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Day 1 : Arrival Kunming
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Arrive Kunming,
visa formaliy and meet by our tour guide at airport and be transferred
to your Hotel. Kunming as the capital
city of Yunnan, has the best climate of all Chinese cities,
popularly known as the "Spring City”.
The long history, many minority nationalities and the unique natural
resources help make the city rich and colorful, filled with historical
and cultural relics as well as exquisite natural beauty. Visit around
city , Visit the East Tower
or West Tower where you will see the local life, you may
see local shops, seniors playing Chinese chess, also visit Birds and
Flowers market where you may see birds, flowers and arts and crafts. Dinner
and overnight in Kunming
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Day 2 : Kunming - Dali (B, L, D)
Early
tranfer to airport for morning flight to Dali. Dali is a 600-year-old
town featuring stone walls, grey-tilted roofs, doors and windows carved
with dragon and phoenix patterns. It also features beautiful gardens, and
the entire town is covered by a maze of streams fed by runoffs from Cangshan Mountains. Upon arrival
, visit the Cangshan Mountain by cable car
and view the Erhai
Lake from the
mountain , visit Three
Pagodas With Qianxun Pagoda, the oldest standing structures in
southwest China,
at the foot Cangshan Mountains., completed in 876 during the Tang dynasty
(618-907AD). Visit the Butterfly Spring, so
named because in the fourth lunar month each year, the trees put out
butterfly-shaped flowers, and swarms of butterflies of twenty or so
breeds descend on the tree, linking themselves head against tail into
numerous colored ribbon-like strings which keep dangling over the spring.
The rest of day will be free for your own discovering of the Old Stone
Town of Dali with its colourful night markets. Lunch , Dinner and
overnight in Dali
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Day 3 : Dali - Lijiang (B, L, D)
Breakfast
in hotel – Overland drive from Dali to
Lijiang with stop and visit of the Bai minority village Xinhua
and its handicrafts workshops. taste their
special cuisine and enjoy their traditional Three-course-Tea Singing and
Dancing Show . Upon arrival , visit Heilong
Tan , the Black
Dragon Pool
Park , the
park holds the Black Dragon Pool and got name because of it. The pool is
listed in the Collections of Famous Pools of China because of its
beauty. The rest of day , walking to explore the old town of Lijiang , was built in the late song
dynasty and the early Yuan dynasty and was listed by the UNESCO on the
list of the world's major cultural heritages in 1997. Lijiang which has a large Naxi settlement first built
about 8 centuries ago; you'll have a chance to hear Naxi ancient music,
feel their rich culture and tradition, see their costume, house; Walk
through Lijiang ancient town , enjoy ancient Naxi Music concert performed
by Xuanke and his musician. Lunch, Dinner and overnight in Lijiang
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Day 4 : Lijiang (B, L, D)
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Breakfast
in hotel – Continue your tour in Lijiang. By cable-car to visit of the Dragon
Spruce Meadows of the Jade
Dragon Snow
Mountains , the mountain has 13 peaks of which the highest is
18000 feet above sea level. It is a treasure of wild plants and rare
animals , the Jade Peak Monastery, the Baisha village
, the Longquan (Dragon Spring) village , Visit Baisha
ancient fresco with the introduction of the Buddhism, people
painted plenty of murals on the walls of temples in the Ming Dynasty.
Lunch,Dinner and overnight in Lijiang
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Day 5 : Lijiang - Zhongdian (B, L, D)
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After breakfast, Overland drive to Zhongdian
, via the Yunnan/Tibet road. on the way ,
Stops and visits of the Shigu (Stone Drum) village, the
First Bend of the Yangtze
River, and the Tiger Leaping Gorge , one
of the deepest gorges in the world. Continue your tour to Zhongdian,
where the legend of Shangri-La was originated. It is called Shangri-La
because of it’s picturesque grassland which is
embellished with azalea. And it is a principally Tibetan town which is at
elevation 3,200m and very close to the Tibetan border. Lunch, Dinner and
Overnight in Zhongdian
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Day 6 : Zhongdian (B, L, D)
Breakfast in hotel – Visit Zhongdian, sightseeing the
enchanting Bita Lake Nature Reserve, which is about 16 miles east of
Zhongdian. You will hike a few kilometers through meadows and flowers to
reach the lakeside, and you will see a lot of Tibetan villages with the
Tibetan women working in the field , Visit of
the Ganden Songzanlin Monastery, the Napa
Nature Reserve, the Tibetan Hospital,
the local market and some local Tibetan households.
Lunch, Dinner and Overnight in Zhongdian
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Day 7 : Zhongdian – Kunming
– Stone Forest (B,
L, D)
After breakfast , transfer to
airport for morning flight Zhongdian/Kunming . Upon arrival, visit of the
Stone Forest,
one of China’s most
remarkable natural phenomena located 98 kms southwest of Kunming. It consists
of 80 hectares of innumerable bizarre-shaped ancient limestone cliffs and
peaks created by wind and water erosion some 270 million years ago. Visit
to Wukeshu Village ,
the Stone Forest area is the home of the
Sani minority, a branch of the Yi tribe (reputed for their diligence,
valour, wisdom, exquisite embroidery and melodious songs and graceful
dances) who also offer cultural performances nightly. Lunch, Dinner and
Overnight in Kunming
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Day 8 : Kunming – Western Hills – departure (B)
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After breakfast , drive to the Western Hills , The Western Hills lie along
the western shore of Dianchi Lake, stretch from
north to south for about 40km. The Hills resemble a reclining maiden
lying on the banks of Dianchi
Lake with her long
hair flowing down into the lake. As a result, the Western Hills have the
nickname of the "A Sleeping Beauty Hills" - Following by a 10 minute
chairlift ride up the hill , from the top a path
winds down the famous “Dragon Gate”. Visit of the flower and
bird market if time permits it before transfer to the airport for
departure. Tour end.
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