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8 Days Tours Of Kunming,
Dali, Lijiang, Xishuangbanna
Tour Code: YNT_05
Deatinations: Kunming,
Dali,
Lijiang,
Xishuangbanna
Tour Itinerary
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Arrival in Kunming
Upon your arrival,
our guide will pick you up at the airport
and transfer to your hotel. Visit the
Bamboo Monastery.
Bamboo
Monastery: A Tang Dynasty (618-907
A.D.) temple known for its Arhat statues,
is the most famous of Kunming's temples.
The present Bamboo temple was rebuilt
in the Guangxu Era (1833 to 1890).
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Kunming - Stone
Forest - Kunming
After breakfast,
drive 90 KM to Lunan county to visit
the Stone Forest. Back to Kunming in
the afternoon. Visit the Golden Temple.
(B+L)
Stone
Forest: The most remarkable natural
phenomena. It consists of innumerable
bizarre shaped ancient limestone cliffs
and peaks created by wind and water
erosion some 270 million years ago.
Golden
Temple: A Daoist temple, the main
building of which is cast entirely
in bronze weighing about 280 tons.
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Kunming - Dali
Take flight to
Dali. Have a cruise in the Erhai Lake.
Visit Bai people's Tie Dying Cloth with
Wax, villages of Bai People with traditional
architecture courtyard in Xizhou Township.
Pay a visit to the Three Pagodas in
the Chong Sheng Temple and Dali Ancient
City. (B+L)
Erhai
Lake: One of the seven biggest
fresh water lakes in China and the
largest highland lake next to Dianchi
Lake (in Kunming). So it was called
"Plateau Pearl". The dimension
is 41.5 km. by 6.9 km. The total storage
capacity is 3 billion cubic metres
and its elevation 1,972 metres.
Bai
people: The Bai people have a
long history and well-developed culture.
80% of the population of 1.39 million
live in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
around the Erhai Lake with exquisite
scenery. The Bai people have their
own spoden language but do not have
a written one.
Three
Pagodas: Between Cangshan Mountain
and Erhai Lake, the Three Pagodas
stand like the legs of a huge tripod.
In the time of Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms,
Chongshengsi Monastery was the largest
monastery in this area and the Three
Pagodas were only a part of it.
Dali
Ancient City: A historically and
culturally famous city of China, is
renowned for her historical interest,
and an important pass of the ancient
"Silk Route of the South".
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Dali - Lijiang
Drive 3.5 hours
to Lijiang. Visit the Black Dragon Pool
in Yuquan Park and Lijiang Ancient Town.
(B+L)
Black
Dragon Pool: As the water is as
green and lucid as jade, the pond
is also entitled "Yuquan"
or Jade Fountain. On the bank of the
pond willows hang their withes like
silk thread. One can see arbours and
pavilions beside the pond, temples
hidden in the trees and variegated
flowers found everywhere.
Lijiang
Ancient Town: The county town
of Lijiang is also called Dayanzhen,
famous for its scientific architectural
layout. Crisscrossed by crystal-clear
rivers and meandering cobbled streets,
it has a high research value and is
a treasure in the field of urban construction
in China.
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05 |
Lijiang
Visit the Jade
Dragon Snow Mountain, the Baisha Murals and the Ancient Shuhe Village of Naxi People. (B+L)
Jade
Dragon Snow Mountain: The much
famed mountain is situated some 15
km. north of Lijiang County, with
thirteen peaks resembling jade pillars
holding the sky, it stands majestically
on the east side of the Jinshajiang
River. The main peak, Mount Fan (Shanzifeng),
is 5,596 m. above sea level, and is
annually snowcapped.
Baisha Murals: Lijiang's murals
are works of the Ming Dynasty, chiefly
created from the Hongwu to the Wanli
eras. They were originally distributed
among the Juexiansi Temple and twelve
others, nine of which fell to ruins.
The remaining four temples have altogether
55 murals, with a total area of 139.22
sq. m.
Naxi
people: Naxi literature is rich
in form and content. Besides works
by Naxi scholars and writers, there
is a repository of oral folk literature.
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Lijiang - Xishuangbanna
Take flight to
Xishuangbanna. Visit the the Jingzhen
Octagonal pavilion and the tropical
Rain Forest Park, scenic spots of the
park including air veranda; nine-dragon
village; Aini ethnic villages and waterfall.
