City	transfer by	Accommodation
Hongkong	air	2 nights
Guilin	air	1 night
Yangshuo	coach	1 night
Longsheng	coach	1 night
Guilin	air	1night
Kunming	air	1 night
Dali	air	1 night
Lijiang	car	2 nights
Daju	car	1 night
Chengdu	air	2 nights
Chongqing	air	3 nights
Shanghai	train	2 nights
Suzhou	train	1 night
Shanghai	air	1 night

Day 1 
Arrival   /  Hong Kong
Transfer via:  International flight - Own arrangement 

Pickup by our driver and transfer to the hotel. 

Accommodations:  City Garden Hotel, Hong Kong (4 star)

Add: 9, City Garden Road, North Point, HK Island, Hong Kong

Day 2  (B,      )

Hong Kong   

Free day.

Accommodations:  City Garden Hotel, Hong Kong (4 star)

Add: 9, City Garden Road, North Point, HK Island, Hong Kong

Day 3  (B,      )

Hong Kong  /  Guilin

Transfer via:  evening flight 

Transfer by our company coach (without tour guide) to airport for flight to Guilin.  Pickup in Guilin by our English speaking tour guide and transfer to the hotel.

Accommodations:  Universal Hotel, Guilin(3 star)

Tel: (86-773)2828228, Fax: (86-773)2824944

http://www.yangshuoholiday.com/hotels/gl_universal.htm

Day 4  (B,  L,    )

Guilin  /  Yangshuo

After the breakfast you take company coach to Dock. You will start your Li River Cruise from here. The total Journey is around 30 Kilometers and takes 4 hours. On the way you will see the most beautiful landscapes and pass throw the local villages.  

Later this day you will arrive at Yangshuo. You can also choose to stay in the town, stroll around the local market, witness the daily activities of local society. Or you might enjoy a class for Chinese Tachi in Yangshuo at sunset.

Yangshuo, the natural scenery features unique karst hills, crystal water, exquisite stones and intricate caves as well as a cultural historic heritage and folks of diverse customs.   At night, have fun on the West Street, don't drink too much to miss tomorrow's program. 

Accommodations:  New Li River Hotel, Yangshuo(3 star)

Tel: (86-773)8816918, Fax: (86-773)8816919

http://www.yangshuoholiday.com/hotels/ys_liriver.htm

Day 5  (B,  L,  D  )

Yangshuo  /  Longji

From 6:30 to 9:00 am, cycle for 2 hours from Yangshuo to Aishan Village in the early morning, you will arrive at the Licun village and then you continue you bike ride on the trails to Yangshuo. After a hot shower in the hotel, you will be transfer by company vehicle to take bamboo rafting for two hours on Yulong River through limestone mountains and trails.

Later today you will be transferred to Longji Dragon Backbone Rice Terrace, visit Longji Mountain Village, about 3 hours driving on road, stroll around the village.   Stay in the mountain village overnight.

Longsheng is famous for the Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces: 60square kilometers of terraced rice fields southeast of Longsheng. They were first built in the Yuan dynasty and  completed in the Qing dynasty by Zhuang people. The terraced fields are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountaintop, with the highest place of an elevation of 885m and the lowest 380m.

Accommodations:  Ping An Hotel, Longji(the best in the mountain village)

Tel: (86-773)7583198, Fax: (86-773)7583458

http://www.yangshuoholiday.com/hotels/lj_pingan.htm

Day 6  (B,  L,  D  )

Longji  /  Guilin

Transfer to Guilin by road. Visit Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill. Take evening cruise on Li River and surrounding lakes.

Visit the Reed Flute Cave. Aside ten minutes drive (half hour bike ride) from downtown, the cave is one of the largest known examples of what each tropical karst cone conceals within it. The script writers and set designers for Star Trek would have a field day in this cavernous underground stalactite/stalagmite maze-style theater. The dropping water is rich and the dripstones are not only in various types but also in big size, displaying a wonderful cave world. This cave was called "The Art Gallery of Mother Nature". Colored fluorescent lights which cast shadows and illuminate shapes of imaginary animals, fruits and vegetables complete the unworldly effect.

Following with Elephant Trunk Hill. It is located on the west bank of the Li River by a small branch called Peach blossom Rive.

