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6 Days Yunnan Tour Package: Kunming, Dali, Lijiang
Tour Code: YNT_01
Deatinations: Kunming,
Dali,
Lijiang
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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. |
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| Day 02 |
Kunming - Stone Forest
- Kunming (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
After breakfast, drive
90 KM to Lunan county to visit the Stone Forest.
Back to Kunming in the afternoon.
Stone
Forest: Located 120 kilometers southeast
of Kunming, the Stone Forest is a typical
karst formation covering an area of more
than 350 square kilometers. In 2007, it
is listed as World Natural Heritage. Walking
inside the forest, you will find a wonderland
consists of innumerable huge rocks of fantastic
shapes.
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| Day 03 |
Kunming - Dali (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Take flight to Dali. Have a cruise
in the Erhai Lake. Visit Bai people's Tie Dying Cloth
with Wax, villages of Bai People with traditional architecture
courtyard in Xizhou Township. Pay a visit to the Three
Pagodas in the Chong Sheng Temple and Dali Ancient City.
Erhai
Lake: One of the seven biggest fresh water lakes
in China and the largest highland lake next to Dianchi
Lake in Kunming. The white snow over the green Cangshan
Mountain and the limpid water of Erhai Lake have earned
Dali the fame of "Jade Erhai and Silver Cangshan." It
would be a great pity if people travelling to Dali do
not go for a boat ride in the lake.
Bai
people: The Bai people have a long history and well-developed
culture. 80% of the population of 1.39 million live
in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture around the Erhai
Lake with exquisite scenery. The Bai people have their
own spoden language but do not have a written one.
Three
Pagodas: Between Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake,
the Three Pagodas stand like the legs of a huge tripod.
In the time of Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms, Chongshengsi
Monastery was the largest monastery in this area and
the Three Pagodas were a part of it. Weathering through
the storms and earthquakes in the past to 10 centuries
and more, the Three Pagodas still elegantly stand there.
They are the symbols of outstanding architectural technology,
and the brilliant culture of Dali.
Dali
Ancient City: A historically and culturally famous
city of China, renowned for her historical interest,
and an important pass of the ancient "Silk Route of
the South".
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| Day 04 |
Dali - Lijiang (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Drive 3.5 hours to Lijiang. Explore Sifang Street in Lijiang Ancient Town.
Lijiang
Ancient Town: The old town is famous
for its scientific architectural layout.
Crisscrossed by crystal-clear rivers and
meandering cobbled streets, it has a high
research value and is a treasure in the
field of urban construction in China.
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| Day 05 |
Lijiang (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Visit the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain,
the Baisha Murals and the Ancient Shuhe Village of Naxi
People.
Jade
Dragon Snow Mountain: The mountain is situated some
15 km. north of Lijiang County, with thirteen peaks
resembling jade pillars holding the sky, it stands majestically
on the east side of the Jinshajiang River. The main
peak, Mount Fan (Shanzifeng), is 5,596 m. above sea
level, and is annually snowcapped.
Baisha Murals: Lijiang's murals are works of the
Ming Dynasty (1368¨C1644). They were originally distributed among the
Juexiansi Temple and twelve others, nine of which fell
to ruins. The remaining four temples have altogether
55 murals, with a total area of 139.22 sq. m.
Naxi
people: The Naxi ethnic minority has a population of 277,800, most of whom live in concentrated communities in the Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County in Yunnan Province. More than
1,000 years ago, the Naxi people had already created
pictographic characters called the "Dongba"
script and a syllabic writing known as the "Geba"
script. With these scripts they recorded a lot
of beautiful folklore, legends, poems and religious
classics.
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| Day 06 |
Lijiang - Kunming -
Departure (Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Take morning flight
to Kunming. We offer 5 options for today's
tour:
1. Tour to the Dragon Gate in Western Hills.
2. Tour to Haigeng Park by the Dianchi Lake,
where you will enjoy the nice view of the
lake and see many seagulls.
3. Tour to Golden Temple.
4. Tour to Bamboo Monastery.
5. Explore the Bird-Flower Market and Jinma
Biji Archway.
A transfer to the airport for flight departing
Kunming. Bon Voyage!
Western
Hills: Located at the west bank of the
Dianchi
Lake, Western Hills is set in mountains
well covered by evergreen woods and filled
with sweet songs by lovely birds, perfect
for hiking. Dragon Gate consists of the Sanqing
Temple Complex and the Dragon Gate Grotto
Complex.
Golden
Temple: A Daoist temple constructed in
1602 AD, the main building of which is cast
entirely in bronze weighing about 280 tons.
Bamboo
Monastery: A Buddhist temple which was
first built in the Yuan Dynasty. During its
history, spanning nearly 1,000 years, the
temple has been burnt to ashes several times
and then reconstructed. The present structure
mostly dates from the late Qing Dynasty. Bamboo
Monastery is famous for its 500 colored clay
sculptures of Arhats. |
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2. Hotels For The Above Trip
| City |
Luxury |
Standard |
| Kunming |
Green Lake Hotel  |
New Era Hotel  |
| Dali |
Asia
Star Hotel |
Asia
Star Hotel |
| Lijiang |
Guan
Fang Hotel |
Wang
Fu Hotel |
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3. 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.
4. Quotation Inclusions:
1. Hotel Accommodation
The hotel is based on two adults
sharing one twin or double standard room with private facilities.
Solo travelers or those who want to occupy one twin-bed
room of their own are required to pay additional charge
of single supplement rate. A single room is subject to availability
based on prior request at an additional cost; if the above
recommended hotel is not available, it will be substituted
by a similar one.
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
/ railway station and hotel and all the sightseeing spots
by air-conditioned vehicle. Separate arrivals and departures
will incur extra charges.
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 above itinerary. Airport construction
fee and fuel surcharge are included.
5. Entrance Tickets
The main entrance tickets for the
sightseeing spots mentioned.
6. Driver And Guiding Service
Driver and English-speaking guide
service on normal sightseeing activities noted in the itinerary.
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.
5. Quotation Exclusions:
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 any meals
not specified in the itinerary, ect.
5. Optional Programs
Optional programs which are not specified
in the above itinerary.
6. Tips
Tips depending on the service of
your guide and driver, entirely voluntary.
7. Extra Cost
Any extra cost caused by changes of natural disasters, fires,
weather, governmental and local authority orders, political
change, strikes, war, riots, quarantine, custom regulations,
damages or injury caused by accident beyond the control
of us and that has incurred due to the tourist action violating
the laws.
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