Private 8-Day Yunnan Trip

Free time in the afternoon.

Visit Golden Temple after breakfast. Then drive 90 KM to Lunan county to visit the Stone Forest. Drop off at the train station, from where your 2-hr high-speed train Kunming to Dali. Stone Forest: A world of innumerable bizarre shaped stone peaks, stalacto-stalagmites, substerranean rivers and underground limestone caves created by wind and water erosion some 270 million years ago. Stone Forest: A world of innumerable bizarre shaped stone peaks, stalacto-stalagmites, substerranean rivers and underground limestone caves created by wind and water erosion some 270 million years ago.

Have a walk by Erhai Lakeside along Erhai Bank Avenue. 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.

Drive 2.5 hours to Lijiang. Visit the Black Dragon Pool in Yuquan Park and Lijiang Ancient Town.

Visit the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain by taking cable car to Spruce Meadow (3100 meters above sea level), watch the show “Impression Lijiang” directed by Zhang Yimou, director of 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening & Closing Ceremonies and winner of dozens of world movie prizes.

Visit Baisha Murals. 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.

After breakfast, visit of Shuhe Old Town. Tiger Leaping Gorge (Hutiao Xia) Drive 180Km to Shangri-la. On the way, visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge and the First bend of the Yangtze River. Tiger Leaping Gorge: One of the longest, deepest and narrowest gorges in the world. Shangri-la Old Town on arrival.

Visit the Songzanlin Lama Temple, the Pudacuo Scenic region (including Shudu Lake, Bita Lake resort and Xiaji Resort.), and a Tibetan family near Napahai Reserve. Songzanlin Lama Temple: A typical Lama monastery. Located at the foot of Mt. Foping, four kilometers north of Zhongdian. Bitahai Lake: The lake is an intact natural attraction with various species of flora and fauna and, of course, picturesque landscapes.

Tour to the Dragon Gate in Western Hills, then visit Bird & Flower market. Transfer to Shangri-la airport for your departure to other city of China.