Flight: TBA.(Arrive Vientiane by morning flight)

Welcome by your Lao English-speaking tour guide in the arrival hall and transfer to hotel for check in.

Lunch at hotel. After lunched, we visit Vat Sisaket the only temple left intact after the Siamese invasion in 1828. It shelters hundred of statues of Buddha in its walls.And continue with Vat Phra Keo, now used as a religious museum where you can see Lao and Khmer works of art. It used to host the “Emerald Buddha” that is now on display at Bangkok’s Royal Palace. That Luang, the holiest place in Laos and object of an amazing pilgrimage in November. It is iconic and represented on all bank notes and official stamps. It is a golden stupa that crowns a small hill.Patuxai Monument, also called Anousavari, and enjoy a panoramic view over the city from the roof. It is Vientiane’s own Arc de Triomphe that is located at the top of Lan Xang Avenue, the Champs Elysees of the Lao capital.

Dinner at the Khua lao restaurant. 

Accommodation in Vientiane.

After breakfast at the hotel, visit Buddha park. It is located around 30 minutes driving from down town, locally also call Vat Xieng Khuan. It contains numerous of religious sculpture mix up Hindu and Buddhist styles which it is over 200 statues along the Mekong River bank.Then, drive to Tha Ngon where you will do a bamboo boat cruise along the Nam Ngum River, a tributary to the Mekong. Lunch is prepared on the shore, brought to the boat and enjoyed during the cruise. The boatman powers up stream and after a moment, switches off the View from Phousy hill engine and let the boat drifts at the pace of the flow, in total silence. You dine Lao style, meaning with low tables, seated on comfy cushions. For those who wish, you may even take a nap!.And then, we return to town and visit COPE centre. It is located opposite the hotel, within 2 min walk and deals with a part of Laos history that is not very well unknown: the Secret War, which corresponds to the Vietnam War (also known as American War from a Vietnamese stand point). Laos is unfortunately the country which has received the most bombs per capita in the entire history. Still today, a good deal of those unexploded ordnance (UXOs) explode as people work their fields and children play in the countryside. Laos is actively fighting the use of these cluster bombs and the COPE centre will depict and inform visitors on these issues. And part of the complex is actually a medical centre where disabled people get new hopes as they receive prosthesis and get new mobility after reeducation.

Dinner at the Markphet restaurant.

Accommodation in Vientiane.

Breakfast at hotel, and transfer to airport for flight QV101 VTE – LPQ departing 1130 – 1215 *subject to change prior notice from the airlines.

Arrive in Luang Prabang, and transfer to the Elephant restaurant for lunch. Afternoon, we continue visit Vat Aham, where you will see the altar of the 2 geniuses of Luang Prabang. Then, Vat Visoun, where you will see the famous Watermelon Stupa, shaped like the fruit it takes its name from. This temple was destroyed in 1887 by the invading Black Flags from China, and was restored in 1930 by Buddhist monks and local people.And then, visit Vat Mai, the former royal temple.Visit to Phou Sy hill. The hill commands great views over the town, the Mekong and the Nam Khan rivers and the mountainous ranges. It takes you 328 steps to reach the top, and at sunset set, the changing colors of the sky are particularly spectacular. The light reflecting on the golden spire of the temple at the top is also beautiful. The stairs are lined up with flamboyant and frangipani trees providing a deserved shade as you walk up and down. Once back to ground level, stop at the awakening Hmong minority  Vat Xieng Thongpeople Night Market.  It is held daily in the streets around the National Museum. Villagers come here to sell their handicrafts. 

Dinner at the hotel.

Accommodation in Luang Prabang.

We have breakfast at the hotel.

Visit Kuang Si waterfall, 32 km southwest of Luang Prabang.  Enroute you will make stops to visit ethnic minority villages. Kuang Si is a good place to get more familiar with endemic and endangered Asian Black Bear at the Rescue Center. It is also possible to hike to the top of the falls via a steep trail, and if the weather is good, you might enjoy a swim in the crystal clear water ponds at the foot of the falls.We return to Luang Prabang for lunch at Silk Road Café & Ock Pop Tok weaving centre, on the bank of the Mekong. Then, visit The National Museum that used to be the former Royal Palace. Inside the complex of the National Museum, you will see the “Prabang” sacred golden statue, giving its name to the town.Visit to the beautiful Vat Xieng Thong, one of the most emblematic temples in Laos. It is located at the top of the peninsula, where the Mekong and Nam Khan Rivers meet.

Dinner at Luang Prabang Kitchen restaurant.

