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Accommodation |
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Lijiang
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1 night |
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Tiger Leaping Gorge |
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6 nights |
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Dali |
air |
1 nights |
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Kunming |
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2 nights |
Day 1  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, Mu Prince Mansion.
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, ) Lijiang / Qiaotou/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 Tina's Inn 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, ) Tiger Leaping Gorge / Daju 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.
Day 4 (B, L, ) Daju / Xiaomi Trekking 30km, 10hrs, Virgin forest, Grassland, Villages of Naxi, Yi, Lisu & Tibetans. Camping.
Day 5 (B, L, ) Huahua / Dilaoying/Yanliuqing trekking 30km, 6hrs/Caves. Highland Terraced Fields, Taizi Valley (Taizi means Prince, it is the highest Mt. In Yunnan, main peak Kagebo 6740 meters, regarded as holy Mt. By Tibetans, it hasn yet been conquered till today. Overnight in tents.
Day 6 (B, L, ) Liuqing / Baoshan Stone City trekking 25km, 3hrs/the ruins of King Kublai Khan when crossing the river in early year of 1253, the whole village built with rocks on top of Mt. Stay at river side Hostel /public shower & toilet.
Day 7 (B, L, ) Baoshan / Laru trekking 15km, 4hrs, up hill trek , then by bus 130km to LIJIANG
Day 8 (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 9 (B, L, ) Dali / Kunming Transfer via: by air 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".
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 10 (B, ) Kunming 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
Day 11 (B, ) Kunming / Departure
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