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Day 1 
Arrive / 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 2 (B, L, )
Kunming / Baoshan / Liuku
Transfer via: Drive
Take a morning flight from Kunming to Baoshan, then drive to Liuku, the city by the Nu River. Sightseeing in Liuku . Traveling down along the river, you will enjoy the scenery of the beautiful, strange, and tranquil mountains, the gushing river... Stay overnight in Liuku.
Day 3 (B, L, )
Liuku / Gongshan
Transfer via: Drive
Drive along the Nu River from Liuku to Gongshan, on the way, visit a hot spring, a Nu village and a Lisu village. Prepare horses or porters for your trekking tour. Stay overnight in Gongshan.
Day 4 (B, L, )
Gongshan / Qiqi
Trek 20 km from Gongshan (1450m) to Qiqi (2000m). Today, you will trek up the east slope of Mt. Gaoligong. On the way, you will pass the Gazhu nature protection station (1700m). Stay in a local guesthouse or camping.
 Day 5 (B, L, )
Qiqi / Dongshaofang
Trek 18 km from Qiqi (2000m) to Dongshaofang (3200m). Today, you will continue trek up the east slope of Mt. Gaoligong. On the way, you have to cross several streams. Camping.
Day 6 (B, L, )
Dongshaofang / Nanmowang / Sandui
Trek 5 km up to the Nanmowang Pass at 3620m, then trek down the west slope of Mt. Gaoligong to Sandui at 2600m. Camping.
Day 7 (B, L, )
Sandui / Bapo
Trek 16 km down the mountain slope from Sandui to Bapo by the Single Dragon River. On the way, you have to cross several streams. Stay in a local guesthouse or camping.
Day 8 (B, L, )
Banpo / Qinlangdang
Trek 30 km along the Single Dragon River from Bapo to Qinlangdang, enjoy the grand night view of the 120m-high Moon Waterfall. Camping.
Day 9 (B, L, )
Qinlangdang / Binzhongluo
Drive along the Single Dragon River to Binzhongluo. On the way, you will see several suspending bridges, and several Dulong villages. Stay in a local guesthouse or camping.
Day 10 (B, L, )
Binzhongluo / Deqen
Drive to Deqen, free time to discover the town for the rest of the day.
 Day 11 (B, L, )
Deqen / Meili Snow Mountain / Deqen
Drive for 3 hours (67 km) to Mt. Meili, stop at Feilai Temple. Arrive at Mingyong Village for lunch.
After lunch, ride horse for 8 km to Mingyong Ice Glacier which is under the foot of Mt Kawakarpo, arrive at Taizi Temple where is 4759 m altitude.
Ride back to the village and drive to Shenping Town, Deqen.
Day 12 (B, L, )
Deqen / Zhongdian
Drive to Zhongdian, enjoy tremendous view of mountains, lakes and forest.
Day 13 (B, L, )
Zhongdian 
Join in a daily morning class at the Songzanlin Monastery which was built 300 years ago under the instruction of the 5th Dalai Lama, now there are still 800 monks and 3 living buddhas inside.
Later today, you will visit a local Tibean Family.
Day 14 (B, L, )
Zhongdian / Luoji / Hongxing
After breakfast, drive to the east for 4 hours to Luoji, a big Tibetan village, after lunch, start the trekking tour with horses. Today, you will trek about 10 km from Luoji to Hongxing, another Tibetan village, following the Niru river valley path. The trekking will take about 5 hours.
Day 15 (B, L )
Hongxing / Niru
Continue trekking from Hongxing to Niru, another Tibetan village, following the Niru river valley path. The trekking distance is 9 km and it will take about 4 hours. Have a late lunch in Niru upon arriving. In the afternoon, visit the Niru village elementary school, after dinner, have a bon-fire party with the Tibetan villagers and the students. Stay in local villager's house or camping.
 Day 16 (B, L)
Niru / Shudu Lake
Trekking about 12 km from Niru to Shudu Lake, it will take about 6 hours, have picnic lunch on the way. Set up Camp by the lake. Enjoy a bon-fire party at night. Camping.
Shudu lake, at an altitude of 3,266 meters above sea level, is located 8 kilometers northwest of the county seat of Zhongdian. It has the largest grassland in Zhongdian, surrounded by mountains on three sides.
Day 17 (B, L,D )
Shudu Lake / Baishui Terrace
Zhongdian / Tiger Leaping Gorge / Middle Gorge
Drive from Shudu Lake to the Natural Bridge Hot Spring to have a good bath, drive 3 hours to Drive to Tiger Leaping Gorge, stops at Baishui Terrace.
Baishui Terrace: At the foot of the Haba Snow Mountain is the mysterious White Field, also called Baishuitai, birthplace of the Naxi ethnic minority Dongba Culture.
 Day 18 (B, L, )
Tiger Leaping Gorge / Lijiang
The toal hiking journey today is 18 km.
In the early morning, 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, have a tea break after the exciting voyage. 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 19 (B, L, )
Lijiang
 Visit the old town of Lijiang, escorted tour to Square Street, Mu Prince Mansion in the morning. Drive to Lashi Lake to visit Naxi Village in the afternoon, take a canoe ride on the lake.
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 20 (B, L )
Lijiang / Dali
Visit Yuhu Village, a village at the foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, where Mr Joseph Rock, a  famous Russian Scientist lived for 27 years from 1922 to 1949, enjoy hundreds of photoes and articles of the culture in this area.
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.
Xizhou House: live Bai minority people. You will see the their typical traditions, dresses there.
Day 21 (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, have dinnier at an old traditional restaurant called "Plum Well". More details of Dali...
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 22 (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 23 (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 24 (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 25 (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 26 (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 27 (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.
Transfer to the airport for flight to next destination. Service end. More photos, click here.
Notice: The raining season in Xishuangbanna 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:
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City |
Deluxe Class
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Comfortable Class
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| Stone Forest |
Tianqi Ashima Hotel (3 star) |
Tianqi Ashima Hotel (3 star) |
| Liuku |
Liuku Hotel (2 star) |
Local village |
| Gongshan |
Gongshan Hotel (1 star) |
Local village |
| Qiqi, Dadongfang, Sandui, Baopo, Binzhongluo |
Local Guest House |
Camping |
| Zhongdian |
Holy Palace Hotel, Zhongdian (4star) |
Songtsam Hotel, Zhongdian (3star) |
| Deqen, Hongxing, Niru, Baishuitai |
Local Guest House |
Camping |
| Tiger Leaping Gorge |
Tina Inn |
Tina Inn |
| Lijiang |
Jiannanchun Hotel, Lijiang (4star) |
Sanhe Hotel,Lijiang (3star) |
| Dali |
Lanscape hotel (3star) |
Tibetan Lodge (2star) |
| Kunming |
Kunming Hotel 4 star |
Camellia 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) |
Crown Hotel (3 star) | |
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