Day 1: Arrive in Kunming
Arrive in Kunming, transfer to your hotel in Kunming on your own arrangement. Check in hotel via your name.
Meals Included: No meal
Accommodation: 3-star Kunming Enjoying International Hotel
Warm tips: Please take the shutter bus No.919C from Kunming airport to Kunming Railway station, after taking off at the terminal station , just walking 5m to arrive at Kunming Enjoying International Hotel (address: Yongsheng Road (Nanyao Railway Station), Guandu District, Guandu, Kunming)
Day 2: Kunming-Dali
At 8:30am, Our English speaking guide pick you up at the hotel lobby, then departure from hotel, drive 1.5 hours to visit the Stone Forest which vividly expresses the deep love of the local people toward this world wonder. The quintessential karst landscape makes every tourist lost in wonder. After the tour, transfer back to Kunming downtown 1.5hrs. Stroll in Green Lake and Flowers and Birds Market. Before the evening transfer to railway station to take the overnight train to Dali reference train number K9626 (23:30-06:42+1)
Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation: on the train ( soft berth -- 4 persons share one compartment )
Day 3: Dali
Early in the morning, arrive at Dali Railway station. After meeting with your local guide at railway station, transfer to hotel to drop off your luggage.(breakfast on your own account) Remark: If the room available, you can make the free early check in. Then you visit the Three Pagodas which is made of three ancient independent pagodas forming a symmetrical triangle. Afterward, you’ll cruise in Erhai Lake by the small boat in the east Erhai Lake. 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. Later, you will head for Xizhou Town to fully appreciate Bai-style traditional architectural courtyards, taste their fragrant Three-Course Tea and explore their distinctive culture. Visit Zhoucheng Village and the Bai people's Tie-dying cloth workshop where you can take some special souvenir with the Bai ethnic style. At last, you will visit the Ancient Dali Town, walk around the Foreigner Street and enjoy the relax time with local people.
Meals Included: None
Accommodation: Central Wall Well Hotel in Dali
Day 4: Dali-Lijiang
After breakfast, transfer 2-2.5 hours to Lijiang. (only Chinese speaking driver with this transfer ) with the beautiful farmlands and ethnic villages on the way. Upon arrival, you’ll head for the scenic Black Dragon Pool and the Dongba Museum to explore the rich Naxi minority culture. Then explore Lijiang Old Town. Lijiang Old Town has a history more than 800 years; it was listed as the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997. Here you will see the wonderful wooden architecture of Naxi ethnic people. You will explore the Mu’s Residence, Lion Hill and Wangu Tower in the old town. Finally move to check in your hotel which located in Baisha Village. After checking , you can make a nice stroll around this village.
Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation: Baisha Holiday Resort Lijiang
Day 5: Lijiang
Today you will continue to have a relax tour in Lijang. Firstly stop at Joseph Rock’s former Residence in Yuhu Village, Joseph is an Austria-American botanist and explorer, lived in Yuhu village and other places of the region from 1922 to 1949. He was both a naturalist and a photographer, and the first foreign scholar to introduce Lijiang ethnic culture to the western world. Then enjoy your relax time in Shuhe Old Town UNESCO has listed it as an important component of Lijiang as it is a well-preserved example of a town along the ancient tea route and one of the earliest settlements of the ancestors of Naxi people. It is called 'the hometown of springs'.
Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation: Baisha Holiday Resort Lijiang
Day 6: Lijiang-Shangrila
At 07:30am, pick up from your hotel, then you'll drive about 60KM to the First Bend on the Yangtze River with imposing gorge scenery, visit the Iron Chain Bridge, the Red Army's Long March Memorial Monument in the Shigu 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. Continue to Visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge, upon arrival, star your trekking from Tina’s G.H ---- Half way G.H. ( 1.5hrs ) ---14km point ( 2hrs ) After the trekking, continue drive to Shangri-La (2hrs ) Check in hotel. Then stroll 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.
Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation: Moonlight City Hotel Shangrila
Day 7: Shangrila-Lijiang
Morning star your tour from Napahai Lake, eight kilometers northwest of the county town of Shangri-La. Many rare birds inhabit here among which is the well-known black-necked cranes, the first-class animal protected by the state and a lot of birds circle over the water from September to March of next year. It is also the largest grassland of Shangri-La covered with green grass. Continue to visit the Ganden 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. Then have a stop at a local Tibetan Family to know about their local life. After the tour, about 15:00 you will transfer 4 hrs with your Chinese speaking driver to Lijiang. In the evening, Check in Baisha Holiday Resort Lijiang after arrival.
Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel
Accommodation: Baisha Holiday Resort Lijiang
Day 8: Departure from Lijiang
After breakfast , you will choose:
1)check out the hotel before 12:00 at noon , then transfer to Lijiang airport or railway station to departure Lijiang on your own arrangement.
