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7 Days Colorful Tour to Kunming, Dali and Lijiang

Tour Route: Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Kunming
7 Days Colorful Tour to Kunming, Dali and Lijiang

Miracle of Nature-Stone Forest with Unique Karst Landform,A Fairyland on Earth,March, April, gathering time of Bai people, best time to enjoy flourishing flowers

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Daily
Private Tour
Day 1 Arrive in Kunming

Welcome to our spring city, Kunming. Our guide, who holds the sign Online China Tours will take our greeting to you.
Then driven to check in the hotel.

Meals: No meal
Day 2 Kunming

Enjoy the sightseeing of the Stone Forest and Green Lake Park.

While Walking through the Stone Forest, visitors marvel at the natural stone masterpieces and are bewitched by the intricate formations. The magnificent, strange and steep landscape creates countless labyrinthine vistas.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 3 Kunming to Dali

In the morning, take a flight to Dali.
Have a Cruise on the Erhai Lake, then proceed to visit Ancient City of Dali and Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple.

Located about 2 kilometers east of Dali, Erhai Lake is the largest highland lake next to Dianchi and one of the seven biggest fresh water lakes in China. It means, 'sea shaped like an ear'. It is like a crescent lying between Cangshan and Dali city as seen from Cangshan Mount

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 4 Dali to Lijiang

Visit Zhoucheng Elaborate Batik Crafts, Houses of Bai People in Xizhou. Afterwards, escort you to Dali to Lijiang. Visit the Ancient City of Lijiang.

A well-preserved old city of ethnic minorities with brilliant culture, Lijiang Old Town is a central town of the Lijiang Autonomous County of the Naxi Ethnic Minority in Yunnan Province. It is located on the plateau which is 2,400 meters (7,874 feet) above the sea level and embraced by the tree-covered Lion Mountain in the west.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 5 Lijiang

Visit the Jade Dragon Mountain. Next visit the Mural in Baisha Village and the Dongba Museum.

Consisting of 13 peaks, among which Shanzidou is the highest with an altitude of 5,600 meters (18,360 feet), Jade Dragon Snow Mountain stretches a length of 35 kilometers (22 miles) and a width of 20 kilometers (13 miles). Looking from Lijiang Old Town in the south which is 15 kilometers (nine miles) away, the snow-covered and fog-enlaced mountain resembles a jade dragon lying in the clouds, hence the name.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 6 Lijiang to Kunming

Have a day tour of the Tiger Leaping Gorge, First Bend of the Yangtze River and the Stone Drum Town. Fly to Kunming.

Located about 100 kilometers northwest of Lijiang Old Town, the Tiger Leaping Gorge is belived to be the deepest gorge in the world. From the top of the gorge you look down the steeply angled (70-90 degrees) mountain sides to the rushing Golden Sands (Jingsha) River with its 18 frothing rapids more than 200 meters (about 700 feet) below.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 7 Depart Kunming

Driven to the airport for your departure flight. Your China Southwest travel ends.

Meals: Breakfast
Travel Period 2-5 travelers 6-9 travelers
Dec.1- Feb.28 US$731 US$597
Mar.1- Nov.30 US$774 US$635

1. The price is based on stay in China four star hotels. If you want to deduct, upgrade or downgrade the hotel, please indicate this while sending the inquiry.
2. You will enjoy more discounts if there is more people join the tour.
3. Prices may vary according to your travel time and are higher in the high season, e.g. Qingming Festival Holiday (Apr. 4 - 6, 2020 ), Labor's Day Holiday (May 1 - 3, 2020) ,Dragon Boat Festival Holiday (Jun. 25 - 27, 2020) and National Day Holiday (Oct 1- Oct 8, 2020).

1. All arrangements and first admission/entrance fees of scenic spots specified in the itinerary.
2. Buffet breakfast, Chinese lunch or dinner as listed in the itinerary.
3. Well-equipped commercial vehicle with excellent private guide and driver accompanied on your tour between airports, train stations, scenic spots and hotels.
4. Four-Star Hotel based on two persons sharing one room with twin beds. All hotels as listed in the itinerary serve daily western or Chinese breakfast unless specified.
5. All the transfer fares including domestic train tickets and flights with airports taxes，fuel charges, free baggage allowance as specified in the itinerary.
6. Travel Agency’s Liability Insurance with your tour inside China.
7. Chinese government taxes and the city construction fees on your travel tour.

