City	transfer by	Accommodation
Lijiang	car	4nights
Dali	air	1night
Kunming	-	6nights

Day 1 (B, L )
Arrival / Lijiang
Arrive at Lijiang airport, pickup by our English speaking tour guide and transfer to hotel. Visit the old town of Lijiang, escorted tour to Square Street. At night, join in the singing competition party at the bank of ancient streams which wind through the town.

The Lijiang ancient town of Dayan: The town was built in the late song dynasty and the early Yuan dynasty and was listed by the UNESCO on the list of the world's major cultural heritages in 1997.

Day 2 (B, L, D )
Lijiang / Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge
At 6:00, drive to Qiaotou Town, it takes 2 hours on the trip.  Your hiking trip starts from here, the 28 zigzaging turns will be a real text.   The total trekking route is 28 km, and it takes about 6-8 hours. You will arrive at Half-Way Guest House to finish today's trekking.

While you are walking in the gorge, our support team will take all of your luggaes to meet you at Tina's Inn, so you only need to carry two bottles of water, chocalate and camera on the trip.   

The 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.

Day 3 (B, L, D )
Tiger Leaping Gorge 
In the early morning, continue hiking to Tina's Inn, after lunch break, 1 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 gorge.

Day 4 (B, L, )
Lijiang
In the morning, continue your trekking through trails for 2 km (about 1 hour) to a small ferry, cross the river by boat, climb up the cliff and see the beautiful Daju Town. Enjoy a local lunch in the village, and drive to Lijiang.

We will stop at Yak Meadow where a cable car visit to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is available.

Day 5 (B, L )
Lijiang / Dali
In the morning, visit Mu Prince Mansion, Drive to Dali, drive to Xizhou, visit the typical living house of Bai Minority. enjoy the tea ceremony of Bai Ethnic, continue to drive to Dali. Recommend you to have dinnier at an old traditional restaurant called "Plum Well".  More details of Dali...

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

Day 6 (B, L, )
Dali / Kunming
Morning visit of a small Catholic church in old town of Dali, Visit Three Pagodas, and the old town, the Ancient Wall Gate.

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

Later today you will fly to Kunming. Upon arrival, be met & transferred to your hotel in Stone Forest, about 90 km from Downtown Kunming, enjoy the beautiful surroundings while the crowd of visitors do not disturb you. The night of Stone forest is so unique, which you can not find in other place of the world.

Stone Forest is located in Shilin County, 89 kilometers from Kunming. The area, covering 350 square kilometers, is the highest karst terrain in the world and a national scenic area in China.

Day 7 (B, L, )
Kunming / Xishuangbanna
Transfer via: HU7387 (1400/1610)
Tour to the Dragon Gate in Western Hills. Visit the Grand-view Park, a beautiful lake- side park that was completed in 1690 during the Qing Dynasty, known for its longest antithetical couplet in China.

In the afternoon, take flight to Jinghong, the capital of Xishuangbanna.

Xishuangbanna is the only tropical rainforest nature reserve zone in China, famous for its mysterious tropical rainforests and minority customs. The climate is warm and wet here, ideal for nurturing some wonderful plants and flora and home to unusual wildlife.

Day 8 (B, L, )
Jinghong / Wild Elephant Valley
Explore the Wild Elephant Valley which is a nature reserve for elephants, overnight at the Up-Tree Hotel inside the reserve from where you can see wild elephants if you are lucky.

Day 9 (B, L, )
Jinghong / Mengyang / Menglun
Drive 34 km to Mengyang, stop at Elephant Shaped Banyan Tree for a short break.   Continue your trip for 19 km to Jinuo, which is home base for Jinuo Villages.   In the afternoon, visit Tropical Botany Garden is located on Hulu Island in Menglun.  Stay overnight in Menglun.

Day 10 (B, L, )
Menglun / Mengla / Jinghong
Visit the Air Corridor in Mengla, which is a border town with Laos, the corridor has been invested by UN for survey the wild animals living in the rain forest. Drive back to Jinghong in the late afternoon.

Day 11 (B, L, )
Jinghong / Kunming
Transfer via: CA4476 (2055/2140)
Drive to Menghai, visit the the Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion which was first built in 1701 as a place of Buddhist worship. On the way, visit Ake village; Aini ethnic villages and local market.

Flight back to Kunming.

Day 12 (B, L, )
Kunming / Depart
Visit the Golden Temple, a Daoist temple, the main building of which is cast entirely in bronze weighing about 280 tons. Also visit the Qiongzhu Monastery, a Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.) temple known for its Arhat statues, is the most famous of Kunming's temples.

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Transfer to the airport for flight to next destination.   Service end.   More photos, click here.

Notice: The raining season in Zhongdian, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lujiang and Lijiang is from late May to early September, roads might be block by mountain slide and falling rocks.  The best traveling time for our trekking tour is from October to April.

In case of bad weather condition or road difficulties, the original itinerary which has been confirmed by us might has to be changed accordingly by our local tour guide, or even the whole trip could be cancelled eventually.   Please trust the judgement of our expienced tour guide, they are the expert and have escored trekking trips for years.

Hotel accommodation inclusive in the above package:

City	Deluxe Class	Comfortable Class
Tiger Leaping Gorge	Tina's Inn	Chateau De Woody Guest House, Walnut Grove
Lijiang	Jiannanchun Hotel, Lijiang (4star)	Sanhe Hotel,Lijiang (3star)
Dali	Lanscape hotel (4star)	Lanscape hotel (3star)
Kunming	Kunming Hotel 4 star	Camellia Hotel 3 star
Stone Forest	Tianqi Ashima Hotel 3 star	Tianqi Ashima Hotel 3 star
Wild Elephant Valley	Up-Tree Hotel (Best available)	Up-Tree Hotel (Best available)
Menglun	Botanical Garden Hotel (Best available)	Botanical Garden Hotel (Best available)
Jinghong (Xishuangbanna)	Daiyuan Hotel (4 star)	Caixin Hotel (3 star)

Meal Code:   B-Western breakfast in the hotel        L-Chinese lunch in local restaurant
                     D-Chinese Dinner in local restaurant

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* The above quotation is based on twin share.  Single supplement will be charged only when you are the 3rd, 5th person in this group, and need to stay in one single room, which means no one in the group can share the cost of accommodation with you.

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