The Minorities' Tour

Itinery:

Day 1 Kunming - Arrival
Meet on arrival at Kunming airport and transfer to hotel.
Check in.
Afternoon sightseeing tours incl. West Hill. Kunming is the capital of Yunnan Province. It is nicknamed as City of Spring.

Day 2 Kunming - Dali
Fly to Dali in the morning. Dali is an ancient historical city where the Bai minority lives. Chinese people call the area "Scandinavia". We will enjoy the beautiful scenery and cruise on Erhai Lake.
Visit Three Pagoda, Bai Village and old town of Dali.
Stay in Dali for 1 night.

Day 3 Dali - Lijiang
Drive to Lijiang. On the way to Lijiang, visit the world-famous Tiger Leaping Gorge, which is one of the deepest canyons of the world. Then we will visit Stone Drum Town, the miraculous first Bend of the Yangtze River.
Stay in Lijiang for 2 nights. Lijiang is a pretty and peaceful town, located at the foot of Jade Dragon Mountain, which is famous for its 13
snow-tipped peaks resembling Jade Pillars. The Naxi minority lives here.

Day 4 Lijiang
Visit Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Jade Peak Monastery, Mural of Baisha at Naxi Village. Sightseeing of the Old Town of Lijiang today that is regarded as "Oriental Venice, unsophisticated and picturesque". The Black Dragon Pond renowned for it's over 500 kinds of flowers and various famous pavilions.
Visit local Dongba Museum.

Day 5 Lijiang - Zhongdian
Drive to Zhongdian (around 4 hours). Visit village Stone Drum, stands at the First Bend of Yangtze River and then further to Zhongdian. Short trekking at the Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Day 6 Zhongdian
Sightseeing tours incl. Ganden Songzanglin Monastery and Napa Lake.

Day 7 Zhongdian - Kunming
Transfer to the airport and morning flight back to Kunming.
Drive 98 km. to the Stone Forest one of China's most remarkable natural phenomena. It consists of 80 hectares of innumerable bizarre-shaped ancient
limestone cliffs and peaks created by wind and water erosion some 270 million years ago.
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