Accommodation in Luang Prabang.

Boat in front of Pak Ou Cave.

Early breakfast at the hotel or picnic box.

Early morning transfer to boat pier and cruise up to Pak Ou Cave. In Pak Ou, thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues are crowded into the two caves carved out of a towering limestone cliff. They range in size from a few centimeters to the size of a human. En route stop at Ban Xang Hai, a village famous for its rice liquor locally called “Lao-Lao”. Villagers distillate rice in a very old fashion way. The bravest will dare sampling the local specialties!.

Lunch at the local restaurant.

Then, continue by road to Oudomxay from Ban Pak ou.

Dinner at the Charming Lao hotel 

Accommodation in Oudomxay.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Visit local market, and drive to Muang Sing via Luang Nam Tha on the way stop over to visit Thai Dam ( Blake Tai ) village famous for its weaving and IKO minority village at Ban Lakkham Mai. 

Lunch at the local restaurant.

Arrive Muang Sing at late afternoon, transfer to Phou Iu guesthouse.

Dinner at the guesthouse.

Accommodation in Muang Sing.

Breakfast, visit local market where colourful minority people coming to sell their products. Drive to Boten (Lao-China border checkpoint) for check out to Mengla. Lunch at Boten. Continue to drive to Mengla. 
Dinner and accommodation at the Hotel in Mengla.

Breakfast, drive for 176 kms through a marvellously rich and fecund area, holding one quarter of China’s faunal species and one sixth of its plants. On the way stopover at Hani village and at typical Dai market, the Dai being one of Yunnan’s major minority. In Xiaomenglun, you will also visit the tropical center, one of the richest botanical concentration in the world. Arrive Jinghong. 
Dinner and accommodation at the Tai Garden Hotel.

Drive to Jinghong Port of the Lancang-Mekong River, start the Mekong Impression Cruise to Tuanshan Village and enjoy the performance of Dai and Wa ethnic people in the cruise. Every day morning from Jinghong port-lancang Brige-Travelling Langchang River by luxury barge-Liusha River-A bird's view of Jinghong downtown Area-the scenery of the Tropical Botanical Garden-Mengle cultural Museum-Mengle Imperial Palace site -tasting tropical fruits and Dais'barbcue-Return back Jinghong by water in afternoon.  

Visit the Wild Elephant Valley at last.
--the Wild Elephant Valley
The wild Chinese elephants live in the equatorial forest of Xishuangbanna of Yunnan Province. Wild Elephants Valley is the place in Xishuangbanna where wild elephants move about most often and frequently. Convenient in traffic, distinctive in equatorial forest landscape and easy to see wild elephants, it has become the popular tourist site in Xishuang Banna.

Wild Elephants Valley covers an area of 369 hectares by the Sancha River in Mengyang Town, and is situated 47 kilometers north of the city of Jinghong. With hills rolling gently at an altitude ranging between 747 and 1055 metres, the valley is covered by tropical rain forests, crisscrossed by rivers and streams, and teeming with such endangered species as Asian wild elephants, wild oxen, green peacocks and monkeys.

In the Wild Elephants Valley, the first passenger cableway with 2,063 meters of length in the equatorial forest sends the tourists to the main scenic spot in which the wild elephants live. The tourists can drink in the beauty of the scenery of the equatorial forest at the top, in the forest; when the wild elephants appear, in the main scenic spot the tourists can walk about on the overhead corridor and enjoy the scene of elephants bathing, playing water and seeking for food; the on-tree elephants-enjoying hotel is neighboring on the wild elephants and various birds. If you live in it, you will have various feelings.

Head to Dali, a historically and culturally famous city of China, is renowned for her historical interest. If this day happens to fall on a Monday you will call in at Shaping for a visit to the colorful Bai market.

Before Dali Ancient Town, you will visit Xizhou Ancient Town to fully appreciate Bai-style architecture, taste their fragrant three-course tea and explore their distinctive culture. Drive 10 KM more to visit Zhoucheng Town, where you will experience how Bai people make the Tie-Dyed Cloth in the work shop. You will be free in Dali Ancient Town and explore the local ethnic life in the late afternoon as well as enjoy the panoramic view of Erhai Lake from the City Wall of Dali Ancient Town.

--Dali Ancient Town
History of Dali Ancient Town can be dates back to 1382 during the Ming Dynasty and it has been listed among the top historic cities of China.The town's layout was uniform, with five main streets from south to north and eight main streets from east to west, while marketplaces were neatly arranged within the town, which has remained unchanged to this date. Besides the Bai houses, the houses with gray-green roof tiles, peculiar workshops, temples, schools and churches with antique flavor are scattered.

