8 Days Tour to Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, and Lugu Lake
Suitable Time: All Year
Feature: a. This classic tour program is the one of the best choice while you first visit Yunnan.
b. No shopping!
Day – 02: Kunming
Depart from your hotel in the morning, you will take a 1.5 hrs drive to the Stone Forest, which is famous as the typical karst landform and known as the First Wonder of the World. After touring the scenic area (about 2 hours), continue drive to Jiuxiang scenic spots, it is praised as the “Home of Karst caves”. Then drive back to the your hotel in Kunming and free of the rest day.
Day – 03: Kunming – Dali
Today, you will take an early morning flight to Dali. Our guide will pick you up at Dali airport and escort you to the Erhai Lake Park first, which is the best place to appreciate the beautiful Erhai Lake scenery. The lake is shaped like an ear, hence its name, which means ear shaped sea in Chinese. Afterwards, pay a visit to the Three Pagoda Temple that faces Erhai Lake. As its name implies, there are three ancient independent pagodas standing in a symmetrical triangle inside the temple. With a history of more than 1,800 years, Three Pagodas have been symbolic constructions of the ancient Dali City. Visit Bai people’s Tie-dying cloth with wax, and their village with the traditional architectural courtyards at Zhoucheng. The last stop of the day is the primitive and tranquil Dali Old Town, where you will see limpid streams passing through the town and local people wearing their ethnic costumes. A street that goes through the South City Gate to the North City Gate is now a prosperous market street, selling marble, tie-dyeing and other souvenirs.
Day – 04: Dali – Lijiang
Today will be a little tired because we need to spend about 3.5 – 4 hours driving from Dali to Lijiang, an exceptional ancient town set in a dramatic landscape which represents the harmonious fusion of different cultural traditions to produce an urban landscape of outstanding quality. Your Lijiang tour guide will wait for you and help you to check in the hotel. And then, take a short visit in Lijiang Ancient Town (1 – 2 hours) – walk down the cobblestone streets over 700 years and see the Naxi way of life which changed little over time. After visit Black Dragon Pond, drive back to the your hotel and free of the rest day.
Day – 05: Lijiang
After breakfast, drive to Jade Dragon Snow Mt., take cable-car up to the Yak Meadow and hike for about 1 hour to enjoy the breathtaking view of the main peak (5596 m high). On the way back, visit Ganhaizi Meadow and Baishui River. Continue the trip, you will explore the Baisha Village and Baisha Murals, it is famous for the murals and the old town built about 600 years ago. These murals, combining the Han, Tibet and Naxi culture together, are a wonderful art form of minorities in west Yunnan, and vividly unfold the life of the minority people to us. Then, you will pay a visit to the Old Town of Shuhe Old Town and Tea-Horse Road Musuem. We remain the whole afternoon free for you to stroll along the old town. The small bridges, running streams, cobbled streets, traditional fashion shops and some hand-made artwork stores make this small town a paradise for people who want to escape from the bustling cities.
Day – 06: Lijiang – Lugu Lake
In the afternoon, have a drive around Lugu Lake, take part in the banquet of Walking Marriage, and bonfire party in the evening.
Day – 07: Lugu Lake – Lijiang
In the afternoon, drive back to Lijiang directly.
Day – 08: Lijiang – Kunming
After you arrive Kunming, you can continue take your departure flight.
Group Size
Using Comfortable Hotel
★★★★
Using Deluxe Hotel
★★★★★
2 people
US$1716
US$1991
3 people
US$1445
US$1720
4 people
US$1309
US$1584
5 people
US$1228
US$1503
6 people
US$1174
US$1449
7 people
US$1225
US$1500
8 people
US$1184
US$1459
9 people
US$1153
US$1428
10 people
US$1128
US$1403
11 people
US$1108
US$1383
12 people
US$1091
US$1366
Single Room Supplement
US$260
US$535
Remark: The price above are based on 2 persons sharing 1 standard room. If you prefer a single room on you own, please pay single room supplement.
City
Comfortable Hotel
★★★★
Deluxe Hotel
★★★★★
Kunming
Kunming New Era Hotel
Crowne Plaza Kunming City Centre
Dali
Dali Landscape Hotel
Gurong Hotel
Lijiang
Hansange Hotel Lijiang
Crowne Plaza Lijiang Ancient Town
Lugu Lake
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The Quotation Including:
1. Stay in 4-star or 5-star hotels.
2. Using private 7-9 seats car (2-6 people) or 17-18 seats minibus (7-12 people) when travel and all transfer to hotels.
3. Three standard meals each day (daily buffet breakfast in the hotel, RMB50 per person for each lunch or dinner).
4. Domestic air fare and airport tax within Yunnan. (2 flight tickets, Kunming/Jinghong, Jinghong/Kunming)
5. The tickets of the main gate for all the scenic spots.
6. English speaking guide (local tour guides in every city).
The Quotation Excluding:
1. International air fare and airport tax. Transportation fee for you to arrive or leave Kunming.
2. All air insurance.
3. Tips to guides and drivers.
4. Single Room Supplement.
5. Personal expenses.
The child who share one room with parents will got a special rate.
The price is not available for three Chinese Public Holidays:
a. Spring Festival (Chinese Festival) around Feb.
b. Labor Day: May 1st-7th.
c. National Day: Oct. 1st-7th.