Code:	TQ 02
Routes:	Kunming - Dali - Lijiang - Zhongdian - Kuming
Duration:	9 Days

Itinerary in brief

Day 1   : KUNMING - ARRIVAL
Day 2   : KUNMING - STONE FOREST - KUNMING
Day 3   : KUNMING - DALI
Day 4   : DALI - LIJIANG
Day 5   : LIJIANG
Day 6   : LIJIANG - ZHONGDIAN
Day 7   : ZHONGDIAN
Day 8   : ZHONGDIAN - KUNMING
Day 9   : KUNMING - DEPARTURE

Detail Itinerary

Day 1 : KUNMING ARRIVAL (-, -, D)
Meet your guide and transfer to your hotel. If time permits, visit the Flower and Bird Market in the old part of town before dinner .

Day 2 : KUNMING - STONE FOREST - KUNMING (B, L, D)
Day excursion to the Stone Forest consisting of eighty hectares of ancient limestone cliffs and peaks eroded by wind and water over two hundred million years. Its area is the home of the Sani minority. On the way back to Kunming.

Day 3 : KUNMING - DALI (B, L, D)
Flight to Dali. Upon arrival, discover the Bai minority villages of Xizhou and Zhoucheng, where you will visit its local temple and a family tie-dye processing workshop. In the afternoon, reach the shore of Erhai lake with beautiful view over the 3 pagodas and cruise on the lake . End of afternoon at leisure.

Day 4 : DALI - LIJIANG (B, L, D)
Drive to Lijiang with stop on the way at the village of Qinghua and have a look at their copper products. IN LIjiang, first visit the Black Dragon Pond, the Moon Embracing Pavilion and Dongba Museum . Lijiang is a small old town laced with canals and bridges, and provides many opportunities to observe the Naxi traditional way of life. Dinner at local restaurant followed by a Naxi music concert.

Day 5 : LIJIANG (B, L, D)
Excursion to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain with a chair lift ride to discover the much famed thirteen peaks. On the way, visit the Jade Peak Monastery, Baisha village and the village . End of afternoon at leisure.

Day 6 : LIJIANG - ZHONGDIAN (B, L, D)
Set off on the Tibet Highway to Zhongdian. Stop and visit of Shigu (Stone Drum) village overlooking the First Bend of the Yangzi River . Continue to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, which you will enter by bus before taking a path down to the Golden Sands River .  

Day 7 : ZHONGDIAN (B, L, D)
At 3,300 meters above sea level lies Gyalthang, Tibetan name of Zhongdian, which means "land of limitless bounty". It is a treasure house of bio-diversity, pristine lakes and snow-capped peaks. Visit Ganden Songzanglin Monastery, a Tibetan village and a Tibetan family, the local market and old town of Zhongdian.

Day 8 : ZHONGDIAN - KUNMING (B, L, D)
Flight to Kunming and excursion to the Western Hills. Go through the Dragon Gate and visit Huating Temple . In the afternoon, discover the quietest temple of Kunming , Bamboo Temple , famous for its hall of the five hundred arrhats, disciples of Buddha. In the evening, dinner of Yunnan specialties followed by a cultural show.

Day 9 : KUNMING - DEPARTURE (B, L, -)
Visit Yuantong Temple and Green Lake Park , where amateur opera singers gather and the old part of Kunming . Lunch at local restaurant before transfer to the airport for departure.

*** The detailed programmed and schedule flights are subject to change without prior notice...

*B : Breakfast, L : Lunch, D : Dinner

Included in the tour prices are :
-  Accommodation with breakfast in twin-sharing room (standard room basis)
-  Lunch and dinner at local Chinese restaurants as mentioned in the program
-  Transfers and tours with English speaking local guides (each place)
-  Entrance fees
-  Economy class domestic airtickets Kunming-Dali & Zhongdian-Kunming with domestic airport taxs
-  Service charge, room tax and baggage handling
-  Luggage van for group 10-up pax

Not included in the tour prices are :
-  Other services, meals, optional tours than mentioned in programme
-  All services in Thailand i.e., hotels, meals, transfers, tours, airtickets, airport tax & etc.
-  International airticket.
-  Departure airport taxs.
-  China visa fee
-  All insurances
-  supplement for Festival Holidays in Yunnan , China i.e.,
          :Spring Festival or Chinese New Year (1 week, end of January 2006)
          :International Labor Day /May.01-08,2006 (1 week)
          :National day /Oct.01-08,2006 (1 week)
-  lunch on day.01 and dinner on day.09
-  porterage services at airports & at hotels
-  Early check-in and late check-outt
-  personal expenses i.e., drinks, laundry, souvernir, tips to drivers & guides and etc.

Remark:
- Please be informed that all our prices are subject to change in case of increases in airfares, ground transportation costs (fuel), entrance fees, hotel rates etc.