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Tour Code: COT-B-013C
Start in: Kunming
End in: Beijing
Special Experience: Cruise on Erhai and trek to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yangtze River Cruise
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China Yunnan and Yangtze River Tour

          

Trip Highlights

The Stone Forest, a karst landform 200 million years old, known in Yunnan as the "first wonder under the sun".

Visit West Hill and Dragon Gate, known as the " sleeping beauty of Dianchi Lake".

Visit the Daguan Lark.Its nickname is "Sparkling Pearl Imbedded in a Highland," and it was the model for the Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing.

Xiaguan is known for its wind and Shangguan, for its flowers. Flowers in Shangguan sway in the wind from Xiaguan. Cangshan Mountain is famous for its snow and Erhai Lake, for the moonlight.

Visit Xizhou.On the outside walls of each house, there are numerous exquisite paintings showing the art atmosphere.

Visit Three Pagodas, which symbolize the resplendent ancient Dali culture.

Visit The ancient town of Dali,which was originally called Yangjumie Town. It was built by the ancestors of the Bai ethnic group.

Visit Lijiang Ancient Town, where the most distinguished features of the buildings are "river aligned" and "mountain oriented".

Visit Lijiang lion hill,which is the world heritage scenic stops and historical sites and the most important part to the world culture heritage of Lijiang ancient town.Because the appearance looks like the sleeping lion,so name lion hill.

At Heqing County, visit Xinhua Village, where you have chance to observe the silver ware making process in family workshop. Settle at Lijiang.

Yulongxueshan ( Jade Gragon Snow Mountain ) is home to half of Yunnan's 13,000 plant species, 400 kinds of trees, dozens of flower types, and one-third of China's known species of medicinal herbs and plants. Have a Tout There!

Visit Heilongtan( Black Dragon Pool), where built a musem of Naxi. It is a cultural exhibition hall and five phoenix tower.

Visit the Baisha Mural Painting.Its style is rural and unconstrained; the colors are strong and have intense contrast but are also unified.

Visit the Shigu Village,you will take a look at a slopeit which is the best place to take shot at the first bend of Yangtze River.

Visit Tiger Leaping Gorge.You may see water rushes into the gorge from a higher place, and the river is like a dragon flying among the mountains.

Visit the First Bend of the Yangtze River,there is a white marble sculpture of the drum-like rock artifacts,so the town called Shigu Village.

Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing City represens the later grotto art of China, which features in "all religions integrated in one".

Visit The Baoding Grottoes.Most of the carvings depict typical Buddhist legends or tales with strong religious meaning.

Visit The Beishan Grottoes.You can see the graceful statue of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, crowned as 'The Oriental Venus'. Rock carvings in this part reveal the common Buddhist faith.

Visit the Wanxian,you can come to silk-weaving factories and Three Gorges Museum and enjoy the exiting acrobatic show and take a leisurely tour of busy local market.

Visit Fengdu Ghost City, which is said to be the place of devils with numerous temples whith heartening names like "Bridge of Helplessness" and "Palace of the King of Hell".

Closely connected with the Wu Gorge, the Daling River and the Shennong Brook are quieter, deeper, simpler and more primitive, in which the vally is narrower, the water is cleaner, the mountains are greener and the peaks are stranger.

The places of historical site and scenic spots include the Three Tourists cave, Huangling Temple, the hometown of Qu Yuan ( a famous poet in ancient China), Zhaojun ( a famous beauty in ancient China) Village and so on.

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