Drive about 180KM to Lijiang with the beautiful farmlands and ethnic villages on the way. Lunch at NO.8 Restaurant at the bank of Black Dragon Pool, after lunch you’ll head for the scenic Black Dragon Pool and the Dongba Museum to explore the rich Naxi minority culture. In the late afternoon, explore Lijiang Old Town.Lijiang Old Town has a history more than 800 years; it was listed as the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997. Here you will see the wonderful wooden architecture of Naxi ethnic people. --Lijiang Ancient Town is a largely Naxi settlement first built 800years agao, located at the foot of the Lion Hill and completely surrounded by the new city of Lijiang.In December 1986, the State Council designated it a famous ancient historical and cultural city of national caliber. In 1997, UNESCO made Lijiang a World Cultural Heritage Site. Most of the dwellings, scattered at the foot of a mountain or by the river, are brick-and-tile structures with carved doors and painted windows. Traffic across the river is facilitated by a large number of tiny stone bridges. The town is similar to the Zhouzhuang Water Town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Enjoy the sunrise of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Lijiang Ancient Town in the morning, drive about 30KM to Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M), you will take the sightseeig bus for a short visiting through the Baishuihe River, take the chairlift up to visit Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The cableway will be arranged according to the condition of the mountain. You will hike around1 hours in the original forest in Spruce Meadow (3200M). After lunch, you will enjoy the Impression Lijang Ethnic Show directed in Ganhaizi Meadow(3100M). A cultural show demonstrating the traditions and lifestyles of the Naxi, Yi and Bai peoples of the area. The show takes place inside Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Park at 3500m in an outdoor theater specifically designed to showcase the mountain which is used as a backdrop. The production itself was designed by Zhang Yimou, Fan Yue and Wang Chaoge, a cast of over 500 people, and a number of horses.In the afternoon, you'll stroll through Baisha Village, which is an enchanting traditional Yunnan village. Visit the Baisha Mural about 600 years old, which is one part of the World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO 1997. --Jade Dragon Snow Mountain stretches a length of 35 kilometers (22 miles) and a width of 20 kilometers (13 miles). Looking from Lijiang Old Town in the south which is 15 kilometers (nine miles) away, the snow-covered and fog-enlaced mountain resembles a jade dragon lying in the clouds, hence, the name Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The highest peak named Fan Peak (Shanzidou in Chinese) which is about 5596 meters above sea level. There are three cablecars in the mountain, the fist to the Glacier Park(4500M),the second to Spruce Meadow(3200M),the third to Yak Meadow(3700M).

In the morning, visit the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. Songzanlin Monastery has another alias - 'the little Potala Palace ', so named because the whole monastery is in the traditional style with mysterious atmosphere.And afterwards you'll visit the tranquil Bita Lake & Shudu Lake in Pudacuo National Park Pudacuo National Park is located in one of the most biologically-diverse regions of the world. While the region comprises only 0.7 percent of China's land area, it contains more than 20 percent of the country's plant species, about one-third of its mammal and bird species and almost 100 endangered species. Visit Dukezong Tibetan Ancient Town in the late afternoon, climb up to the top of Guishan Hill or tortoise Hill, you will see the largest Prayer Wheel of the world and have a panoramic view of shangrila county and Dukezong Ancient Town. --Shangri-La is the "Eden in dream". Since it first appeared in British novelistJames Hilton's Lost Horizon in the 1939, it has been associated withthe mystique of a place which could not possibly exist here on Earth. In Tibetan,Shangri-La means the "sun and moon in heart", an ideal home only found in heaven.There the lofty and continuous snowy mountains, endless grasslands, steep andgrand gorges, azure lakes and the bucolic villages always leave a deep impressionon visitors.

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.

At 8:00 in the morning, our guide will pick you up in the hotel. Drive 86KM to the Stone Forest. There is an old saying that: it is a pity that not to visit the Stone Forest while you’re in Kunming. After lunch, drive back to visit Jiuxiang Cave.At last, drive back to Kunming,and transfer to hotel. After dinner, you will have an option to enjoy the large-scale dance drama "Dynamic Yunnan" which has been an outstanding innovation on the Chinese stage in recent years directed by Yang Liping. Primitive, unsophisticated folk dances and a fresh artistic concept converge in the programme, giving audiences a unique "Yunnan Impression." Sixty-two drums and 120 masks of strong ethnic characteristics are incorporated in the performance.

Departure from Kunming