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CC-03 Beijing-Kunming-Shangri-la-Lijiang-Dali-Kunming (8D7N) |
| Day 1 Arrive in Beijing. Have a break and your sightseeing begins at Tian’anmen Square, the largest public square in the world. Dominating the north side of the square is the massive red Tian’anmen Gate through which you will pass into the fabled Forbidden City and another age, where you will be shown the home to the members of the royal family and their court in China’s Ming and Qing Dynasties. Forbidden City, lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong, in Chinese, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of Tiananmen Square. Rectangular in shape, it is the world’s largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a six meter deep moat and a ten meter high wall are9,999 buildings. The wall has a gate on each side. |
( L/D ) Overnight in Beijing
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| Day 2 After breakfast, you will make your way to the Great Wall where you will have the opportunity to not only see one of the most impressive sections of the Great Wall of China but you will be able to take a walk along it. After lunch you will travel some 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of Beijing to the Sacred Way with its fabulous stone animals. It leads you to the Ming Tombs in the shadow of Longevity Mountain. A visit to the Underground Palace of Dingling, will allow you to see imperial coffins, burial artifacts and treasures. |
( B/L/D ) Overnight in Beijing
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| Day 3 Take flight from Beijing to Kunming. Visit Stone Forest. A typical Karst formation, the Stone Forest covers an area of more than three hundred square kilometres. Scientific research has shown that what is now the Stone Forest was 270 million years ago an immense expanse of water with a vast stretch of limestone sediment formed over the years on the seafloor. As a result of the crustal movement, the seabed rose gradually and a large piece of land thus came into being. Exposed to rains and winds, eroded by the elements, the strange-looking limestone ranges were shaped by time. About 200 million years ago numerous stone peaks, pillars, and stalagmites rose abruptly from the ground and towered into the sky, extending now as far as the eye can see, looking like a vast forest of stone, hence the name "the Stone Forest". |
(B/L/D) Overnight in Kunming
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| Day 4 In the morning take flight to Zhongdian (Shangri-la). Visit Songzanlin. Tibetan Buddhism Monastery, which is 5 km from the seat of Shangri-la County. Construction began in 1679 and was completed in 1681. It is said that the Fifth Dalai Lama chose the site of the monastery through divination and named it "Gedan Songzanlin Monastery". In 1724, during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, the monastery was renamed the "Guihua Monastery". During its time of greatest prosperity, there were more than 3,000 monks in the temple, now there are still 700 monks inside. Visit Tibetan family’s house and Local market. In the evening go to the central square in the Old Town to enjoy local people nightly dance. |
(B/L/D) Overnight in Shangri-la
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| Day 5 Drive to Lijiang, visit Tiger Leaping Gorge on the way, which is believed 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. Lijiang Old Town, which is one of the best-preserved ancient towns of the minority ethnic people of China. Lijiang old town belongs to the World Culture Heritage of UNESCO. |
(B/L/D) Overnight in Lijiang
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| Day 6 Visit Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, the 13 peaks of 18,360-foot Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, a treasure of wild plants and rare animals, are like a silver dragon lying in the clouds. Awesome and unconquered, they dominate the Lijiang Plain. Some have described Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as a radiant cornet crowning Lijiang’s head. Scientists say she arose from an ancient geosyncline 230 million years ago in an age when dinosaurs began to increase and formed her present shape sometime during the last 600,000 years, even as late as 12,000 years ago. Spruce Apron, Baishui River and Ganhaizi Grass Land. In the afternoon drive to Dali. Upon arrival, meet the local guide and transfer to the hotel. |
(B/L/D) Overnight in Dali
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| Day 7 Cruise on the Erhai Lake, which is 280 square kilometers in size and dotted with fishing boats, after that ends the tour with 1100 years old Three Pagodas in the daytime. Visit Three Pagodas which known as the Chongsheng Santa and situated on top of the ruins of Chongsheng Monastery, the Three Pagodas lie one kilometer northwest of Dali and located on the slope of Mount Cangshan. Visit Dali Old City. In the evening take flight back to Kunming. |
(B/L/D) Overnight in Kunming
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| Day 8 Free time to prepare to leave. (B) |
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| Quotation |
Peak Season ( Apr. – Nov. ) |
Slack Season ( Dec. – Mar. ) |
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| ( USD p/p ) |
Budget |
Standard |
Luxury |
Budget |
Standard |
Luxury |
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| 2 – 5 pax |
1782 |
1876 |
2025 |
1686 |
1777 |
1919 |
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| 6 – 9 pax |
1405 |
1498 |
1616 |
1313 |
1397 |
1516 |
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| Single Room Supplement |
336 |
418 |
539 |
288 |
325 |
472 |
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| 10 pax up |
1290 |
1356 |
1536 |
1195 |
1255 |
1438 |
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| Single Room Supplement |
282 |
346 |
549 |
219 |
287 |
482 |
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| INCLUDED IN THE TOUR PRICE |
* 3 domestic flights in the economic class with tax ( Beijing/Kunming/Shangri-la, Dali/Kunming )
* 3* hotel ( budget ), 4* hotel ( standard ) or 5* ( hotel ), twin-bed room with private shower and WC
* English speaking local guide
* Daily meals ( as shown in the tour description )
* Admission charges where applicable as shown in the tour description
* Transportation in the program
* Service charges for baggage handling between hotel and airport
* Domestic travel insurance | |
| NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOUR PRICE |
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* International flights and tax
* Personal consumption
* Visa fee
* Tips for guide, driver and porter | |
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