• 20 Days

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  • DESTINATIONS:

    Yunnan
  • TRIP STYLE:

    Adventure
  • ALTITUDE:

    1000m--2418m
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Day 1, Arrive Beijing, welcome dinner with Beijing Duck,

 

Day 2, Beijing city tour, visit Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, Temple of Heaven, Beijing hotpot and Mongolian BBQ for dinner inHutong.

 

Day 3, Beijing-Gubeikou, trekking on unrepaired Gubeikou great wall, you have option to choose trekking 4 hours toJinshanling along the great wall or do Gubeikou and then take car toJinshanling (can be separate into 2 groups to do different option), stay inlocal guest house in Gubeikou. Have local farm dinner.

 

Day 4, Start from Gubeikou to visit Tiger Mountain great wall, is another part of unrepaired great wall beside the most important strong hold in Ming Dynasty of China, you can see two layers of greatwall surround the ancient army base. Transfer to Beijing Capital Internationalairport after lunch and take afternoon flight to Kunming. Have Yunnan crossbridge rice noodle for dinner.

 

Day 5, Visit West Mountain Park and Yuantong Monastery in Kunming, have special Dai Minority dish for dinner.

 

Day 6, Drive from Kunming to Jiuxiang in the morning, this Yi Minority region have many massive caves with undergroundrivers and waterfalls. After visit Jiuxiang, we go to Luliang and stay thereovernight.

 

Day 7, we will visit Stone Forest in the morning and then back to Kunming in the afternoon. Take evening overnight train fromKunming to Dali.

 

Day 8, Arrive Dali in the morning, check in local Bai Minority style guest house in Dali old city. After that, we will take a day trip to visit Bai minority villages on the Erhai Lake side and do some easy trekking on the Changshan Mountain to see the full view of Dali valley.

 

Day 9, A relax day in Dali, some cycling &boat trip (if you can cycling) on the Erhai Lake, and then free time to explorethe old town.

 

Day 10, Meet up with our MPV and drive to Yunlong county, this is a undeveloped area with deep minority culture. We will visit Nuodeng village and stay in the guest house in the village.

 

Day 11, Start from Nuodeng, we will visit villages nearby as well as many ancient bridges. A local specialty lunch beside hot spring will make you feels great. Stay overnight in Nuodeng village.

 

Day 12, We will drive to Shaxi in the morning.A free morning in Shaxi to explore this beautiful small town located on the ancient tea-horse trail, have a nice garden restaurant dinner, stay in Shaxiovernight.

 

Day 13, Drive from Shaxi to Tiger Leaping gorge in the morning, visit the first bend of Yangzte River on the way. Havelunch in TLG town and then visit upper gorge in the afternoon. The MPV willdrive us to Bendiwan village; we will stay in a picturesque guesthouse there.

 

Day 14, 2.5 hours easy trekking in the morning to see the most beautiful part of Tiger Leaping Gorge, and then arrive middlegorge at noon. Check in Tina’s guesthouse at noon, and you will have option inthe afternoon to do trekking down to the riverside of Yangzte (on the bottom ofthe deepest gorge in the world). Stay in middle gorge guest house at night.

 

Day 15, Drive in the morning from middle gorge to Shangri-la, visit Haba village on the bottom of Haba Snow Mountain andTaishuitai on the way. Visit Songzanlin Monastery after arrive Shangri-la. HaveTibetan banquet for dinner and stay in old town.

 

Day 16, Day trip to visit Napa Lake, Tibetanfamily in small Zhongdian, and Shangri-la old town, have yak hotpot or Nixilocal hotpot chicken for dinner. Stay in old town.

 

Day 17, Drive from Shangri-la to Lijiang,visit Lashihai Lake on the way, you can choose to do some horse riding inLashihai lakeside. After arrive Lijiang, check in local Naxi minority styleguesthouse in the old town and explore the Lijiang old town.

 

Day 18, We will have a day trip to visit Baisha and Shuhe and other small towns nearby Lijiang, have very relax time tovisit those cute little places. And then get back to Lijiang in the afternoon and enjoy some nice local meal.

 

Day 19, A relax free day in Lijiang, take afternoon train to Kunming.

 

Day 20, arrive Kunming in the morning. And getting ready for departure.

 

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