Day 1/2 Arrive in Kunming. Sightseeing incl. Bamboo Temple, Stone Forest. Welcome dinner.2 N in Kunming.
Day 3/4 Fly to Lijiang, ancestral home of the Naxi people. Explore Lijiang World Heritage Listed Old Town, stroll in the back streets and see how people live. Relax in Black Dragon Pool Park, one of the most beautiful places in China and use cable car to go to the top of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. 2 N in Lijiang.
Day 5 Drive to Shangri-la (Zhongdian), visit Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the deepest in the world through the Yangtze. At Shangri-la visit Songzanlin Tibetan Buddhist Monastery designed as a smaller version of Lhasa Potala Palace. 1 N in Shangri-la.
Day 6 Drive the Yunnan - Tibet road passing the upper reaches of the Yangtze and through the Eastern Himalayan Peaks, to the Baima Snow mountain Nature Reserve and visit the stunning Dongzhulin Monastery. 1 N in Shangri-la.
Day 7 Shangri-la to Xiangcheng (330km, 7- 8 hrs). A long high country drive through mountain passes and valleys of this Tibetan region. 1 N in Xiangcheng.
Day 8 Xiangcheng to Riwa (186km,4-5hrs). Drive to the spectacular Yading Nature Reserve, the home of three sacred Tibetan mountains all about 6000m. 2 N in Riwa.
Day 9 Explore further into the Nature Reserve on foot or by electric cart/riding horse (a 9 hrs round trip-moderate grade).
Day 10 A long drive to Litang (230km, 6-7 hrs) via Xinduqiao, a paradise for photographers, through high country (about 4,000 m), mix with Khampas, the local Tibetans in Litang. 1 N in Litang.
Day 11 From Litang to Kangding (6-7 hrs drive, 280km), the road winds east out of the mountains as we drive to Kangding. 1 N in Kangding
Day 12 Make way to Chengdu (5-6 hrs, 360km), the capital of Sichuan. 2 N in Chengdu.
Day 13 Visit the world famous Panda Breeding Center and later drive to the incredible Dujiangyan Irrigation System. This ancient wonder was built in the 3rd Century B.C. and is still operational today. Farewell dinner.
Day 14 Leave for home,end of service.
Highlights: Old Towns of Lijiang & Shangri-la, local Tibetan culture, incredible scenery & peoples, Chengdu & Pandas, places rarely travelled by westerners
Travel season: May to Nov
Travel grade: medium & active
Price(USD)per person:
2/5 pax:3878 10 pax up: 2249
6/9 pax:2738 Single supplement:588
Private tour departure: any date in travel season
Group departure (10 pax up, starts Kunming, ends Chengdu): depart monthly on 15th, 2013-2014
Note: please kindly understand the scheduled departure dates may be changed or cancelled due to fewer bookings & other unexpected reasons which are out of our control