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8 Days Yunnan Group Tour (Kunming-Dali-Lijiang-Shangri La)

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Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and Shangrila tour is the most welcomed tour in Yunnan. Discover Yunnan’s ethnic culture and its beautiful towns and scenery during this mazing 6 days’ tour! This tour includes the major attractions of Yunnan Province, such as Stone Forest, Erhai Lake, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Songzanlin Monasteryand some ethnic towns and villages. You can also experience the culture of Yis, Naxis, Bais, and Tibetan minorities. The tour is designed for everyone whoever is budget tourist or whoever wants to share a tour with others.

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Features：Cheap Yunnan tour and join with other tourists to make more friends. Explore Yunnan including Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and Shangri La.

Days：8Days

Best Time：All Year

Destinations： Kunming、Dali、Lijiang、Shangri La、Diqing

简化路线：Kunming → Dali → Lijiang → Shangri La

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Features

Highlights:

The best destinations of Yunnan: Kungming – Dali – Lijiang -Shangri-La.

Discover the natural beauty of Yunnan: Stone Forest, Erhai Lake, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Napahai Lake,

Explore the ethnic groups in Yunnan: Yi, Bai, Naxi, Tibetan, etc.

Enjoy the real life of local people in the ancient towns and villages: Dali Old Town, Xizhou Old Town, Zhoucheng Village, Lijiang Old Town, Yuhu Village, Baisha Old Town, Shuhe Old Town, Dukezong Old Town, and Tibetan village.

Visit a monastery and a temple in Yunnan: Songzanlin Monastery and Chongsheng Temple.

Experience bullet train from Kunming to Dali.

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Kunming Arrival

Day 2: Kunming

Day 3: Kunming-Dali

Day 4: Dali-Lijiang

Day 5: Lijiang

Day 6: Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shangri-La

Day 7: Shangri-La

Day 8: Shangri-La Departure

Day by Day Itinerary

Day

Arrive in Kunming

The Green Lake in Kunming

Welcome to Kunming, the Spring City! You’ll begin your journey to the diverse and captivating province of Yunnan from the capital city, Kunming. Upon arrival in Kunming, your guide will meet you at the airport/train station and escort you to your hotel. Have a good rest tonight! If you want to explore nearly, feel free to get some practical suggestions from your tour guide.

Arrival Ideas:

By Air: Kunming is served by Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) and it offers many domestic and international flights including Bangkok, Singapore,Tokyo, San Francisco, London, and Los Angeles, etc.

By Train: Kunming is served by Kunming Railway Station and South Railway Station. There are many high-speed trains that connect Kunming to other cities in China, such as Guiyang (2hrs), Chongqing (4hrs), Chengdu (5.5hrs), Guangzhou (7hrs), Hong Kong (7.5hrs), Beijing(11hrs), Shanghai(11hrs), etc.

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Kunming-Shilin-Dali by High Speed Train

Jingxing Flowers and Birds Market in Kunming The Stone Forest in Kunming Dali Ancient City

In the early morning , visit the Green Lake and then enjoy a 20-minute walk to visit the Flowers and Birds Market in downtown area.

You will drive 86 km to the Stone Forest. An old local saying says that ‘If you have visited Kunming without seeing the Stone Forest, you have wasted your time.’ Truly, the Stone Forest is one of the most important attractions of Yunnan.

Take the high speed train from Shilin County to Dali in the late afternoon. Train Schedule: Shilin-Dali D8719 17:34-20:29

You will be free to explore Dali Old Town at night.

Dali Old Town is one of Yunnan’s most popular tourist destinations. It has historic sites, ancient buildings and temples, nearby beautiful Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, local crafts, and the “Foreigners’ Street” with Western-style restaurants and bars and English-speaking business owners. The street is popular with both foreigners and Chinese.

Attractions and Activities

The Stone Forest in Kunming

The most dramatic of these attractions in Kunming is the Stone Forest, known since the Ming Dynasty as the 'First Wonder of the World'. An old local saying says that 'If you have visited Kunming without seeing the Stone Forest, you have wasted your time.' Obviously, ranking the first at its age, size and typical formation, the Stone Forest is one of the most important attractions of Yunnan.

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Dali

Three Pagodas and Chongsheng Temple in Dali Erhai Lake in Dali Erhai Lake Cruise in Dali The Foreigner Street in Dali Old Town The Ancient City Wall in Dali

In the morning, visit Three Pagodas in Chongshen Monastery which has a history of over 1,800 years located at the foot of Cangshan Mountain facing to the Erhai Lake. Three Pagodas are made of three ancient independent pagodas forming a symmetrical triangle.

Then you’ll cruise in Erhai Lake by the small boat to Tianjingge Pavillion in the east Erhai Lake.In Erhai Lake cruise, you will enjoy the green Cangshan Mountain and the Three Pagodas from a far as well as lots of birds and seagulls flying over the lake.

In the late afternoon, take a walk in Dali Old Town. Visit Foreigner’s Street and ancient city wall.