1. China entry visa fees.
2. International or domestic airfare or train tickets not included in the itinerary.
3. Meals not specified in the itinerary and extra and alcoholic or beverages during meals.
4. Tips for guides and drivers.
5. Personal expense: e.g. mini bar, personal telecommunications, laundry, excess baggage charges etc.)
6. Excursions and activities not included in itinerary.
7. Single room supplement.

Interested in this itinerary but would like to make changes to the hotels, destinations, sites, or anything else? Contact us here to customize this itinerary just for you.

It is flexible to change the duration, attractions, starting and ending cities according to your interests. Also the tour can be extended or shorten as your preference, just let your trip consultant know.
All of the tour packages exclude the international airfares. We suggest you can book it one your own. You can compare the price between OTAs (Expedia, Priceline, Sky scanner...) and the airlines. When you have a confirmed date, set alarm and compare it always.
As the China Visa, we cannot apply for you as we are an China inbound travel company. However, we can send you our invitation letter with our company's official seal to you after you booked the tour from us, which could assist you to get China Visa from China embassy easily. Usually, we suggest you to apply the visa about one month or one month and a half before your travel date.
For the breakfast, it is offered by the hotel you stay, usually Chinese and Western buffet breakfast. As for the lunch, we offer 80RMB per person for a standard Chinese meal at a nice tourist restaurant. If you want to order other kind of meals, such as vegetarian, Muslim meals, Indian Meals, please let your trip consultant know. Dinner usually will be left for you to choose the food you prefer. Our guide will help you to balance each meal such as your taboo, your preference and avoid repeated food. You have to pay for the extra cost if you want to take better or more. The meals on Yangtze Cruise are fixed Chinese and Western Buffet.
All the hotels can be replaced by your favorite ones or you can book your own hotels. And the hotel room we offered here usually is standard with twin beds. If you want to have king-size bed room or suite, please let your trip advisor know. Besides, all the accommodation are quoted on two persons sharing one room. The room supplement must be paid if you want to have a single room.
* Most hotels we offered in our tour package have WIFI in the lobby, and some of which have WIFI in hotel rooms. If you need the WIFI in your room, please make sure with your trip advisor.
We have non-shopping private tour and tour with carefully selected shops. For tour with shops, the price will be lower, and you will enter one or two shops in every tourist city. The shops could be jade, silk, pearl, Chinese tea etc., all of which have strong China's character and is worthy to buy. Each shop will take you around 45 minutes. We promise there is no compulsory consumption at all. You get the situation in your hands.
* Department stores, supermarkets, boutiques, hotel and restaurants in most cities of China do accept the credit card with the sigh of MasterCard, VISA and JCB. However, it does generate commission charge. Please check the regulations with your bank manager.
All domestic flight we offered is the economic class, which you can carry one hand-on luggage no more than 5 kg for free. The total of free registered luggage is no more than 20kg. Excess luggage will charge you some extra fees, be aware of that. The free registered luggage allowance in China domestic train is 20kg.
The insurance provided by us is called Travel Agencies' Liability Insurance, which covers accidents occurring during the activities arranged by travel agency. It does not cover mishaps or physical problems occurring outside the guided tour period or caused by clients themsevles, so we highly suggest you purchase the full coverage travel insurance from your country of origin.
For group of 1-4 passengers, recommend US$ 4-8 per tourist per day for guide, and US$ 2-5 per tourist per day for guide; for group of 5 and above, recommend US$ 2-5 per tourist per day for guide, and US$2-4 per tourist per day for driver. Besides, we highly recommend you to tip every day to encourage better service from them in the next coming days. However, if you have genuine reason not to tip, don't.
Usually, the deposit of tour package accounts for 30% of the total quotation, and the balance should be paid 30 days before your tour date. Payment methods we accept include Bank Transfer and PayPal, Credit Card and so on. More details you can check the Payment Guide page. Moreover, Children who are less than 12 y/o have their own discounts, please contact with your trip advisor.

What do I care when traveling to Yunnan?
Asked by Jason (Jul.31, 2012)

Lead To China Trip Advisor (Jul.31, 2012) replied:
There are many minority peoples in Yunnan province. Their beliefs and traditional rules are various. You can never count all the customs. I would list some for you. The room of pregnant women and the bedroom of the host is forbidden to enter in. Pregnant women are not allowed enter a bridal chamber or attend a wedding ceremony. If you are visiting a Yi nationality's family, make sure not to walk over or stand astride the fire pit. You'd better reject horse, mule or dog meat during Yunnan tour. Never touch a hung cattle bones in Jingpo villages and the head of a little monk.

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