
• Day 6: Departure from Kunming

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Relax yourselves in Chuxiong until 10 AM, then we will drive back to Kunming. After arriving in Kunming, stroll in the most picturesque park in Kunming urban area.

 Green Lake Park, a charming area of tea houses and small boutiques selling handicrafts and beautiful local paintings. Here you can share the happiness of local people doing tai chi, performing local opera, and other vibrant activities. If you visit the park in November or December, you will see a huge flock of red-beaked seagulls that migrate from Siberia.

Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	4 Star	Hostels
Kunming	Sofitel Hotel	Jinjiang Hotel	Longteng Hotel	/
Shilin	Days Hotel & Suites Tongce Shilin	Select Hotel & Resorts	/	/
Chuxiong

Service Included:

• Accommodation with daily breakfast as indicated in the hotel list as below;
• Meals as listed in the itinerary;
• All land transfers & transportation with private air-conditioned coach;
• All transfers and sightseeing with skilled English-speaking tour guide;
• All entrance fees as mentioned in the itinerary;
• Domestic air tickets fares with airport tax and fuel extra fee based on economy class mentioned in the program;
• Service charge and all government taxes;
• Luggage transfers between airport and hotels;
• Travel Agency’s Responsibility Insurance coverage.

Service Excluded:

• Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
• Any meals which are not specified in the tour itinerary;
• Chinese visa fees;
• Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
• Single room supplement;
• Tips to guides and drivers;
• Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
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• Personal travel accident insurance;
• All optional programs.

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Deemed to be “the oriental carnival”, the Torch Festival is celebrated by several ethnic minorities including the Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo and Lahu etc. Enjoying a long history as an important festival of these minorities, the festival exhibits quite profound cultural connotations. Although the origin of the festival is slightly different among these minorities, it takes place on lunar 24/25 June. In this tour, you will fully experience this traditional festival in Shilin County.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Kunming Arrival
• Day 2: Kunming-Shilin
• Day 3: Shilin
• Day 4: Shilin-Kunming
• Day 5: Departure from Kunming

Detailed Itinerary

After 2 days torch festival tour, we will drive back to Kunming to explore the classic sightseeing in Kunming downtown, including Yunnan Ethnic Villages, Yunnan Nationalities Museum and The Golden Temple.

The Yunnan Ethnic Villages is located at a narrow peninsula at the north shore of Dian Lake. 25 minorities, including Yi, Dai, Miao, Jingpo, Wa, Hani, Naxi, Dulong, etc, have been built here. Through various displays and re-creations of the original villages, the Yunnan Ethnic Villages display the diverse local ethnic culture. Villages of different styles are well arranged and show visitors their unique charm.

Yunnan Nationalities Museum is located on the east bank of Dianchi Lake next to Yunnan Ethnic Villages in Kunming City, China. Completed in 1995, it is a comprehensive ethnology museum. Covering an area of over 200 mu, the museum has a building area of 130,000 square meters. It consists of various exhibition halls, office building, report hall, storage and workshops. The ecological environment, religious customs, culture and arts and ethnic relics of the ethnic groups of Yunnan are collected in it. The 120,000 items of objects fall into the 16 categories such as ethnic groups, dresses and personal adornment, technique, arts, ecology, ancient books, and strange stones etc. The Museum and Yunnan Ethnic Villages facilitate the understanding of the history, culture and customs of the 25 ethnic minorities in static and dynamic ways, in microscopic and macroscopic perspectives, in different angles and at various levels.

The Golden Temple is located on top of Mingfeng (Singing Phoenix) Hill, the home of the Taoist Taihe Palace (Hall of Supreme Harmony), which is the largest copper temple in China. It is also known as the Tongwa Temple (Bronze Tile Temple) and by its popular name, the Golden Temple. The history of the Golden Temple starts during the Ming Dynasty and the reign of the Emperor Wanli in 1602. Except for the staircases and balustrades, which are made of marble, the walls, columns, rafters, roof tiles, altars, Buddha statues, wall decorations and the banner near the gate tower are all made of copper. The burnished copper gleamed like gold and that is why people named it the Golden Temple. Since its last renovation, this beloved copper temple on the top of Mingfeng Hill has been well cared and has become the most famous Taoist shrine in Yunnan Province.

