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Tour Itinerary
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| Day 01 |
Arrival in Kunming
Upon your arrival, our guide will
pick you up at the airport and transfer to your hotel.
Visit the Bamboo Monastery.
Bamboo
Monastery: The first temple dedicated to Zen Buddhism in Yunnan. It dates back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The present structure mostly dates from the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The temple's most outstanding artistic feature is the statues of the life-sized clay figures of 500 Arhats. |
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| Day 02 |
Kunming - Lijiang (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Take flight to Lijiang. Visit Sifang Street in Dayan Ancient Town
Lijiang
Ancient Town: As one of UNESCO's World Heritage sites in China, Lijiang Ancient Town has attracted many tourists from home and abroad. Different with other old towns, it has no city wall. Lijiang features with cobbled streets, crisscrossing canals flowing with water, swaying willow trees and gaily-hued blossoms and many buildings and structures are in styles of Ming and Qing dynasties. The people here are mainly from the Naxi ethnic group and you can still see many older women dressed in their traditional attire. They have an obvious passion for flowers, as almost every courtyard is a garden.
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| Day 03 |
Lijiang - Walnut Grove
(Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Drive to Qiaotou Town, which is
the entrance to the Tiger-leaping Gorge. Start cycling
into the gorge, the road is not paved, the altitude is
about 2000 m above see level, you will bike about 12 km
to Walnut Grove which is a tranquil village in the middle
part of the gorge, overnight in Woody's House. |
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| Day 04 |
Walnut Grove - Haba village
(Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Cycle about 20 km to Haba village,
out of the gorge, the road start going up. Stay at Snow
Sea Hostel. |
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| Day 05 |
Haba village - Shangri-la
Cycle about 18 km to Sanba village,
visit the White Water Terrace, the sacred land of Naxi
Dongba Culture. Your driver will pick you up and drive
to Zhongdian, the gateway to Tibet. Zhongdian has only
been opened to tourists since 1992. Experience authentic
Tibetan culture in this mountainous region. Overnight
in Zhongdian(3300 m above sea level). |
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| Day 06 |
Shangri-la - Wongshui
village
Today is a tough day, you will
ride about 105 km to Wongshui village which is 3700 m
above sea level, on the way, the road will go through
a mountain pass which is 4300 m high. But the scenery
is very beautiful. Now you know why this Tibetan area
is called Shangri-la. Stay with a Tibetan family. |
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| Day 07 |
Shangri-la
Trek about 6 km into the Shangri-la
Canyon, sightseeing in the canyon, after having lunch
in a Tibetan family, trek out the canyon and drive back
to Zhongdian. |
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| Day 08 |
Shangri-la
Cycle about 8 km to a beautiful
alpine lake - Napahai Lake, in the morning, the lake is
a nature reserve for birds, especially the black-necked
crane. After lunch, Visit Songzanlin Monastery, where
the Yellow Hat School of Tibetan Buddhism is practiced.
This large center, base for 1200 monks before the destruction
of Tibet in the 1950s, is experiencing a significant rebirth.
Overnight in Zhongdian. |
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| Day 09 |
Shangri-la - Kunming
- Departure (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Take morning flight to Kunming.
Tour to the Dragon Gate in Western Hills, then visit Bird
& Flower market. Transfer to the airport for your
departure, end of service.
Western
Hills: The forest reserve on the west bank of the
Dianchi
Lake consists of the Huating and Taihan mountains.
This is a colossal natural forest reserve in the midst
of a lofty mountain range crisscrossed by babbling brooks
and gurgling streams. Ancient trees are adorned with
thick, lush foliage and birds chirp and flutter in the
green treetops. Near the top of the mountain, is the
Dragon Gate. Hacked from the cliff between 1781 and
1835 by a Taoist monk and co-workers, the Dragon Gate
is a group of grottoes, sculptures, corridors and pavilions.
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Hotels For This Tour
| City |
Luxury |
Standard |
| Kunming |
Green Lake Hotel  |
New Era Hotel  |
| Lijiang |
Guan Fang Hotel |
Wang Fu Hotel |
| Shangri-la |
Holy
Palace Hotel |
Holy
Palace Hotel |
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Tour
Price
Please send us an email and provide
the information below so that we can quote precisely
for the above tour.
1. The number of adults and the number of children
in your party. If there are children under 12 years,
they can enjoy the preferential price.
2. Your approximate travel date.
3. The code of the tour that you are interested in.
Each tour has a code, you can find it above - at the
top of the page where the tour is.
4. Hotel choice for your tour (luxury or standard
or comfortable hotels).
5. If you would like us to tailor make a new tour
for you that is different from the above tour, please
let us know your requests.
Quotation Inclusions For
For The Above Tour:
1. Hotel accommodation
The hotel is based on two persons
sharing one twin or double standard room with private
facilities.
2. Meals
Daily American or Chinese breakfast
at the hotel, Chinese lunch or dinner in local Chinese
restaurant as specified in the itinerary.
3. Private Transport
Private transport between airport
or railway station and hotel and all the sights by
air-conditioned vehicle.
4. Transportation between Cities
The economic class air tickets
of the domestic flight or soft berth/seat train tickets
between cities as specified in the itinerary.
5. Entrance tickets
The main entrance tickets for
the sights mentioned.
6. Guiding service
Excellent tour Guiding. All
normal sightseeing tours in each city with English-speaking
guide and admission fees where applicable. Our guide
will not fly with you from one city to another. Upon
your arrival at each city, a new local guide and driver
will pick you up, be with you for local tour and see
you off after you finish the itinerary of each city.
7. Insurance
China Life Tourist Accident
/ Casualty Insurance. We highly recommend that you
purchase full coverage travel insurance from you country
of origin.
Quotation Exclusions For
The Above Tour:
1. Visa Fees
Charge of obtaining your visa
to enter China.
2. Charge of arrival and departure
The international or domestic
air / train charge of arrival and departure.
3. Single Room Supplement
Should a twin room is needed
by a single guest, supplement of the twin room will
be charged.
What is single
supplement? -
The hotel is based on double occupancy. If the visitor
travels alone or the number of the travelers is odd
(such as 3, 5, 7...), who stays in one single room
has to pay the single room supplement. As the hotel
is on double occupancy.
4. Personal Expenses
Expenses of a personal nature
such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional
activities or sightseeing, overweight baggage charges
or meals not indicated, ect.
5. Optional Programs
Optional programs which are
not specified in the above itinerary.
6. Tips to guides and drivers
Tips depending on the service
of your guide and driver, entirely voluntary.
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