| Day 1 |
Kunming |
(…/…/D) |
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Meet your guide and transfer to your hotel. |
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If time permits, visit the Flower and Bird Market in the old part of town before dinner. |
| Day2 |
Kunming |
(B/L/D) |
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Day excursion to the Stone Forest consisting of eighty hectares of ancient limestone cliffs and peaks eroded by wind and water over two hundred million years. |
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Its area is the home of the Xani minority. |
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On the way back to Kunming. |
| Day3 |
Kunming - Dali |
(B/L/D) |
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Flight to Dali. |
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Upon arrival, discover the Bai minority villages of Xizhou and Zhoucheng, where you will visit its local temple and a family tie - dye processing workshop. |
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In the afternoon, reach the shore of Erhai lake with beautiful view over the 3 pagodas and cruise on the lake. |
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End of afternoon at leisure. |
| Day4 |
Dali - Lijiang |
(B/L/D) |
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Drive to Lijiang with stop on the way at the village of Qinghua and have a look at their copper products. IN LIjiang, first visit the Black Dragon Pond, the Moon Embracing Pavilion and Dongba Museum. |
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Lijiang is a small old town laced with canals and bridges, and provides many opportunities to observe the Naxi traditional way of life. |
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Dinner at local restaurant followed by a Naxi music concert. |
| Day5 |
Lijiang |
(B/L/D) |
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Excursion to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain with a chair lift ride to discover the much famed thirteen peaks. |
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On the way, visit the Jade Peak Monastery, Baisha village and the village. |
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End of afternoon at leisure. |
| Day6 |
Lijiang - Shangri La, Zhongdian |
(B/L/D) |
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Set off on the Tibet Highway to Zhongdian. |
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Stop and visit of Shigu (Stone Drum) village overlooking the First Bend of the Yangzi River. |
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Continue to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, which you will enter by bus before taking a path down to the Golden Sands River. |
| Day7 |
Shangrila, Zhongdian |
(B/L/D) |
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At 3,300 meters above sea level lies Gyalthang, Tibetan name of Zhongdian, which means "land of limitless bounty". |
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It is a treasure house of bio-diversity, pristine lakes and snow - capped peaks. |
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Visit Ganden Songzanglin Monastery, a Tibetan village and a Tibetan family, the local market and old town of Zhongdian. |
| Day8 |
Shangrila, Zhongdian - Kunming |
(B/L/D) |
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Flight to Kunming and excursion to the Western Hills. |
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Go through the Dragon Gate and visit Huating Temple. |
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In the afternoon, discover the quietest temple of Kunming, Bamboo Temple, famous for its hall of the five hundred arr-hats, disciples of Buddha. |
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In the evening, dinner of Yunnan specialties followed by a cultural show. |
| Day9 |
Kunming |
(B/L/…) |
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Visit Yuantong Temple and Green Lake Park, where amateur opera singers gather and the old part of Kunming. |
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Lunch at local restaurant before transfer to the airport for departure. |
