9 Days Yunnan Tour to Lijiang, Shangri-La and Dali

Arrive in Kunming

Today you will take the flight to Kunming. When you arrive, we will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to the hotel check-in. The rest of the day you can have a rest at the hotel or enjoy your leisure time in Kunming on your own.

Traffic:
Car

Hotel:
Overnight in Kunming

Explore karst landscape – Stone forest Scenic Spot

Buffet breakfast at the hotel, then drive along the new expressway to
Stone Forest
. Stone Forest is 75 kilometers from Kunming and is accessible by a bus ride of 70 minutes. The Stone forest belongs to the typical Karst landform, it consists of innumerable bizarre-shaped ancient limestone cliffs and peaks created by wind and water erosion some 200 million years ago, and this area is praised as t

Climbing the Dragon Gate in West Hill

After breakfast, we will visit the
Dragon Gate in West Hill
, also known as Biji Mountain and Kunming West Mountain. It is one of the most scenic spots worth visiting in Kunming. It is located between Luohan Mountain and Hang Bang Mountain and creates the beautiful scenery of nine floors and eleven pavilions of Longmen, West Mountain. Next, we are going to visit the
Jinma Biji Square
, built dur

Experience Buddhist temple culture in Dali

Today first pay a visit to
the Monastery Santasi (Three Pagodas
)， a symbol of the history of Dali City and a record of the development of Buddhism in the area. It occupies a scenic location at the foot of Mt. Cangshan and faces Erhai Lake with a history of over 1,800 years.

Today we will take a cable car up to Cangshan Mountain, trekking on Yudai Road for two hours, and then have a vegetarian

Visit the historical ancient Shaxi Town

Early in the morning, we will first go to
Shaxi Town
, a town with a long history dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period 2,400 years ago. It is an ethnic minority residence dominated by Bai, Han, Yi, and Lisu. In the old town, we can also visit the ancient opera stage and Sideng Street. Just outside Shaxi town is Yujin Bridge, which played an important role in t

Experience the ancient temple culture in Shangrila

After breakfast, drive to Shangri-La, and first visit 
Songzanlin Monastery
,
which is one of the most important Buddhist monasteries in Yunnan. Here, tranquillity prevails, as its 700 monks and acolytes (often beginning their training at the age of five) go about their daily lives – just as they have done for more than three centuries. 

Then travel to 
Napa Lake
. Napa Hai (“Lake behind the fo

Visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge in Shangrila

Today we will drive to Lijiang and visit the
Tiger Leaping Gorge
 on the way. The Tiger Leaping Gorge, or Hutiaoxia in Chinese, is the Yangzi’s best-known gorge after the Three Gorges in Sichuan and Hubei. Wedged tightly between titanic cliffs, the river is so narrow here, as legend tells us, that a hunted tiger made his escape to the other side in a single bound. 

Afterward, we will go to visi

Visit the Magnificent Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

What a fantastic day today! In the morning, we will go out early to visit the magnificent 
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
, which is the snow mountain closest to the equator of the Northern Hemisphere. Taking 25 25-minute cable car to Glacier Park, you will see the vegetation changes with ascending altitude. Walk along the plank road to reach 4680m and appreciate the fairyland with ice and snow. Take a

Lijiang

oday is the last day of your trip. After a relaxing morning in Lijiang, you will be transferred to the airport to catch your flight based on the schedule. Wish you a pleasant journey home and hope to see you again in your next China tour!

Traffic:
Car

Hotel:
No Accommodation

Meals:
Breakfast

2026 Dates & availability

2027 Dates & availability

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