Accommodations:  Universal Hotel, Guilin(3 star)

Tel: (86-773)2828228, Fax: (86-773)2824944

http://www.yangshuoholiday.com/hotels/gl_universal.htm

Day 7  (B,  L,  D  )

Guilin  /  Kunming

Transfer via:  morning flight 

Fly to Kunming.  Upon arrival, be met & transferred to your hotel in Yunnan Stone Forest, about 90 km from Downtown Kunming.

Accommodations:  Tianqi Ashima Hotel Shilin(3 star)

Tel:0871-7719966

ADD: Stone Forest Scenic Region, Shilin County, Kunming

Day 8  (B,  L,  D  )

Kunming  /  Dali

Transfer via:  morning flight 

Morning tour to Stone Forest.  Transfer to Dali by air. Visit Three Pagodas, and the old town, the Ancient Wall Gate, have dinnier at an old traditional restaurant called "Plum Well".

Enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Stone Forest while the crowd of visitors do not disturb you. The Stone forest is so unique, which you can not find in other place of the world.   Stone Forest, covering 350 square kilometers, is the highest karst terrain in the world and a national scenic area in China.

Three Pagodas:are located northwest of Dali at the foot Cangshan Mountains. With Qianxun Pagoda, completed in 876 during the Tang dynasty (618-907AD).

Accommodations:  Land Scape Hotel (3star)

Tel: 86-872- 2666318

ADD: No.96, Yuer Road, Old Town of Dali, China.

Day 9  (B,  L,    )

Dali  /  Lijiang

Morning visit of a small Catholic church in old town of Dali, drive to Xizhou Morning Market & the typical living house of Bai Minority. enjoy the tea ceremony of Bai Ethnic, take as more pictures of the colorful costumes of Bai Ethics, listening to their stories... Drive to Lijiang after lunch.

Xizhou House: live Bai minority people. You will see the their typical traditions, dresses there.

Accommodations:  Sanhe Hotel, Lijiang (3star)

Tel: 86-888-5120891   Fax: 5120892

No. 4 Jishan Lane, Xinyi Street. Lijiang ,Yunan, China

Day 10  (B,  L,  D  )

Lijiang  /  Daju

Visit the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Yak Meadow, the old house of Joseph Rock, who stayed in Lijiang for 27 years from 1922 to 1949. Stay overnight at the local village of Daju Town.

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain: The mountain has 13 peaks of which the highest is 18000 feet above sea level. It is a treasure of wild plants and rare animals.

Joseph Rock: lived in a village at the foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain for 27 years from 1922 to 1949, left us thousands of photoes and articles of the culture in this area.

Accommodations:  Daju Inn, Daju ( family style hotel)

Day 11  (B,  L,  D  )

Lijiang  /  Tiger Leaping Gorge

Start your hikking trip from Daju Town, and your hiking tour starts here. Visit the famous Middle and Uper Tiger Leaping Gorge, the toal hiking journey today is 36 km.

Tiger Leaping Gorge : one of the world's four great gorges - is located in Hutiaoxia Town in Zhongdian County,is honored as one of the deepest and most marvelous gorges on the globe.

Walk down the mountain through trails for 2 km (about 1 hour) to a small ferry, cross the river by boat, climb up 3.5 km for 2 hours and arrive Yongke Village which is located at Lower Tiger Leaping Gorge, continue your walk after a simple lunch break.

After lunch, 1 more hour walking down the steep cliff to the bank of Jinsha River, worship the dangerours shoal of "Starriness", it is the most narrow part of the gorge, where a tiger can easily jump over the Jinsha River.  1 more hour to climb up the mountain.

Accommodations:  Tina Inn

Day 12  (B,  L,    )

Lijiang   

Drive to Lijiang, visit Mu Prince Mansion, Three Wells, enjoy your free time at old town of Lijiang.

Accommodations:  Sanhe HotelLijiang (3star)

Tel: 86-888-5120891   Fax: 5120892

No. 4 Jishan Lane, Xinyi Street. Lijiang ,Yunan, China

Day 13  (B,    D  )

Lijiang  /  Chengdu

Transfer via:  afternoon flight  

Free time to walk around until to be transfer to airport for flight to Chengdu.  Enjoy Sichuan Opera at a local tea house in the evening.

Accommodations:  Prime Hotel, Chengdu (3 star)

Tel:0086-28-86666168 Fax:0086-28-86665888

Add8 Zongfu Street,Chengdu

http://www.prime-hotel.com/homee.htm

Day 14    (B,  L,  D  )