You'll begin your journey to the diverse and captivating province of Yunnan from the capital city, Kunming. Upon arrival at the Kunming International Airport, meet your local guide and transfer to the hotel.

You will take a leisurely stroll along the Green Lake, a charming area of teahouses and small boutiques selling handicrafts and beautiful local paintings. If time permits, you will have a Kunming city tour. Enjoy welcoming dinner of Yunnan Flavouring food with crossing Bridge Rice Noodle and Steam Pot Chicken/Qiguoji.

-- Kunming is the capital of southwest China's Yunnan province, a primarily agricultural province of 45 million. Kunming has a population of five million and is located in one of the world's most geographically, ethnically, biologically and linguistically diverse regions. Situated at 1,900 meters (6,233ft) above sea level and 25° north of the Equator it has a rather unique and pleasant climate for a Chinese city.

After breakfast in hotel, drive to Red Soil Dongchuan (150 km 4 hours on national highway), will arrive at Red Soil Dongchuan in the afternoon, after a short rest, then go to take photos at Damakan hill, JingxiuYuan hill and so on, there are about 6 to 7 spots around.

Dongchuan, a rural place in the Wumeng Mountainous area, about 180km north of Kunming, becomes very famous among Chinese photographers for its  red soil. In the mid 1990s, the first Chinese photographers came to discover the Wumeng's scenery. The first came and scooped award-winning photos, but kept their location a closely guarded secret. But slowly the details leaked and now more and more photographers are making their arduous trip into the arid mountains. The brilliant red soil, the yellow buckwheats and the dramatic skies make the region around Dongchuan a paradise for photographers.

Speaking of Red Soil, the scenery is in fact centralized around Huagou(means colorful valley) of Xintian Township, which is about 50km away from Dongchuan County seat. Those locations are too small to have a name. Locals simply call it 109, 110...the number on the kilometer marker along the road. 109 is almost the highest point on the road, which branches here to another small hamlet. From all around 109 glorious vistas stretch to Guizhou and Sichuan. Dongchuan, as the crow flies not more than 20 kilometres away, is barely visible in the valley far below. 
Damakan, a viewpoint some 9km away from 109 along a bumpy dirt-track, is one of the photographers' favourites. Just when the light is coming out, the small village several hundred meters below is getting busy and smoke starts rising from the farm-houses smokestacks. As the farmers are starting their working day, the photographers' morning shift is almost over.

After lunch, it is time for another shoot as the light turns warmer and brings out the best in Dongchuan's colours. All over the hills the photographers wander in search of an undiscovered view.

But at sunset, everybody gathers at 110, another nameless spot along the road. Among all the shooting spots, Luoxia Gou is the ultimate shot. The sunset at Red Soil is spectacular. stay over night at guesthouse (best available).

Enjoy the sunrise of Dongchuan Red Soil in the morning. If you are intereted in the farming, you will join in the farming with local people in the red land.
After lunch, drive to Shilin County to stay overnight there.

-- The Stone Forest is in Shilin Yi Nationality Autonomous County, which is about 96 kilometers from Kunming and requires only a 1.5-hour drive. It covers an area of 400 square kilometers (96,000 acres) and includes both large and small stone forests, as well as many other scenic spots. The Stone Forest has unique karst topography which is one of the best of its kind within China. There are six scenic spots in the Stone Forest: the Greater Stone Forest, the Lesser Stone Forest, the Naigu Stone Forest, the Zhiyun Cave, the Long Lake, the Da Dieshui Waterfall and the Qifeng Cave.

After breakfast, you will visit to Stone Forest Scenic Area. Spend around 3 hours to this scenic spot. 

Around 11am,you'll drive around 6 hours to Yuanyang. On the way, drop to see the Minority Ethnic Villages. After arriving in Yuanyang, you will catch the perfect time to see sunset at Laohuzui Rice Terrace, also named Tiger Mouth Rice Terrace after its shape.

