Shangri-La Join Tour – Summer Program 2023

Arrival in Kunming. Meet your guide at airport and transfer to hotel.
Lunch and dinner at leisure.
Overnight at Weilong Hotel (or similar) ****

Buffet breakfast at hotel.
Drive along the new express way to Stone Forest. Stone Forest (eco-bus incl.)
After lunch, visit a local Yi Ethnic Group Village—Sibeihou Village（寺背后村）.
Drive back to Kunming visit the Green Lake Park in the afternoon. If time and weather permit, you could learn to write Chinese Calligraphy using water and over-size brush writing on the ground in the Green Lake Park (14:00-17:00). Or if it rains, we will adjust to visit Yunnan Military Academy History Museum (Jiangwutang).
Lunch at local restaurant, dinner at leisure.
Overnight at Weilong Hotel (or similar) ****

Buffet breakfast at hotel.
After breakfast, your guide and driver will pick you to the Kunming Train Station and take a bullet train to Dali. Upon arrival in Dali, proceed to visit the Three Pagodas (eco-bus excl.), and then visit the Er’hai Ecological Corridor Road (eco-bus excl.) and then stroll in Dali Old Town.
Lunch at local restaurant, dinner at leisure.
Overnight at Dali Landscape Hotel (or similar) ****

Buffet breakfast at hotel.
In the morning, overland drive of 180 kilometers, or 3 hours, along the new highway to Lijiang. Visit the Bai village Xizhou, Bai Minority Tie-dye Cloth in Zhoucheng Village, Shaping Monday Market (07:00a.m.-12:00p.m.) on the way. P.S. After the tour in Dali, the Dali local guide will finish the service, Lijiang local guide will wait the group in Lijiang.
Upon arrival in Lijiang, lunch first, after that, you will visit Lijiang Ancient Town and Sifang Square.
And then check in your hotel.
Lunch at local Chinese restaurant, dinner at leisure.
Overnight at Lijiang Wangfu Hotel (or similar) ****

Buffet breakfast at hotel.
Drive to visit Baisha Ancient Town, visit Naxi embroidery in a local institution.
Then visit the Yuhu Village, a simple village of Naxi minority with the former residence of Dr. Joseph Rock.
Then drive back to visit Zhongyi Local Market, Black Dragon Pool and Dongba Museum.
Rest of day at leisure.
Lunch at local Chinese restaurant, dinner at leisure.
Overnight at Lijiang Wangfu Hotel (or similar) ****

Buffet breakfast at hotel.
After breakfast, leave for Lijiang this morning with guide.
P.S. Lijiang local guide will escort the group to Qiaotou Township and meet with the Shangri-la local guide. The Lijiang local guide finish the service, the Shangri-la guide will take guests on a hike and the rest of the trip.
First, you will see the First Bend of the Yangtze River and take some photos on the way.
Then, visit Tiger Leaping Gorge (lift excl.).
After that, drive to Halfway guesthouse have a lunch, after lunch, walk to Tina’s guesthouse.
And then, go ahead driving to Shangri-la, you will visit Xiaozhongdian Grassland on the way stops.
Arrive at Shangri-la in the late afternoon, check in your hotel.
Lunch at local Chinese restaurant, dinner at leisure.
Overnight at Floral·Shangri-la Lefugedan Inn (or similar) ****

Buffet breakfast at hotel.
Visit Ganden Songzanlin Monastery (eco-bus incl.) in the morning.
And then, visit a Tibetan family where the Tibetan builds their houses by wood with big sitting room and Buddhism hall,
try the home-made buttered tea and yak cheese.
After lunch, drive back to Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum and experience to paint Thangka.
And then, discover Dukezong Ancient Town – the largest and best-preserved Tibetan population in China and also a very important station along the Tea-Horse Road. Besides, walking up to the top of Guishan Hill to appreciate the typical Tibetan style view – Prayer Wheel.
Lunch at local Chinese restaurant, dinner at leisure.
Overnight at Floral·Shangri-la Lefugedan Inn (or similar) ****

Buffet breakfast at hotel.
Check out the hotel before 12:00.
Service ends.