Kunming - Dali - Lijiang - Shangrila - Kunming ( 8 days / 7 nights )
Day 1 - Arr. Kunming
Upon arrival, meet our guide at airport with welcome signboard. Then transfer to hotel.
Free program or have a rest at hotel.
Dinner will be served at local restaurant.
Day 2 - Kunming (Kunming-Stone Forest 01hours)
After breakfast, transfer to Stone Forest by private vehicle.
Full day visit of the Stone Forest. (The Stone Forest is known as the ' First Wonder of the World ' for its natural landscape. It is 86 km southeast of Kunming where a high - grade road extends to the park entrance.
' If you have visited Kunming without seeing the stone forest, you have wasted your time ' warns a local saying, expressing the deep love of the local people toward this natural wonder. The quintessential karst landscape leaves every tourist lost in wonder.
As you wander though the Stone Forest, you will be surrounded by the rising stone peaks, layer after layer of green hills, and the wide -spread stone peaks of the forest. What a strange stone world this is! The scenery of ' Figure of Ashima ', ' Shi Ba Xiang Song ' ( originated from a Chinese love story ' Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai ' ) and ' Lotus peak ' greatly astonish visitors; the scenic spots ' One Piece of Thread Sky ' , ' Close Call ', and ' Sword Peak Pond ' are all miraculous. You will be astonished by the unique peaks and strange caves, by the Flying-Down Mountain Spring, and by Plateau lake. All these wonders combine to present you with a picture of astounding natural beauty.)
Lunch and dinner will be serve at local restaurant.
After dinner, transfer to hotel.
Day3 - Kunming fly to Dali (25Mins)
After breakfast, transfer to airport for fight to Dali.
Upon arrival, meet the guide at airport. Put the luggage at hotel, then tour to the Er’hai park, take a boat and watch the show of Sandao Tea.
After lunch, visit of the Three pagoda (The Three Pagodas of Chongshen Monastery, at the foot of the Zhonghe Peak which is part of Cangshan Mountain, are just one kilometre to the northwest of the ancient city of Dali. Here stand three beautiful pagodas, which are an emblem of the city's long and celebrated history. The tallest of the trio, which is 69.13 meters tall, was built in 836 AD, while the two smaller ones were built during a later period. No visit to Dali is complete without a visit to see the three pagodas.) and Butterfly Spring (Situated at the foot of Yunlong Peak in the Cangshan Mountains, the Butterfly Spring is actually a pool four meters deep and 20 meters wide. The gnarled boughs of an ancient silk tree stretch over its surface. In the fourth lunar month every year, the tree puts out butterfly-shaped flowers, and swarms of butterflies belonging to twenty or so breeds descend on the tree, linking themselves together into multicolored strings, which keep dangling over the pool. Because of these annual butterfly conventions, the silk tree and the Butterfly Spring have become the major tourist attractions of the Cangshan Mountain.)
After dinner, transfer to hotel.
Day 4 - Dali transfer to Lijiang by private vehicle (3.5hours)
After breakfast, visit of the Dali ancient town.( The Ancient Town of Dali, nestled in the arms of the enormous Cangshan Mountain, and surrounded by a wall eight meters high and 3.5 kilometers in circumference, the 600-year-old city of Dali was first built in 1683, in the 15th year of the Hongwu reign during the Ming Dynasty. Featuring stone walls, grey-tiled roofs, doors and windows carved with dragon and phoenix patterns, and gardens of varying sizes, the dwellings of Dali have an air of classic sanctity. The entire city is covered by a maze of streams, fed by runoffs from the Cangshan Mountain. Hence the saying, ' The gurgling of water can be heard in every house, and flowers are planted everywhere'. It is also the staring point of the Mild Seven Outdoor Quest, which has been held here in both 1998 and 1999.)
After lunch, then transfer to Lijiang by private vehicle.
Upon arrival Lijiang, meet our guide at hotel, then visit of the Lijiang ancient town.( Lying in a broad, fertile valley dominated by the towering, snow-capped peaks of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Range, the ancient city of Lijiang is founded in Dayan Town, a large Naxi settlement first built during the Southern Song Dynasty some eight centuries ago. In December 1986, the State Council designated the place as a famous ancient historical and cultural city of a national caliber.)
After dinner, transfer to hotel
Day 5 - Lijiang
After breakfast, tour to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Incl. the Yunshanping Cable Car. Fifteen kilometres from the ancient city of Lijiang stands the Yulong Xueshan (Snow Mountain in the image of a Jade - Carved Dragon), a modern maritime glacier in the southernmost of northern latitudes. Shanzidou, the main peak of the mountain, looks like a gigantic dragon, clad in white snow all the year round at an altitude of 5,596 metres above sea level. Access to the top of the mountain is provided by a cableway from the foot of the mountain to Yunshanping ( Dragon Spruce Meadow )
After lunch, visit of the Baishui River, Ganhaizi (Lake), Baisha Village.
After dinner, transfer to hotel
Day 6 - Lijang transfer to Shangri-La by private vehicle (4-5hours for transfer)
After breakfast, transfer to Shangri-la (Zhongdian), enroute to visit of the Huiqiao(Tiger Leaping) Gorge (Hutiao ( tiger leaping ) Gorge Extending for 15 kilometres from the Yulong Xueshan Mountain in Lijiang to the Haba Xueshan Mountain in Zhongdian. Tiger Leaping Gorge is one the longest, deepest and narrowest gorges in the world.
According to local legend, the gorge acquired its name because at its narrowest point, a mere 30 meters wide, a tiger leaped over its swirling waters.) and the First Bend of Yangtze River.
Meet the guide at Huiqiao Gorge.
After lunch, transfer to Tibetan Village. After that, continue to transfer to Shangri-La.
After dinner, transfer to hotel at Shangri-la(Zhongdian)
Day 7 -Shangri-La
After breakfast, transfer to Pudacuo National Park. Incl. the Bita Lake and Shudu Lake, etc.
Lunch and dinner will be served at local restaurant
Day 8 - Shangri-La fly Kunming （01hour）
After breakfast, transfer to airport for flight to Kunming.
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