Recommended Hotels

ShilinDays Hotel & Suites Tongce ShilinSelect Hotel & Resorts//

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	4 Star	Hostels
Kunming	Sofitel Hotel	Jinjiang Hotel	Longteng Hotel	/

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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Luoping enjoys a mild and humid climate. It is dominated by Karst features with small basins among independent green hills. It is a national base for raising bees and processing honey products. The rape flowers cover an area of 250,000 mu. Every year, from February to April, countless yellow rapeseed flowers are in full bloom, looking like an expanse of a golden sea. In this trip, you will enjoy the major sights include the Jiulong waterfall (nine dragons), the Duoyi River and the Lubuge Gorges.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Kunming Arrival
• Day 2: Kunming
• Day 3: Kunming-Luoping
• Day 4: Luoping
• Day 5: Luoping-Kunming Departure

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Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	4 Star	Hostels
Kunming	Sofitel Hotel	Jinjiang Hotel	Longteng Hotel	/
Luoping

Service Included:

• Accommodation with daily breakfast as indicated in the hotel list as below;
• Meals as listed in the itinerary;
• All land transfers & transportation with private air-conditioned coach;
• All transfers and sightseeing with skilled English-speaking tour guide;
• All entrance fees as mentioned in the itinerary;
• Domestic air tickets fares with airport tax and fuel extra fee based on economy class mentioned in the program
• Service charge and all government taxes;
• Luggage transfers between airport and hotels;
• Travel Agency’s Responsibility Insurance coverage.

Service Excluded:

• Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
• Any meals which are not specified in the tour itinerary;
• Chinese visa fees;
• Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
• Single room supplement;
• Tips to guides and drivers;
• Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
• Personal travel accident insurance;
• All optional programs.

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During Monihei Carnival, you can not only experience the joyful atmosphere which is full of ethnic features, but also appreciate the various natural and human scenery in Cangyuan. With pleasant weather, you can walk in the famous cliff painting valley and have a visit to Wending Village to discover the unique, extensive and profound culture of Wa minority.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Kunming-Cangyuan
• Day 2: Cangyuan
• Day 3: Cangyaun-Wending Village
• Day 4: Departure from Cangyaun

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Recommended Hotels

Destination	5 Star	4 Star	4 Star	Hostels
Cangyuan

Service Included:

• Accommodation with daily breakfast as indicated in the hotel list as below;
• Chinese lunches and dinners as listed in the itinerary;
• All land transfers & transportation with private air-conditioned coach;
• All transfers and sightseeing with skilled English-speaking tour guide;
• All entrance fees as mentioned in the itinerary;
• Domestic air tickets fares with airport tax and fuel extra fee based on economy class mentioned in the program;
• Service charge and all government taxes;
• Luggage transfers between airport and hotels;
• Travel Agency’s Responsibility Insurance coverage.

Service Excluded:

• Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
• Any meals which are not specified in the tour itinerary;
• Chinese visa fees;
• Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
• Single room supplement;
• Tips to guides and drivers;
• Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
• Personal travel accident insurance;
• All optional programs.

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Confucian Culture Festival is held mainly in Jianshui County, Honghe Prefecture. Activities include worshipping Confucius ceremony, a tour to the Wen Temple, art performances, local music performances, costume parades and so on. In addition, the festival also holds shows and exhibitions, like lantern shows, calligraphy and painting exhibitions, cultural tourism product exhibitions and trade fairs.

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Brief Itinerary

• Day 1: Kunming – Jianshui
• Day 2: Jianshui
• Day 3: Jianshui
• Day 4: Jianshui – Kunming

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Detailed Itinerary

Recommended Hotels

City	5 Star	4 Star	3 Star
Jianshui	Lin’an Hotel	Zhu Family Garden	Jianshui Hotel

Service Included:

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

Service Excluded:

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

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