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Dali-Lijiang

Zhoucheng Village in Dali Tie-dyeing Making in Zhoucheng Village, Dali Xizhou Old Town in Dali Yan Family Compound in Xizhou Old Town, Dali Black Dragon Pool in Lijiang Dongba Culture Museum in Lijiang Lijiang Old Town

In the morning, transfer to visit to Zhoucheng Old Town which is known as “Hometown of Bai People’s Tie-dye Art” to appreciate the exquisite Tie-dye in person. Tie-dye is a typical feature to present the Bai’s excellent handcraft with various colors and elegant designs. You’ll visit local indigo workshop in Zhoucheng and know the way of making.

Head for Xizhou Town to fully appreciate Bai-style traditional architectural courtyards, taste their fragrant Three-Course Tea and explore their distinctive culture.

After lunch, drive to Lijiang. Arrive in Lijiang and pay a visit to Dongba Culture Museum and Black Dragon Pool.

You will be relaxed around Lijiang Old Town, a well-preserved old city of ethnic minorities with brilliant culture, is a central town of the Lijiang Autonomous County of the Naxi Ethnic Minority in Yunnan Province. Located on the plateau which is 2,400 meters above the sea level and embraced by the tree-covered Lion Mountain in the west, Elephant and Golden Row Mountains in the north, vast fertile fields in the southeast and crystal clear water running through, the old town looks like a big jade ink slab, therefore got the alias the Town of Big Ink Slab (Dayanzhen).

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;Lijiang

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang Yak Meadow Chairlift in Lijiang Blue Moon Valley in Lijiang Baisha Murals in Lijiang Baisha Old Town in Lijiang

After breakfast, drive about 30KM to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Scenic Area. You will firstly reach Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M). Then you will take the sightseeig bus for a short visiting through the Baishuihe River. Take cable car to Spruce Meadow and hike around 30 minutes in the forest. Then take a battery cart to Blue Moon Valley.

After lunch, you will enjoy the Impression Lijiang Ethnic Show directed by Zhang Yimou. It is held in Ganhaizi Meadow about 3100M above the sea level.

And then, you can stroll through Baisha Old Town, which is an enchanting traditional Naxi style old town. Visit the famous doctor Ho’s son, He Shuwen in Baisha street. You will also have an option to visit Jinxiu Naxi Ethnic Embroidery School and Institute owned by Jack Chen in Baisha Old Town.

Visit the Baisha Murals about 600 years old, which is one part of the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997.

Walk around in Lijiang Old Town, pay a visit to the Giant Water Wheel, Bar Street, Sifang Square and the ancient architectures of Naxi ethnic people.

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Lijiang-100KM-Tiger Leaping Gorge-100KM-Shangri-La

The First Bend of Yangtze River in Lijiang Dukezong Old Town in Shangri La, Diqing

From Lijiang, you’ll drive about 60KM to the First Bend of the Yangtze River with imposing gorge scenery, visit the Iron Chain Bridge ,the Red Army’s Long March Memorial Monument in the Shigu Old Town. The town of Stone Drum got its name from a large, cylindrical, marble tablet shaped like a drum. The scenery is magnificent as the road running through the Lijiang valley which is filled with wheat fields and drying haystacks.

Visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the deepest gorge in the world. With 34 rapids of the Yangtze River, it is called the Jinsha in this area because you can find gold in the river.

Then you will enter the Tibetan cultural area and a landscape of barley fields and yaks scattered in the valleys. Arrive in Shangri La, you will be free to explore Dukezong Old Town at night.

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Shangri La

Songzanlin Monastery in Shangri La Napahai Lake in Shangri La Hamugu Tibetan Village in Shangrila, Diqing Dukezong Old Town in Shangri La, Diqing

Today, visit the Songzanlin Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. Songzanlin Monastery has another alias – ‘the little Potala Palace ‘, so named because the whole monastery is in the traditional style with mysterious atmosphere.

After that, pay a visit to a Tibetan Family in Hamugu Village and have Yak Butter lunch in the family.

And afterwards, you will explore Napahai Lake and Yila Grassland. Napahai Grassland is the largest one in Shangrila. Due to the humid climate, the local grass grows faster than other areas. Every year in May, Napa grassland is green while that in other area just begins to sprout. At the beginning of June, a variety of wild flowers open and flocks and herds have fun on the grassland.

In the late afternoon, walk around Dukezong Ancient Town, an important town of the Ancient Tea-horse Trade Caravan from Yunnan to Tibet and India. Walk up to the top of Guishan Hill or Tortoise Hill, you will see the largest Prayer Wheel of the world and have a panoramic view of shangrila county and Dukezong Ancient Town.

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Shangri La-Kunming Speed Train and Departure

Today the tour guide and driver will take you to Shangri-La airport or railway station for departure.

Or We take the speed train from Shangri La Railway Station for Kunming (5 hours). Note: The train tickets will be included from Shangri La to Kunming.

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