(B+L)
Jingzhen
Octagonal pavilion: Which was first
built in 1701 as a place of Buddhist
worship. |
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Xishuangbanna
Visit the Morning
Ganlanba bazaar, the Manting Park, the
Arboretum of Tropical Plants and villages
of Dai people. (B+L)
Dai
people: The Dai ethnic group was
the first in history to plant rice and
to use a furrow to plough, with a population
of about 1.2 million, mainly lives in
the Dai Autonomous Region.
Arboretum
of Tropical Plants: Here plants
of every description grow luxuriantly
in a picturesque surrounding, and myriads
of tropical plants vie with each other
in splendour. It is a place highly favoured
by botanists and people who have a fancy
for plants. |
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Xishuangbanna
- Kunming - Departure
Take morning
flight to Kunming. Tour to the Dragon
Gate in Western Hills, then visit Bird
& Flower market. Transfer to the
airport for your departure, end of service.(B+L)
Western
Hills: Located at the west bank
of the Dianchi
Lake, is set in mountains well
covered by evergreen woods and filled
with sweet songs by lovely birds,
perfect for hiking. Dragon Gate consists
of the Sanqing Temple Complex and
the Dragon Gate Grotto Complex.
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Quotation and Hotels
(please email us
for an enquiry, we'll quote the price according
to your travel date and the number of people
in your group.)
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Luxury |
Standard |
| City |
Kunming |
Green Lake Hotel  |
New Era Hotel  |
| Dali |
Asia
Star Hotel |
Asia
Star Hotel |
| Lijiang |
Guan Fang Hotel |
Wang Fu Hotel |
| Xishuangbanna |
Dai
Garden Hotel |
Dai
Garden Hotel |
| Quotation |
high
season |
US$ per
pax |
US$ per
pax |
| low
season |
US$
per pax |
US$
per pax |
| single
room suppl |
US$
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US$
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| Note:
The private guided
tour is tailored for you exclusively.
No other participants will be in your
group and you will not take part into
any tours of others on land services.
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Quotation Inclusions:
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1. Hotel accommodation
The hotel is
based on two persons sharing one twin
or double standard room with private
facilities.
2. Meals
Daily American
or Chinese breakfast at the hotel,
Chinese lunch and dinner in local
Chinese restaurant as specified in
the itinerary. B - Breakfast, L -
Lunch, D - Dinner.
3. Private Transport
Private transport
between airport or railway station
and hotel and all the sights by air-conditioned
vehicle.
4. Transportation
between Cities
The economic
class air tickets of the domestic
flight or soft berth/seat train tickets
between cities as specified in the
itinerary.
5. Entrance tickets
The main entrance
tickets for the sights mentioned.
6. Guiding service
Excellent tour
Guiding. All normal sightseeing tours
in each city with English-speaking
guide and admission fees where applicable.
Our guide will not fly with you from
one city to another. Upon your arrival
at each city, a new local guide and
driver will pick you up, be with you
for local tour and see you off after
you finish the itinerary of each city.
7. Insurance
China Life
Tourist Accident / Casualty Insurance.
We highly recommend that you purchase
full coverage travel insurance from
you country of origin.
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Quotation Exclusions:
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1. Visa Fees
Charge of obtaining
your visa to enter China.
2. Charge of arrival
and departure
The international
or domestic air / train charge of arrival
and departure.
3. Single Room Supplement
Should a twin
room is needed by a single guest, supplement
of the twin room will be charged.
What
is single supplement?
- The hotel is
based on double occupancy. If the visitor
travels alone or the number of the travelers
is odd (such as 3, 5, 7...), who stays
in one single room has to pay the single
room supplement. As the hotel is on
double occupancy.
4. Personal Expenses
Expenses of a
personal nature such as laundry, drinks,
fax, telephone call, optional activities
or sightseeing, overweight baggage charges
or meals not indicated, ect.
5. Optional Programs
Optional programs
which are not specified in the above
itinerary.
6. Tips to guides
and drivers
Suggested tips:
USD12-14 to tour guide per day, USD
8-12 to driver per day, but depending
on their service, it's up to you, entirely
voluntary. |
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