2) continue to prolong you stay in Lijiang (the extra cost of accommodation is on request)
Meals Including: Breakfast at hotel
( Remark : no any guide or driver service be offered by travel agent today )
Departure Dates and Rates
Prices in U.S. dollars are based on per person with double occupancy
Group Code |
Arr. Date in Kunming |
Dep. Date in Lijiang |
Rates |
Single Supplement |
Z16-G1109 |
Nov 9 |
Nov 16 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z16-G1120 |
Nov 20 |
Nov 27 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z16-G1207 |
Dec 7 |
Dec 14 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z16-G1218 |
Dec 18 |
Dec 25 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0104 |
Jan 4 |
Jan 11 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0115 |
Jan 15 |
Jan 22 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0208 |
Feb 8 |
Feb 15 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0219 |
Feb 19 |
Feb 26 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0301 |
Mar 1 |
Mar 8 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0315 |
Mar 15 |
Mar 22 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0329 |
Mar 29 |
Apr 5 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0405 |
Apr 5 |
Apr 12 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0416 |
Apr 16 |
Apr 23 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0510 |
May 10 |
May 17 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0517 |
May 17 |
May 24 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0531 |
May 31 |
Jun 7 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0607 |
Jun 7 |
Jun 14 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0614 |
Jun 14 |
Jun 21 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0628 |
Jun 28 |
Jul 5 |
$1008 |
$170 |
Z17-G0705 |
Jul 5 |
Jul 12 |
$1008 |
$170 |
Z17-G0712 |
Jul 12 |
Jul 19 |
$1008 |
$170 |
Z17-G0726 |
Jul 26 |
Aug 2 |
$1008 |
$170 |
Z17-G0809 |
Aug 9 |
Aug 16 |
$1008 |
$170 |
Z17-G0816 |
Aug 16 |
Aug 23 |
$1008 |
$170 |
Z17-G0830 |
Aug 30 |
Sept 6 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0906 |
Sept 6 |
Sept 13 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G0913 |
Sept 13 |
Sept 20 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G1004 |
Oct 4 |
Oct 11 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G1011 |
Oct 11 |
Oct 18 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G1018 |
Oct 18 |
Oct 25 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G1101 |
Nov 1 |
Nov 8 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G1115 |
Nov 15 |
Nov 22 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G1129 |
Nov 29 |
Dec 6 |
$912 |
$150 |
Z17-G1213 |
Dec 13 |
Dec 20 |
$912 |
$150 |
Pricing Policy
Infants (under 2 years of age) traveling with parents: free of charge
2-5 years old: 50% of the adult price
6-12 years old: 80% of the adult price
What is Included
• All land transfer and transportation
• Accommodation with breakfast as listed
• Entrance fees as listed in the program
• Skilled driver & Experienced English-speaking guide
• Travel Agency's Responsibility Insurance
• Two bottles of mineral water everyday
What is Not Included
• Any domestic and international flight tickets
• Lunch and dinner
• Single room supplement;
• Personal Travel Accident Insurance
• Any optional programs/activities
• Chinese visa fee
• Personal Consumption
• Hotel pick-up and drop-off service
• Tips for the driver and tour guide(100RMB per day for the driver;150RMB per day for the tour guide in suggestion.)
Important Notice
We suggest reconfirmation in advance if only one person request this tour! In our join-in group tours with fixed departure dates, you will share tour guide and tour bus service with other participants. Our local guide will be speaking English during his/her service.
Bookings
When you book please provide detailed information of your full names, passport numbers, telephone number, etc. The information must be correct, actual and valid. We will check availability for your required departing date. If your required tour is available we will then reply with confirmation details.
Cancellations and Refunds
We will charge you cancellation fee if you would like to cancel your tour after your booking is confirmed. Please see details as below:
Period before starting day of the tour |
Cancellation fee per person |
45 days or more before arrival and air tickets are not issued |
15% of the full payment |
44-16 days before arrival |
25% of the full payment |
15-7 days before arrival |
40% of the full payment |
within 7 days before arrival |
50% of the full payment |
Refund will be by the same means you pay. If you pay online or offline by credit card, refund will take at least one month. You can consult your bank for refund progress details.
Responsibility
We will arrange for you to receive the services that you choose and that we confirm. These services will be provided either directly by us or through independent suppliers contracted by us. We are responsible for making sure that each part of the tour you book with us is provided to a reasonable standard and as was advertised by us, or as changed and accepted by you.
The responsibility of us and its affiliated companies are strictly limited. We shall not be responsible for any wrongful or negligent acts, omissions, or failure to act of any suppliers such as those of surface, air, and water transportation, sightseeing excursions, cruise/hotel accommodations, or of any third party not directly owned or operated by us. If airline or cruise company change or cancel a flight/cruise, we will push the airline and cruise company to work out a solution, to change another flight/cruise for you. In this case we reserve the right to vary the sequence of sightseeing and/or to re-route the order of cities, or adjust the days in related cites but will ensure same arrival date in Beijing and same departing date in Shanghai. In either case, there are no refunds for any unused or unavailable excursions.
By utilizing the travel services of the suppliers, you agree that you will look to such suppliers for any accident, injury, property damage, or personal loss to you or to those traveling with you, and that neither we nor any representative of us shall be liable.
We reserve the right to substitute hotels of similar quality at any time or to make changes in itinerary of similar quality, flights, or cruise ships.
Our local tour guides may arrange some souvenir shop visits during the tour. For every single group, local guide may adjust the shops described in the itinerary to meet the group members’ interest and demand. However, such visits will be strictly limited to only once in each city, unless extra shopping visits are required by group members.
Please understand that not all museums and attractions are open every day of the year. We reserve the right to vary the sequence of sightseeing and/or to re-route the order of cities if that will enable you to visit all listed excursions. In either case, the itinerary content will be maintained to the extent possible and there are no refunds for any unused or unavailable excursions.