--Yuanyang is about 300km south of Kunming, renowned for its rice terraces, which claim as the world's largest and most spectacular one, crafted out by bare hands by the Hani people one thousand years ago and is still in use today. The rice farmers have had to practice ecology and land preservation centuries before those concepts were widely accepted around the world. Without hard work maintaining the terrace walls and irrigation system, the precious top soil would wash down the hillsides into the rivers.

Yuanyang Rice Terrace is a self sustaining ecosystem. During winter to early spring, the entire field is irrigated with spring water from the forest above to rejuvenate and getting prepared for the next season. The Hani people have repeated this for more than a thousand years. There is only one harvest in a year for the Yuanyang Rice Terrace; planting is from March to Oct./Nov. every year.

Get up every early in the morning,you'll drive 30KM to visit Doyishu Village and enjoy the sunrise of Duoyishu Rice Terrace Fields when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. The terraced fields are ring upon ring and cascade one by one. They go along the hillside up to the sky. You will see the scenery of the terraced fields from the top of the mountains to the bottom. They are all farms under the sunshine and cloud and mist. The landscape is spectacular.

Duoyishu Rice terrace in Yuanyang is one of the most photographed in Yunnan. The low lying cloud and the water field rice terrace is unique during winter and early spring. As the sun rises the terraces come alive with the sky's reflection. In the winter months the fields are flooded in order to plow and plant for the new season. The rising sun creates an amazing reflection off the water in the terraces.

If you are lucky enough, you will visit some local bazaars in the villages, among them, the Laomeng ÀÏÃÍ Ethnic Market and Bazaar happens every Sunday is the most popular one, Laomeng Bazaar holds the most flamboyant market every Sunday. One can see people from six different ethnic minorities, with women and children dressing up in colourful dresses, different in their own traditional style.
In the afternoon, you will visit Qingkou Village and rice terraces where Hani people for generations inhabit. Visit Bada Hani Rice Terrace, Shengcun Market as well. You will enjoy the sunset of Longshuba Rice Terraces in the late afternoon about 5KM away from Xinjie Town.

In the morning, you will head to Jianshui County, about 3.5 hours driving. After Jianshui, you may tour around Jianshui Ancient Town to see kinds of old wells where the water pays an important role in making the famous Jianshui Stinky tofu and see the Little Tiananmen Square-Jianshui Chaoyang Tower. Then you can visit the Confucius Temple, which has a history of 700 years. It is the second largest Confucius Temple in China. Later you'll visit Zhu Family Garden. Stay overnight in Jianshui.

Zhu Family Garden: Zhu Family Garden is a large-scale residential construction of Qing dynasty, once was the import and export trade run by Zhu family. The layout and ornament of the building are the key features to explore, showing a profound historical culture.

With fresh air in the morning, go for the Twin Dragon Bridge, which is a 17-hole bridge with 148 meters long, 3-8 meters wide and visit Tuanshan Village will be nice to end your Jianshui tour.

Jianshui Tuanshan Village--which is a rare surviving example of an intact-albeit neglected-traditional walled Yunnan village compound in southwestern China, and has been added to the 2005 list of internationally significant sites by the World Memorial Fund for Architecture (WMF), an international fund for the protection of world heritage sites.

After ending the tour to Jianshui,you will drive around 3 hours back to Kunming downtown.

At 8:00 in the morning, our guide will pick you up in the hotel,  then start the tour to Wetern Hills at the bank of Dianchi Lake. After visiting the Dragon Gate, take the chairlift over the Dianchi Lake to Yunnan Ethnic Villages Park. Enjoy the 25 ethnic minorities in the park with a nice view of Western Hills as well. Visit Yunnan Nationalities Museum and drive to Mingfeng Hill behind Kunming City, climb to the top of Mingfeng Hill and visit the golden Temple with some ancient relics.

You will be dropped to Kunming airport to catch up with your international flight after 5pm today.
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