Day01 Arrive in Kunming Arrive in Kunming, transfer to the hotel. Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, is also called “Spring City” due to its fine climate all year round. Yunnan in Chinese means "to the south of the clouds". 2N in 4*Kunming Hotel Day02 Kunming BL After the breakfast drive to Shilin, a county of the Sani minority, to visit the Stone Forest. The bizarre karst stone rocks feature in various formation and some of them tower above to 30 m high. Drive back to Kunming, visit the West Hill with the Longmen Caves. Day03 Air Kunming – Dali BL In the morning fly to Dali, where stroll in the alleys of the ancient small town. The well preserved ancient city gates and the historic buildings have shown the city’s long history. In the afternoon visit San Ta Si (Three Pagoda Temple) in the northwest outskirts of Dali. Then boating on the Erhai Lake in the east of the city. The lake with an area of 249 square kilometers, is 40 km long and surrounded by high mountains such as Cang Shan. 1N in 4*Wing of Landscape Hotel Day04 Dali – Lijiang BL Drive northwards approx. 200 km to Lijiang (2600 m), the hometown of Naxi Minority. It is famous for its old wooden houses and the layout of the town’s streets. It has been listed as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Visit Hei Long Tan (Black Dragon Pool), which is located in the northern foot of the Elephant Hill. The summits of the Yulong Snow Mountain are clearly reflected in this pond. Afterwards visit Dongba Culture Museum. 2N in 4*Liwang Hotel Day 05 Lijiang – Tiger Jumping Gorge – Shangri-La BL Continue the journey to Tiger Jumping Gorge on the Jinsha Jiang (Golden Sand River), the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (the longest river of China, 6380 km). Short walking in the gorge and keep drive to Shangri-La (3330 m), the historic southern gateway to Kham and Tibet. Visit the Sumzanlin Monastery, which was created in 1679 by the Fifth Dalai lama. Characterized by its Han-Chinese and Tibetan construction style, the monastery is the most important monastery of Gelugpa-sect in Yunnan province. 1N in 4*Guanguang Hotel Day06 Shangri-La – Dechen BLD Drive through the Hengduan Range along the Jinsha Jiang (upper reaches of Yangtze) to Dechen. Have a break in the beautiful small town Benzilan. Enjoy the panoramic view of the “first bend of Jinshan Jiang”. Before reach Dechen visit the Dong Trubling Monastery. 1N in 2*Rainbow Hotel Day07 Dechen – Feilai Si, Trekking Feilai Si – Xidang 4.5 hours. BLD Visit Feilai Temple (3450 m) by car. Make a 4.5 hour-long trekking to the Xidang village (2300 m), about 2.5 hours. On the way to this Tibetan village visit the Baijiu Temple. Then trekking to the Xidang Hot Spring (2400 m), about 2 hours. Stay at farmhouse Day08 Xidang Hot Spring – Pass (3720 m) – Zhongdui trekking about 6 hours. BLD Trek to the high pass, view the summit of snow mountain Meili Xueshan. Then trek to the Zhongdui village (3250 m) in Yubeng. Stay at farmhouse Day09 Yubeng – BC for climber (3550 m) – Foot of the glacier – Yubeng trekking 7.5 hours BLD Trekking to the base camp for climber. Then trek to the foot of the glacier (3820m), go back to Yubeng village, about 2 hours. Stay at farmhouse Day10 Yubeng – Foot of Meili Xueshan – Waterfall – Yubeng trekking 6 hours BLD Firstly make a 2.5 hour trekking to the foot of Meili Xueshan, where Padmasambhava meditated. Then trek about 1 hour to the holy waterfall (3550m), go back to the Yubeng village, about 2.5 hours. Stay at farmhouse Day11 Yubeng village – Xidang village trekking about 7 hours, Xidang – Dechen BLD Trek via Ninong village to the Xidang village, you can enjoy the beautiful landscape and the virgin forest in a valley. Drive back to Dechen. 1N at 2*Rainbow Hotel Day12 Dechen – Shangri-La BL Drive back to Shangri-La, stroll through the old city. 1N at 4*Guanguang Hotel Day13 Air Shangri-La – Kunming B In the morning transfer to airport, fly back to Kunming.
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