Day 1     Shanghai/Kunming Details of Day 1

Upon your arrival at Kunming,"the Spring and Flower City", our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free at your own leisure.

Day 2     Kunming/Dali Details of Day 2

Meals: B
Sightseeing: Stone Forest
Today, you will have city tour to the Stone Forest which is about 90km to the south of Kunming. In the evening, our local guide will our local guide meet and escort you to take the evening train to Dali.

Day 3     Dali Details of Day 3

Meals: B
Sightseeing: Three Pagodas,Dali Ancient Town,Xizhou Bai Minority Village,Erhai Lake
Upon your arrival, our local guide will meet and escort you to the hotel.The visit today in thisd lovely city includes cruise on Erhai, Xizhou Bai Minority Village, Three Pagodas and the Dali Ancient Town.

Day 4     Dali/Lijiang Details of Day 4

Meals: B
Sightseeing: First Bend of the Yangtze River
In the morning, drive to Lijiang (3-hour drive).Upon your arrival at Lijiang County,"an UNESCO World Cultural Heritage" site, after our local guide and the driver meet you, head for Qiaotou at 2070m altitude which is 83km away from Lijiang, along the way, have a trip to see the First Bend of the Yangtze River and Iron Chain Bridge in the Shigu (Stone Drum) Town. Overnight at Qiaotou.

Day 5     Lijiang Details of Day 5

Meals: B
Sightseeing: Tiger Leaping Gorge
Drive 9km to the Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge in the morning first to visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge which is descending through more than 400 steps down to the river bed to the gorge, where you can see the very rock in the legend and hear the roaring sound of the river. Then continue hiking for another 5 to 6 hours from Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge, pass 28 bends till you get to Half Way Guesthouse by walking on the small path (the high trail) with peaks of two Snow Mountains: Jade Dragon Mountain (5596m) and Mt.Haba (5396m) on either side, you will experience the gorge's grandness and steepness, the hospitality of minority and enjoy the stunning scenery along the way today. Overnight at Half Way Guesthouse.

Day 6     Lijiang Details of Day 6

Meals: B
Try to get up early in the morning to breathe the fresh air of the gorge. Continue hiking for about 5 hours on small path (high trail) from Half Way Guesthouse, pass Tina's House, Teacher Zhang's House to the Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge, and then trough the Heaven's Stairs till you get to the Hetaoyuan (Walnut Grove). Stay at No. 1 Woody's house (Guesthouse) at 2175m altitude that has a platform, from which you can enjoy a spectacular view of the river and the gorge. （If you think you are energetic enough, you can choose to take another path called "Heaven of One Thread" from the Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge to the Hetaoyuan (Walnut Grove), which will take you one more hour than the previous route.)

Day 7     Lijiang Details of Day 7

Meals: B
Try to get up early in the morning to breathe the fresh air of the gorge. Continue hiking for about 5 hours on small path (high trail) from Half Way Guesthouse, pass Tina's House, Teacher Zhang's House to the Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge, and then trough the Heaven's Stairs till you get to the Hetaoyuan (Walnut Grove). Stay at No. 1 Woody's house (Guesthouse) at 2175m altitude that has a platform, from which you can enjoy a spectacular view of the river and the gorge. (If think you are energetic enough, you can choose to take another path called "eaven of One Thread"from the Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge to the Hetaoyuan (Walnut Grove), which will take you one more hour than the previous route.)

Day 8     Lijiang/Zhongdian Details of Day 8

Meals: B
Sightseeing: Lion Hill,Black Dragon Pool Park,Museum of Naxi Dongba Culture,Lijiang Ancient Town
In the morning, you will have an excursion to Lion Hill inside the Ancient Town, and the Black Dragon Pool Park and Museum of Naxi Dongba Culture inside the park. Enjoy a free afternoon wandering around the Ancient Town all by yourself.

Day 9     Zhongdian Details of Day 9

Meals: B
Today our local guide will escort you to the Zhongdian, the Zhongdian guide pick you up and excort you to explore Shangelila valley in the afternoon.

Day 10     Zhongdian Details of Day 10

Meals: B
Sightseeing: Bita Lake,Napa Lake,The Songzanlin Lamasery
The excursion today will bring you to Bita Lake, Napa Lake, Gedan Songzanlin Monastery. In the evening, pay a visit to a Tibet family, where you will enjoy a local Singing and Dancing Show with some special snacks.

Day 11     Zhongdian/Deqin Details of Day 11

Meals: B
Sightseeing: Baimang Snow Mountain Nature Reserve
In the morning, drive 5 to 7 hours to Deqin County(3400m altitude) which is 187km away from Zhongdian through Baimang Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, you will be able to view Baimang Snow Mountain if the weather is clear, pass the toppest part of today at 4292m altitude at 156km. The view along the way is fantastic with different kinds of trees, streams down the valley, prayer flags and stupas, and Tibetan villages.

Day 12     Deqin Details of Day 12

Meals: B
Sightseeing: Meili Snow Mountain,Mingyong Glaciers,Feilai Monastery
Try to get up early in the morning, drive 10km to Feilai Monastery to view the magic sunrise of Meili Snow Mountain. Then drive another 1.5-hour to Mingyong village, where you will walk on the trails for about 4km to the bottom of Mingyong Glaciers, walk another one hour or so, you will get to Tibetan Taizi Monastery-another good spot to view the magnificent Mingyong Glaciers. (You can choose to hire a horse to go up to the glacier on your own expense in order to save your energy.) After the tour, get back to Deqin County.

Day 13     Deqin/Kunming Details of Day 13

Meals: B
After breakfast, head back to Zhongdian for your flight to Kunming. Upon your arrival at Kunming, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel.

Day 14     Kunming/Shanghai Details of Day 14

Meals: B
Free in the day until our local guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to your next destination--Shanghai.the rest of the time is free by you own.

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