10 Days Yunan Tour Kunming,Dali,Lijiang,Zhongdian,Shangri-la

On arrival, our driver will hold a welcome sign to meet you at airport or train station and transfer to the hotel.

Todays activities:Stone Forest,Green Lake
Morning:
Morning Breakfast at hotel, Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning, Drive to Lunan Yi Autonomous County
Visit Stone Forest-------the place used to be a huge ocean during the Paleozoic era--some 270 million years ago.Later, the movement of tectonic plates altered the earths crust, causing the sea to recede and its limestone bottom to appear, thereby forming land. Due to the constant seeping of rain through the cracks in the limestone, some of the stone formation dissolved and the fissures broadened, producing a group of great sculptures of different shapes, all molded by nature.
Afternoon:
Visit the Green Lake------which is gorgeous, crisscrossed by small arched bridges ,and you will take a leisurely stroll along the Green Lake.
Drop-off service at your hotel and end todays trip

Todays activities:Yunnan Nationalities Village
Morning:
Morning Breakfast at hotel, Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning, Drive to Yunnan Nationalities Village----In China,there are totally 56 nationalities, and 25 ethnic minorities are living in Yunnan Province.Yunnan is the only province in China where there are so many nationalities. As Yunnan has so many nationalities, it has lots of different cultures.In the Yunnan Nationalities Village 25 villages are meant to be built for each of the 25 ethnic minorities in Yunnna.In the village you can watch the song and dance performance given by different nationalists.
Afternoon:
Drive bcak to the city and drop off at your hotel

Todays activities:Bai ethnic minority village
Morning:
Morning Breakfast at hotel, Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning, Drive to Dali,Dali is also called Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Dali,it is about 400km to Kunming.it takes about 4 hours on the way.
Afternoon:
Visit Bai ethnic minority village--------The Bai People hold the white colour in high esteem and call themselves "Baizi", "Baini" or "Baihuo", which means white people. Bai people live mostly in the provinces of Yunnan (Dali area), and in neighboring Guizhou and Hunan provinces.Bai Women in Dali traditionally wear a white coat trimmed with a black or purple collar, blue loose trousers; embroider shoes, silver bracelets and ear rings.
Check in at the hotel of Dali and end todays trip

Todays activities:Erhai Lake,Three Pagodas,Dali Ancient Town
Morning:
Morning Breakfast at hotel, Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning, Visit Erhai Lake-----the Lake is about 250square kilometer in size,the deepth of the water is 23m,it is situated at 1,972 m above sea level. is the second largest highland lake of China. the name er means ear,hai means lake in Chinese,Its name means "Ear-shaped lake", cuz its shape as seen by locals and travellers. Erhai is an alpine fault lake in , Er Lake was also called Kunming Lake in ancient time. Continue to the Chongshen Monastery------Three Pagodas are in this Monastery,they are the symbol and landmark of Dali, an important humanism sight in the historical, cultural and national star level excellent city for tourism. It is also the oldest and grandest buildings in south of China.
Afternoon:
Visit the famous Dali Ancient Town------The old town of Dali has been preserved in a 1.5 by 1.5 km wide townsite surrounded by its ancient walls. Due to its relatively well-preserved architecture, the town has developed as a major tourist attraction in recent decades. The Bai people first settled the region 3000 years ago.Dali first emerged as the capital of the Nanzhao Kingdom in the 8th century. Later, the town served as the capital of the Kingdom of Dali until its conquest by the Yuan.
Drop-off service at your hotel and end today's trip.

Todays activities:Museum of Naxi Dongba culture
Morning:
Morning Breakfast at hotel, Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning,
Drive to Lijiang,Lijiang is about 200km to Dali.
Visit the Naxi Dongba Cultural Museum--------The Dongba culture is a most inclusive term referring mainly to the language and scriptures. The Dongba language is actually composed of 1,400 picture-like characters and symbols that are still used by Dongbas, researchers and artists of the culture. It is by now the only living hieroglyph in the world and is regarded as a precious cultural relic of mankind. On August 30, 2003, the Dongba classical literature was accepted as a written world heritage by UNESCO.
Check in at the hotel of Lijiang and end todays trip

Todays activities:Baisha Naxi ethnic minority Village,Yufeng Lama Temple
Morning:
Morning Breakfast at hotel, Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning
Visit Baisha Naxi ethnic minority Village-------The Naxi is a minority with a long history and a brilliant culture. With a population of 300,000, this group lives mainly in Yulong County, Lijiang City, Yunnan. It has become known worldwide or having kept its own ancient and unique Dongba Culture and thus claimed to be a small ethnic group that has created a grand culture.
Afternoon:
Yufeng Lama Temple--------located at the southern foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain with ancient forests clustering around, is 9 km away from the Lijiang. Yufeng Temple is called 'Kalashicongfeilin' in Tibetan language. There is a small pond in front of the temple embraced by big pine trees. The whole temple shows a distinctive and conjunct architecture style of Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism and the local Naxi Dongba Religion due to the cultural communion between different minorities and different areas. It is also the witness of the peaceful coexistence and syncretism of multinational cultures and religions, and still plays a very important role in acculturation of Naxi Ethnic Group.
Check in at the hotel of Lijiang and end todays trip

Todays activities:the First Bend of Yangtze River, Tiger-leaping Gorge
Morning:
Morning Breakfast at hotel Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning,drive to Shangri-la,one the way
You will visit the First Bend of Yangtze River--------it meets Lancang River and Nu River, they go together through the high mountains and deep gorges of Hengduan Mountains. Rushing southwards from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Yangtze is blocked by the Hailuo Cliff at Shigu, Yunnan, which makes it turn roughly to northeast, forming a rare great bay of "V" shape, which is called the First Bay of the Yangtze.
Afternoon:
Visit Tiger-leaping Gorge--------it is about 100 kilometers (62 miles) northwest of Lijiang Old Town lying between Jade Dragon Snow Mountain(5,596m) and Haba Snow Mountain (5,396 m), which is believed to be the deepest gorge in the world.
Drive to Shangri-la ,Check in at the hotel of Shangri-la and end todays trip

Todays activities:Songzangling Lama Monastry, Pudacuo National Park,Shudu Lake
Morning:
Morning Breakfast at hotel, Meet your guide and driver at your hotel in the morning,visit Songzangling Lama Monastry---------it was found in the 17th century during the reign of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama. This lamasery is the largest Tibetan Buddhist lamasery in Yunnan and one of the thirteen Tibetan monasteries in the Kangba Region.
Afternoon:
Visit the Pudacuo National Park---------it is the first national park in China to meet IUCN standards ,there are more than 20 percent of the country’s plant species, about one-third of its mammal and bird species and almost 100 endangered species in there.
Continue to Shudu Lake,the lake is 3705 metres above the sea level , it is one of the biggest lakes in Diqing Prefecture. Around the Shuduhai Lake, there are dense forest of fir spruce and birch. There lives different wild animals such as musk deer, bear, leopard, golden cat, deer, pheasant..etc
Drop-off service at your hotel and end todays trip

Transfer to airport by our driver.
End of service!